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K Soccer, also known as the Kentalong Football Card Game, was
produced in 1978 by Kentalong Limited of Osborne House, 12 Mount
Ephraim Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1EE. The cost of the game
was £1.10 per pack including postage and packing. The game, designed
for 2 players, consisted of 38 cards made up of 30 team crest cards
(5 cards for each of 6 teams), 4 penalty cards, 2 offside cards and
2 goalkeeper cards. The makers 'gratefully acknowledge the help and
assistance given to us by every club represented which has enabled
us to produce this exciting game', which suggests that Kentalong did
the right thing and contacted clubs to ask for permission to use
their crests.The rules sheet states 'If you enjoyed playing this
Kentalong card game why not form a League with your friends? If your
favourite Club's Crest is not included in the game, please send a
stamped addressed envelope to the address overleaf and we shall be
pleased to advise you whether this Crest is available'. This
suggests that the game came in different versions, with different
Club Crests. The version I own has Arsenal, Brighton and Hove
Albion, Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Millwall and Tottenham Hotspur.
I'm also aware of Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Derby County,
Everton, Liverpool, Luton Town, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United,
Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Orient, Q.P.R., Sheffield United,
Southampton, Stoke City and W.B.A. Presumably not every club gave
their permission, and perhaps after a while Kentalong went out of
business and didn't produce any more. |
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