AN FA Cup winners medal given to a Blackburn Rovers footballer 93-years ago is set to go to auction.

The medal belonged to Arthur Rigby, who played as a forward in the famous 3-1 victory over Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium in April 1928.

92,000 fans attended what was Rovers' sixth, but final FA Cup triumph and Rigby's medal is likely to fetch between £3,000-5,000 at the 10am auction on September 7 and 8.

The auction will host over 1,000 lots collected by Bryan Horsnell, including football, Olympic games, golf, boxing, cricket, motorsport, horse racing and tennis memorabilia.

Mr Horsnell's collection includes over 200 lots of football memorabilia including medals, caps, player collections, official match pennants and vintage jerseys.

Auctioneer Graham Budd said of the collection: "After raising a family, the time of life has arrived when Bryan and his wife are downsizing from their matrimonial home in Reading for their retirement.

"Bryan Horsnell is a pioneer of football collecting and has been very active in this pursuit since the 1960s, a time when very few people were like-minded in this hobby.

"More often than not we would acquire items directly from footballers and built up a spectacular collection. This has been supplemented by purchases at auction since memorabilia sales grew from the 1990s onwards.

"It would be difficult and expensive for anybody setting out today to amass such an incredible array of treasures. However, the auction offers a unique opportunity to buy football memorabilia of the highest quality.

"The collection has three distinct strands; medals and caps, vintage shirts and match pennants relating to England international games."

You can bid for the medal at: https://bidlive.grahambuddauctions.co.uk at 10am on Tuesday, September 7 and Wednesday, September 8.