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Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80
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Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English
Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80
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| Season 1977/78. This year saw the emergence of Panini as a force in the English market, and FKS trying hard to retain their appeal through a variety of offerings. Golden Wonder produced some interesting cards, but this was a one-off experiment for them. Topps continued with the A&BC-style cardboard cards, but only had two more years to go before they withdrew from the market. Americana re-entered the market with their Football Special, but this lasted only two years. | |
| Ace Sporting Aces | |
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World Cup Aces.
A set of 32 playing cards where Bobby Charlton purportedly selects his
all-time world cup greats. The full set comes in a plastic case with a cover card and the rules on the reverse. The cards are 'numbered' from A to H, and 1 to 4. The set is described as 'The Trump Game for Collectors'. This set was 'Made in Western Germany'. Set size: 32. Click for set gallery. Checklists: Set checklist or Team checklist. |
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| Ava Americana | |
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Football Special 1977/78.
The first of two new sets from this mysterious company. The 1977/78 stickers
are much rarer than the 1979/80 set. The album cover has a logo and the
name 'Ava Americana - Series'. This large set of cards was prepared for the 1977/78 season. It includes 15 players for each of the 22 Division One teams, plus one player from each of the 22 Division Two teams. The last 16 stickers are of International Football Stars. In order to complete your set you could
order pictures from: The album was originally priced at 20p, but made available at a special introductory price of 5p. It was printed in Italy. Set size: 368. |
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| Bassetts | |
| Football
Action.
A set of 50 cards depicting action from English and Scottish games, plus
international matches. Set size: 50. |
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| FKS Publishers | |
| Soccer Stars
1977-78. An expanded collection with players from 28 different
teams. The player name and sticker numbers are printed on the front of
the stickers, with the reverse blank (another FKS innovation which only
lasted one year). It appears that you no longer applied the adhesive
only at the top, which appears a bit foolish since you would cover the
biography in the album. The album was priced at 20p, but reduced to 10p
as a 'Jubilee Offer'. Set size:
400. |
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| Soccer Stars
Trump Card Game, Series One. A
set of 32 cards for a game, plus a Rules card. Click here for Series One set gallery |
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| Soccer Stars Trump Card Game, Series Two. A set of 32 cards for a game, plus a Rules card. |
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| Euro
Soccer Stars '77.
Set size: 135 |
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| Golden Wonder | |
| Soccer All Stars.
A set of 24 cards of Britain's top soccer stars, given away in crisp
packets. The album records © Golden Wonder, July
1977, First Issue. The backs of this set and the later World Cup All Stars are very similar and it is easy to confuse the two sets. Set size: 24. Checklists: Set checklist and Team checklist |
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| World Cup
All Stars. A set of 36 cards, depicting World Cup footballers. The
cards and the album illustration were by Doug Harker, a man who is still
into sports illustrating. The cards could be glued into the album, with the first issue of the album dated May 1978. Set size: 36. |
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| IPC Magazines | |
| Soccer Sensations - A
Shoot booklet. This set
'featuring star players, managers, clubs and competitions' continued the
successful run, though Shoot has reverted to its single name, dropping
the Goal association. Again, most of the pictures and pages are black
and white. The booklet was part of the Shoot/Goal magazine dated 17 September 1977. Set size: 135. |
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| Monty Gum | |
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World Cup 1978.
Unnumbered, poor quality cards on a cheap card with plain grey backs.
The set is mainly of individual players, but also includes some team cards. Set size: 224 |
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| Panini | |
| Euro Football 78.
Another 'international' collection which was available in the U.K. Set size: 256. |
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| Football 78. The
first ever Panini-production (not Top Sellers) designed solely for the
U.K. market. In an introduction to the album David Gregory, Editor of
Shoot Magazine states '...this album... ranks as the latest publication
to join the elite amongst football publications'. The album states that
information in the album was 'compiled up to date on 20 September 1977'. The collection was actually distributed by Minicards Ltd, of Regina House, Queen Street, London, as sole U.K. and Eire distributors of Figurine Panini. The self-adhesive stickers came in packets costing 5p each. The album was printed in Italy. Set size: 525. |
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| Topps Chewing Gum | |
| Footballers (Red
backs). A set comprising individual footballers from the First and
Second Divisions. One section of cards (Nos. 101 to 120) includes Club
Histories. The cards have
'© 1977 Topps Chewing Gum Inc.' printed on the back.
Set size: 330 |
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