Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors' Sale March 3rd 2021

Info@fonsiemealy.ie 200 567 When Britain Joined the Common Market Soccer: F.A. - Common Market Football Match, The Three V. The Six (G.B. Republic of Ireland and Denmark) V. (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands andWest Germany) 3.1.1973 at Wembley Empire Stadium, 8vo, L. 1973, illus. & adverts. €100 - 150 568 Controversial Irish Soccer Match in 1955 Soccer: F.A.I., 1955, An o cial Match Programme “Ireland Versus Yugoslavia, Wednesday 19th October, 1955, at Dalymount Park, Dublin,” 8vo D. (F.A.I.) 1955, illus., ptd. wrappers. Good Copy. (1) * The Match was marred in controversy before a ball was even kicked. The then Archbishop (John Charles Mc Quaid) issued a letter to all parishes, to be read out declaring that all Catholics be banned from attending the match, due primarily to the persecutions of a Catholic Bishop Stepinac, by the Communist Regime in Yugoslavia. The church and state pulled rank and barred the Army Band from playing and Radio Eireann did not broadcast the match either. A Rare Survivor of an Event which encompassed Sport, Church and Politics. Good Copy €100 - 150 569 Programmes: Soccer, Irish Football Association (I.F.A.) 1950 & 60’s, a collection of O cial match programmes for Home and Away Internationals, including friendlies and quali ers during the period of 1955 to 1969 (mostly played at Windsor Park, Belfast), some loose tickets and other €70 - 90