Five-shilling Wolves 1921 FA Cup final ticket sells for whopping £1.3k at auction

When first bought nearly a century ago the ticket cost five shillings - a mere 25p in today's money.

It was expected the rare item would be snapped up for between £700 and £1,000 but the estimate was far exceeded at a auctioneers in London on Tuesday.

The 1921 FA Cup final was one of three held at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge after the competition had resumed following the First World War and ahead of the move to Wembley.

It was Wolves' fifth appearance in a final and their third defeat, with Tottenham lifting the coveted trophy after Jimmy Dimmock scored the only goal of the game in the 53rd minute.

The Wolves team, managed by Jack Addenbrooke, was captained by Val Gregory and featured 11 Englishmen including winger Sammy Brooks, from Brierley Hill.

The game itself was marked by pouring rain and a muddy pitch.

The trophy was presented to Tottenham by King George V in front of a bumper crowd of 72,805.

Memorabilia from the final is highly sought after.

In October last year a match programme sold for £850, having cost just sixpence when new.

And in June a Wolves shirt worn by Thomas 'Tancy' Lea fetched a staggering £6,700.

It was bought the club to be displayed in the Wolves Museum at Molineux.

Wolves went on to lose another FA Cup final in 1939, defeated 4-1 by Portsmouth.

But their last two appearances both ended in victory with legendary manager Stan Cullis masterminding comfortable wins over Leicester City in 1949 and Blackburn Rovers in 1960.