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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.
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1965/66 |
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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. Set size: 24
Checklists: Set checklist. |
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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'. Set size:
24
Checklists: Set checklist. |
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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.
Click for
set
gallery.
Set size: 24
Checklists: Set checklist or
Team checklist. |
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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. The Leicester City
version of this card, including a photo of Dougan in Leicester kit, is
very rare and hence very collectable.
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.Click for
full set
gallery.
Set size:
24
Checklists: Set checklist or
Team checklist. |
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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.
Click for full
set gallery.
Set size: 24
Checklists: Set checklist or
Team checklist. |
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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?Set size: 24
Checklists: Set checklist or
Team checklist. |
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1972/73 |
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Football
Club Plaques.
Plastic plaques, one for each team. These are quite rare and have become
collectable. There is a question
about whether these plaques were obtained via the Typhoo voucher system.
One site visitor has the original Typhoo promotional poster for these
plaques which states that they could be bought for 25p each! If you know
more please email me...
Set size: 35
Checklists: Set checklist. |
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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.
Set size: 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. Set size:
24 |
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No cards are for sale via this website. If you need help with your
collection please see the FAQ page. |
Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English
Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80