Marks & Spencer - Stanley Matthews Picture Album ~ Stars of Today (3)

1948-49
Stanley Matthews' Picture Album ~ Stars of Today
Marks & Spencer / Stanley Matthews' Football Album
71

Following on from Bob Thomas' help recently, Paul Briers has been in touch and very kindly sent scans of all the pages featuring the Stars of Today. He also informs me that there are 71 players, not 72, as you'll see in the illustrations. I presumed, wrongly, that as some pages had 12 photos there must be 72 in total! I suppose there is in a way, a Stanley Matthews himself looks through the book...

First page

Peter Harris (Portsmouth)
Jimmy Dickinson (Portsmouth)
Jimmy Delaney (Manchester United)
Jack Rowley (Manchester United)
John Carey (Manchester United)
Jack Aston (Manchester United)
Henry Cockburn (Manchester United)

Billy Steel (Derby County)

Second page

Johnny Morris (Derby County)
Leon Leuty (Derby County)  -  newly listed
Jack Milburn (Newcastle United)

Third page

Frank Brennan (Newcastle United)
Wilf Mannion (Middlesbrough)
Dick Robinson (Middlesbrough)
George Hardwick (Middlesbrough)
Ivor Broadis (Sunderland)
Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers)
Vic Metcalfe (Huddersfield Town)
Trevor Ford (Aston Villa)
Jack Vernon (West Browmich Albion)
David Walsh (West Browmich Albion)
Charlie Wayman (Southampton)
Bill Ellerington (Southampton)

Fourth page

Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City)
Leslie Compton (Arsenal)
Laurie Scott (Arsenal)
Douglas Lishman (Arsenal)
Denis Compton (Arsenal)
Ron Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)
Roy Bentley (Chelsea)
John Harris (Chelsea)
Frank Lock (Charlton Athletic)
Eric Parsons (West Ham United)

Bob Thomas (Fulham)

Fifth page

Jim Taylor (Fulham)
Bill Gorman (Brentford)
Stanley Mortensen (Blackpool)
Harry Johnston (Blackpool)
Eddie Shimwell (Blackpool)
Tommy Jones (Everton)
Tom Finney (Preston North End)
Bobby Langton (Preston North End)
Billy Moir (Bolton Wanderers)
Eric Worthington (Bury)
Erid Westwood (Manchester City)  -  newly listed
Albert Stubbins (Liverpool)

Sixth page

Eddie Quigley (Sheffield Wednesday)
Jimmy Hagan (Sheffield United)
Raich Carter (Hull City)
Tommy Lawton (Notts County)
Don Revie (Leicester City)
Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Jimmy Mullen (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Johnny Hancocks (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Jesse Pye (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Neil Franklin (Stoke City)
Reg Allen (Queens Park Rangers)
George Young (Rangers)

Seventh page

Bill Miller (Celtic)
Gordon Smith (Hibernian)
Tommy Pearson (Aberdeen)
Willie Woodburn (Rangers)
Laurie Reilly (Hibernian)
Willie Waddell (Rangers)
Jimmy Cowan (Morton)
Bill Houliston (Queen of the South)
Bobby Evans (Celtic)
Jimmy Mason (Third Lanark)
George Aitken (East Fife)
Willie Thornton (Rangers)

Futera - Futera World Football Online ~ Series 4 (Virtual) (2)

2014
Futera World Football Online - Series 4 - Virtual
Futera
11 virtual cards

Futera have released a new collection of virtual cards - eleven Loanstars.

Claudio Bravo (Chile)
Daley Blind (Holland)
Mats Hummels (Germany)
Vincent Kompany (Belgium)
Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina)
Paul Pogba (France)
James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
Robin van Persie (Holland)

Wagon Wheels / Burtons Foods Ltd. - Super Strikers

1998-99
Super Strikers
Wagon Wheels / Burtons Foods Ltd.
12 cards

The cards could be found in two versions, a small card - 3 to a sheet, with perforations enabling the collector to separate the cards, and as large cards, the size of the sheet of 3 cards. The sheets of three cards plus the checklist card are unnumbered and are numbered here for reference purposes only.

Super Strikers (3 per card) - card 1
Dion Dublin (Aston Villa)
Duncan Ferguson (Newcastle United)
Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)

Super Strikers (3 per card) - card 2
Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)
Emile Heskey (Leicester City)
Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)

Super Strikers (3 per card) - card 3
Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
Darren Huckerby (Coventry City)
Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Super Strikers (3 per card) - card 4
Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)
Danny Cadamarteri (Everton)
John Hartson (Wimbledon)

Checklist card (showing all 12 players - see above)
Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)
Dion Dublin (Aston Villa)
Teddy Sheringham (Manchester United)
Emile Heskey (Leicester City)
Darren Huckerby (Coventry City)
Danny Cadamarteri (Everton)
John Hartson (Wimbledon)
Duncan Ferguson (Newcastle United)
Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)
Chris Sutton (Blackburn Rovers)

Pal Blades - Pal Blades Autograph League (5) - Bolton Wanderers

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

An illustration showing a few Bolton Wanderers cards...

Vince Dillon (Bolton Wanderers)
Reg Elvy(Bolton Wanderers)
Jimmie Hernon (Bolton Wanderers)
Jimmy Jackson (Bolton Wanderers)  -  listed previously
Jack Roberts (Bolton Wanderers)  -  listed previously

Waddingtons / Shredded Wheat - Set of Four Exciting Jigsaws

1969
Set of Four Exciting Jigsaws
Waddingtons / Shredded Wheat
4 jigsaws

This item was available as a special offer with Shreddies.

Alan Ball (Everton)
Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
Gordon Banks (Stoke City)
George Best (Manchester United)

The Champion magazine - 1934-35 League Ladders

1934-35
League Ladders
The Champion
1 ladder

Following the 1938-39 League Ladder that was displayed last year, an earlier one has now surfaced - 1934-35.

Sphinx Products - Poolette ~ Football Pool Card Game (1938)

1938
Poolette ~ Football Pool Card Game
Sphinx Products
52 cards

A football whist game. These cards have a red back and were issued in 1938. The game was re-issued after the end of World Car II in 1946. Those cards have a blue back and will be listed later. The cards measure 90mm x 60mm.

"The Game of Thrills and Skill... Full of Excitement and Interest - The Ideal Pastime for all" 
2-4 players
How to play:
The 52 cards are split into two different decks. 25 cards are used to Arrange Matches in part 1 of the game. The other 27 cards are used in part 2 - Playing the Arranged Matches.
Arranging Matches: Each player gets a hand of cards and a turn consists of laying down a pair of cards from the same division, or drawing a card from the stack. Depending on the number of players, this goes on until all players have arranged the correct number of matches or there are no more cards to draw from the deck. Points are awarded or lost depending on whether you did or did not arrange the correct number of matches.
Now play shifts to the second deck. All the arranged matches are placed in the middle of the table. These nicely illustrated cards are in four suits, marked A to D. A is trumps. Now you play 6 hands of cards in Whist fashion. Must follow suit, if not can discard or trump. The winner of the most tricks decides the result of any match on the table. He does this by choosing one of three face down cards - Away Win, Home Win, Draw. An Away Win scores him 20 points, a Draw scores him 15 points, a Home Win scores 10 points. Then another hand of cards is played, and the winner chooses a card to be the result of that match, and so on, until all the matches have been played. The points in Part 1 are added to the points in Part 2 and the winner is the one with the most points.
I've listed the teams by the first team alphabetically at the top/bottom of the card, then turned it around so that that team is at the top, with the middle teams reading from left to right, followed by the card at the bottom.

1 Match Abandoned
1 Match Postponed
1 Lucky Mascot

1 Away win
1 Home Win
1 Match Drawn

8-page Rules booklet

22 Team cards

Div. 1

5.  Arsenal, Portsmouth, Charlton Athletic, Grimsby Town
5.  Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, Leeds United
5.  Blackpool, Huddersfield Town
5.  Derby County, Everton, Liverpool, Chelsea
5.  Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers
5.  Manchester United, Brentford, Birmingham, Stoke City

Div. 2

4.  Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham
4.  Burnley, Millwall, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion
4.  Bury, Southampton, Swansea Town, Manchester City
4.  Chesterfield, Norwich City
4.  Luton Town, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Newcastle United, 
4.  West Ham United, Bradford Park Avenue, Nottingham Forest, Tranmere Rovers

Div. 3 North

3.  Barrow, Accrington, Darlington, Lincoln City
3.  Carlsile United, Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers, Stockport County
3.  Chester, Wrexham, Halifax Town, York City
3.  Crewe Alexandra, Barnsley, Southport, Oldham Athletic
3.  Gateshead, Hull City or Hartlepools, Bradford City or Rochdale, New Brighton

Div. 3 South

3.  Aldershot, Exeter City or Walsall, Swindon Town or Clapton Orient, Northampton Town
3.  Boscombe, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Reading
3.  Brighton & Hove Albion, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Newport County
3.  Cardiff City, Southend United, Nottingham (Notts) County, Watford
3.  Ipswich Town, Port Vale, Mansfield Town, Torquay United



24 Football Game cards

A1.  Division Leaders (?)
A2.  Promotion (?)
A3.  International Cap
A4.  Runners Up
A5.  Relegation (?)
A6.  The Cup
B1.  Referee
B2.  Centre Forward
B3.  Goalkeeper
B4.  Half Back (?)
B5.  Full Back
B6.  Forward (?)
C1.  Club Director
C2.  Football Fan
C3.  Pool Winner
C4.  Football Trainer
C5.  Transferred
C6.  Linesman
D1.  Goal
D2.  Free Kick
D3.  Foul
D4.  Offside!
D5.  Hands!
D6.  Penalty Kick

Barratt & Co. - BAR-355/BAR-72-10 Famous Footballers A10

1962
BAR-355/BAR-72-10 Famous Footballers A10
Barratt & Co.
50 cards

1.  Alex Elder (Burnley)
2.  Ray Charnley (Blackpool)
3.  Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United)
4.  John Kay (Sheffield Wednesday)
5.  Bill Brown (Tottenham Hotspur)
6.  Ian St John (Liverpool)
7.  Ted Phillips (Ipswich Town)
8.  Denis Law (Manchester United)
9.  David Herd (Manchester United)
10.  Johnny Byrne (West Ham United)   -   amended 21-03-2021
11.  Howard Riley (Leicester City)
12.  Ray Crawford (Ipswich Town)
13.  Tony Allen (Stoke City)
14.  Billy Bingham (Everton)
15.  Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool)
16.  Ken Leek (Birmingham City)
17.  Jimmy Melia (Liverpool)
18.  Jack Fantham (Sheffield Wednesday)
19.  Ron Springett (Sheffield Wednesday)
20.  Noel Cantwell (Manchester United)
21.  Peter Dobing (Blackburn Rovers)
22.  Joe Hogan (Partick Thistle)
23.  Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion)
24.  Peter Swan (Sheffield Wednesday)
25.  Terry Paine (Southampton)
26.  Joe Baker (Arsenal)
27.  Phil Woosnam (West Ham United)
28.  George Eastham (Arsenal)
29.  Eric Caldow (Glasgow Rangers)
30.  Fred Hill (Bolton Wanderers)
31.  Pat Saward (Huddersfield Town)
32.  Ray Pointer (Burnley)
33.  Mel Charles (Cardiff City)
34.  Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
35.  Andy Nelson (Ipswich Town)
36.  Alan A'Court (Liverpool)
37.  Maurice Setters (Manchester United)
38.  Cliff Jones (Tottenham Hotspur)
39.  Graham Leggat (Fulham)
40.  Clive Clark (West Bromwich Albion)
41.  Bryan Douglas (Blackburn Rovers)
42.  Brian Labone (Everton)
43.  Gerry Hitchens (Inter Milan) - wearing England jersey
44.  Alex Parker (Everton)
45.  Ray Wilson (Huddersfield Town)
46.  Mel Nurse (Swansea Town)
47.  Jack Kelsey (Arsenal)
48.  Jimmy McIlroy (Burnley)
49.  Ron Flowers (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
50.  Gordon Banks (Leicester City)

Pal Blades - Pal Blades Autograph League (4) - Brentford

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

An illustration showing a number of Brentford cards...

Peter Buchanan (Brentford)  -  listed previously
Joe Crozier (Brentford)
Bill Dare (Brentford)
Bill Gorman (Brentford)  -  listed previously
Doug Keene (Brentford)
Malcolm McDonald (Brentford)
Fred Monk (Brentford)  -  listed previously
George D. Paterson (Brentford)

Sugar Puffs - Blow Football

1963
Blow Football
Sugar Puffs
1 game

A game to be cut from the packet. a ball and blow pipes were to be found inside the packet.

Futera - Manchester United F.C. (1997) (03) - Uncut Sheet

1997
Manchester United F.C.
Futera
1 uncut sheet

Futera's first collection in the U.K. Perhaps still one of their best. This uncut sheet is a rarity.

FS1.  Ben Thornley (Future Stars)
FS2.  Grant Brebner (Future Stars)
FS3.  Terry Cooke (Future Stars)
FS4.  Phil Mulryne (Future Stars)
FS5.  John Curtis (Future Stars)
FS6.  Michael Clegg (Future Stars)
DB1.  David Beckham (Redemption card)
DB1.  David Beckham (Redemption card)
DB1.  David Beckham (Redemption card)
GB1.  George Best (Redemption card)
GB1.  George Best (Redemption card)
GB1.  George Best (Redemption card)
L1.  Duncan Edwards (Legends)
L2.  George Best (Legends)
L3.  Bobby Charlton (Legends)
Eric Cantona (Binder card)

Sunday Mail (Anonymous) - SUN-240 / SURR-1-2 Scottish Footballers

1946-47

SUN-240 / SURR-1-2 Scottish Footballers

Sunday Mail (Anonymous)

31 known postcards

These cards are anonymous, but are published by the Sunday Mail. Thanks to Richard White for the photo of Gordon Smith.

UPDATE (13-10-2020 21:39):  Date of release amended from 1950 to 1947 as suggested by a comment in the other post relating to this collection, from George the Hibbie.

Bobby Ancell (Dundee)

Bobby Baxter (Hearts)

Gordon Bremner (Motherwell)

Bobby Brown (Rangers)

Hugh Brown (Partick Thistle)

Jimmy Brown (Hearts)

Billy Campbell (Greenock Morton)

Bobby Campbell (Falkirk)

Allan Collins (Kilmarnock)

Pat Daley (Hamilton, Morton, Clyde)

Jerry Dawson (Rangers)   -   amended  -  thanks to Alistair McIlroy

Jimmy Drinkwater (St. Mirren)

William Findlay (Albion Rovers)   -   team amended 28-06-2022  -   thanks to Davy McB

Bobby Flavell (Airdrieonians)

George Hamilton (Aberdeen)

Ian G. Harnett (Queens Park)

Jackie Husband (Partick Thistle)

Sammy Kean (Hibernian)

Johnny Kelly (Third Lanark)

Tommy Kiernan (Celtic)

Willie Kilmarnock (Motherwell)

Hugh Long (Clyde)

Jas. Mason (Third Lanark)

Willie Miller (Celtic)

Jackie Oakes (Queen of the South)

Jackie Paterson – Boxing

Jack Shaler – Ice Hockey

John Shaw (Rangers)

Gordon Smith (Hibernian)

Willie Thornton (Rangers)

Willie Waddell (Rangers)

Future Stock - Sports Personalities (02)

2014
Sports Personalities
Future Stock
USA
? (14 Footballers)

A large collection of sports men and women are included in this set of unofficial cards, but I've only listed the footballers here, each is available in a variety of coloured parallel versions.

Base #/100
PARALLEL: Silver #/10
PARALLEL: Emerald #/7
PARALLEL: Gold #/5
PARALLEL: Ruby #/3
PARALLEL: Sapphire #/2
PARALLEL: Black Diamond 1/1

Michael Bradley
Clint Dempsey
Tim Howard
Lionel Messi
Alex Morgan (USA)

Alex Morgan (Western New York Flash)

Alex Morgan (California Golden Bears)

Alex Morgan (Portland Thorns FC)
Mesut Ozil
Pele (Legend Series)
Arjen Robben
Cristiano Ronaldo
Wayne Rooney
Christine Sincalir
Hope Solo

Topical Times - Topical Times Football Annual 1925-1926

1925-26
Topical Times Football Annual 1925-1926
Topical Times
1 booklet

This item wasn't free with Topical Times, the Annual was a regular publication sold throughtout the 1920s and 1930s and this is one I still need for my collection.

Fred Keenor (Cardiff City) - cover photo