Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80

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Season
1965/66
1966/67
1967/68
1968/69
1969/70
1970/71
1971/72
1972/73
1973/74
1974/75
1975/76
1976/77
1977/78
1978/79
1979/80

Welcome to this website dedicated to English football cards produced in the seasons 1965/66 to 1979/80. This period saw a range of cards, stickers and other memorabilia designed to attract the attention of, or extract a few pennies from, young boys, myself included. These cards are now quite collectable, and occasionally valuable. This website is designed to help nostalgia buffs relive some of the memories, and/or to assist collectors in identifying and building their collections.

Use the left menu to select a season, or the right menus to select a manufacturer/issuer. The menus will take you to more details of the cards and, where available, to galleries of the cards.  Some of the galleries also include special features to add to your recollections of these great teams and players.

There are approximately 25,540 cards or card-like items within the scope of this website. Of these, 4,694 (18%) player or team images are displayed on this website and 13,973 (55%) are recorded in set checklists. The site is subject to on-going development. If you can assist with the accuracy or details of this site, or if you want to provide feedback, please use this email link. If you have a question, why not try the FAQs first.

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Special notice: One of the original directors of the A&BC Gum Company is missing two scrapbooks given to him around 1962 by the company printers. These scrap books include A&BC sets dating from the 1953 Coronation series onwards to about 1962, set on thick, black paper. It is possible that you may come across someone who is trying to sell these books. If this occurs I would appreciate if you could let me know via return email. The books are obviously 'one-offs' and have great sentimental to the owner as well as commercial value. Thanks!
Issuer (A-E)
A&BC Gum
Ace Sporting Aces
Admiral
Americana Munchen
AVA Americana
Anglo Confectionery
B.A.B. Products
John Barr
Barratt & Co.
Bassett & Co.
Brooke Bond
Cadbury / Hartley's
Carrs Biscuits
Cleveland Petrol
Coffer
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Sketch
Esso

 

Issuer (F-P)
FKS Publishers
Football Pictorial
Golden Wonder
Goodies
IPC / Fleetway
Kellogg
Kentalong
Letraset / Patterson Blick
Longacre Press
Lord Neilson
Lyons Maid
Marshall Cavendish
Mister Softee
Monty Gum
Nabisco
Newham Recorder
Panini
Pepys
Primrose Confectionery

 

Issuer (R-Z)
Reddish Maid
Scott Paper Company
Sigma Sports Silhouettes
Southern Newspapers
Sugosa
The Sun
Texaco
D.C. Thomson
Tonibell
Top Sellers
Topps Chewing Gum
Tower Press
Transimage
Typhoo Tea
Waddington
Visitors since 04/2005

 

Recent additions to this site Special features More special features Recent deaths of players who featured 1965/66 - 1979/80
20 Jul New player page - Wyn Davies À A history of A&BC Chewing Gum. Exclusive to this site! Written with the assistance of one of the original company directors, dating back to 1949! A&BC Gum variants - an evolving study of the errors and variations in A&BC cards. V Mick Hill (23/06/2008), aged 60. Welsh international striker who played for Sheffield United, Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace. [+]
18 Jul New gallery - Cadbury/Hartley jam jar lids & Gallery and checklist master index - all the sets produced, including links to galleries and checklists. D Swaps and wants pages. Start with the A&BC Gum page, FKS page or the Miscellaneous. V Ron Stitfall (22/06/2008), aged 82. Welsh international, played for Cardiff City for 18 years then later trainer at Cardiff and Newport County. [+]
7 Jul Visitor memories page updated with the latest emails @ Histories of playing careers using the images of players. Click to view the Player Pages Index. J Visitor's memories- extracts from emails sent to this site by visitors. See what other people remember about the cards they collected years ago. V Derek Tapscott (12/06/2008), aged 75. Welsh international striker who played for Arsenal, Cardiff City and Newport County. [+]
30 May New player page - Pat Jennings I Terry Hennessey interview exclusive to this website.   VVV Full list and short bios. Click below for details of players from the period 1965/66 to 1979/80 who have now passed away.
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