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A&BC Chewing Gum - Scottish cards Though A&BC Chewing Gum began producing football card sets in England for the 1958/59 season it wasn't until 1962 that they decided to produce sets specific to Scotland. They then continued on producing Scottish sets throughout the history of the company. You can see the English sets here. As a general rule the Scottish cards are rarer, and therefore more valuable than their English equivalents. If you can help with additional information or images please contact me using this email link. |
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| 1962/63 | ||
| Footballers. A set of 44 black
and white photograph cards with facsimile autographs and plain backs.
I've dated this set as 1962/63 though some catalogues list it as 1961/62.
The set includes cards showing the 1961/62 League Champions and Cup
Winners, so I've assumed that A&BC would have produced this set
around June/July 1962 ready for the 1962/63 season. Nigel's Webspace is pleased to be able to display a full set of these cards. They are incredibly rare as a set, so the displayed images have my website address overwriting the photographs. I am indebted to Adrian for allowing me to display this set on my website. Number in set: 44 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1963/64 | ||
| Footballers.
A set of 81 green backed 'Make-a-Photo' cards. A superbly democratic
sets of cards from A&BC with four players each from the top 19 teams,
though only 3 from Clyde, making a total of 79 player cards and two
checklists. The cards show very relaxed photos of players within a coloured
oval frame, making the overall effect very appealing. Number in set: 81 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1964/65 | ||
| Footballers.
An interesting set of 81 green backed 'Quiz' cards, issued in two series,
1-44 and 45-81. One of the things to note about this set is the mix
of teams, with four players from East Stirlingshire, two from Stranraer,
but only three from Aberdeen. Nice to see the lesser-known club players
featured for a change! Number in set: 81 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Special: A&BC counter boxes gallery |
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| 1967/68 | ||
| Footballers.
A set of 66 coloured photograph cards issued in pairs, but most often
seen as singles. There are 42 different individual footballers to collect,
although they were issued as a number of different 'pairs' - each footballer
may therefore appear on more than one paired card. There are 55 known
paired card combinations. There are also 12 paired cards (24 individual cards) which each depict part of a photograph of the Celtic team group - these cards are very rare. Number in set: 67 paired cards, or 66 individual cards Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1968/69 | ||
| Footballers
- Yellow backs. 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 number of different versions of each card,
where the photograph and text are the same but the Football Quiz questions
differ. Number in set: 81 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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Team pennants. 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. Number in set: Unknown |
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| 1969/70 | ||
| Football
- Blue backs. A set of 75 cards plus two checklists. Whereas
the previous Scottish sets had only players from Scottish clubs, this
set included a number of English clubs and players. Number in set: 77 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Special: A&BC counter boxes gallery |
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Crinkle-cut photographs. Attractive black
and white photograph cards with a crinkle-cut edge. These cards were
issued with the Blue back set. Number in set: 15 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1970/71 | ||
| Footballer
- Green backs. The first large Scottish A&BC set. There are
checklist cards 85 and 170, though I'm not sure if these cards were
issued as two series. Number in set: 171 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Special: A&BC counter boxes gallery |
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Pin-ups. An attractive set of 'pin-up' posters issued with the
Green Backs. Since these pin-ups were squeezed into the bubble gum packets
they always have the creases. While the equivalent English set had 14
pin-ups the Scottish, for some reason, has 28. I'm not sure, but suspect
that the first 14 pin-ups where issued with Series 1, and the second
14 (relabelled as 'Superstar posters') were issued with Series 2. Number in set: 28 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1971/72 | ||
| Footballers
- Purple backs. A&BC reversed their previous decision and
went with the same colour backing for the English and Scottish sets
of this year. This set was issued as two series, 1 to 73 and 74 to 144. Number in set: 144 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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Football club crests. Similar to the
English set, issued with Series 2 of the Purple backs. They belonged
in an album which could be ordered from: A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd. Spilsby Road, Romford, Essex Number in set: 16 Gallery: Set gallery Checklists: Set checklist Special: A&BC counter boxes gallery |
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| 1972/73 | ||
| Footballers
- Blue and Orange/Red backs. This set was issued as two series,
1 to 89 and 90 to 178. Series 1 cards have a blue back, and Series 2
an Orange/Red back. Card number 178 (George Connelly) is known with
both a blue and an orange/red back. Card number 164 is not known to
have been issued. Number in set: 178 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1973/74 | ||
| Footballers
- Red backs. This set was issued as two series, 1 to 90 and 91
to 178. Number in set: 178 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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| 1974/75 | ||
| Footballers
- Green backs. The last ever A&BC Footballers production
before the takeover by Topps. A small set, only 132 cards, and no special
giveaways. Checklist card is number 69. Number in set: 132 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist |
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