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Soccer Parade.
The Album, Americana Soccer Parade, states that 'Americana presents you
with this really super Album in which to collect the fabulous new series
of Soccer Parade Stars'. In addition to the First Division teams there
is a delightfully named 'Scottisch Gallery', and a page for Clubhemden
(Club Shirts?). As you can see the album represents a strange mix of
German and English. The album welcome
page has the name 'Americana Service', though I'm not sure what this
means. You could order stickers to fill in the gaps in your collection from:
Americana Picture Service
11 - 14 Kirby Street
London E.C.1.
The album was published by IBIS, S. A. -
Barcelona and printed by Editorial Bruguera, S. A. - Barcelona. I'm not
sure that I understand the Spanish influence here, and how it sits with
the German.
Teams: Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea,
Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town,
Leicester City, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester
United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Southampton,
Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United and
Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The original stickers came in a
bubble-gum packet with 4 pictures for 3p. These stickers are now quite rare and keenly sought
after.
Set size: 340.
Checklists:
Set checklist or
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Football Special 1977/78.
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'. This
large set of cards was prepared for the 1977/78 season. It 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.
In order to complete your set you could
order pictures from:
Football Special
Americana Picture Service
Kings Avenue House
New Malden, Surrey.
The album was originally priced at 20p,
but made available at a special introductory price of 5p. It was printed
in Italy.
Set size: 368.
Checklists:
Set checklist or
Team checklist. |
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Football Special 79.
An attractive set of cards produced for the 1978/79 season including First Division line-ups, Second
Division Teams, The International Scene and National Squads (4 cards
each to make up a composite picture of the England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland squads). The album,
printed in Italy,
gives very little away about the manufacturer, suggesting that extra cards can be
purchased from:
Football Special 79,
Americana Picture Service
Kings Avenue House,
New Maldon, Surrey
Each packet/wrapper contained 5 picture
stickers, meaning it would have taken a lot of purchases to complete the
set! The packet notes that the stickers were printed in Italy for AVA,
New Malden, Surrey, further complicating the issue of Americana vs. AVA.
Set size: 384.
Album price: 10p
Checklists:
Set checklist or
Team checklist.
The image below is a shop poster used to
advertise the cards:
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Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English
Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80