A programme for Leicester City's home win over Chelsea from the last day of 1938 has been sold at auction for £900.
The lot – under the hammer at Sotheby's at a specialist football memorabilia sale by Graham Budd Auctions – secured more than five times the upper estimate.
The programme for the First Division game cost one old penny and had been valued at £120 to £160.
It was one of 54 City programmes put up for sale by a Londoner who had inherited them.
Auctioneer Graham Budd said: "The Leicester City versus Chelsea programme turned out to be the most valuable of the 52 programmes from the 1930s and 1940s sold on the day. Two did not sell."
The man who put the programmes up for sale was "amazed" when told by Mr Budd how valuable they were.
Mr Budd said: "We estimated they would sell for between £2,000 and £3,000 but the total they made was £5,800.
"Another good price, of £300, was realised for the Foxes' programme against Manchester United on December 27, 1938."
Mr Budd said Manchester United was the most collected football club, with Chelsea close behind.
He said the two programmes were valuable because those from pre-war games were rare.
The 1938-39 season was full of heartache for City as they were relegated. Manager Frank Womack resigned.
The match against Chelsea was a rare good day – City won 3-2, with goals from Septimus "Sep" Smith, who bagged two, and Danny Liddle.
The world record for a programme at the auction was £30,000, for the FA Cup Final of 1882 where Old Etonians beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0.
