Celtic Roosters

Hope you enjoyed the programmes mate. Nice to meet prop[er fans.

I've sent you a e-mail Phil. I'm a technophobe so let me know if you have it please? Yes I have 3 Australia programmes .v. Great Britain or England, 1 x new Zealand .v. Great Britain and 1 x Papua New Guinea .v. Great Britain.

I've got all of Cardiff City's 1st season homes Phil and 36 in total. I gave 14 Sheffield programmes to a Sheffield fan last week but I still have 76 from various seasons. I did have every Celtic Crusaders programme ever played home and away and I went to most of them, but I have already given a couple away. I've got 52 Fulham programmes + London Broncos and Harlequins. I have 46 Mansfield programmes and a friendly .v. Carlisle - played in Penzance! I've got Blackpool, Springfield Borough, Liverpool City, Huyton and others. I gave all my Trafford Borough homes away. I will also have aways for all these clubs? I'm going to get ready to go and watch Swinton now and will be busy for the rest of the day but I will have a closer look and e-mail you when I get chance. I won't let anybody else have the ones you have quoted as you asked first.

I've got Rochdale Hornets .v. Salford 1947-48 season, but next oldest Rochdale programme is 1964. I might have some aways but would have to look through each club in my catalogue individually. I've got 13 Southend homes and will have quite a few aways too. I know I gave away one yesterday - Challenge cup at Bradford. When you say Bridgend I assume you mean the club that were formerly Cardiff City? I have Bridgend Blue Bulls as well. I've got 7 Bridgend homes from their only season, including the very first .v. Swinton. I will have aways but again would have to look through each club individually. I've got 24 Nottingham City/ Nottingham Outlaws homes. Only 2 are from the 1988-89 season .v. Halifax and Rochdale Hornets. Again I will have aways as well. I know I gave away the Trafford Borough .v. Nottingham City programme last week. I can look through aways if you seriously want them? Let me know.

1974-75 .v. Hull KR at Batley in the Challenge cup and 1977-78 .v. Wigan at Batley also in the Challenge cup.

If I have time to dig them out before Sunday? Do you want Dewsbury aways as well?

No problem. I'll be the old guy in the RL shirt you have probably never seen before?

Thanks Coolie but I don't follow Swinton away, and I don't visit any grounds (Football or RL) that don't sell a printed programme, even though I'm getting rid of my collection. In fact, I don't watch a lot of RL these days. I watch non league football Saturdays but when that finishes I will watch amateur RL. I watch Swinton home games. I am actually a Salford fan but I stopped going to watch them in 2000, on principle, because I don't like Super League. I don't even watch Super league on TV much, unless Salford are playing. I will bring these programmes on Sunday. Do you want me to bring the amateur ones too?

Are you only interested in the Dewsbury issues or the amateur ones as well? I will be at the Swinton game if you want to pick them up from me there? I usually sit in the downstairs bar.

What project?

I have recently decided to give away my collection of 9,000 RL programmes and I have 48 Dewsbury programmes back to 1965, 11 Dewsbury Celtic programmes back to 1974 and 5 Dewsbury Moor programmes back to 1996. I will be at Swinton .v. Dewsbury next Sunday and can bring them with me if anybody wants them? I will also have aways for these teams especially Salford, Swinton, Leeds & Hull KR. If you want anything particular, let me know on here and I will see if I have it? Thank you.

Fair enough mate. I want to see if I can help a few people with their collections before i get rid of what is left but I will consider them. About a third of my programmes are from amateur teams, even pub teams. Do they take the? A local history group heard I was trying to give away my collection and they called me. They want to take the really old Salford progs and after talking to me on the phone they asked if they can come round and interview me on film. Maybe that will attract some interest? Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

Are they part of the RFL? Only I have no time for the RFL because i am a Rugby League fan and they are only interested in Super Greed!

I've no idea mate about modern technology but over the years I have spent hundreds of hours in various libraries looking on Microfisch film, researching old newspapers for info on amateur RL and they go back over 100 years so I imagine it is possible but nobody seems to care anymore. I've been really encouraged that I have been able to help 1 or 2 people with their collections but I still have thousands left.

I will get all the homes and aways together that you want Cyril and I will include the ones where I think the dates changed due to postponements and they we will sort something out. I live in Winton, which is Eccles not far off the Worsley junction of the M60 but I travel around a fair bit watching non league football. been through Bradford 3 times lately to Ilkley, Steeton and Guisley. I will most likely be at the Swinton .v. Bradford game too but I don't know when that is at the moment. We will sort it after I sort out your programme wants mate.