1913-14 PERCY SANDS TADDY & CO. PROMINENT FOOTBALLERS LONDON MIXTURE
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YEAR: 1913-14
ISSUE: TADDY & CO. PROMINENT FOOTBALLERS
NUMBER: N/A
CONDITION: POOR
NICKNAMED "MR RELIABLE", PERCY SANDS PLAYED FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AT ARSENAL, AND CAPTAINED THE SIDE FROM 1906-07 SEASON UNTIL THE ADVENT OF WORLD WAR I. HIS NINE SEASONS WITH THE ARMBAND REMAINED THE LONGEST IN THE CLUBS HISTORY UNTIL TONY ADAMS BROKE THE RECORD. SANDS WAS ALSO THE FIRST SKIPPER TO LEAD ARSENAL OUT AT HIGHBURY FOR THEIR INAUGURAL MATCH AGAINST LEICESTER FOSSE ON SEPTEMBER 6th 1913.