A RARE Bolton Wanderers Wembley Cup Final ticket from 1923 has been sold for £3,760 -- three times more than expected.

Before the sale, at Bonhams in Chester, experts predicted that the ticket might fetch up to £1,250.

The game, which saw Bolton win 2-0 against West Ham in front of 126,000 people, became known as the White Horse final.

Thousands of fans were forced to spill on to the pitch before the game as Wembley became packed to overflowing.

It was feared the match would have to be called off until a police officer, PC George Storey -- who was on a white horse -- managed to coax the fans off the pitch with the help of his colleagues. The match eventually started 40 minutes late and resulted in the cup being brought to Bolton for the first time.

The ticket cost its original owner one guinea -- £1.05 in today's money. It was auctioned by a Bolton Wanderers director.

Meanwhile, a 1929 Bolton v Portsmouth FA Cup final programme, expected to fetch up to £500, was sold at the same auction for £846.

Also at the same football auction, former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby's crutches, from his stay in hospital following the 1958 Munich air disaster, fetched £470.

They were sold by Colin Whitaker, a former Bolton, Rochdale and Oldham footballer.