Webcosa - Football Bingo wrapper

 

1960s

WEB-140 / ZJ10-1 - Footballers
(Football Bingo wrappers)
Webcosa
UK
72+

These wrappers were intended to be collected and traded in for prizes. Each can be found with and without the club name below the footballers name. Webcosa supplied Football Bingo cards and the idea was to collect wrappers from all 25 clubs on the card to qualify for a prize, but many of the wrappers didn't include the name of the club, making those wrappers ineligible for the competition. There were lots of different Football Bingo cards and they are also very collectible, which I'll cover later.
These are not to be confused with another series of Football caricatures issued by Webcosa which come with a yellow background.

The list below is split into three sections:
1.  List of players and thie clubs (listed in club order)
2.  List of clubs that appear on Football Bingo cards where the players name is unknown
3.  List of players where the club is unknown.

1.

W. Little (Aberdeen)

G. Eastham (Arsenal)
A. Deakin (Aston Villa)
F. Bartlett (Barnsley)
J. Harris (Birmingham City)
R. Charnley (Blackpool)
M. Ferguson (Blackburn Rovers)
F. Hill (Bolton Wanderers)
J. Singer (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic)
W. Fielding (Brentford)
J. Atyeo (Bristol City)
J. Adamson (Burnley)
A. McIntosh (Cardiff City)
W. McNeill (Celtic)
J. Sewell (Charlton)
R. Tambling (Chelsea)
F. Lord (Crewe Alexandra)
P. Burridge (Crystal Palace)
W. Curry (Derby County)
R. Vernon (Everton)
J. Haynes (Fulham)
S. Forster [Foster] (Grimsby Town)
G. Marshal (Hearts)
R. Wilson (Huddersfield Town)
J. McSeveny (Hull City)
R. Crawford (Ipswich)
A. Kerr (Kilmarnock)
G. Banks (Leicester City)
D. Dunmore (Leyton Orient)
R. Davis [Davies] (Luton Town)
A. Oakes (Manchester City)
D. Law (Manchester United)
S. Chapman (Mansfield Town)
A. Suddick (Newcastle United)
D. Lock (Northampton Town)
T. Allcock (Norwich City)
C. Addison (Notts Forest)
H. Lister (Oldham Athletic)
J. Husband (Partick Thistle)
B. Wright (Peterborough United)
J. Williams (Plymouth Argyle)
A. Richards (Port Vale)
J. McClelland (Portsmouth)
A. Dawson (Preston North End)
M. Lazarus (Queens P.R.)
J. Baxter (Rangers)
J. Shreeves (Reading)
A. Bennett (Rotherham United)
J. Marriott (Scunthorpe United)
L. Badger (Sheffield United)
A. Rowley (Shrewsbury Town)
T. Bradbury (Southend United)
J. Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
G. Meek (Walsall)
D. Ward (Watford)
D. Howe (West Bromwich Albion)
R. Moore (West Ham United)
A. Fox (Wrexham)

2.

Bristol Rovers
Bury
Colchester United
Coventry City
Dundee United
Leeds United
Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Notts County
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea Town
Swindon Town

3.

R. Hunt (perhaps Colchester United or Liverpool)
E. Thomas (perhaps Swansea Town)

Match magazine - 26/12/98 Poster

1998
Match magazine
26/12/98 Poster

For their Christmas issue Match magazine issued a large poster with photos of players from across the full spectrum of Premiership and Football League clubs, plus many Scottish League clubs too.

The three photos here (click on them to see larger versions) include all the players I don't recognise, though since the photos were compiled some players have been identified. It's safe to assume that these players were with these clubs during the first half of the 1998-99 season.

Any help with identification would be great.

Bristol Rovers
Luton Town
Cambridge United
Barnsley
Bury
Burnley
Burnley
Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers
Chesterfield
Jaime Pollock (Manchester City)   -   Thanks to Robin Z.
Crewe Alexandra
Tranmere Rovers
Dundee

Macclesfield Town
York City
Bury
Port Vale
Millwall
Aberdeen
Motherwell
Portsmouth
Motherwell
Northampton Town
Dundee
Colchester United
Notts County
Wrexham
Heart of Midlothian
Wycombe Wanderers
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City
Kilmarnock

Barnet
Oxford United
Lincoln City
Stockport County
Luton Town

Unknown issuer - Spurs Legends

2009
Unknown issuer
Spurs Legends
20 cards - 19 players and 1 Title card

I still can't identify the 1st, 14th and 19th players in this framed collection. Any help would be much appreciated.

Here is a list of the cards so far:

?
Steve Perryman
Gary Lineker
Martin Peters 

Gary Mabbutt
Danny Blanchflower
Paul Gascoigne
Riccardo Villa

Cliff Jones
Bill Nicholson
Martin Chivers
Mike England

Pat Jennings
?
Alan Gilzean
Ossie Ardiles

Jurgen Klinsmann
Dave Mackay
?
Title card

Northampton Town - 1938-39 Programme inserts

1938-39
Northampton Town F.C.
B&W Full Length Portrait
Supplement to Club Programme
(127mm x 192mm)
Unknown number in set


These inserts were given away with the Northampton Town Official Programme during the 1938-39 season.

Only two items known, please get in touch if you can add anything to the list or can supply scans of any of the others.

S. Russell
W. Thayne (v Cardiff City)
?
?

Millwall F.C. - Anyphone Calling Card

1996
Millwall F.C.
Anyphone Calling Card
4 cards


A set of 4 telephone cards featuring Millwall F.C. players. Two names missing from the checklist. 

Vassilli Kulkov
Serguei Iouran
?
?

Football Post - Popular Footballers

1904
Football Post
FOO-210 / Our Series of Popular Footballers
Postcard size

I don't know anything about these postcard size items. The only 2 subjects I know of are Dundee F.C. players. I presume that the series also includes players from other Scottish clubs.

I haven't discovered anything regarding the Football Post either. There was a newspaper by this name that started in 1903 and was published in Nottingham, but as these players are from Dundee that seems an unlikely source.

Fred MacDiarmid (Dundee F.C.)
Alan Bell (Dundee F.C.)

Blackpool F.C. - 1935-36 Programme inserts

1935-36
Blackpool F.C.
Programme inserts
Unknown number in set

Apparently these photos/prints were given away with the Blackpool F.C. Official Programme in 1935-36 season.
A first glance at the jersey might make you think that it couldn't be a Blackpool player, but the club played in dark and light blue stripes between 1933 and 1938. Check out the Historical Football Kits website (http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Blackpool/Blackpool.htm).
I only know of 2 of these inserts so far. Any further information would be much appreciated. I'd also be interested in finding out which players were giveaway with which programme.

Maurice Reeday
Tom Shipman
?
?
?

Ripley Bros. - Football Colours (02) - Fulham

1923-24

(RIP-030) Football Colours

Ripley Bros.

56+ cards

Fulham

Ripley Bros. - Football Colours

1923-24
Ripley Bros.
RIP-030 Football Colours
56+ cards

These cards are very rare. The card shown here was recently for sale on eBay with a starting price of £95. I was hoping to try and date the card by checking when Burnley played in these colours, but when I checked the Historcial Football Kits website it was nowhere to be seen.
Here's a list of known cards, it features rugby clubs as well as football clubs. If you know of any others please get in touch.
UPDATE (03-12-2017 13:11):  Wigan Boro' added to the list, thanks to Mark Hughesdon. The cards are unnumbered and are numbered here for reference purposes only.
UPDATE (04-12-2017 16:49):  Following further research the date of issue has been amended to 1923-24.

RIP-030 Football Colours - We are GIVING AWAY... Jerseys & Shirts
RIP-030 Football Colours - JERSEYS & SHIRTS GIVEN AWAY for Sets of Cards....

1. Ashington
2. Aston Villa
3. Barrow
4. Barnsley
5. Batley (Rugby League)
6. Blackburn Rovers
7. Bradford
8. Bradford N(orthern) (Rugby League)   -   amended 08/02/2016
9. Bramley (Rugby League)
10. Bristol City
11. Broughton Rangers (Rugby League)
12. Burnley
13. Bury
14. Charlton Athletic
15. Chelsea
16. Clapton Orient
17. Chesterfield
18. Doncaster Rovers
19. Durham City
20. Everton
21. Featherstone Rovers (Rugby League)
22. Fulham (coloured shirt)   -   added 22/03/2013
23. Fulham (white shirt) Grimsby Town
24. Halifax Town
25. Huddersfield (Rugby League)
26. Huddersfield Town
27. Hull City
28. Hunslet (Rugby League)
29. Lincoln City
30. Liverpool
31. Luton Town
32. Merthyr Town
33. New Brighton
34. Newcastle United
35. Newport County
36. Northampton
37. Oldham (Rugby League)
38. Plymouth Argyle
39. Portsmouth
40. Queens P(ark) R(angers)   -   amended 21/02/2013
41. Rochdale H(ornets) (Rugby League)
42. Salford (Rugby League)
43. Sheffield W.    -   added 08/02/2016
44. South Shields   -   added 22/03/2013
45. Southport
46. Stoke
47. Sunderland
48. Swinton (Rugby League)
49. Tottenham Hotspur
50. Tranmere Rovers
51. Wakefield Trinity (Rugby League)
52. West Bromwich Albion
53. West Ham United
54. Widnes (Rugby League)
55. Wigan Boro'   -   added 03/12/2017
56. Woolwich Arsenal

M.M. Frame - (FRA-080/FOZQ-2) Sport Stars

1940s
(FRA-080/FOZQ-2) Sport Stars
M.M. Frame
48 cards in set

These cards were issued around the late 1940s, there were a number of series, but I haven't been able to complete the checklist for this one.
The cards were issued as little booklets of 5 cards plus a wrap-around cover that was numbered like the cards inside.
I've listed the covers separately, as well as including them in the proper checklist.
I'd be grateful for any help with the missing details....

5. Cover - ????
6. Cover - Roy Bentley (Chelsea)
7. Cover - Joe Mercer (Arsenal)
8. Cover - W. Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
14. Cover - Willie Woodburn (Rangers)
15. Cover - Jimmy Delaney (Aberdeen)
16. Cover - Jimmy Mason (Third Lanark)
17. Cover - Willie Bauld (Hearts)

1. (Willie) Redpath (Motherwell)
2. (Willie) Kilmarnock (Motherwell)
3. (Jackie) Millburn (sic) (Newcastle United)
4. (Derek) Grierson (Rangers)
5. Cover -
6. Cover - Roy Bentley (Chelsea)
7. Cover - Joe Mercer (Arsenal)
8. Cover - Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
9. (Wilf) Mannion (Middlesbrough)
10. (Ted) Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)
11. (Laurie) Scott (Arsenal)
12. (Neil) Franklin (Hull City)
13. (Billy) Liddell (Liverpool)
14. Cover - Willie Woodburn (Rangers)
15. Cover - Jimmy Delaney (Aberdeen)
16. Cover - Jimmy Mason (Third Lanark)
17. Cover - Willie Bauld (Hearts)
18. (Jimmy) Dickinson (Portsmouth)
19. (Bob) Dougan (Hearts)
20.
21. (Alex) Linwood (Clyde)
22. (Bobby) Collins (Celtic)
23. (Gordon) Smith (Hibernian)
24. (Ian) McColl (Rangers)
25. (Stanley) Matthews (Blackpool)
26. (Bob) Gemmill (Glasgow HSFP RFC)
27. (Sugar Ray) Robinson (Boxing)
28. (Jack) Holden (Athletics)
29. (Denis) Compton (Arsenal / Middlesex)
30. (Len) Hutton (Cricket)
31.
32. (Ezzard) Charles (Boxing)
33. (Stan) Mortensen (Blackpool)
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.

City Bakeries - Football Club Shields

1940s
City Bakeries
Football Clubs (Paper Shields)
Unknown number

There are at least 4 different cards for some clubs, some come with different illustrations, some with actual players, others use different typefaces. Some of the team are rugby clubs and show rugby scenes.

I will try to include all the different illustrations I have for these cards. If you want to see a specific club please let me know.

Known cards, though I don't have illustrations for all of them....

Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Airdrie
Alloa Athletic
Annbank RU
Arbroath
Arbroath
Armadale
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Aston Villa
Ayr Utd
Ayr Utd
Ballymena
Barnsley
Barnsley
Barrow
Belfast Celtic
Benburb
Birmingham
Blackburn
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Bo'ness United
Bournemouth
Bradford
Bradford City
Brechin
Brechin City
Brentford
Brentwood
Bridgeton Wav.
Brighton and Hove A.
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers
Brora Rangers
Buckie Thistle
Burnley
Bury
Cardiff City
Celtic
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Chelsea
Chelsea
Chirnside Utd
Cliftonville
Clyde
Clyde
Coleraine
Coventry
Cowdenbeath
Crewe
Crystal Palace
Darlington
Derby County
Derry City
Derry City
Deveronvale
Distillery
Doncaster
Drumcondra
Dundee
Dundee United
Dunfermline
Dunoon
Edinburgh City
Edinburgh Univ
Everton
Everton
Everton
Falkirk
Falkirk
Fauldhouse RU
Forfar Athletic
Fulham
Gateshead
Glasgow Celtic
Glasgow Celtic
Glentoran
Glentoran
Glentoran
Grimsby
Halifax
Hamilton
Hamilton
Hamilton Acas.
Hamilton Acas.
Hartlepool
Hearts
Hearts
Hearts
Hibernians
Hibernians
Hibernians
Hibernians
Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Hull City
Inverness C.
Inverness Thistle
Ipswich
Keith
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Leeds United
Leicester City
Leith Athletic
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City
Linfield
Linfield
Linfield
Liverpool
Manchester City
Montrose
Moorpark
Morton
Morton
Motherwell
New Brighton
Newcastle
Newcastle
Newcastle
Newport
Northampton
Norwich City
Notts County
Oldham
Oldham
Parkhead
Peebles Rovers
Peterhead
Petershill
Port Vale
Portadown
Portsmouth
Preston NE
Queen of the South
Queens Park
Queen's Park
Queen's Park
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers
Raith Rovers
Rangers
Reading
Rochdale
Ross County
Rotherham United
Saltcoats
Shamrock Rovers
Shawfield
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wed
Shelbourne
Shelbourne
Shettleston
South Africa
South Africa
Southend United
Southport
St Anthony's
St Johnstone
St Johnstone (inverted)
St Mirren
St Roch's (RU)
Stenhousemuir
Stirling Albion
Stockport
Stoke
Stranraer
Strathclyde
Sunderland
Swansea
Swindon Town
Tarff Rovers
Third Lanark
Torquay United
Tottenham H
Tranmere
Tranmere
Vale of Atholl
Vale of Leithen
Walsall
Walsall
Watford
West Bromwich A.
West Bromwich A.
West Ham United
Wolves
York City

1930s Unidentified cards

I don't know anything about this set, other than they seem to have been issued un the 1930s.

If you have any information, please get in touch.

Known cards:

Thomas Mort (Aston Villa)
Harry Hibbs (Birmingham)
James Hampson (Blackpool)
William Cook (Bolton Wanderers)
Hugh Gallacher (Chelsea)
Ernest Hart (Leeds United)
Samuel Cowan (Manchester City)

Cadet Sweets - All Sports (Transfers)

c.1953-54
CAD-670 / CAF-27-2 Transfers - All Sports
Cadet Sweets
UK
48 in the set

The image on the left is as the Transfer looks. the one of the right is a mirror image, which is easier to read. 
There was a set of Transfers issued by Cadet Sweets that featured Famous Footballers, if anyone needs a checklist for this set please let me know. This collection seems harder to come by though. They are roughly same size as the various card sets issued by Cadet Sweets.

1.

2.
3.  Lew Hoad (Tennis)
4.  Vladimir Kuts (Athletics)
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.  Ashley Cooper (Tennis)
14.  Bobby Locke (Golf)
15.
16.
17.
18.  
19.
20.  Dai Rees (Golf)
21.
22.
23.  Ben Hogan (Golf)
24.  Pancho Gonzalez (Tennis)
25.
26.  Althea Gibson (Tennis)
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.  Fritz Herkenrath (Germany - Soccer)
39.
40.  Gunnar Gren (Sweden - Soccer)
41.  Richie Benaud (Cricket)
42.
43.  Billy Wright (Wolves & England - Soccer)
44.  Lewis Jones (Rugby League)
45.
46.
47.  Zoltan Berczik (Hungary - Table Tennis)
48.  Bob Gutowski (Pole Vault)

The set includes the following, though it’s number is not known:

Peter May (Cricket)