Saturday 24 August 2013

The Rover / D.C. Thomson - Britain's Football Clubs (1961-63)


1961-63
Britain's Football Clubs
The Rover / D.C. Thomson
76+ cut-outs

A full page strip cartoon series, that includes caricatures of some of the featured clubs stars.

1.  Tottenham Hotspur
2.  Manchester City
3.  Clyde
4.  Everton
5.  Preston North End
6.  Blackburn Rovers
7.  Aston Villa
8.  Manchester United
9.  Cardiff City (18-03-1961)
10.  Birmingham City
11.  Glasgow Rangers
12.  Arsenal
13.  Heart of Midlothian (15-04-1961)
14.  Newcastle United
15.  Glenavon (29-04-1961)
16.  Nottingham Forest
17.  Dundee
18.  Burnley
19.  Aberdeen   -   added 11-12-2020  -  thanks to Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust
20.  Sheffield Wednesday
21.  Wigan R.F.C.
22.  Fulham
23.  Linfield
24.  Celtic
25.  Sunderland
26.  West Ham United
27.  Dundee United
28.  Swansea Town
29.  Portsmouth
30.  Hibs   -   added 24-02-2021  -  thanks to Phil Martin
31.  Bolton Wanderers
32.  Third Lanark
33.  Wolverhampton Wanderers
34.  Glentoran
35.  St. Johnstone
36.  Berwick Rangers
37.  Chelsea
38.  Cliftonville
39.  Middlesbrough
40.  Stirling Albion
41.  Barnsley
42.  Bishop Auckland  (21-04-1962)   -   added 27-01-2023
43.  Leeds R.F.C. (12-05-1962)   -   added 27-01-2023
44.  Queen's Park
45.  Liverpool
46.  Falkirk
47.  Dunfermline Athletic
48.  Sheffield United
49.  Ayr United
50.  Leicester City
51.  Ipswich Town
52.  Forfar Athletic
53.  Wakefield Trinity R.F.C.
54.  Stoke City
55.  St. Mirren
56.  Luton Town
57.  Greenock Morton
58.  Swindon Town
59.  East Fife
60.  The Crusaders
61.  Raith Rovers
62.  Distillery   -   added 14-02-2022  -  thanks to Trevor
63.  Peterborough United
64.  Queen of the South
65.  Partick Thistle
66.  West Bromwich Albion
67.  Kilmarnock
68.  Arbroath
69.  Ards
70.  Blackpool   -   added 20-07-2022  -  thanks to Paul
71.  Huddersfield Town   -   added 06-03-2021  -  thanks to Roger Pashby
72.  Scunthorpe United   -   added 06-03-2021  -  thanks to Roger Pashby
73.  Notts County
74.  Norwich City
75.  Charlton Athletic
76.  Bristol Rovers

Missing Teams:

Accrington Stanley, Aldershot, Barrow, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Bury, Carlisle United, Chester, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Darlington, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Halifax Town, Hartlepool United, Hull City, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Mansfield Town, Millwall, Newport County, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Southampton, Southend United, Southport, Stockport County, Torquay United, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Watford, Workington, Wrexham, York City.
Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Brechin City, Cowdenbeath, Dumbarton, East Stirlingshire, Hamilton Academical, Montrose, Motherwell, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer.
Ballymena United, Bangor, Coleraine, Derry City, Coleraine, Derry City, Portadown.

10 comments:

  1. #19 Was Aberdeen FC - we have just added the page ot The Aberdeen Collection cared for by AFC Heritage.

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    1. Thank you for your help, I tried looking for it on your website. Is there a link?

      Alan

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  2. No 62 Distillery of Ireland on e-bay at present
    Regards,
    Trevor

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  3. Hi Alan, number 70 is Blackpool.

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  4. GOT A CD-ROM OF EBAY - NO.42 BISHOP AUCKLAND 21/4/62, NO 43 LEEDS RFC 12/5/1962

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  5. #60 - The Crusaders
    A site which I presume is the club's current merchandising outlet (https://crusadersfcshop.com/products/crusaders-rover-comic-feature-poster-a2) is selling a poster which is a reproduction of their entry in this list.

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    1. That's a good spot, thanks for letting me know. I'll add a new post some time over the weekend.

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