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Daily Sketch. The Daily Sketch newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1909 and was published for the last time on 11 May 1971. In their long history they produced only two football card related items.
1969/70
World Cup Souvenir. The World Cup Souvenir Cards were produced to acknowledge 'England World Cup candidates plus international stars of world renown'. The cards were obtained by cutting out coupons which appeared in the Daily Sketch. You needed to collect 5 coupons then send them to the newspaper who sent you 5 cards (as a strip of 5). The first coupons appeared in the newspaper dated 23 February 1970.

The cards were designed to be cut out from their strip of 5 and stuck individually into the Mexico 1970 World Cup Souvenir Album, which cost 1/3 at the time. Some cards therefore appear on the market in strips, while most appear singularly.

Set size: 40.

Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist.
World Cup Transfers. These transfers were issued as two sheets, each of 14. They were often cut into single transfers and stuck onto school books.

I'm not sure how you got them or much more about them. Do you know?

Set size: 28. Click for set gallery.

Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist.

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