F.A. CUP: Two multiple signed colour 11 x 8 bookweight photographs (each being pages removed from a football annual) by the FA Cup finalists of 1963, Manchester United and Leicester City, the first with seventeen signatures including Matt Busby, Denis Law, Noel Cantwell, Bill Foulkes, Bobby Charlton, Pat Crerand, David Herd, Albert Quixall, Nobby Stiles etc., and the second with eleven signatures including Gordon Banks, Graham Cross, Ian King, John Sjoberg, Ken Keyworth, Colin Appleton, Davie Gibson, Frank McLintock etc. Both of the images depict the players in two rows together wearing their football strips. All have signed in inks with their names alone, some to slightly darker areas of the images. Together with a small selection of unsigned printed ephemera relating to the FA Cup final between Leicester City and Manchester United comprising an official printed 8vo programme for the match at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, 25th May 1963, a printed 12mo ticket stub for the final (issued with the original date of 4th May 1963) and a printed 4to Community Singing song sheet issued by the Daily Express for the final. Some very light, minor age wear, generally VG, 5

Snow and freezing conditions caused chaos to the 1962-63 F.A. Cup fixture list, resulting in the FA Cup final being delayed until 25th May, three weeks later than originally planned.
Manchester United recorded their third FA Cup final victory in 1963, scoring three goals to Leicester City’s one.