Frank Stapleton Autographs
Francis Anthony Stapleton (born 10 July 1956) is an Irish former professional football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time at Arsenal, Manchester United and as a pivotal player for the Republic of Ireland national team. He has also been manager at Bradford City and MLS club New England Revolution.
Stapleton was a distinguished centre forward, once touted as being among the best in the world in his position, and an exceptionally strong header of the ball. He started his career with Arsenal, joining them in 1972 as an apprentice, after being turned down by Manchester United. He made his first-team debut in March 1975, at home to Stoke City, and would go on to form a potent striking partnership with Malcolm Macdonald; the two scored 46 goals between them in 1976–77. He was Arsenal's top scorer for the three following seasons, and helped the Gunners reach a trio of FA Cup finals; Stapleton scored one of the goals in Arsenal's 1979 FA Cup Final 3–2 win over Manchester United, and scored 108 goals in 300 appearances in total for the Gunners.
Stapleton went on to move to Manchester United in the summer of 1981 for £900,000 (a fee set by tribunal after the two clubs could not agree) as new manager Ron Atkinson began building a team capable of challenging for silverware after a disappointing 1980–81 season under Dave Sexton. He helped United win the 1983 and 1985 FA Cups. It was in the first of those finals, when he scored against Brighton, in which Stapleton made history by becoming the first man to score for two different clubs in FA Cup Finals. United finished in the top four of the league in each of Stapleton's first five seasons at Old Trafford, and came close to winning a league title medal in the 1985–86 season after United won their first ten league games of the season before their form slumped and they finished fourth. Atkinson was sacked and replaced by Alex Ferguson in November 1986, and Stapleton remained a regular member of the first team under the new manager, but soon after Brian McClair arrived at the club, Stapleton moved to Ajax on the recommendation of former teammate, Arnold Mühren in the summer of 1987. But the move failed to live up to expectations, as he made just six appearances and scored one goal against Dundalk in the Cup Winners Cup, before he made a short loan-spell at Belgian side Anderlecht at the end of 1987, without making a single appearance. Stapleton then played on loan for three months with Derby County before heading to the European Championships in 1988 as the captain of the Republic of Ireland side, which beat England, drew 1–1 with the Soviet Union, eventual runners-up, and lost by a single late goal to tournament winners, the Netherlands. He then played for French club Le Havre for a season, before returning to England again with Blackburn Rovers in 1989, followed by moves to Aldershot, Huddersfield Town (as player-coach) and Bradford City.
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Current items with a signature of Frank Stapleton
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | FRANK STAPLETON SIGNED MANCHESTER UNITED 6 X 4 INCH - IRELAND player card | $11.87 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Frank Stapleton
The most expensive item with a signature of Frank Stapleton (Muhammad Ali signed Frank Stapleton litho framed autograph LE 500 LOA Auto TWICE) was sold in December 2025 for $1,049.94 while the cheapest item (SUPERB FRANK STAPLETON SIGNED AJAX 12 X 8 INCH PHOTO - Man Utd/Arsenal) found a new owner for $2.28 in November 2021. The month with the most items sold (10) was July 2025 with an average selling price of $74.38 for an autographed item of Frank Stapleton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $86.04 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.28 was November 2021. In average, an autographed item from Frank Stapleton is worth $16.71.
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