Coffer - Football (Large Postcards)

1970
Football (Large Postcards)
Coffer
56 postcards

Coffer issued a variety of football related products through the 1960s and 1970s. These large postcards were issued around 1969 - 1970. They are numbers with a 'P' prefix and seem to run from no. 101 to 156.

P/101.  Everton FC
P/102.  Liverpool FC
P/103.  George Best (facing camera)
P/104.  Tottenham Hotspur FC
P/105.  Alan Ball (Everton)
P/106.  Alun Evans (Liverpool)
P/107.  Leeds United
P/108.  Newcastle United FC
P/109.  George Best (facing left of camera)
P/110.  Bobby Charlton OBE
P/111.  Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
P/112.  Francis Lee (Manchester City) - light blue jersey
P/112.  Francis Lee (Manchester City) - red & black striped jersey
P/113.  Manchester City FC
P/114.  Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool)
P/115.  Joe Royle (Everton)
P/116.  Peter Osgood (different picture to No. 146)
P/117.  Allan Clarke (Leeds United)
P/118.  Billy Bremner (Leeds United)
P/119.  Jimmy Husband (Everton)
P/120.  Alan Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur)
P/121.  Geoff Hurst (West Ham United)
P/122.  David Webb (Chelsea)
P/123.  John Hollins (Chelsea)
P/124.  Bobby Moore OBE (West Ham United)
P/125.  Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
P/126.  Martin Peters (West Ham United)
P/127.  Geoff Hurst (West Ham United)
P/128.  West Ham United FC
P/129.  John Radford (Arsenal)
P/130. 
P/131.  Ron Davies (Southampton and Wales)
P/132.  Colin Bell (Manchester City)
P/133.  Mick Jones (Leeds United)
P/134.  Jackie Charlton (Leeds United)
P/135.  Johnny Giles (Leeds United)
P/136.  Gordon Banks OBE (Stoke City)
P/137.  Ian Storey-Moore (Nottingham Forest)
P/138.  Peter Marinello (Arsenal)
P/139.  Peter Simpson (Arsenal)
P/140.  Jeff Astle (West Bromwich Albion)
P/141.  West Bromwich Albion Football Club
P/142. 
P/143.  Brian Kidd (Manchester United)
P/144.  John Greig (Glasgow Rangers)
P/145.  Colin Stein (Glasgow Rangers)
P/146.  Peter Osgood (Chelsea)
P/147. 
P/148.  

P/149.  George Best (Manchester United)

P/150.  

P/151.  Chelsea Football Club - F.A. Cup Winners 1970

P/152.  Ian Hutchinson (Chelsea)

P/153.  Manchester United Football Club

P/154.  

P/155.  England World Cup Squad - Mexico 1970

P/156.  Willie Morgan (Manchester United)

P/???.  Malcolm MacDonald (Newcastle United)
P/???.  Glasgow Rangers FC

Walkers Tobacco Co. - Footballers

1920s
Footballers (33 x 44mm)
Walkers Tobacco Co.
Unknown number

Please excuse the poor picture. These five cards were shown in Football Card Collector Magazine No. 27. As far as I know they are the only cards known from this series. The cards are similar in size to the Pinnace cards that are so familiar these days. Until their inclusion in the magazine they were unknown and unrecorded.

UPDATE (30-11-2024 00:48):  Decent scans of the Andrew Young card added.

Rutherford (Arsenal)
J. Harrow (Chelsea)
J. Conner (C. Palace)
Andrew Young (Arsenal)
Buchanan Sharp (Chelsea)

Barratt & Co. - Famous Footballers (Transfers)

1949
Famous Footballers (Transfers)
Barratt & Co.
2 sheets, 40 transfers.

I've had an e-mail from Mick Wallace about transfer from the 1940s.
Alan, congratulations on Cardiff City reaching the Premiership, well deserved after the last 3 years of play-off heartbreak. 
Recently purchased some football transfer cards and I wondered if you have any info on them. All / have is that they were issued Anonymous, circa 1949.
I went for the Newcastle card of Frank Brennan but also got a Cardiff City one, A.R. Lever, thought you may have it in your collection and may know more detail. Also got a Jackie Milburn Barratt transfer card from 1952. I am a member of the CGSB as well, and will be attending both days of this years convention at Woking.
Regards, Mick
These were issued by Barratt as two sheets of 20 transfers. Above you'll see a complete sheet, plus another illustration showing the front sheet plus part of one of the sticker sheets. They were included in special Christmas stocking presents produced by Barratt & Co., featuring sweets and gifts in a net stocking.
UPDATE (05-03-2016):  In doing research on other sheets of transfers from the 1940's I've found a black and white photocopy of the second sheet, so I thought I'd add it here. The sheets are unnumbered and are numbered here for reference purposes only.
UPDATE (23-22-2019 19:39):  I originally had two sheets listed here one without the title section and this one with a title section. I presumed they were both called 'Famous Footballers'. It turns out that the other sheet is titled 'Stars of Soccer' and I've given that one it's own post and removed all reference to it from this one.

W. Mannion (Middlesbrough)
S. Bartram (Charlton A.)
C. Wayman (Southampton)
J. Dickinson (Portsmouth)
T. Lawton (Notts C.)
S. Mortensen (Blackpool)
J. Milburn (Newcastle)
L. Compton (Arsenal)
R. Carter (Hull C.)
R. Boulton (Grimsby)
R. Bentley (Chelsea)
J. Mason (Third Lanark)
J. Cowan (Morton)
R. Brennan (Luton)
E. Quigley (Sheffield W.)
W. Hurrell (Millwall U.)
H. Dorsett (Aston Villa)
R. Thomas (Fulham)
H. Roberts (Birmingham)
J. Morris (Derby County)

Pal Blades - Pal Blades Autograph League (02) - Bury

1948-49
Pal Blades Autograph League
Pal Blades
Unknown number issued

Not long after publishing the previous post I find another card...

Ken Grieves (Bury)

Pal Blades - Pal Blades Autograph League

1948-49
Pal Blades Autograph League
Pal Blades
Unknown number issued

Pal Blades was a razor blade producer. These small postcards contain real autographs usually written in biro. I don't know if they were issued with the autographs already in place, or if they were issued blank and it was left to the autograph hunters to track down players to get them signed. Albums were issued.

James Jackson (Bolton Wanderers)
John Roberts (Bolton Wanderers) 

Bill Gorman (Brentford)
Fred Monk (Brentford)
Peter Buchanan (Brentford) 

Bill Whittaker (Charlton Athletic)
Dudley Forbes (Charlton Athletic)
Frank Lock (Charlton Athletic)
Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic)
Jimmy Seed (Charlton Athletic)
Jimmy Trotter (Charlton Athletic)
Benny Fenton (Charlton Athletic)
Charlie Vaughan (Charlton Athletic) 

Billy Gray (Chelsea)
John McInnes (Chelsea)
Benny Jones (Chelsea)
Bobby Campbell (Chelsea)

Bill Shepherd (Liverpool)
Ken Brierley (Liverpool)
Willie Fagan (Liverpool)
Bob Paisley (Liverpool) 

John Aston (Manchester United)
Henry Cockburn (Manchester United)
Allenby Chilton (Manchester United)
J.D. Downie (Manchester United)
Johnny Carey (Manchester United)
Reg Allen (Manchester United)
Jack Crompton (Manchester United)
Jack Rowley (Manchester United)
Johnny Morris (Manchester United)
Jimmy Delaney (Manchester United)
Charlie Mitten (Manchester United) 

Willie Hurrell (Millwall)
Norman Smith (Millwall)
Ron Mansfield (Millwall) 

Lincoln City F.C. - Lincoln City F.C. Photo Album

1940s
Lincoln City F.C. Photo Album
Lincoln City F.C.
44 photos

Another item I know very little about, other than it exists. The album apparently holds 44 photos of Lincoln City players. Can anyone provide further details????

Dorhams Press - Football Caricatures

1960s
Football Caricatures
Dorhams Press, Southampton
?

Postcard size, might even be postcards. I presume they featured Southampton players as the firm was based in that town and the only card I know of features a Southampton player.

Ron Davies (Southampton)

Grape Nuts Company Ltd - GRA-340 Sportsmen

1935
GRA-340 / Sportsmen
Grape Nuts Company Ltd
11 known

The only things I know about these items are that they were probably redemption only. They are action shots some in colour others in sepia, with a head & shoulders insert, a biography and a facsimile autograph on the front.

Cliff Bastin (Arsenal) - colour
Harry Hibbs (Birmingham) - sepia
Jean Batten (Aviation) - sepia
Charles William Anderson Scott (Aviator) - colour
Jack 'Kid' Berg (Boxing) - colour
Herbert Sutcliffe (Cricket) - sepia
Herbert Wade (Cricket) - sepia
Stanley Woods (Motorcycling) - colour
Malcolm Campbell (Motor Racing) - colour
Bunny Austin (Tennis) - colour
Dorothy Round (Tennis)  colour

D.C. Thomson / Adventure - Five-a-Side Footer

1926
Five-a-Side Footer cut-outs
D.C. Thomson / Adventure
(4 December 1926)
10 cut-outs

This game was printed in the middle pages of the bumper Christmas issue of Adventure. The editor advised that the pages should be pasted to card before cutting out all the relevant pieces, which included the faces of 10 footballers. I've never seen any of these cut-out 'discs'. so I am including as advert for the game from the previous weeks issue of Adventure.

Joe Bradford (Birmingham)
R. Yorke (Aston Villa)
J. Ruffell (West Ham United)
J. Hill (Burnley)
E. Taylor (Huddersfield Town)
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Reclamos F. Borrás - Jugadores Internacionales - Serie D

1925
Jugadores Internacionales - Serie D
Reclamos F. Borrás
Spain
42

Another Spanish set, Very attractive photograph of contemporary footballers, probably issued in 1925. 4 names missing from this list. The list includes one player from St. Mirren who must have toured the area around this time. This set was issued by a wide range of companies including.

Chocolates del Centro Cooperativo Industrial (Barcelona) - Blue
La Casa Castella (Palma)
Nuevo Caramelo Balompie, La Fortuna (Madrid)
Chocolate Viladás
Chocolates Piera & Brugueras
Conte - Lacoste Olot - (Gerona)
Visite usted la tienda El Miguelete de José Clavel
La Casa del Chocolate Ntra. Señora de la Salud -  José Planells
Fabrica de Caramelos Amaya Deogracios Garicono y Ca. (Pamplona)
Manuel Negrillos (Pamplona)

1.  Acedo   (illustrated above)
2.  Paulino Alcántara (F.C. Barcelona)
3.  Arrate
4.  Arrillaga
5.  Artola
6.  Balbino
7.  Carmelo   -    added 24-06-2020   -  thanks to John
8.  Carrasco - Defensa derecha
9.  Dubly (Roubaix)
10.  D. Duncan (St. Mirren)
11.  Echeveste
12.  Eizaguirre
13.  Feldman (Servette)
14.  Ramon Gonzalez
15.  Kalb (Nuremberg)
16.  Kuthan (Rapid de Viena)
17.  Meana (Sporting de Gijon)
18.  Monjardin
19.  Montesinos   -    added 24-06-2020   -  thanks to John
20.  Olaizola    (illustrated above)
21.  Olaso - Extremo izquierda
22.  Otero
23.  Packe - Interior derecha del “Servette”
24.  Pagaza (Racing de Santander)
25.  Patricio (Real Union Irun) Delantero centro
26.  Peña (Arenas F.C.)
27.  Piera (F.C. Barcelona)
28.  Polo (Celta de Vigo)
29.  Potolo   -    added 24-06-2020   -  thanks to John
30.  René Petit - Medio centro
31.  Riegel - Medio izquierdo del “Nuremberg”
32.  Sabino (Athletic Club de Bilbao)
33.  Samitler
34.  Suncho
35.  Schaffer (M.T.K. Budapest)
36.  Sesúmaga (Athletic Club de Bilbao)
37.  Stuhlfaut (Nuremberg)
38.  Traeg (Nuremburg)   -   added   -    thanks to Peter
39.  Travieso - Delantero centro
40.  Vallana
41.  Zabala
42.  Zamora

Chocolates Orthi - Jugadores Notables

 

1920s
Jugadores Notables
Chocolates Orthi
Spain
22

A set of 22 colourful cards issued in Spain in the mid 1920s. I've got the issuer noted as Chocolates Orthi, but in this period of card issues in Spain this set was probably issued by more than one company. If you can fill any gaps, or know of other companies that issued these cards, please get in touch. The above illustration shows card no. 1 (F.C. Barcelona), no. 3 Planas (F.C. Barcelona) and no. 17 Monjardin (Real Madrid).

1.  F.C. Barcelona
2.  Zamora (R.C.D. Español)
3.  Planas (F.C. Barcelona)
4.  Herminio (Sevilla F.C.)
5.  Peña (A. de Bilbao)
6.  Sancho (F.C. Barcelona)
7.  Carulla (F.C. Barcelona)
8.  Meana (S. de Gijon)
9.  Piera (F.C. Barcelona)
10. 
11.  Pascual (F.C. Valencia)
12.  Benitez (R.T.N. Cadiz)
13.  René-Petit (R. U. Irún)
14.  Spencer (Sevilla F.C.)   Thanks to Alan (not me!)
15.  Samitier (F.C. Barcelona)
16. 
17.  Monjardin (Real Madrid)
18.  Cros, (C.D. Europa)
19.  Montes (F.C. Valencia)
20.  Alcántara (F. C. Barcelona)
21.  Aguirrezabala (A. de Bilbao)   Thanks to Alan (not me!)
22.  Sagi-Barba (F.C. Barcelona)   Thanks to Alan (not me!)

 

Ariel Productions - Wembley card game (Green back)

1960s
Wembley card game (Green back) - playing card
Ariel Productions
32 cards

The Wembley board game last almost 40 years from the 1950s through to the 1990s. Originally created by Ariel Productions and later issued by Gibson Games, each version came with 32 club cards. These changed from one version to another as clubs were promoted and relegated, and other clubs came in and went out of favour. For most versions the cards had rounded corners, though one was issued with square corners. Likewise most of the cards had red backs, but there was an orange version and also a green version. Monetary values also increased with time.

A set of cards came with each box, so they in themselves are not really collectable. But one-club collectors usually like to add their clubs cards to their collections. I have most of the Cardiff City variations in my own collection. It is the green version for which I am trying to compile a list of cards, I only know of the following:

Division 1

Chelsea / 1 / £4500   -   added 20-03-2025
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Division 2

Birmingham City / 2 / £2400
Cardiff City / 2 / £2400
Fulham / 2 / £3000
Nottingham Forest / 2 / £2400
Swansea Town / 2 / £1800
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Division 3

Brighton & Hove Albion / 3 / £1200
Coventry City / 3 / £900
Mansfield Town / 3 / £900
Southend United / 3 / £600
Stockport County / 3 / £900
Wrexham / 3 / £1200
York City / 3 / £900
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Anonymous/Unknown - Crystal Palace F.C. Player Photocards

2010-11
Crystal Palace FC Player Photocards
Anonymous - not issued by Crystal Palace FC47

31 show players in the home kit, 13 players are shown wearing the away kit (probably using some the same players, plus 3 others), the numbers refer to the players squad numbers for the 2010-11 season.

Only black and white scans this time, courtesy of the Football Postcard Collectors Club magazine, issue no. 86 (pages 3228-3230).

1.  Julian Speroni (Home kit)
9.  James Vaughan (Home kit)
14.  Sean Scannell (Home kit)
16.  Wilfried Zaha (Home kit)
20.  Edgar Davids (Home kit)

16.  Wilfried Zaha (Away kit)
20.  Edgar Davids (Away kit)

George Burley (Manager)
Dougie Freedman (Assistant Manager)
Steve Parish (Joint Chairman)

Plymouth Argyle F.C. - Sticker Book Collection 2009-10

2009-10
Plymouth Argyle F.C. Sticker Book Collection 2009-10
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
206

A lovely sticker collection, with a well illustrated album to keep the stickers in, which is shown in the illustration above. I'm still looking for details of the stickers nos. 170 -177.

1.  Badge
2.  Mascot
3.  Flag
4.  Paul Sturrock
5.  Paul Sturrock
6.  Kevin Summerfield
7.  Geoff Crudgington
8.  John Blackley
9.  Paul Sturrock
10.  Paul Wotton
11.  Paul Wotton
12.  Paul Wotton
13.  Paul Wotton
14.  Paul Wotton
15.  Paul Wotton
16.  Paul Wotton
17.  Paul Wotton
18.  Paul Wotton
19.  Paul Wotton
20.  Paul Wotton
21.  Paul Wotton
22.  Paul Wotton
23.  Romain Larrieu
24.  Romain Larrieu
25.  Romain Larrieu
26.  Romain Larrieu
27.  Romain Larrieu
28.  Karl Duguid
29.  Karl Duguid
30.  Karl Duguid
31.  Karl Duguid
32.  Karl Duguid
33.  Jim Paterson
34.  Jim Paterson
35.  Jim Paterson
36.  Jim Paterson
37.  Jim Paterson
38.  Carl Fletcher
39.  Carl Fletcher
40.  Carl Fletcher
41.  Carl Fletcher
42.  Carl Fletcher
43.  Krisztian Timar
44.  Krisztian Timar
45.  Krisztian Timar
46.  Krisztian Timar
47.  Krisztian Timar
48.  Chris Clark
49.  Chris Clark
50.  Chris Clark
51.  Chris Clark
52.  Chris Clark
53.  Jamie Mackie
54.  Jamie Mackie
55.  Jamie Mackie
56.  Jamie Mackie
57.  Jamie Mackie
58.  Steve MacLean
59.  Steve MacLean
60.  Steve MacLean
61.  Steve MacLean
62.  Steve MacLean
63.  Bradlet Wright-Phillips
64.  Bradlet Wright-Phillips
65.  Bradlet Wright-Phillips
66.  Bradlet Wright-Phillips
67.  Bradlet Wright-Phillips
68.  Kari Arnason
69.  Kari Arnason
70.  Kari Arnason
71.  Kari Arnason
72.  Kari Arnason
73.  Darcy Blake
74.  Darcy Blake
75.  Darcy Blake
76.  Darcy Blake
77.  Darcy Blake
78.  Rory Fallon
79.  Rory Fallon
80.  Rory Fallon
81.  Rory Fallon
82.  Rory Fallon
83.  Chris Barker
84.  Chris Barker
85.  Chris Barker
86.  Chris Barker
87.  Chris Barker
88.  David McNamee
89.  David McNamee
90.  David McNamee
91.  David McNamee
92.  David McNamee
93.  Team Photo
94.  Team Photo
95.  Team Photo
96.  Team Photo
97.  Team Photo
98.  Team Photo
99.  Team Photo
100.  Team Photo
101.  Team Photo
102.  Team Photo
103.  Team Photo
104.  Team Photo
105.  Team Photo
106.  Team Photo
107.  Team Photo
108.  Team Photo
109.  Craig Noone
110.  Craig Noone
111.  Craig Noone
112.  Craig Noone
113.  Craig Noone
114.  Gary Sawyer
115.  Gary Sawyer
116.  Gary Sawyer
117.  Gary Sawyer
118.  Gary Sawyer
119.  Marcel Seip
120.  Marcel Seip
121.  Marcel Seip
122.  Marcel Seip
123.  Marcel Seip
124.  Luke Summerfield
125.  Luke Summerfield
126.  Luke Summerfield
127.  Luke Summerfield
128.  Luke Summerfield
129.  Gillian Sheridan
130.  Gillian Sheridan
131.  Gillian Sheridan
132.  Gillian Sheridan
133.  Gillian Sheridan
134.  Reda Johnson
135.  Reda Johnson
136.  Reda Johnson
137.  Reda Johnson
138.  Reda Johnson
139.  Ashley Barnes
140.  Ashley Barnes
141.  Ashley Barnes
142.  Ashley Barnes
143.  Ashley Barnes
144.  Alan Judge
145.  Alan Judge
146.  Alan Judge
147.  Alan Judge
148.  Alan Judge
149.  Alan Gow
150.  Alan Gow
151.  Alan Gow
152.  Alan Gow
153.  Alan Gow
154.  Lloyd Saxton
155.  Lloyd Saxton
156.  Lloyd Saxton
157.  Lloyd Saxton
158.  Lloyd Saxton
159.  Damien McCrory
160.  Damien McCrory
161.  Damien McCrory
162.  Damien McCrory
163.  Damien McCrory
164.  Argyle Retail
165.  Argyle Retail
166.  Argyle Retail
167.  Argyle Retail
168.  Argyle Retail
169.  Argyle Retail
170.  Bonus stickers
171.  Bonus stickers
172.  Bonus stickers
173.  Bonus stickers
174.  Bonus stickers
175.  Bonus stickers
176.  Bonus stickers
177.  Bonus stickers
178.  Supporters
179.  Supporters
180.  Supporters
181.  Supporters
182.  Matchday Experience
183.  Matchday Experience
184.  Matchday Experience
185.  Matchday Experience
186.  Matchday Experience
187.  Matchday Experience
188.  Matchday Experience
189.  Matchday Experience
190.  Matchday Experience
191.  Matchday Experience
192.  Matchday Experience
193.  Home Park
194.  Home Park
195.  Home Park
196.  Home Park
197.  Home Park
198.  Home Park
199.  Home Park
201.  Home Park
202.  Home Park
203.  Home Park
204.  Home Park
205.  Home Park
206.  Home Park

Derby County F.C. - Derby County F.C. 2008-09 Collector Cards

2008-09
Derby County F.C. Collector Cards
(programme inserts)
Derby County F.C.
?

Another collection of cards issued within a matchday programme. I've only got details of one set so far. Each card is double-sided.

v Swansea City 03 March, 2009

21-02-2009 - Nottingham Forest 1 Derby County 3
21-02-2009 - Nottingham Forest 1 Derby County 3
1999-2000 - Derby County v Swansea City F.L.C.
1999-2000 - Derby County v Swansea City F.L.C.