RARE ITEM STAYS ON DISPLAY
The display of a rare Chesterfield FC football programme at Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery has proved so popular that it is being extended until the end of September.
The four page matchday programme, which cost just one penny 105 years ago, was bought earlier this year with a successful bid of £2,500 in a fiercely contested football memorabilia auction held in Northampton.
The Chesterfield Football Supporters Society (CFSS), the supporters trust, purchased the oldest known home programme in existence, which is for the Second Division league match between Chesterfield and Manchester City, played at the Recreation Ground, Saltergate, on Saturday 27 September 1902.
It has been on display since April but has generated so much interest that the museum authorities have decided to keep it on display for three more months and the club has agreed.