Autographs of Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".
Matthews kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50. He was also the oldest player to play in England's top football division (50 years and 5 days) and the oldest to represent the country (42 years and 104 days). He was an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 to honour his contribution to the English game.
Matthews spent 19 years with Stoke City, playing for the Potters from 1932 to 1947 and again from 1961 to 1965. He helped Stoke to the Second Division title in 1932–33 and 1962–63. Between his two spells at Stoke, he spent 14 years with Blackpool, where, after being on the losing side in the 1948 and 1951 FA Cup finals, he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "Matthews final" of 1953. In 1956, he was named the winner of the inaugural Ballon d'Or, a prize given to the best European footballer each year. Between 1934 and 1957, he won 54 caps for England, playing in the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 1954, and winning nine British Home Championship titles.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Stanley Matthews (WEBBER PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL SIGNED BY SEVERAL LEGENDS STANLEY MATTHEWS ETC.) was sold in April 2014 for £875.00 while the cheapest item (Stanley Matthews Original Signed Photo. Saidman Bros. Blackpool Kit Mid 50’s) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (29) was May 2025 with an average selling price of £28.98 for an autographed item of Stanley Matthews. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2024 with £200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Stanley Matthews is worth £12.50.
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Latest News about Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews' hometown club Hanley Town narrowly miss out on FA Cup upse (03/10/2021): Hanley Town have already progressed further than ever before in the FA Cup this season, which marks the 150th anniversary of the storied competition and forced Brackley to a replay 
Stanley Matthews Foundation outlines big plans for two new grassroots football c (26/01/2021): The family of Sir Stanley Matthews, arguably Britain's greatest ever footballer, are hands-on at the charity as it aims to build two community football centres as well as start a football project. Michael Carrick on course to become longest-serving outfield player to represent (01/04/2015): Michael Carrick's England appearance against Italy on Tuesday night has put him on course to become the longest-serving outfield player to represent the Three Lions behind Sir Stanley Matthews. abunn published Anita Harris Art Pottery donates piece to Sir Stanley Matthews.. (11/03/2015): Ask a non-Stokie the first things that come into their mind when asked about Stoke-on-Trent, and you can bet that the words "Pottery" and "Sir Stanley Matthews" would be high on the list. And the two were married together recently as Anita Harris Art Pottery were asked to provide a commemorative vasPupils unveil Sir Stanley Matthews statue at school (27/02/2015): PUPILS will have a permanent reminder of arguably the city's finest ever footballer in their school – after helping create a statue of the icon. As part of the city-wide celebrations to commemorate what would have been Sir Stanley Matthews' centenary year, Park Hall Primary School unveiled a painted
Older News Stories about Stanley Matthews
Stoke City: Stanley Matthews Jnr proud to carry dad's legacy (01/2015): STANLEY Matthews junior received a smile from passport control as he made his way back to the Potteries yesterday. "There was a famous footballer called Stanley Matthews," said the customs official, starting a conversation "young" Stan has probably had a million times before. An international sportsStoke City: Legends turn out for Sir Stanley Matthews 100th... (12/2014): GORDON Banks and Jimmy Armfield will lead a cavalcade of stars honouring Sir Stanley Matthews at a tribute dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.Terry Conroy and Eric Skeels are also headlining the gala dinner at the Britannia Stadium on Friday, January 30."We are aiming for a unique eveHow Stanley Matthews' wing wizardry lifted a nation in austerity and eclipsed ha (11/2014): Flashback: With Blackpool taking on Bolton Wanderers in the Championship on Saturday, their most famous meeting in the coronation year Cup final remains unforgettable, writes Jim White in an extract from his new book A Matter of Life and Death: A History Of Football in 100 QuotationsThe Sentinel commented Sir Stanley Matthews's FA Cup winners' medal could attrac (10/2014): STOKE City legend Sir Stanley Matthews's FA Cup winners' medal could attract more than £60,000 when it goes under the hammer next month.The 1953 medal – which bears the name of the Potters winger – was presented to Sir Stan by the Queen after his performance inspired Blackpool to fight back from 3-1The Sentinel commented Firefighters called out to Autoneum at Stanley Matthews W (06/2014): Firefighters were called out to blaze at Autoneum on Stanley Matthews Way, Trentham Lakes, last night. Crews were called out at 11.33pm to an extraction unit in a factory. A Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Spokesman said: "Two appliances from Hanley, one from Newcastle and one from Longton attWay We Were: John Abberley's Archive - Sir Stanley Matthews (05/2014): THEY reckoned you could go anywhere in the world and there'd always be somebody who'd heard of Stanley Matthews. I grew up with that legend in the days long before television. Yet somehow Stan's fame did encircle the globe without much publicity.The only thing I can recall him doing in that departmeSir Stanley Matthews features in world's top footballer statues... (04/2014): ACADEMICS have paid tribute to Sir Stanley Matthews in a new project which chronicles statues of football heroes from across the globe.The new database features more than 350 statues of players and other leading figures in the sport, spanning 56 different countries.It has been compiled by researcherStoke City: Sir Stanley Matthews' old school helping to pull in young Stoke City (03/2014): STOKE City's popular City 7s junior membership scheme is today heading to the school of the club's most famous number seven. St Luke's Junior & Primary School in Hanley is where one Sir Stanley Matthews, below, first began kicking a ball. And today another winger, Stoke's Stoke City deadline day archive: Stanley Matthews, Bob McGrory... (01/2014): A TRANSFER deadline day has surely never seemed more important at Stoke City than Sunday, March 16 1947. The Potters, with 12 games remaining, sat sixth in the table with genuine ambitions of winning the league title for the first time in the club's history.Awful winter weather meant they already knHow Stanley Matthews and Alf Ramsey's England tackled the last World Cup in Braz (12/2013): England arrived at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil as the ‘kings of football’, the founders of the game in their tweed trousers and brogue shoes deigning to grace a global tournament for the first time. Hanley market traders told: Keep your stalls away from Sir Stanley Matthews! (10/2013): CITY centre market traders have been ordered to move their stalls away from a famous statue of Sir Stanley Matthews. A petition was submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council demanding stallholders move at least 10 feet away from the memorial to the footballing great, right. The document complained thStoke City competition: Learn to play the game like Sir Stanley Matthews (06/2013): DO you know any football-mad five to 10-year-olds who would love to take part in a fun coaching initiative at Stoke City's Premier League training ground? In conjunction with The Co-operative, we are looking for 30 boys and girls to take part in a Learn to play the Stanley Matthews Way football coacHow 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a bl (05/2013): On the pitch he was simply astonishing, but as a new biography reveals, there was far more to Stanley Matthews than the puritanical figure of legend.
