Longacre Press / Charles Buchan's Football Monthly - Picture Gallery of the Stars (1953-1958)

1953-58

Picture Gallery of the Stars

Longacre Press / Charles Buchan's Football Monthly

297+ footballers

64+ team groups

A few years ago the Journal of the Football Postcard Collectors Club (pages 2507-2509) included an article on some postcards that were available from the publishers of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly. The backs are blank and there's no mention of the photographer or publisher. At one point these were advertised as a 'Picture Gallery of the Stars'. I finally got around to doing some research on these postcards and it turns out there more than just postcards available for purchase. This list comes from the July 1953 issue of the magazine. The players weren't list alphabetically in the magazine, so I've sorted them to make it easier to keep track of all the players. Luckily, in most cases, the magazine only uses the player's surname.

The next job is to go back over previous issues to see if there are any that have been removed prior to this list being published and then to go forward through to 1958 to see how many changes there are over time. Some but not all the players were available as portrait and an action picture but the list doesn't specify which players were available in both formats or which were portraits and which were action pictures.

Postcard - Portrait  (2/-)

Postcard - Action  (2/-)

6in. x 4in. - Action  (3/-)

6in. x 4in. - Portrait  (3/-)

8 in. x 6in. - Action  (4/-)

8 in. x 6in. - Portrait  (4/-)

10in. x 8in. - Action  (5/-)

10in. x 8in. - Portrait  (5/-)

Send your request saying clearly the name of the player and whether you require a portrait or an action picture to :-

Picture Dept., c/o Charles Buchan, 408 Strand, London, W.C.2.

Daniel (Arsenal)

Forbes (Arsenal)

Holton (Arsenal)

Lishman (Arsenal)

Logie (Arsenal)

Mercer (Arsenal)

Milton (Arsenal)

Roper (Arsenal)

Swindin (Arsenal)

Blanchflower (Aston Villa)

Dixon (Aston Villa)

Dorsett (Aston Villa)

Lynn (Aston Villa)

Moss (F) (Aston Villa)

Parsons (Aston Villa)

Thompson (Aston Villa)

Walsh (Aston Villa)

Hough (Barnsley)

Kaye (Barnsley)

Lumley (Barnsley)

McNeill (Barnsley)

Normanton (Barnsley)

Green (Birmingham City)

Merrick (Birmingham City)

Murphy (Birmingham City)

Purdon (Birmingham City)

Stewart (Birmingham City)

Briggs (Blackburn Rovers)

Brown (Blackburn Rovers)

Crossan (Blackburn Rovers)

Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers)

Kelly (Blackburn Rovers)

Matthews (Blackburn Rovers)

Mortensen (Blackburn Rovers)

Perry (Blackburn Rovers)

Quigley (Blackburn Rovers)

Farm (Blackpool)

Garrett (Blackpool)

Johnston (Blackpool)

Mudie (Blackpool)

Barrass (Bolton Wanderers)

Bell (Bolton Wanderers)

Hassall (Bolton Wanderers)

Holden (Bolton Wanderers)

Langton (Bolton Wanderers)

Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)

Moir (Bolton Wanderers)

Wheeler (Bolton Wanderers)

D'Arcy (Brentford)

Dare (Brentford)

Lawton (Brentford)

Monk (Brentford)

Munro (Brentford)

Adamson (Burnley)

Aird (Burnley)

Chew (Burnley)

Cummings (Burnley)

Elliott (Burnley)

Holden (Burnley)

Mather (Burnley)

McIlroy (Burnley)

Shannon (Burnley)

Bardsley (Bury)

Hart (Bury)

Kirk (Bury)

Massey (Bury)

Plant (Bury)

Baker (Cardiff City)

Chisholm (Cardiff City)

Edwards (Cardiff City)

Howells (Cardiff City)

Montgomery (Cardiff City)

Sherwood (Cardiff City)

Williams (Cardiff City)

Bartram (Charlton Athletic)

Campbell (Charlton Athletic)

Fenton (Charlton Athletic)

Hewie (Charlton Athletic)

Hurst (Charlton Athletic)

Kiernan (Charlton Athletic)

Leary (Charlton Athletic)

O'Linn (Charlton Athletic)

Ufton (Charlton Athletic)

Armstrong (Chelsea)

Bentley (Chelsea)

Blunstone (Chelsea)

Campbell (Chelsea)

Dickson (Chelsea)

Gray (Chelsea)

Harris (Chelsea)

McNicholl (Chelsea)

Robertson (Chelsea)

Hazledine (Derby County)

Lee (Derby County)

McLaren (Derby County)

Middleton (Derby County)

Mozley (Derby County)

Musson (Derby County)

Oliver (Derby County)

Stamps (Derby County)

Adey (Doncaster Rovers)

Doherty (Doncaster Rovers)

Harrison (Doncaster Rovers)

McMorran (Doncaster Rovers)

Miller (Doncaster Rovers)

Cummins (Everton)

Eglington (Everton)

Farrell (Everton)

Hickson (Everton)

Jones (Everton)

Parker (Everton)

Bacuzzi (Fulham)

Black (Fulham)

Brennan (Fulham)

Jezzard (Fulham)

Taylor (Fulham)

Glazzard (Huddersfield Town)

McEvoy (Huddersfield Town)

McGarry (Huddersfield Town)

Metcalfe (Huddersfield Town)

Wheeler (Huddersfield Town)

Bly (Hull City)

Gerrie (Hull City)

Horton (Hull City)

Jensen (Hull City)

Murray (Hull City)

Burden (Leeds United)

Charles (Leeds United)

Iggledon (Leeds United)

Kerfoot (Leeds United)

Meek (Leeds United)

Dickson (Leicester City)

Dryburgh (Leicester City)

Griffiths (Leicester City)

Rowley (Leicester City)

Worthington (Leicester City)

Garvie (Lincoln City)

Graver (Lincoln City)

Green (Lincoln City)

Jones (Lincoln City)

Wright (Lincoln City)

A'Court (Liverpool)

Crossley (Liverpool)

Jones (Liverpool)

Lambert (Liverpool)

Liddell (Liverpool)

Paisley (Liverpool)

Payne (Liverpool)

Smyth (Liverpool)

Taylor (Liverpool)

Mitchell (Luton Town)

Morton (Luton Town)

Owen (Luton Town)

Pye (Luton Town)

Watkins (Luton Town)

Branagan (Manchester City)

Broadis (Manchester City)

Clark (Manchester City)

Hart (Manchester City)

Meadows (Manchester City)

Paul (Manchester City)

Revie (Manchester City)

Trautmann (Manchester City)

Whitfield (Manchester City)

Aston (Manchester United)

Byrne (Manchester United)

Carey (Manchester United)

Chilton (Manchester United)

Cockburn (Manchester United)

Lewis (Manchester United)

Pearson (Manchester United)

Pegg (Manchester United)

Rowley (Manchester United)

Taylor (Manchester United)

Bell (Middlesbrough)

Corbett (Middlesbrough)

Delapenha (Middlesbrough)

Dicks (Middlesbrough)

Fitzsimons (Middlesbrough)

Mannion (Middlesbrough)

Spuhler (Middlesbrough)

Ugolini (Middlesbrough)

Brennan (Newcastle United)

Casey (Newcastle United)

Davies (Newcastle United)

Foulkes (Newcastle United)

Hannah (Newcastle United)

McMichael (Newcastle United)

Milburn (Newcastle United)

Mitchell (Newcastle United)

Simpson (Newcastle United)

Ardron (Nottingham Forest)

Collindridge (Nottingham Forest)

Gager (Nottingham Forest)

Leverton (Nottingham Forest)

Moore (Nottingham Forest)

Deans (Notts County)

Johnston (Notts County)

Leuty (Notts County)

McCormack (Notts County)

Wylie (Notts County)

Astall (Plymouth Argyle)

Govan (Plymouth Argyle)

McCrory (Plymouth Argyle)

Shortt (Plymouth Argyle)

Tadman (Plymouth Argyle)

Dickinson (Portsmouth)

Froggatt (Portsmouth)

Harris (Portsmouth)

Mundy (Portsmouth)

Phillips (Portsmouth)

Scoular (Portsmouth)

Stephen (Portsmouth)

Vaughan (Portsmouth)

Baxter (Preston North End)

Cunningham (Preston North End)

Docherty (Preston North End)

Finney (Preston North End)

Lewis (Preston North End)

Marston (Preston North End)

Morrison (Preston North End)

Scott (Preston North End)

Thompson (Preston North End)

Wayman (Preston North End)

Grainger (Rotherham United)

Quairney (Rotherham United)

Rickett (Rotherham United)

Selkirk (Rotherham United)

Shaw (Rotherham United)

Brook (Sheffield United)

Hagan (Sheffield United)

Ringstead (Sheffield United)

Shaw (J) (Sheffield United)

Toner (Sheffield United)

Capewell (Sheffield Wednesday)

Curtis (Sheffield Wednesday)

Dooley (Sheffield Wednesday)

Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday)

McIntosh (Sheffield Wednesday)

Quixall (Sheffield Wednesday)

Sewell (Sheffield Wednesday)

Woodhead (Sheffield Wednesday)

Day (Southampton)

Dudley (Southampton)

Ellerington (Southampton)

Elliott (Southampton)

Mallett (Southampton)

Bowyer (Stoke City)

Brown (Stoke City)

Malkin (Stoke City)

Martin (Stoke City)

McCue (Stoke City)

Mountford (Stoke City)

Oscroft (Stoke City)

Thomson (Stoke City)

Davies (Sunderland)

Ford (Sunderland)

Hedley (Sunderland)

Kirtley (Sunderland)

Shackleton (Sunderland)

Threadgold (Sunderland)

Watson (Sunderland)

Wright (A) (Sunderland)

Allchurch (Swansea Town)

Charles (Swansea Town)

Keane (Swansea Town)

Lucas (Swansea Town)

Thomas (Swansea Town)

Baily (Tottenham Hotspur)

Bennett (Tottenham Hotspur)

Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur)

Ditchburn (Tottenham Hotspur)

Duquemin (Tottenham Hotspur)

Medley (Tottenham Hotspur)

Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur)

Ramsey (Tottenham Hotspur)

Allen (West Bromwich Albion)

Barlow (West Bromwich Albion)

Dudley (West Bromwich Albion)

Kennedy (West Bromwich Albion)

Lee (West Bromwich Albion)

Millard (West Bromwich Albion)

Rickaby (West Bromwich Albion)

Ryan (West Bromwich Albion)

Allison (West Ham United)

Barrett (West Ham United)

Gregory (West Ham United)

O'Farrell (West Ham United)

Woodgate (West Ham United)

Hancocks (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Mullen (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Pritchard (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Short (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Shorthouse (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Swinbourne (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Team Groups

Arsenal (First Division)

Aston Villa (First Division)

Blackpool (First Division)

Bolton Wanderers (First Division)

Burnley (First Division)

Cardiff City (First Division)

Charlton Athletic (First Division)

Chelsea (First Division)

Derby County (First Division)

Liverpool (First Division)

Manchester City (First Division)

Manchester United (First Division)

Middlesbrough (First Division)

Newcastle United (First Division)

Portsmouth (First Division)

Preston North End (First Division)

Sheffield Wednesday (First Division)

Stoke City (First Division)

Sunderland (First Division)

Tottenham Hotspur (First Division)

West Bromwich Albion (First Division)

Wolverhampton Wanderers (First Division)

Barnsley (Second Division)

Birmingham City (Second Division)

Blackburn Rovers (Second Division)

Brentford (Second Division)

Bury (Second Division)

Doncaster Rovers (Second Division)

Everton (Second Division)

Huddersfield Town (Second Division)

Hull City (Second Division)

Leeds United (Second Division)

Leicester City (Second Division)

Lincoln City (Second Division)

Luton Town (Second Division)

Nottingham Forest (Second Division)

Notts County (Second Division)

Plymouth Argyle (Second Division)

Rotherham United (Second Division)

Sheffield United (Second Division)

Southampton (Second Division)

Swansea Town (Second Division)

West Ham United (Second Division)

Bradford City (Third Division North)

Bradford Park Avenue (Third Division North)

Chester (Third Division North)

Chesterfield (Third Division North)

Crewe Alexandra (Third Division North)

Gateshead (Third Division North)

Grimsby Town (Third Division North)

Halifax Town (Third Division North)

Hartlepools United (Third Division North)

Oldham Athletic (Third Division North)

Port Vale (Third Division North)

Rochdale (Third Division North)

Scunthorpe United (Third Division North)

Southport (Third Division North)

Tranmere Rovers (Third Division North)

Workington (Third Division North)

Wrexham (Third Division North)

York City (Third Division North)

Bristol Rovers (Third Division South)

Ipswich Town (Third Division South)

Shrewsbury Town (Third Division South)