What I Am Chasing
I am always interested in any old or unusual Melbourne Football Club or general V.F.L. / A.F.L. memorabilia including:
Seasons Tickets, Annual Reports, Cigarette Cards, Trade Cards, Post Cards,Birthday Cards, Xmas Cards, Badges, Photos, Fixtures, Menus, Pennants,Souvenirs, Invitations, Football Records, Trophies, Transfers, Tickets,Footballs, Guernseys, Stickers, Programmes, Books, Patches, Magazines, Posters, Medallions etc etc etc.
Below is some of my wants list - if you can help, please contact me at
Cards
Sniders "Incidents in Play" c1908-09
NEED: Carlton v. Geelong
c1930 Dyason’s ”Victorian Football Colours”
NEED: MELBOURNE
Victorian Suburban Premiums 1926-28
NEED: E. Tonkin
** Have those above but need numerous different trader's names on backs **
c1955 Cox Bros. Footy Blotters
NEED: Ian Ridley
1924 “Don” Photo Series Postcards
NEED: C. Streeter
1974 Scanlens “Double” Stickers
NEED: Melbourne/North Melbourne
Twisties Pennant Prize Cards 1967-1968
1977 Tip Top Bread Bag Strips
NEED: Robert Flower
1997 White Crow/Fountain PRIZE Cards
NEED: Stephen Tingay & David Schwarz
Melbourne F.C. Cards 2008 - from Season Launch Function?
NEED: C. Bruce, A. Davey, B. Green, B. McLean, D. Neitz
Stickers / Transfers / Decals
c1980 Melbourne Sports Depot Stickers
HAVE: Robert Flower
NEED ANY OTHERS
** Always interested in any old or unusual Melbourne stickers, transfers, decals, sew-on patches, badges, etc etc etc **
Seasons Tickets
Pre 1923 (incl.), 1935 & 1941
** Always interested in unusual M.F.C. Membership types from all eras including:
Redlegs, Tridents, Life Memberships, Coterie, Captains Club, Cheer Squad, Country, Player Passes etc etc **
Annual Reports
Pre 1921 (incl.), 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932,
1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1942 & 1944
Football Records
** Always interested in old or unusual Practice Match records, Night Series records, Exhibition Match records, Home and Away records, Finals records etc as well as State of Origin records, ANFC Carnivals, International Rules (Irish) Series etc etc**
Home and Away (ALL MELBOURNE F.C. MATCHES)
1955 - 13/8 v HawthorN 1948 - 19/6 v Hawthorn
Pre 1947 - Too numerous to list - interested in any
Practice Matches
Too numerous to list - interested in any
Finals Series
1944 - SECOND SEMI FINAL 1942 - PRELIMINARY FINAL 1940 - SECOND SEMI FINAL
Pre 1938 - Too numerous to list - interested in any
A.N.F.C. CARNIVAL
Pre 1961 - Too numerous to list - interested in any
STATE OF ORIGIN & INTERNATIONAL RULES
Too numerous to list - interested in any
Jumpers
Always looking for old or unusual Melbourne Player Issue jumpers - eg Home and Away, Training, Preseason, Clash, Commemorative, Exhibition Matches etc etc etc
Pictured above - 1987 & 1989 Foster’s International Cup, 2001 Hall of Fame Commemorative - NEED! NEED! NEED!
Always looking for old or unusual Melbourne Player Issue jumpers - eg Home and Away, Training, Preseason, Clash, Commemorative & “One-off”, Exhibition Matches etc etc etc
Pictured above - 1992 Home variations, 1994 Home and 1995 Home - NEED! NEED! NEED!
Always looking for old or unusual Melbourne Player Issue jumpers - eg Home and Away, Training, Preseason, Clash, Commemorative, Exhibition Matches etc etc etc
Pictured above - Training jumpers from 1983, 1994, 1995, 2012 & 2014 - NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED!
Other Stuff
V.F.L. Football Fixtures
Always interested in any old or unusual V.F.L. Football Fixtures
- particularly pre-1965
1961 Hoyt’s V.F.L. Team Bookmarks
NEED: Melbourne
The Age Fixtures
NEED: 1969
1964 Coke Bottle Tops
HAVE: Adams, Anderson, Barassi, Bourke, Carroll, Crompton, Dixon, Emselle, Groom, Tas. Johnson, Leahy, Lord, Hassa Mann, Len Mann, Massey, Matthews, Miller, Nilsson, Townsend & Vagg
NEED ANY OTHERS
1910 “Stick to a Standard” Football Badges
NEED: Melbourne
c1910 Player’s Cigarettes VFL Lapel Pins
NEED: Melbourne
c1930 VFL Colour Badges
NEED: Melbourne
c1950 VFL Mascot Badges
NEED: Melbourne
c1960 Protype Footballs VFL Colour Badges
NEED: Melbourne
1960's Football "Diana" Jugs
NEED: Melbourne
Scanlens Football Card Wrappers
Always interested in Scanlens wrappers - particularly
pre-1980
Match Day Tickets, Passes, Swing Tags
Always interested in any old or unusual V.F.L. Match Day tickets (Finals, Grand Finals etc) as well as M.F.C. passes, swing tags etc etc
Melbourne F.C. Ephemera
Always interested in any old or unusual Melbourne F.C. ephemera: invites, menus, newsletters, itineraries etc etc
c1970 Four ‘N Twenty “I Love Cards”
NEED: Melbourne
Brownlow Medal Menus
HAVE: 1959, 1962-1969, 1972-2019
NEED: single A5 card menus from 2022 & 2023; Favourites menus from 2023 & 2024
1973 Adams Pies/Sharp VFL Giant Captain Posters
NEED: Stan Alves (Melbourne)
c1960 HEINZ “Barrackers Club” Mask
NEED: MELBOURNE
Melbourne F.C. “Kia-Ora” Sports Parade Progammes
NEED: 1950, 1953, 1954
c1957 MARVEL Potatoes “VFL Mascot Pennants”
NEED: MELBOURNE
Grand Final Radio Broadcast Vinyl Records
HAVE: 1962, 1963, 1964 & 1966-1986
NEED ANY OTHERS
1978 Tip Top Bread VFL School Book Stickers
NEED: Melbourne (Arithmetic, Maths, Music, Poetry, Science, Spelling)
Melbourne F.C. Player Badges
Always interested in Melbourne F.C. Player badges
from the '70's until present day
1975-76 “The Footballer” Magazines
c1960 TARAX Club Mascot Bottle Caps
NEED: Melbourne
1970’s-80’s VFL Mirrors
NEED: Melbourne