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[Covkid1968#]

It’s well known that this forum has a mixture of the following in equal proportions

1. Halfwits and simpletons (most seemingly oblivious to their condition)
2. People with Great insight and common sense
3. Thoughtfulness and caring
4. Comedy genius
5. Expertise on all subjects ..and I mean all

But no matter which group you belong to we all have an amount of knowledge about our great club going back decades. It is this I now call on to help solve my problem!!
I tried posting a picture before but misplaced it. But lockdown has helped me find it.
I have a football that I need to date.....I tried the club historian but it was not his thing... so my last hope is SBT.
Do you recognise any of these signatures /autographs so I can put a year/season to a football won years ago in an auction

Thanks all for any help you can give

 

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[clint van damme]

It’s well known that this forum has a mixture of the following in equal proportions

1. Halfwits and simpletons (most seemingly oblivious to their condition)
2. People with Great insight and common sense
3. Thoughtfulness and caring
4. Comedy genius
5. Expertise on all subjects ..and I mean all

But no matter which group you belong to we all have an amount of knowledge about our great club going back decades. It is this I now call on to help solve my problem!!
I tried posting a picture before but misplaced it. But lockdown has helped me find it.
I have a football that I need to date.....I tried the club historian but it was not his thing... so my last hope is SBT.
Do you recognise any of these signatures /autographs so I can put a year/season to a football won years ago in an auction

Thanks all for any help you can give

I'd like to see a Venn diagram displaying 1 and 5

 

[rob9872]

Reading their website, I'd say that's a retro ball post 1990 under the new ownership. There is a story about the history. In fairness for an old looking ball, it does look in remarkably good condition and I'm not sure the signing of new balls was a thing back in the day, so I'd guess much newer, but have been known to be wrong before and on any given day, could comfortably fit into all 5 of the categories of poster listed above
http://www.seanarnoldantiques.co.uk/page19.html

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

That autograph clearly says Dula Zulu, if that's any help.
I had Peter Hindley's autograph several times from the 1970s and for some reason he always wrote "Tits Wilderley"

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It’s well known that this forum has a mixture of the following in equal proportions

1. Halfwits and simpletons (most seemingly oblivious to their condition)
2. People with Great insight and common sense
3. Thoughtfulness and caring
4. Comedy genius
5. Expertise on all subjects ..and I mean all

But no matter which group you belong to we all have an amount of knowledge about our great club going back decades. It is this I now call on to help solve my problem!!
I tried posting a picture before but misplaced it. But lockdown has helped me find it.
I have a football that I need to date.....I tried the club historian but it was not his thing... so my last hope is SBT.
Do you recognise any of these signatures /autographs so I can put a year/season to a football won years ago in an auction

Thanks all for any help you can give

Could you put up pictures of some of the other signatures?

 

[Otis]

This I guess is around 1970-72. All white balls. Has to be 1960's at the very latest, but I am thinking maybe before that.

Can't make that signature out at all. Maybe if you show a few we might pick one up.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Sorry my internet crashed .... I’ll add some more

 

[shmmeee]

I'd like to see a Venn diagram displaying 1 and 5

 

[Covkid1968#]

And some more....thanks for the responses guys

 

[wingy]

Does that last one say the Saint
Ian St John?

 

[Otis]

Sorry my internet crashed .... I’ll add some more

Unbeknownst to me, it seems we had a lot of Arabic players back then.

 

[hill83]

All white balls

The shorts are short, but not that short.

 

[chiefdave]

I'm not sure the signing of new balls was a thing back in the day

That's a good point. Maybe the former players association could help.

 

[Sbarcher]

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This I guess is around 1970-72. All white balls. Has to be 1960's at the very latest, but I am thinking maybe before that.

Can't make that signature out at all. Maybe if you show a few we might pick one up.

Can't ever remember them playing in school socks.

 

[shepardo01]

Right, have done no research into the ball manufacturer but;
Looking at the picture and the hand in comparison, the ball does not look like a size 5, even deflated.
Suggests it could be a souvenir ball, old school style.
Also, looks like a marker/sharpie type signature, suggesting it *could* be an old style replica ball with a couple of recent (ish) signatures on it. No idea who though.....

 

[EalingSB]

And some more....thanks for the responses guys

Terry Yorath? Obviously looks like the ball massively pre-dates him, though.

EDIT: just checked his autograph on other sites and it doesn't look like this.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Thought this was PUSB written incorrectly!!!

 

[Covkid1968#]

One last one

 

[shepardo01]

One last one

The fact they have included numbers next to signatures also suggests these are recent...only really done this since squad numbers have been at thing....

 

[WILS1972]

And some more....thanks for the responses guys

looks like Steve Staunton 18

 

[Covkid1968#]

The fact they have included numbers next to signatures also suggests these are recent...only really done this since squad numbers have been at thing....

That’s what I thought.... but I’m struggling to pick out any names. And why get modern players to sign a replica old football.... and then why auction it in front of an idiot like me who cant handle his beer and buys any old tat after a few beers.

 

[WILS1972]

One last one

And that will be Craig Pead

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[Covkid1968#]

And that will be Craig Pead

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Right that’s done it..... I’m pumping it up and the kids are having a kick around with it this afternoon!!!!!!!

 

[jackdg]

Thought this was PUSB written incorrectly!!!

Patrick Suffo (8)?

 

[Covkid1968#]

Yep

Patrick Suffo (8)?

good call Jack!

Thanks SBT ..... not quite what I’d hoped but you lot nailed it as expected!!! PUSB

 

[Gosb]

2003/4 was the season that Pead (7), Suffo (8) and Staunton (18) played for the Sky Blues. Finished 12th in what was then Division 1.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Yep

good call Jack!

Thanks SBT ..... not quite what I’d hoped but you lot nailed it as expected!!! PUSB

Where/when was the auction held? If it was a well known auction company how about archiving their past auctions for lot details? A lot of them do keep this info on their official sites.

 

[shepardo01]

That’s what I thought.... but I’m struggling to pick out any names. And why get modern players to sign a replica old football.... and then why auction it in front of an idiot like me who cant handle his beer and buys any old tat after a few beers.

Thought that the "vintage look" might have been more appealing than one of those cheap, plastic looking white autograph balls that you see knocking about.... it obviously worked too!...lol..

 

[Covkid1968#]

Thought that the "vintage look" might have been more appealing than one of those cheap, plastic looking white autograph balls that you see knocking about.... it obviously worked too!...lol..

I have vague recollections of paying £100 .... pfffffffffffff

 

[superskyblue]

And some more....thanks for the responses guys

One of them looks like Adam Johnson. Not going to be worth a lot with that on it!

 

[oscillatewildly]

One of them looks like Adam Johnson. Not going to be worth a lot with that on it!

Hmmm. Another appears to be 'Fred West' and if I'm not mistaken, another the 'Boston Strangler'. Where did you get this ball, Covkid?

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

And some more....thanks for the responses guys

the top one there clearly reads:
Steve Staunton 18 which was his squad number in 2003

 

[TTG]

Squad numbers were introduced early-mid 90s so would have to be pretty recent

 

[Covkid1968#]

Hmmm. Another appears to be 'Fred West' and if I'm not mistaken, another the 'Boston Strangler'. Where did you get this ball, Covkid?

Right place right time for Fred.... grabbed him just before he was cremated at Canley. You’ve rumbled me on the other autograph though ....that Boston strangler one is 100% fake, I asked a complete stranger from a small town in Lincs to sign it for me.

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Hmmm. Another appears to be 'Fred West' and if I'm not mistaken, another the 'Boston Strangler'. Where did you get this ball, Covkid?

Don’t forget Harold Shipman !