After leaving Arsenal in 1908 following eight successful seasons to help reduce financial pressure on the club, their record breaking keeper Jimmy Ashcroft joined Blackburn Rovers where he made a total of 120 appearances. He was part of their side […]
Welsh National Football League Runners Up Medal
Here we have an unattributed runners up medal from the 1925/26 season in the Welsh National Football League’s Division Two (West). If anyone could confirm the team which finished in the runners up position that season, it would be much […]
Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Medals
A serious amount of effort went into producing early amateur football medals, as this part of Sheffield & Hallamshire FA examples from 1911 to 1913 show! The earlier of the two medals was actually produced by Fattorini & Sons of […]
Pretoria & District 1st Division Winners Medal – 1912
This medal was produced for the winners of the Pretoria & District league at the end of the 1912 season – although the name of the winner has not been engraved on the rear. Pretoria & District FA was formed […]
Jock McIntyre ASL Challenge Cup Winners Medal 1927
After spending his early career with Greenock Morton, also winning the 1922 Scottish Cup Final, John ‘Jock’ McIntyre moved to the USA and signed for Boston FC in 1924 as a wing half. With the club McIntyre enjoyed much success, […]
