Football and Theatre Excursions to Sunderland and Newcastle for the Matches on Boxing Day

Poster, London and North Eastern Railway, "Football and Theatre Excursions to Sunderland and Newcastle for the Matches on Boxing Day", gives train times and lists the matches being played and the pantomimes on at the Newcastle theatres, with cartoon depiction of a footballer and theatre, November 1935.

Football has always had a close link with the railways.

The growing railway network allowed amateur football to develop and teams to play further afield with some of these teams developing to become highly successful. Many of the largest football clubs deliberately built their grounds next to railway lines and stations so that fans could travel more easily to support their team.

Supporter numbers were so huge that the Railway companies laid on special trains.

This poster combines two popular leisure activities, encouraging passengers to travel over the festive period.