Rare Leeds United memorabilia collection auction

Morphets of Harrogate are auctioning a private collection of Leeds United memorabilia on Thursday 5 November, with bidding starting in the saleroom and live online from 11am. It's a substantial haul that covers almost 80 years of the club's history, running from the 1947/48 season right through to the current 2025/26 campaign. If you've followed the club for a lifetime, there's a good chance you'll recognise the eras it touches on.

A lot of the weight sits in the Don Revie years. There are two letters from Revie himself, one signed just weeks after he took over at Elland Road in March 1961, written in reply to a schoolboy supporter asking about attending trials. Alongside those are testimonial brochures celebrating the Revie-era greats: Jack Charlton, Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter, Peter Lorimer and Paul Madeley. It's the kind of stuff that puts a name and a face to the legends.

Beyond the Revie years, the scale of the collection is what stands out. There are around 1,500 match programmes running from the 1960/61 season up to 2025/26, plus earlier items from the 1940s and 1950s. That's joined by about 75 matchday ticket stubs and more than 40 season ticket passbooks and cards dating back to 1972/73. There are also around 150 other football items from the 1950s and 1960s, including a wood-framed mirror from David O'Leary's Champions League years.

It's a long stretch of football history to see in one go, from the post-war years through to the present day. The auction is at Morphets of Harrogate, 6 Albert Street, Harrogate, on Thursday 5 November, with bidding open in the saleroom and online from 11am.