A host of Gay Meadow memorabilia, from the turnstiles to the stadium bars, will be sold-off at a massive Shrewsbury Town auction later this month.

Notable lots sure to attract huge interest from blue and amber fans include the home dugout, two full sets of goalposts used at the stadium from 2000 to 2005 and one of the match balls from last month’s Grimsby game – the final ever league match at the famous old ground.

Town officials are auctioning off nearly 200 lots ahead of the club’s move to the New Meadow in Oteley Road in several months time.

The sale, which will be run by Shropshire auctioneer McCartneys, is scheduled to take place at Gay Meadow on Sunday, June 17.

Hopeful buyers will be able to view their prospective purchases from 9.30am, with the sale due to start at noon.

Alan Stevenson, the club’s end-of-an-era consultant, said he expected hundreds of Town fans as well as collectors from across the country to attend the sale.

He said: “It will be a chance for people to wave a last goodbye to the ground. It will be the last public event to be held at Gay Meadow, so it will be a sad occasion.

“Hopefully the majority of people on the day will be Town fans as we want them to be able to take away some mementos of the ground with them.

“It will be sad because for a lot of people Gay Meadow has been part of their life for a long time.

“What we have tried to do is let it die with some dignity.”

He said staff at the club hoped for a sunny day as the auction will take place on the pitch itself with the bidding public able to take their seats in the stand.

Mr Stevenson said: “There has been a lot of interest.

“The signed ball from the last game has proven particularly popular. We’ve got a ball saving kit as well which we have used for the past nine years since the coracle was made redundant.”

In the auction programme, Town chairman Roland Wycherley says: “As we leave our old ground for a new era, we are holding an auction enabling fans to have the chance to acquire something tangible from the ground to set alongside their memories.

“Enjoy the auction, I’m sure it will be a day to fire your memories and who knows; maybe you’ll find the Gay Meadow memento of your dreams.”

Fans will be able to buy a catalogue on the day of the auction for £3 at the ground.