At first sight it would seem odd that a programme for a match that never took place should be so valuable, but one of the most expensive match programmes that comes onto the market from time to time is for the Manchester United v Wolves game that was scheduled for February 8, 1958.
The match never took place because, tragically, seven members of the Manchester United team were killed two days earlier as the aeroplane bringing them back from Munich crashed on take off. The crash was survived by Matt Busby, Bobby Charlton and goalkeeper Harry Gregg. Not surprisingly this was a major news story at the time both amongst football fans and those with no interest in the game.
The match programmes had already been printed but because of the disaster they were pulped. A few copies survived however and these are now conservatively valued at around £5,000 each.
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