Glory-days medals offered up
MEDALS bestowed upon Newcastle United driving force Frank Watt, who across 37 years of service made the club a formidable force in football, are to be sold in London.
Frank Watt was appointed secretary of United in 1895 and largely ran the show in the days before managers
He led Newcastle to four First Division titles and six FA Cup final appearances.
At a two-day sale today and tomorrow by Graham Budd Auctions, two of Frank Watts’s gold league championship medals will be on offer.
His 1906-07 medal is estimated at £6,000-£7,000 and his 1926-27 medal at £6,500-£7,500.
Bids are also invited for the 1909 Charity Shield winner medal awarded to Watts, following United’s 2-0 win over Northampton Town, which is rated at £2,200-£2,400.
A medal awarded to an unknown Newcastle player who appeared in that match is estimated at £800£1,200.
Also for sale is the Frank Watt Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary Cup 1920 competition medal at £400-£600, his Tyneside League Challenge Shield 1925-26 at £300£400, the Northumberland Football Association Senior Cup winner’s medal 1911-12 at £700-£800 and the Northampton Hospital Football Competition winners medal 191112 at £400-£480.
Frank Watt is shown on a 1905 postcard of the Newcastle team. This, together with another colour United postcard, is for sale at £140£180.
Frank Watt died aged 77 in post on the eve of Newcastle’s 1932 FA Cup sixth round tie against Watford, which United won 5-0. Newcastle went on to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the semi-final, with their former local hero Hughie Gallacher scoring the Londoners’ goal.
In the final, United won 2-1 against Arsenal. The sale includes the programme, ticket and autographs from that match, rated at £400-£500, and a programme alone at £300-£400.
In the fourth round of the 1932 competition, Newcastle drew twice 1-1 with Southport but in the second replay at Hillsborough, United won 9-0 which is the club’s record FA Cup score. The programme from that match is on sale with a valuation of £160-£200.
In the 1924 FA Cup final, Newcastle defeated Aston Villa 2-0. It was known as the ‘Rainy Day final’ because of the e weather and few w programmes have survived as fans used them as makeshift umbrellas. llas.
A programme which did survive is for sale at £2,500-£3,500 and a team sheet for the match, autographed by the Newcastle, players, is £500-£800.
Other programmes include Newcastle v Middlesbrough 1912 at £160-£200 and the Sunderland v Celtic friendly at Roker Park in 1936, with an estimate of £600-£700. A postcard image of action from the Arsenal v Sunderland 1905 match is £120-£160 and a postcard view of the Newcastle v Stoke 1907 home game, in which the United keeper appears to be taking it easy, is £140-£180.
A collection of player autographs fro from Newcastle teams from the 1960s onwards is £200-£300. Signatures include inclu Alan Shoulder, Alan Ken Kennedy, Ivor Allchurch, Tony Green, Gordon Marshall, Glenn Roeder, Alessandro Alessan Pistone, Micky Mick Quinn, Titus Bramble, Bram Kieron Dyer, Dy Jermine Jen Jenas, Lee Bowyer an and many others. £2 200-£300. A similar collection of autographs from Sunderland teams includes Bob Stokoe, G Gary Rowell, John Hawley, Jimmy Jim McNab, Michael Gray, Alex Rae, Gary Breen and others. £150-£200.
An FA Amateur Cup winner’s medal, presented to F Aston of the Royal Engineers, for the final at Bishop Auckland in 1908, is £300£500. The Royal Engineers Depot Battalion team beat Stockton 2-1.
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