1880s/1890s
Football Cards
J. Baines
20,000+ cards
J. Baines was not the first to sell football and cricket cards in the North of England in the late 1880's but he was the most prolific and the business survived into the 1920's. I've always been interested in the various issuers and the businesses that took advantage of craze of collecting football and cricket cards. I thought I would delve into my database and shows some of these interesting cards from a bygone age.
J. Baines - Football Cards - J.D. Cassels, Hatter and Mercer
Play Up - East End (1888-9 Fixtures)
An absolute historic rarity, Newcastle United’s pioneer club under their previous name of Newcastle East End when they were based in Byker/Heaton and showing their blue shirt colours. P Joannou NUFC historian.
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DeleteYes. it's an amazing card. It's good to hear from you. Its been a long time, I helped out with one of your first books back in the mid 1980's!!!
Take care,
Alan
Hello @ Paul J - do you have a website or a way of contacting you? Have an interesting question re nufc for you. Thanks !
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