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Top Sellers Ltd.
Perhaps it's not valid to include
Top Sellers as a manufacturer, since these cards were produced by
Panini. However the name was used in England between 1970 and 1977 for
an interesting series of cards which are, perhaps surprisingly, not
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1971/72 |
Football 72.
A large set of cards featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards. The cards were to be stuck into an album 'Football 72',
which cost 15p. The puzzle cards are:
55A to 55P - Francis Lee of Manchester City and Mike England of Spurs.
57A to 57P - Georgie Best flashes his popular aggressive form in a
scramble for the ball
59A to 59P - Arsenal, Double Champions. Winners of the League title and
F.A. Cup.
63A to 63P - Colin Harvey of Everton in a duel with Clyde Best of West
Ham.The back of these
cards states 'Printed in Italy by Panini 1971'. You could obtain
individual cards to complete your collection by sending missing numbers
to:
Top Sellers Ltd.
Dept. F72,
Melton Road
Thurmaston, Leicester.
The album was printed by Allens Printers
(Wales) Limited, Pontygwindy Industrial Estate, Caerphilly, Glam., in
association with Print and Marketing Services (Europe) Ltd.
Set size: 420. Checklists:
Set checklist. |
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1972/73 |
| Football 73.
A large set of cards featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards. The back of these
cards states 'Printed in Italy by Ediraf S.p.A.'.
Set size: 420 |
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1973/74 |
| Football
'74.
A large set of cards featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards. The back of these
cards states 'Printed in Italy by Panini 1973'.
Set size: 420 |
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1974/75 |
| Football
'75.
A large set of cards featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards. The back of these
cards states 'Printed in Italy by Panini 1975'.
Set size: 420 |
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1975/76 |
Superstars.
A set of 100 large stickers with glued-backs.
This set covers 'Superstars' from many fields of entertainment and
sport, including Bill Bixby, Alice Cooper, Dad's Army, Tony Blackburn,
Bjorn Borg, Evel Knievel etc. Of interest to this website are five
stickers with footballers:
1 - Brian Clough
65 - Derek Dougan
79 - Bobby Charlton
84 - Malcolm Allison
97 - Jimmy Hill
The stickers were printed in Italy by S.T.I.G. of Torino (Turin).
Set size: 100 |
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Football
'76.
A large set of stickers (no longer cards) featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards. The stickers no longer have the player's name or
biography on the back, just the card number.
The back of the cards states:
Published by Top Sellers Ltd.
135 Wardour St. - London W.1.
Printed in Italy by Panini 1975.Set size: 420 |
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1976/77 |
| Football
'77.
A large set of stickers featuring the First Division teams, plus some
puzzle cards.
The back of the cards states:
Published by Top Sellers Ltd.
135 Wardour St. - London W.1.
Printed in Italy by Panini 1976.
Set size: 420 |
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