Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80
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~~~ On the world wide web since 1999 ~~~ |
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| Date of change | Change made |
| 2010 | |
| 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. |
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27 Mar |
Nabisco page updated to show collectors card and details of Cup Winners badges set. Very nice item. |
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13 Mar |
John McGrath player page added. |
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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? |
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2 Mar |
Peter Osgood player page added, as a mark of respect. |
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15 Feb |
A great new gallery - the super rare A&BC 1966/67 World Cup Stamps, plus set checklists. |
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11 Feb |
The first new full set gallery for some time - Barratt's 1972/73 Soccer Stars or start with the set details. |
| 2005 | |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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