Favourite sites, links and Paypal donate
Over this time I have come to appreciate the efforts made by others in making information and images available over the internet, particularly by not-for-profit sites. This site celebrates nostalgia and memories, and wishes to recognise those other sites who have helped with my aims. If you know of a site which you think I may have missed, or one which you think should be added to this list, please send me an email. The sites are listed in alphabetical order within their categories.
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Football cards - team websites
| Site | Nigel's comments |
| Burnley | A very interesting site of many things Burnley, including football cards and badges, but also much more. |
| Derby County | Andy Mac's interesting and informative cigarette and trade card site. |
| Huddersfield Town | Roger Pashby's excellent site. |
| Newport County | Including some lovely football card images. |
| Reading | Chris Lee's detailed site with some very interesting images. |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Martin Lilly's site 'dedicated to Tottenham Hotspur cigarette cards, trade cards, silks & stickers' . |
| West Ham United memorabilia | An awesome site. I've linked through to his Memorabilia page (including football trade cards), but there is so much more. |
Football cards - related websites
| Site | Nigel's comments |
| Beckett.com | A U.S. sports cards price website with, apparently, over 14,000 soccer cards valued. |
| DJ Sports Cards | A U.S. sports cards website run by Shawn Johnson which includes some football (soccer) cards. |
| Football Cards Direct | Football Cards and Stickers including Topps Match Attax, Panini, Adrenalyn XL and much more. |
| Football Cards Forum | A football card trading discussion forum, covering all years (particularly current and recent), but with possibilities for older cards and stickers. |
| Football Cards UK | A new (2011) website which sell cards and provides information for collectors. |
| Football Cartophilic Info Exchange | A blog for rare and unusual football cards, mostly from the U.K., though there are also a few from a variety of countries around the world. |
| Kai's football cards | A Norwegian collector whose site is particularly useful for A&BC Chewing Gum Scottish checklists |
| Old football games | Over 200 old football games for you to reminisce about. |
| Past Heroes | Website offering the opportunity to obtain a personally signed memento (football card?) from your 'past hero'. Includes a number of footballers from the era covered by Nigel's Webspace. |
| Paul Clarkson cards | Once upon a time an on-line dealer (one of the few) for English football cards, run by Paul Clarkson, though now sadly retired. His website still has some interesting articles.. |
| Retro Football Stickers | A site which sells albums and stickers, mainly Panini. Lots of good galleries too. |
| Soccer Card Index | Checklists, particularly for cards after 1980. |
| Stein's Football Card site | An interesting English football cards website from Norway with useful checklists, particularly for Monty Gum. |
| Tony's Football Cards | Tony's collection of football cards and sticker albums, including A&BC, FKS and Topps, mainly focussing on the period from 1967/68 to 1979/80. |
| The Topps Archives | A brilliant blog-style site featuring Topps Chewing Gum cards, history and stories. The U.S. are mad about their cards, so it makes for great reading. |
| Ultimate Top Trumps | A site which features Top Trumps cards including many of the football sets. |
| Vintage Football Card Gallery | Not English, but U.S. football. Nonetheless a very interesting and comprehensive site. |
General football team and player information and statistics (not directly related to football cards)
| Site | Nigel's comments |
| Neil Brown's player's database | Simply the best site for individual club player records. |
| Everton results | Amazingly comprehensive site for Everton data |
| Historical football kits | An amazing and really useful historical site to see how club kits have changed over time. Often useful for dating sets and cards. |
| Liverpool FC opposition players | Another amazing website where you can look at the records of all players who have ever played against Liverpool FC. Unbelievable amounts of data! |
| MyFootballFacts | Oodles and oodles of facts and statistics |
| Sports Records | Follow the links to see the teams for each English club from 1959/60 onwards - awesome! |
| West Ham United | All the statistics you need. |
| When Saturday Comes | The website for the magazine, which once reviewed this little website. |
| Where are they now? | Fantastic nostalgia site, based on the original book but now on-line and regularly updated. |
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