Author:
Sir Stanley Matthews (1915-2000), great English footballer who played outside right for Stoke City and Blackpool
Publication details:
No date. On letterhead of Blackpool Football Club Limited, by whom Matthews was employed between 1947 and 1961.
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The postcard, which is blank on the reverse, has been cut down into an irregular shape, roughly rectangular and approximately 11 x 7.5 cm. At the head is the printed Blackpool FC letterhead (‘All communications to BLOOMFIELD ROAD GROUND, BLACKPOOL). Two strips of glue from tape flank the firm signature ‘Stanley Matthews’, which rises slightly and is underlined. Otherwise in good condition, lightly aged.