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Change archive

This page records the major changes and upgrades made over time to the website. It was created and has been maintained since December 2005.

Date of change Change made
2011
6 Nov Topps page updated with wrappers, with thanks to Frank.
1 Nov Is this a 1967/68 FKS packet? If so, one of the rarest items ever!
1 Nov Newsletter, Issue 14 now out, or visit the Newsletter archive.
10 Oct Visitors' memories updated from June through to now.
1 Sep Newsletter, Issue 13 now out, or visit the Newsletter archive.
28 Aug New gallery - Reddish Maid, International Footballers of Today.
26 Aug A&BC Chewing Gum 1974/75 Red back wrappers.
18 Aug A&BC Chewing Gum, Scottish pin-ups gallery, with thanks to Alan and Mike.
1 Jul Newsletter, Issue 12 now out, or visit the Newsletter archive.
29 Jun New gallery - A&BC 1966/67 Footballers (English), Series 1
28 Jun Visitors' memories updated for May/June 2011.
23 May Monty Gum 1968/69 International Football Teams - view the Set Gallery, or the backs of the cards make up a Benfica team picture
1 May Newsletter, Issue 11 now out, or visit the Newsletter archive
21 Apr A&BC Chewing Gum 1973/74 galleries - Arsenal, Birmingham City, Burnley, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town,
Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City,
Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Southampton, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
9 Apr Visitors' memories updated for January to April 2011.
17 Mar A&BC Chewing Gum World Cup 1974 Posters gallery updated, with thanks to Chris.
12 Mar New checklists - A&BC Chewing Gum 1964/65 Football Quiz - Set checklist, Team checklist, with thanks to Alan.
11 Mar A&BC Chewing Gum 1958/59 Series 1 gallery - with thanks to Kevin.
1 Mar Newsletter, Issue 10 now out, featuring an extended article on A&BC Chewing Gum by Hyder Jawad.
20 Feb New checklists - Top Sellers Football 76 and Football 77.
18 Feb New gallery - Carrs Biscuits Soccer Series - an interesting set of 20, with thanks to Alan.
17 Feb New gallery - A&BC Chewing Gum 1963/64 Make-a-Photo. With thanks to Martin.
1 Jan Happy New Year! Newsletter, Issue 9, out now! For previous issues see the Newsletter archive.
2010
3 Dec A&BC Chewing Gum - Scottish checklists now complete
15 Nov Visitors' memories - updated with new entries from June to November (mustn't wait so long next time!)
1 Nov Newsletter, Issue 8, out now! For previous issues see the Newsletter archive.
15 Oct Amazing - a new producer - Northern Transcessories, from 1968/69. See their Stars and Clubs.
12 Oct New gallery - Esso Collection of Football Club Badges. With thanks once again to Alan!
6 Oct New player page - Alan Dugdale. See all the player pages on the Player Pages Index.
27 Sep New gallery - A&BC Chewing Gum 1968/69 emblems. With thanks to Alan!
1 Sep Newsletter, Issue 7, out now! For previous issues see the Newsletter archive.
6 Aug New player page - Peter Lorimer. See all the player pages on the Player Pages Index.
12 Jul Dubreq 1978/79 Team Set - Nottingham Forest - new gallery.
10 Jul Ty-Phoo 1965/66 packets gallery and premium 10 x 8 gallery, with thanks to LDC Auctions for the images (and Nigel's Webspace for the text).
18 Jun Ty-Phoo 1963/64 packets gallery and premium 10 x 8 gallery, with thanks to LDC Auctions for the images (and Nigel's Webspace for the text).
13 Jun Visitors' memories updated for April and May.
11 Jun World Cup tribute page.
4 Jun A&BC Chewing Gum counter boxes updated again, with new Team Emblems (thanks to Ronny).
7 May A&BC Chewing Gum counter boxes updated again (with thanks to Steve).
5 May New A&BC Chewing Gum items (thanks to Steve and Graham) - do you have any?
4 May A&BC Chewing Gum counter boxes page updated, now including 1964/65 box.
1 May Newsletter, Issue 5, out now! For previous issues see the Newsletter archive.
28 Apr Sugosa gallery (incomplete). Very rare cards. Can you help complete the gallery?
27 Apr Visitors' memories updated for January, February and March with selected emails.
9 Apr A&BC Scottish 1963/64 make-a-photo set gallery, set checklist and team checklist added, with many thanks to Mike. Beautiful, rare cards!
20 Mar Top Sellers puzzle cards gallery complete - thanks again to Martin.
16 Mar A&BC Scottish 1970/71 green backs set checklist and team checklist added.
6 Mar New gallery A&BC 1970/71 Action Transfers, with thanks to Steve and Graham in particular.
5 Mar Topps Chewing Gum (English) swaps and wants page added.
1 Mar Newsletter Issue 4 released today, or visit the Archive for past issues.
19 Feb A&BC Chewing Gum blue back wrappers display. Thanks Barry!
18 Feb Top Sellers puzzles page. Complete up until Football 74, with thanks to Martin.
8 Feb New player page - John Holsgrove.
31 Jan New A&BC purple back wrappers and orange-red wrappers display. Thanks once again to Barry!
14 Jan A&BC Chewing Gum green back wrappers display, including Bazooka Joe offers. Thanks Barry!
6 Jan New player interview - Les Barrett, ex-Fulham, legend of Craven Cottage. Now updated!
1 Jan Happy New Year! Newsletter Edition 3 released today.
1 Jan Visitor memories updated to round off 2009. Thanks to everyone who writes.
2009
8 Dec Interesting analysis of A&BC 1958/59 card sizes. Thanks to Mark!
4 Dec New gallery and checklists, A&BC Scottish 1964/65 green backs.
25 Nov New gallery - A&BC Chewing Gum promotional badges.
24 Nov Visitor memories updated for October and November.
20 Nov A&BC Chewing Gum counter boxes. Brilliant! With many thanks to Graham.
18 Nov Slight site redesign, long overdue! A&BC Chewing Gum English pages combined.
15 Nov A&BC Chewing Gum 1962/63 Bazooka, cards 1-40 and 41-82. With thanks to Chuck.
13 Nov A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd 1958/59 Topstars album images now available.
12 Nov Early A&BC Chewing Gum wrappers updated (with thanks to Graham).
7 Nov Can you help to solve the Norwegian mystery?
1 Nov Website newsletter - Issue 2 (pdf file), or visit the Newsletter archive.
30 Oct A&BC Chewing Gum - Scottish club crests gallery.
25 Oct Read the Tony Coakley letter which explains an A&BC card variant.
15 Oct New player page - Jimmy Gabriel.
9 Oct Fascinating view of A&BC Chewing Gum orange back wrappers.
9 Oct Visitor memories updated for August and September.
27 Sep New gallery and checklists - IPC Super Stars of Britain, 1976
6 Sep Website newsletter launched. Click to open the pdf Issue 1.
5 Aug BAB page redesigned with new galleries (and much help from Mark and Alan).
1 Aug New gallery - A&BC 1959/60 Football Quiz, Series 1 - with thanks to Barry.
31 Jul BAB stickers gallery - known as 'Soccer Dip'. Can anyone prove this?
25 Jul Brilliant new BAB items - Sheet 1 or Sheet 3. Thanks to Alan.
25 Jul A&BC 1960/61 black backs, Series 2 - with thanks to Adrian.
12 Jul New gallery - A&BC 1960/61 black backs, Series 1 - with thanks to Barry.
11 Jul New page - Topps Scottish, including checklists - with thanks to Rune.
11 Jul Visitor memories updated for May, June, July. Take a look!
25 Jun New player page - Terry Conroy.
15 Jun New page - Dübreq. Interesting company and Top Trumps cards.
13 Jun Another exclusive! Part of the BAB mystery solved. Can you help with more information?
8 Jun Super new gallery - A&BC Scottish 1966/67. Does anyone have scans of the missing ones?
19 May New page - A&BC Gum pre 1965/66. Not my main area of expertise but you asked for it!
10 May New gallery - FKS 1971/72 (start at Arsenal and work your way through) - 352 stickers.
29 Apr Visitor memories updated for 2009. Keep those emails coming!
21 Apr Sugosa history updated with new information from the 1960s MD.
13 Apr New gallery - Tonibell England's Soccer Stars
8 Apr New gallery - A&BC Scottish 1968/69 yellow backs.
8 Apr At last, my own Links page. Visit the sites that I like!
1 Mar Exclusive interview with Derek Smethurst -thanks Derek!
20 Feb Packet images added to the FKS page. How many of these do you remember?
20 Feb A&BC Gum history updated with some new information and anecdotes.
11 Feb A&BC wrappers added to the English card page. Does anyone know whether the Scottish cards had the same wrappers?
6 Feb Mystery items - new item added, TV viewers.
1 Feb A significant new addition - A&BC Scottish cards. As part of this page you can view the complete set of 44 cards from the ultra-ultra rare Scottish 1962/63 black and white photographs.
21 Jan Visitors' memories updated for Nov, Dec and Jan with some great new links.
20 Jan Panini Mexico 70 galleries completed - thanks to Vitor!
1 Jan Happy New Year! New gallery - Barratt's A15 - see the stars of the future!
2008
5 Dec New gallery - Golden Wonder World Cup All Stars.
20 Nov New player page - Ernie Machin.
3 Nov New (partial) gallery - BAB team shields, rounded sides
3 Nov Visitors' memories updated for past 4 months.
24 Oct New gallery - Tonibell Team of all time - see the set details or gallery.
1 Oct New gallery - Texaco Famous Footballer coins
25 Sep New player page - Brian Kidd
8 Sep New mystery item. Can you solve it?
1 Sep Top Sellers swaps (very few) and wants (a lot).
20 Jul New player page - Wyn Davies
18 Jul New gallery - Cadbury/Hartley jam jar lids
7 Jul Visitor memories page updated with the latest emails
30 May New player page - Pat Jennings
29 May New set gallery - Bassett's 1979/80 Football, set of 50.
17 May New issuer page - Letraset. Do you have any of these at home?
7 Apr New set gallery - Brooke Bond 1976/77.
11 Feb New player page - Alan Birchenall.
20 Jan Visitor memories page updated. Thanks for all the emails!
2007
7 Dec Read our exclusive Terry Hennessey interview.
10 Nov New mystery item added. Is this an English football card?
26 Oct Read the exclusive History of A&BC Chewing Gum.
14 Oct New Daily Mail page and Wallchart set gallery added.
30 Sep Visitor memories page updated. Thanks for all the emails!
30 Aug New player page - Willie Carlin.
26 Aug BAB page completely rewritten. Please help solve these mysteries!
25 Jun New player page - Derek Dougan, recently deceased.
18 May R.I.P. pages reorganised. See 2000s, 1990s, 1980s and 1970/60s.
13 May New gallery added, FKS Soccer 82. See all 400 stickers!
30 Apr New player page - Denis Law.
7 Apr A&BC yellow backs gallery now added. All 101 cards in one gallery.
6 Apr New feature - mystery items. Can you help to identify these stickers?
5 Apr Visitors' Memories page updated with emails from February and March.
25 Feb New player page - John Ritchie.
16 Feb New gallery Scotties Famous Football Teams, with interesting club histories.
10 Feb Whole new feature added - My swaps and wants. Starting with A&BC Gum football cards. Do you want to trade to improve your collection?
29 Jan New player page - Roy McFarland
28 Jan New gallery and checklist for the curious Esso Squelchers.
21 Jan A&BC Gum variants and error cards special feature. How many of these do you own?
12 Jan New player page - Ron Davies
1 Jan Happy New Year! Newly added - images of 206 of the 288 cards from the Panini Mexico 70 set. See also the Set checklist and Team checklist.
2006
3 Dec Visitors' memories page updated with selected emails from the past 6 months.
2 Dec New player page - Terry Cooper
21 Nov Checklists (set and team) added for FKS Argentina 1978.
31 Oct Checklists added for popular Topps sets 1978/79 (set and team) and 1979/80 (set and team), concluding the Topps checklists.
21 Oct New player page - Terry Hennessey.
14 Oct Whole new gallery of 330 images added - FKS Wonderful World of Soccer Stars 1969/70. A fabulous set with many great names and photos.
8 Oct New maker page added - Kentalong. They produced a card game including Club Crests.
7 Oct Fleetway page merged with IPC - see new page. Complete gallery of rare Shoot stand-up figures added. See details or gallery.
27 Sep Checklists added for Barratt A13 and A14 sets, including variants. See also Barratt page. Do you know of any other variants?
24 Sep Tower Press page added. This is a mystery set, seeking your assistance. A very attractive set of Famous Football Club transfers.
30 Aug Americana page updated. Checklists now available for all sets.
20 Aug New player page - Alan Ball.
29 Jul Site search added. Why not search for your favourite player or team? Enter your search term(s), then click 'Google'. When you see the results in Google try the 'Images' link.
9 Jul New player page, John Hollins.
9 Jun Just in time, all the images from the FKS 1970 World Cup set. Why not start with England and go on from there.
1 Jun Images of Australia's 1974 World Cup squad, from the FKS album.
1 Jun A special message for viewers of the ABC TV Collectors Show.
21 May Checklists for Typhoo Tea sets added.
27 Apr BAB page updated with new information. Can you help solve these mysteries?
26 Apr Brian Labone player page added.
25 Apr Another rare set gallery, the Anglo Confectionary National Team Colours set of 56 attractive cards. Click here to view set details or here to view the cards gallery.

27 Mar

Nabisco page updated to show collectors card and details of Cup Winners badges set. Very nice item.

13 Mar

John McGrath player page added.

12 Mar

Full set gallery and set and team checklists for the impressive 1970 Daily Sketch World Cup transfers. Did you stick these to your school books?

2 Mar

Peter Osgood player page added, as a mark of respect.

15 Feb

A great new gallery - the super rare A&BC 1966/67 World Cup Stamps, plus set checklists.

11 Feb

The first new full set gallery for some time - Barratt's 1972/73 Soccer Stars or start with the set details.
2005

24 Dec

Checklists for the popular Topps cards are being added. View the checklists via the Topps page or via the Checklist page. Also, new page added for Lord Neilson.

26 Nov

A whole new section - player pages. This section will highlight the careers of selected players and show how they changed over time through football cards. See the first player - George Best.

5 Nov

A new feature added to the site - Visitors' Memories. See what visitors to this site have to say about the cards from their childhood.

16 Oct

All the images from the 1966/67 FKS album, World Cup Stars, now added. These were pictures, not stickers, and give a taste of what was to come from FKS. A great set!

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