Spall - The Spall Ball ~ Bobby Moore

1972
The Spall Ball ~ Bobby Moore
Spall
1 postcard

A promotional postcard-sized card showing Bobby Moore with two Spall footballs. This one has been hand-signed by the great man himself.

Bobby Moore

Perfetti Gum - International Stars (02)

1967
International Stars
Perfetti Gum
Italy
20 Footballers

Back in May 2013 I posted a short piece relating to the above card that had been sent in by Mark Avenell. He didn't recognise the card and neither did I. Nigel Mercer has finally solved the problem and you can see all 20 football cards on his website - Monty Gum, International Stars, 1965/66. The complete set includes other sporting personalities as well as other subjects such as film stars.

UPDATE (07-04-2019 19:11):  This post was originally published as a Monty Gum issue but Carl Wilkes has confirmed that this collection of 100 International Stars (20 footballers, 12 stars of other sports and 68 film stars) was only issued by Perfetti Gum in Italy in 1967. Even though it looks like a Monty Gum set it was never issued by Monty Gum. I have now amended this post to reflect this new information. You can find the full Perfetti Gum checklist here - Perfetti Gum - International Stars (05).

(Florian) Albert (Hungary)
(Jose) Altafini (Brazil & Italy)
Amancio (Spain)
(Georgi) Asparuhov (Bulgaria)
(Franz) Beckenbauer (West Germany)
(Bobby) Charlton (England)
(Igor) Chislenko (U.S.S.R.)
(Nestor) Combin (France)
(Walter) Corbo (Uruguay)
Eusebio (Portugal)
(Jimmy) Greaves (England)
(Helmut) Haller (West Germany)
(Denis) Law (Scotland)
(Sandro) Mazzola (Italy)
(Bobby) Moore (England)
Pele (Brazil)
(Gianni) Rivera (Italy)
(Karl-Heinz) Schnellinger (West Germany)
(Luis) Suárez (Spain)
(Paul) Van Himst (Belgium)

B.A.B. - World Cup Footballers

1970
World Cup Footballers
B.A.B.
12 stickers

A set of 12 round, unnumbered stickers issued by B.A.B., these were issued at the same time as a set of 12 British Footballers listed with their clubs. I'll display them on another day.

Rivelino (Brazil)
Jairzinho (Brazil)
Carlos Alberto (Brazil)
Gerson (Brazil)
Pele (Brazil)
Gordon Banks (England)
Bobby Moore (England)
Luigi Riva (Italy)
G. Facchetti (Italy)
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
Uwe Seeler (Germany)
Gerd Muller (Germany)

Monty Gum - International Stars (1965-66)

1965-66
International Stars
Monty Gum
20 Footballers

Mark Avenell has been in touch, sending along a scan of the above card...
Hello Alan
Do you know anything about this card? It is possible that it is from a MONTY GUM set, I also believe other cards in the set include various sport and film stars.
Cheers
Mark
I've got lots of details of Monty Gum football cards and this one doesn't seem to come from any of them. I know that Monty Gum issued many, many card sets throughout the 1960s and 1970s. I've done a lot of research without finding out anything about this card. Does anyone have similar cards in their collection?
UPDATE (07-04-2019 19:11):  Carl Wilkes has confirmed that this collection of 100 International Stars (20 footballers, 12 stars of other sports and 68 film stars) was only issued by Perfetti Gum in Italy in 1967. Even though it looks like a Monty Gum set it was never issued by Monty Gum. You can find the full Perfetti Gum checklist here - Perfetti Gum - International Stars (05).