An 1899 Italian National Football Championship runners-up medal awarded to a player from Internazionale Torino, silver, inscribed CAMPIONATO NAZIONALE, 1899, the reverse inscribed FOOTBALL.
White & blue ribbon The 1899 Championship consisted of the same four teams that competed in the inaugural competition the year before.
An historic medal from the first Italian National Football Championship in 1898 awarded to a player from runners-up Internazionale Torino, silver, Inscribed CAMPIONATO NAZIONALE, 2 [2nd place], PREMIO TORINO, 8.5.98.
A Glasgow Rangers Football Club Sports Day trophy 1892, an oak tray with metal gallery, set with a presentation plaque inscribed RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB, AMATEUR SPORTS, 1 MILE H'CAP, 1st PRIZE, WON BY, JOHN MILROY, MAYBOLE, SCOTLAND, 6th AUGUST 1892, 36 by 52cm.
Glasgow v Sheffield representative football cap 1898-99, the purple cap with Glasgow city crest and inscribed G v S, 1898-99.
This match was played at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane 10th December 1898. Sheffield won 2-1.
A Glasgow North Eastern Cup cap awarded to Thomas Pollock Low in 1896, the black cap inscribed G N E and dated 1896 The Glasgow North Eastern Cup was won by Parkhead in 1895-96.
It seems plausible that Low and the other players received a cap rather than a medal. In the same season Parkhead were the runners-up in the Scottish Junior Cup.
Tibor Nyilasi: a red Hungary No.8 international jersey, long-sleeved. This jersey was gained as a swap by Phil Neal after the European Championship qualifier v Hungary at Wembley on 27th April 1983, a game England won 2-0.
Tibor Nyilasi played for Ferencvaros until switching to Austria Wien in 1983. Unfortunately Nyilasi is perhaps best remembered for he and a team-mate being sent off against Argentina in the 1982 World Cup.
Jose Torres: a white Portugal No.9 international jersey, short-sleeved, embroidered badge. This jersey was gained as a swap after England's final match in the so-called 'Little World Cup' in Brazil in the summer of 1964.
The game was played in Sao Paulo on 4th June and ended as a 1-1 draw. Torres was sent off in this game for mishandling the referee during a dispute over a decision.
An official Chelsea FC pennant for the match v Internazionale in Milan 8th June 1950, the centre with a silk and wirework figure of a Chelsea Pensioner, in between the match inscription, 43cm., 17in.
Cordoba Kicker Table football. H. 85 x 163.5 x 139 cm. Probably made in the 1960/70s.
Wooden construction, stained red, green/white linoleum, chrome-plated tubular steel. Figurines of cast aluminium, polychromatic paint, rubber. Marked: Badge: FUTBOL IN UK (...) BIRKENHEAD MERSEYSIDE.
Queens Park Rangers FC: a Merchant Navy prisoner-of-war tapestry dated 1942-43, bearing the Merchant Navy crest and inscribed QUEENS P. RANGERS, 1942-43, LEAGUE, WINNERS, CUP, FINALISTS, framed & glazed, 45 by 41cm., 17 3/4 by 16in.
This tapestry was made by Merchant Navy seamen at Milag Nord POW camp. They formed two teams, Newcastle United and QPR, and played each other regularly to keep spirits up. They even played a 'Cup final' every year. This continued for a period of four years.
