D.C. Thomson / The Rover - Histories of Britain's Football Clubs - 1st Series

1953-54
Histories of Britain's Football Clubs - 1st Series
D.C. Thomson / The Rover
36 cut-outs

Some numbers appear twice. It may indicate a mixture of two different similar series or the possibility that the series also ran in one of The Rover's sister publications, or that some weeks different teams were available in the Scottish and English versions of the comic. The West Ham one is unnumbered and until it is dated, appears at the bottom of the list.

UPDATE (26-04-2021 11:38):  Trevor Cotterell has provided a number of new teams for the checklist and also added a few dates for others.

UPDATE (04-04-2023 10:57):  Lang Banks has provided a list of additional teams for this collection.

UPDATE (17-09-2024 16:00):  Richard Small has provided a long list of these collectable cut-outs and there are two series! I will update this list to reflect the first series and I will add a new post for the second series. Richard has also included issue dates for many of them.

Which team is number 4? The following clubs were in the top two divisions in 1952-53 but are not included in the checklists: Brentford, Bury, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth. So I presume the team comes from one of these (my guess would be Portsmouth). It couldn't be a Scottish team as there are 36 Scottish clubs listed, even though there were only 34 teams in the top two divisions of the Scottish League. Brechin City and East Stirlingshire are the extra clubs.

1.  Aston Villa - Archie Hunter

2.  Queens Park - no player

3.  Arsenal - Herbert Chapman
4.
5.  Kilmarnock - Bobby Templeton
6.  Notts County - Albert Ironmonger
7.  Celtic - Jimmy McGrory
8.  Tottenham Hotspur - Ronnie Burgess
9.  Arbroath - Ned Doig
10.  Wolverhampton Wanderers - Major Frank Buckley
11.  Glasgow Rangers - Alan Morton
12.  Blackburn Rovers - Bob Crompton
13.  Aberdeen - Jock Hutton

14.  Manchester United - Johnny Carey

15.  Clyde - Danny Blair
16.  Newcastle United - Frank Brennan

17.  Heart of Midlothian - Bobby Walker
19.  Hamilton Academicals - Davie Wilson
20.  Everton - Dixie Dean

21.  Morton - Jimmy Cowan - 3 January, 1953

NNO.  West Ham United - Syd Puddefoot - 10 January, 1953 - should be #22

23.  St. Johnstone - A. McLaren - 17 January, 1953
24.  Sunderland - Charlie Buchan - 24 January, 1953

25.  Partick Thistle - Alex Raisbeck - 31 January, 1953

26.  West Bromwich Albion - Jessie Pennington - 7 February, 1953

27.  Airdrieonians - Hugh Gallacher - 14 February, 1953
28.  Chelsea - Andy Wilson - 21 February, 1953
29.  Raith Rovers - Alec James - 23 February, 1953
30.  Preston North End - Tom Finney - 7 March, 1953
31.  Hibernian - W. Harper - 14 March, 1953
32.  Sheffield United - Jimmy Hagan - 21 March, 1953
33.  Cowdenbeath - Adam Scott-Duncan - 28 March, 1953
34.  Huddersfield (Town) - Clem Stephenson - 4 April, 1953

35.  Stirling Albion - Geordie Henderon - 11 April, 1953

36.  Nottingham Forest - William Gunn - 18 April, 1953