A rare early football programme from before the First World War has sold for more than 20,000 times its original value at auction.
The booklet was produced for a match between Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in the old Division One from 1911, which the Blades won 2-1.
The very well-preserved pamphlet cost just one penny when it was offered to supporters who went to see the game at Bramall Lane Stadium, in South Yorks.
But it made £220 when it went under the hammer yesterday (Thurs).
A spokesperson for Vectis Auctions, which put the programme on sale, said it was unusual to find sporting material of this kind without any writing on it.
They also said that while the front and back pages had become detached, these could be restored by the buyer.
Matchday programmes were first introduced in English football in the 1880s and became a staple for the game-going fan.
Early versions were a simple scorecard, which would have been a single card or sheet, with a dateline, team names, player positions and advertising.
One of the earliest matchday programmes recorded, from an 1873 match between alumni representatives of Eton College and Yale College sold in 2016 for £15,000.
