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Typhoo, now part of the Premier Foods Group, produced a series of football cards on their tea packets between 1963 and 1973. The name Typhoo, apparently the Chinese word for Doctor, was used as a brand name for tea from 1905 onwards. The company produced cards on the side of their tea packets from the 1920s onwards for a variety of subjects, including dogs, ships, flowers etc. In 1968 Typhoo merged with Schweppes, then again with Cadbury in 1969. |
| 1965/66 | |
| Famous
Football Clubs, 2nd series.
Series 1 was produced in 1963 as a set of 24. Series 2, which included
many of the same teams as the first series, was produced in 1965. The
cards were able to be cut from the side of the tea packets. The quality of the cards
therefore depends a lot on the person who cut them out, since
this dictates how much of the packet was included, and how neat the
borders will be. Number in set: 24 |
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Famous
Football Clubs, 2nd series, Colour Pictures.
If you collected any 12 of the tea packet cards you could send them away
to Typhoo Tea and obtain a 10" x 8" colour photo of your favourite team,
'suitable for framing'. Number in
set:
24 |
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| 1967/68 | |
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International Football Stars, 1st series.
The cards were able to be cut from the side of the tea packets. The quality of the cards
therefore depends a lot on the person who cut them out, since
this dictates how much of the packet was included, and how neat the
borders will be. Some people cut them out with the accompanying text,
while others cut around the picture only.
Number in set: 24 |
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International Football Stars, 1st series, Colour Pictures.
If you collected any 12 of the tea packet cards you could send them away
to Typhoo Tea and obtain a 10" x 8" colour photo of your favourite
player,
'suitable for framing'. One interesting aspect of the Colour Pictures set is the existence of two versions of the Derek Dougan card, one for Leicester City and the other for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Dougan was transferred from Leicester to Wolves in March 1967. The text on the Leicester card reads exactly the same as the Wolves version of the card, except that they have added in the transfer details i.e. ‘Aston Villa and Peterborough’ has become ‘Aston Villa, Peterborough and Leicester City’. This indicates that the set was produced in February/March/April 1967. This website does not know whether the Leicester City version of the Dougan card was ever issued. We can perhaps assume one of two things (1) the Leicester card was produced and sent out amongst the earliest to those who requested it, and then replaced by the Wolves card or (2) the Leicester card was never issued as the Wolves card was always sent out. The Gordon Banks card in this set has an asterisk against the team name and a note at the end of the text which says ‘Since transferred in April 1967 to Stoke City’, which confirms that the cards were designed in early 1967. Bank's transfer was not reflected on the packet issues of this card. Number in set:
24 |
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| 1969/70 | |
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International Football Stars, 2nd series.
The cards were able to be cut from the side of the tea packets. The quality of the cards
therefore depends a lot on the person who cut them out, since
this dictates how much of the packet was included, and how neat the
borders will be. Some people cut them out with the accompanying text,
while others cut around the picture only.
Number in set: 24 |
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International Football Stars, 2nd series, Colour Pictures.
If you collected any 12 of the tea packet cards you could send them away
to Typhoo Tea and obtain a 10" x 8" colour photo of your favourite team,
'suitable for framing'. The address for postage was: Typhoo Tea Ltd., REF. "2FS" Birmingham 5 The Billy Bremner 10 x 8 card appears to have a basic error where his name is spelled 'Billy Bremmer' in three different places. Can anyone confirm that this occurs on all editions of this card?
Number in set: 24 |
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| 1972/73 | |
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Football
Club Plaques.
Plastic plaques, one for each of 35 teams. These are quite rare and have become
collectable. The packet (image kindly supplied by Mark) notes that that
actual size of each plaque is 4¼" x 4¾" (though I've seen
others which say 4¼" x 4¼").. The plaques were obtained for
25p 'with any 2 Ty.phoo Tea or 1 Ty.phoo Tea Bag packet front for each
plaque offered'. Ty.phoo noted that the plaques were 'British made'. The
packets apparently had an offer form on the packet side which could be
sent to: Ty.phoo F.C. Plaque Offer, P.O. Box No. 94, Leicester LE1 6TT Number in set: 35 |
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| 1973/74 | |
| Football
Stars.
The cards were able to be cut from the side of the tea packets. The quality of the cards
therefore depends a lot on the person who cut them out, since
this dictates how much of the packet was included, and how neat the
borders will be. Some people cut them out with the accompanying text,
while others cut around the picture only. You needed to collect 12 of the white footballs from the packets and post them to Typhoo stating which of the set of 24 you required. Number in set: 24. Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist. |
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Football
Stars, Colour Pictures.
If you collected any 12 of the tea packet footballs you could send them away
to Typhoo Tea and obtain a 10" x 8" colour photo of your favourite
player. Number in set: 24 |
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