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A set of 32 playing cards where Bobby Charlton purportedly
selects his all-time world cup greats. The full set comes in a
plastic case with a cover card and the rules on the reverse. The
cards are 'numbered' from A to H, and 1 to 4. The set is described
as 'The Trump Game for Collectors'. This set was 'Made in Western
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The first of two new sets from this mysterious company. The
1977/78 stickers are much rarer than the 1978/79 set. The album
cover has a logo and the name 'Ava Americana - Series'. The set
includes 15 players for each of the 22 Division One teams, plus one
player from each of the 22 Division Two teams. The last 16 stickers
are of International Football Stars. |
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A set of 50 cards depicting action from English and Scottish
games, plus international matches. As with the previous year's
issue, there was a Wall Chart to display your set of sweet cigarette
cards. |
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An expanded collection with players from 28 different teams. The
player name and sticker numbers are printed on the front of the
stickers, with the reverse blank (another FKS innovation which only
lasted one year). It appears that you no longer applied the adhesive
only at the top, which appears a bit foolish since you would cover
the biography in the album. The album was priced at 20p, but reduced
to 10p as a 'Jubilee Offer'. Album: Price 20p. |
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A set of 32 cards for a game, plus a Rules card. |
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A set of 32 cards for a game, plus a Rules card. |
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A set of 24 cards of Britain's top soccer stars, given away in
crisp packets. The album records © Golden Wonder, July 1977, First
Issue. The backs of this set and the later World Cup All Stars are
very similar and it is easy to confuse the two sets. |
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A set of 36 cards, depicting World Cup footballers. The cards and
the album illustration were by Doug Harker, a man who is still into
sports illustrating. The illustrations are very attractive, making
this a good set to collect. The cards could be glued into the album,
with the first issue of the album dated May 1978. |
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Soccer Sensations - A Shoot booklet. This set 'featuring star
players, managers, clubs and competitions' continued the successful
run, though Shoot has reverted to its single name, dropping the Goal
association. Again, most of the pictures and pages are black and
white. The booklet was part of the Shoot/Goal magazine dated 17
September 1977. |
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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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Unnumbered, poor quality cards on a cheap card with plain grey
backs. The wrapper says 'Hannah's present'. The set is mainly of
individual players, but also includes some team cards. The wrapper
(shown) has some English text on the back which states: |
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Euro Football 78. Another 'international' collection which was
available in the U.K. |
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The first ever Panini-production (not Top Sellers) designed
solely for the U.K. market. In an introduction to the album David
Gregory, Editor of Shoot Magazine states '...this album... ranks as
the latest publication to join the elite amongst football
publications'. The album states that information in the album was
'compiled up to date on 20 September 1977'.The collection was
actually distributed by Minicards Ltd, of Regina House, Queen
Street, London, as sole U.K. and Eire distributors of Figurine
Panini. |
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A set comprising individual footballers from the First and Second
Divisions. One section of cards (Nos. 101 to 120) includes Club
Histories. The cards have '© 1977 Topps Chewing Gum Inc.' printed on
the back. |
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Topps stuck to the 132 card set, but got a bit lazy by including
a number of Shoot Scottish All Stars. The number of teams is
strange, thirteen, being the 10 teams in the Premier Division in
1976/77, plus promoted St. Mirren and Clydebank, plus third placed
Dundee. |
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