Sheffield United FA Cup medals to go on auction
The prizes won by Harry Johnson Senior and Harry Johnson Junior are part of a memorabilia collection
The medals won by Harry Johnson Junior and Harry Johnson Senior for Sheffield United are going to be sold at auction.
The pair were the first father and son duo to both win the competition, in 1902 and 1925.
Their prizes are each estimated to sell for between £3,000 and £5,000.
They're part of a collection of football memorabilia, expected to fetch around £170,000 at auction.
The 60-year collection of medals, caps, official match pennants and vintage jerseys is being sold by 82-year-old Bryan Horsnell.
The retired postal worker is selling the over-200 items along with his home, as he moves to a smaller property with his wife.
Auctioneer Graham Budd said: "Bryan Horsnell is a pioneer of football collecting and has been very active in this pursuit since the 1960s, a time when very few people were like-minded in this hobby.
"More often than not he would acquire items directly from footballers and built up a spectacular collection.
"This has been supplemented by purchases at auction since memorabilia sales grew from the 1990s onwards.
"It would be difficult and expensive for anybody setting out today to amass such an incredible array of treasures.
"However, the auction offers a unique opportunity to buy football memorabilia of the highest quality."
Elsewhere in the Horsnell collection is a 1903 FA Cup winner's medal awarded to Willie Wood of Bury FC, which is also expected to fetch between £3,000 and £5,000.
A pennant presented by Portugal to England ahead of their World Cup semi-final in 1966 is estimated to sell for between £3,000 and £5,000.
Sir Bobby's signed red Manchester United No 9 home jersey dating from around 1965 could also sell for between £3,000 and £5,000.
England World Cup-winning captain Moore's white Fulham No 6 1975 FA Cup final jersey - believed to have been his unused spare - could go for between £2,000 and £3,000.
The Cliff Bastin cap collection is also part of the sale.
The Arsenal legend, who started his career at Exeter City, was one of the most gifted footballers of his generation, playing for England 21 times and scoring 12 goals.
"The collection is remarkable as every single cap he was awarded as an England player has remained intact," Mr Budd said.
"Very often such a collection fragments as different branches of a family are given one as a memento or are gifted to friends during the player's lifetime."
Being sold separately in the auction is the earliest Manchester United football medal ever to have been offered for sale.
The Manchester Senior Cup winner's medal was awarded to Newton Heath'sThomas Fitzsimmons in 1893 could fetch £25,000.
Newton Heath, who became Manchester United in 1902, beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the final, which marked the end of the club's first season in division one.
"We are very pleased to be selling this important historic medal on behalf of a UK private collector," Mr Budd said.
"It is the oldest Manchester United medal that has been offered at auction. And there is no knowledge of the whereabouts of any other medal in existence that is older."