Old Oxford City memorabilia 50's and 60's

[johnholroyd]

I recently purchased, at auction, a number of pennants that had been given to Oxford City during European tours in the 1950's and 1960's, and was wondering whether someone could help identify who the clubs are, what the year was, and the score? I was also wondering why they weren't in the possession of the club instead of a private individual? Any help greatly appreciated. Pennants are as follows:-
Sportclub 1863 Kleve (Pfingsten 1954 also on it)
VFB 1900 Giessen 1956
Spvgg. 1903 Neu - Isenburg 1956 (German Amateur Champions b y the look of it)
ASKO - no date
Lega Nazionale semiprofessionisti (obviously the Italian Amatuer F.A. no date)
Sportverein Union Meppen 1947 (German?)
U.S. Civitanovese no date (same Italian tour as Lega Nazionale?)
Sportclub 1863 Kleve 1967 (same opponents as top listed team)
Sport Club 1900 e.V. Geislingen Steige
G.D.S. Den Haag (Dutch as in A.D.O. Den Haag no date)
A.P.S.A.P. no date, (no idea of country, but there is an ancient ship on it indicating it' a port?)
Commune di Capri (has a monk on the front, no date)
S.S.Jesi s.r.l. no date (has a rampant lion on a red background)
Forest City F.C. Wil's no date, no idea of country
H.F.C. 1966 (sheep bearing a white flag with red cross imposed)
F.C. Cattolica (Italian? no date)
Sanremese Calcio U.S no date, Italian
There's also a general one for young German footballers Sportsfreunde Ippendoorf 1923 e.V.
18 IN TOTAL. ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED, MANY THANKS,
JOHN HOLROYD.

[Ash]

ChrisB, over to you!

[ChrisB]

Some answers below - but several I can't fathom.
It would seem that these might have been 'lost' when OCFC left the White House ground in the '80s.

Sportclub 1863 Kleve (Pfingsten 1954 also on it)
Either 04/06/1954(A) W2-1 or 20/08/54(H) W3-2
VFB 1900 Giessen 1956
05/08/1956(A) L1-6
Spvgg. 1903 Neu - Isenburg 1956
04/08/1956(A) L0-2
ASKO - no date
No idea I'm afraid - Google comes up with an ASKO in Togo!!
Lega Nazionale semiprofessionisti
Presumably the Anglo-Italian Tournament: see below
Sportverein Union Meppen 1947 (German?)
08/09/1954(H) D4-4
U.S. Civitanovese
18/04/1981(A) Anglo-Italian Tournament W3-1
Sportclub 1863 Kleve 1967
19/08/1967(H) L1-5
Sport Club 1900 e.V. Geislingen Steige
Unidentified
G.D.S. Den Haag (Dutch as in A.D.O. Den Haag no date)
Unidentified
A.P.S.A.P.
Unidentified
Commune di Capri
22/11/1983(H) W12-0
S.S.Jesi s.r.l.
June 1982(A) W1-0
Forest City F.C.
Unidentified
H.F.C. 1966
Hendon - Amateur Cup Match 11/02/1967(A) L3-4
F.C. Cattolica
Italian tour June 1982(A) D1-1
Sanremese Calcio U.S
18/03/1981(H) Anglo-Italian Tournament D2-2

[johnholroyd]

Chris, Many thanks for that, the info, and speed of reply are greatly appreciated. The auction house also sold a pennant from City vs Juventus from the 1930's. Went for only about £40.
John

p.s. played at Iffley Road in 1985 for Ruskin College against some Uni side in the final of "Cuppers" as I think it was called? We lost 5-4.

[ChrisB]

Glad to have been of help, John. I'm intrigued by the unidentified ones so will continue to dig around!

The Juventus that City played was on a tour of Romania in April 1927 and was a team from Bucharest - not the more famous Italian side.

There's talk about some major redevelopment of Iffley Road, so the pitch you played on could well disappear soon.

[johnholroyd]

Chris, if you'd like any scans of any particular pennant, pm me your email details.

John