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Season 1965/66. A quiet season for football cards. What did you expect, with the events of the 1966 World Cup not yet upon us? A sweet company and a tea company lead the way, with even D.C. Thomson coming up with only a single comic offering for the year.
Barratt and Co.
Famous Footballers (Series A.13). A series of 50 attractively coloured sweet cigarette cards, issued by Barratt & Co Ltd, London. Cards printed in England. Set size: 50. Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist.
Reddish Maid
International Footballers of Today. A set of 25 cigarette card size coloured drawings. Not much more I can tell you about this collection. Set size: 25 cards. Checklists: Set checklist and Team checklist
D.C. Thomson & Co.
Top Cup Teams. The Hornet comic commenced on 14 September 1963, and was merged with The Hotspur in February 1975. In 1966 (not sure exactly which date) the comic gave away a set of cards called Top Cup Teams. Set size: 12 (Click here to see the set gallery, including player names).
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. Set size: 24
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

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