| Season 1976/77 Another year of solid offerings in the English football card market. Panini entered through an international collection. Topps produced a good quality set, while FKS continued to experiment. Top Sellers produced their Football collection for the last time. |
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Football Action. This set is very similar
to the 1977/78 set, both Football Action with pink backs. The 1976/77 set
has less spacing between the lines of the headings. Number in set: 50 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist |
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| Brooke Bond | ||
| 40 Ways to
Play Better Soccer. A set of cards included free with Brooke Bond
PG Tips Tea and Tea Bags. The album to stick the cards in was obtainable
free from grocers when you bought žlb. of PG Tips tea or you could send
6˝p postage to Brooke Bond OXO Ltd. Set size: 40 Gallery: Set gallery Checklist: Set checklist |
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| FKS Publishers | ||
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Soccer
Stars 1976/77. More tinkering by FKS.
Back to a landscape format with two photos: head shot and action. The album
also included lots of 'special' stickers e.g. action shots, managers and
parts of large pictures of Pat Jennings and Kevin Keegan. Album: Price 20p. Number in set: 360 Packet: 7 pictures for 4p Checklists: Set checklist, Team checklist Special: FKS album gallery |
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Euro Soccer Stars '77.
A strange set of stickers from FKS. The album notes 'Some of the most famous
players and club sides of Europe are featured in this collection of Euro-Soccer
77 which is being presented at a time when interest in the three major European
competitions continues to remain high'. The order form in the album allows
you to send away for stickers to complete your collection, but only until
December 31, 1977. The warranty in the album notes that information in the
album was accurate 'at the time of going to press... before the start of
the 1976/77 season'. Interestingly, the album order form allows you to also order 'New from FKS - Soccer Star Trumps', for 75p per pack. The album features a dodgy image of a pack with Alan Ball's name but Martin Peters' photo and bio. Both of these players featured in the 1976/77 Trump Card Game set (see below). Number in set: 135 Packet: 5 pictures for 3p Special: FKS album gallery |
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Soccer
Stars 76/77 Trump Card Game. A set
of 32 cards for a game, plus a Rules card. You could order these through
the Euro Soccer Star '77 album for 75p per pack. Number in set: 32 |
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| IPC Magazines | ||
| Memorable Football
Firsts of Stars, Clubs and Competitions Cost cutting meant that most
of the pictures for this booklet were in black and white, with the magazine
proudly announcing 'Many pages in full colour'. The booklet was part of
the Shoot/Goal magazine dated 18 September 1976. Number in set: 135 |
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| Panini | ||
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Euro Football 77. Another 'international'
Panini collection which was available in the U.K. through the distributors,
Minicards Ltd. An album was available for the stickers. Some copies of the
album were distributed for free through the Shoot/Goal magazine. The introduction
to the album states 'Hallo Friends! Let me say it feels great to tell you
that fantastic picture stickers, made by Edizioni Panini, the largest producer
in the world, which are already well-known and enjoyed by most of the children
in Europe are now available to all British children as well'. Are all Italian
sentences this long? Number in set: 288 Gallery: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, England, Spain, France, Greece, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Holland, Norway, N. Ireland, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Scotland, USSR, Finland, Sweden, Turkey and Wales Checklists: N/A |
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| Top Sellers | ||
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Football '77. A large set of stickers featuring
the First Division teams, plus some puzzle cards. 6 self-adhesive cards per pack. The back of the cards states: Published by Top Sellers Ltd. 135 Wardour St. - London W.1. Printed in Italy by Panini 1976. Number in set: 420 Gallery: N/A Checklists: Set checklist Special: Puzzle cards master index |
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| Topps Chewing Gum | ||
| Footballer
(Blue/grey backs). A set comprising individual footballers from the
First and Second Divisions. One section of cards (Nos. 125 to 140) includes
Shoot! Goal All Stars. The cards have 'Topps Chewing Gum Inc.' printed on
the back. An image gallery (still under development) of the full set of
these cards is available, grouped by the players' clubs. Additional information
has been added to each page to show each players' full career transfers
and transfer fees. Number in set: 330 Gallery: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol City, Burnley, Coventry City, Derby County, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Q.P.R., Sheffield United, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Other teams, Checklists Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist. |
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