1963
THO-015/THO-222 - Ace Album of Britain's Football Stars
D.C. Thomson / Rover & Wizard
12 large stickers
4 sheets of large stickers given away with the Rover & Wizard story paper. They were heavily gummed, so it's difficult to find them in unused condition, because if they were left inside the paper any amount of dampness would ensure the stickers stuck to the pages of the paper.
Ace Album of Britain's Football Stars - Sheet 1 - issued 16 November, 1963
Denis Law (Manchester United)
Cliff Jones (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gerry Byrne (Liverpool)
Mike England (Blackburn Rovers)
Willie Henderson (Rangers)
Mike O'Grady (Huddersfield Town)
Ace Album of Britain's Football Stars - Sheet 3 - issued 30 November, 1963
Billy McNeil (Celtic)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gordon Banks (Leicester City)
Ace Album of Britain's Football Stars - Sheet 4 - issued 7 December, 1963
Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
Dave Gibson (Leicester City)
Bobby Tambling (Chelsea)
Hi, I'm looking to find info (hopefully a full list) of the players depicted on the cover of 'Rover'/'Rover and Wizard'. Nigel's Webspace aka Vintage Football Cards shows these as 'Rover Comic Football Cards'. They were head and shoulders photos of players which could be cut out. Nigel says that they were published from 1953 to 1970- he also says that there are checklists available here, but I can't find them- could you help?
ReplyDeleteHi Olly,
DeleteYou'll find the lists in the D.C. Thomson Index in the right-hand column. There are two checklists - 1953 to 1956 and 1968 to 1970. I also show all the covers. These are what you should look for:
D.C. Thomson / The Rover - Famous Footballers (1953-1956)
D.C. Thomson / The Rover - Famous Footballers (1968-1970)