Wigan v Roanne in 1949 and the Challenge Cup : Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:51 pm  

On Saturday 25th April, the Rugby League Collectors' Federation will be holding a programme fair in the Black Bull on Knowsley Road St Helens starting at 10.30.
On view will be a large collection of programmes, badges, photographs, collectors cards, magazines, books, novels, DVDs and various other items, both to look at or buy.
At 12.30 there will be an auction of over 100 items including programmes of the following games.
1933 Wigan v Australia
1947 Wigan v Liverpool Stanley
1947 Wigan v Swinton
1949 Wigan v Roanne
1949 Belle Vue Rangers v Wigan
and also
1908 Huddersfield v Merthyr Tydfil
1909 Broughton Rangers Party Menu.

Admission is free to what is always a very sociable event and all rugby league fans are welcome.
Also on display will be the Rugby League Challenge Cup. You can have your photograph taken with it as long as you make a donation to the Steve Prescott Foundation and bring your own camera.

: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:28 am  

If you didn't hear Ray French giving this event a good plug on Radio Merseyside last night, then this is just a late reminder about what is always a very sociable event. Everybody welcome.
One very interesting item in the auction is Lot 4

A small collection of wage slips/packets, mostly from the sixties but one from 1923 showing some of the cash that Wigan paid to Jim Sullivan.