£45.00
Out of stock
Date 18/08/1956
Manchester United v Birmingham City 1956 – 1st First Voucher Token
This original football programme comes from the Manchester United v Birmingham City match on Saturday 18 August 1956. The First Division game ended all square at 2-2.
| Competition | First Division (1956/57) |
|---|---|
| Result | Manchester United 2-2 Birmingham City |
1956/57 RARE Football Programme.
The very first season Man Utd used the token vouchers system.
This was the first programme to ever have a token issued.
A real rare football collectors programme, still with the token inside.
The Rare First Issue of the season = Number 1.
This programme does not have the rear page token sheet, which was always removed to attach the tokens to, and then sent in to United for future match tickets eligibility.
Condition: Good, cfld, lcr, the front page is taped on due to the token sheet being removed
Did you know?
- Manchester United finished the 1956/57 season as First Division champions, with 64 points from 42 games.
- This was league meeting number 41 between the sides – the previous 40 had produced 14 Manchester United wins, 14 for Birmingham City and 12 draws.
- When the sides met again in December 1956, Birmingham City hosted the game and it ended Birmingham City 3-1 Manchester United.
See also: Birmingham City football programmes · Manchester United football programmes 1956/57
SKU: 77772
