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My own all-time favourite set of football cards. A neat, classy
set with a Football Quiz and Magic Answer on the back. Series 1
comprises cards 1 to 54 (Checklist is card 1), and Series 2
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Team pennants folded in the yellow back card packets, hence the
folds whenever you see these attractive pennants. The pennants have
instructions to 'Cut out Pennant along black line' but thankfully
not too many boys seem to have done this. They were issued with
Series 1 of the Yellow Backs in 1968. |
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These shiny cards don't scan too well. They were issued with
Series 2 of the Yellow Backs in 1968. |
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Similar to the English yellow backs of the same year. Douglas
Coakley of A&BC Gum has advised that in 1968 they had terrible
trouble in the factory mixing up the English and Scottish cards so
after that year they made the two sets different colours each year.
Apparently there are a four different versions of each card, where
the photograph and text are the same but the Football Quiz questions
differ. |
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Team pennants folded in the yellow back card packets, hence the
folds whenever you see these attractive pennants. The pennants have
instructions to 'Cut out Pennant along black line' but thankfully
not too many boys seem to have done this. |
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The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars. This first of the more
commonly available FKS sets, and a great favourite. The stickers are
readily identifiable through the backs which have the player name,
club and biography. Album price 3s 6d. |
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Charles Buchan's Football Monthly ran for just under 23 years in
3 different incarnations, finally ceasing in June 1974. For more
information see
www.charlesbuchansfootballmonthly.com. The World Stars comprises
a Souvenir Album with spaces for 80 small black and white stickers. |
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A series of 6 small booklets, costing one shilling each, with
colour photographs inside. A gallery is available for all photos
from each of the mini-books. |
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A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division
stars, produced in non-fade waterproof colours. These are very rare,
with very few known to have survived. Northern Trancessories, based
in Leeds, seems to have had an understandable bias for clubs around
their area, as can be seen from the image gallery. I'm sure that
there are a lot more of these to be discovered. If you are aware of
any other examples please contact me via this
email. |
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A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division
clubs, almost certainly produced at the same time as the 'Stars'
depicted above. These badges have been seen in the shop display
shown below, hence the name of the set. Note though, that the club
badges below (with the spotted soccer ball) have also been seen sold
in the same shop display, raising questions about which set is
actually the soccer clubs. |
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A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division
clubs. It would be reasonable to assume that this was a set of 24,
coinciding with the two sets above, except that Huddersfield Town is
known to exist. Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division in
May 1970, suggesting perhaps that Northern Trancessories was still
around at that time. |
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A mystery set, having the same designs as the set above, but with
gold centres rather than the spotted soccer ball. Huddersfield Town
is again known to exist (with thanks to
Roger Pashby's
Huddersfield Town website), raising questions about when this
set was sold. Alan Jenkins'
Football
Cartophilic Info Exchange blog has more images from this set. |
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Bernard (Bouncing) Briggs appeared in the Hornet, Hotspur and Wizard comics. He was a powerful young fellow who earned his living as a General Dealer. He had a yard of his own in Slagton, and rode a motor bike with a sidecar made from an old bathtub. He was a keen amateur sportsman taking up various sports including Baseball, Boxing, Football, Ice Hockey, Rugby League, Tennis and Wrestling. Bernard excelled at all the sports he tried (from www.britishcomics.20m.com).The album was presented with the Hornet. The stickers inside appear to have been cut from a colour sheet. |
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