Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents - Footballers 3rd Series (2)

1982-83
Footballers 3rd Series
Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents
18 cards

An illustrated checklist, images kindly provided by Alan Probert.

1.  Sammy Lee (England)
2.  Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland)
3.  Gordon Strachan (Scotland)
4.  Gordon Davies (Wales)
5.  Frank Stapleton (Eire)
6.  Graeme Souness (Scotland)
7.  Gordon Cowans (England)
8.  Tony Woodcock (England)
9.  John Wark (Scotland)
10.  Ian Stewart (Northern Ireland)
11.  Arnold Muhren (Holland)
12.  Charlie Nicholas (Scotland)
13.  Bryan Robson (England)
14.  Glenn Hoddle (England)
15.  Kenny Sansom (England)
16.  Luther Blisset (England)
17.  Robbie James (Wales)
18.  Garry Shaw (England)

Cornish Match Co. / Jay Dees Newsagents - World Cup Spain 82

1982
World Cup Spain 82
Cornish Match Co. / Jay Dees Newsagents
10 matchbox labels

An illustrated checklist of the ten matchbox labels in this collection.

World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82
World Cup Spain 82

Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents - Footballers 3rd Series

1982-83
Footballers 3rd Series
Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents
18

The third and final series of Footballer matchbox labels.

UPDATE (12-01-2021 14:24):  Tony Park has been looking at the Cornish Match Company cards:

I have been looking at the cards and comparing them to the images I have closer up. I am almost convinced that the 3rd Series is later than 1981/82. Firstly, Norman Whiteside only appeared in the United first team in May 1982 so to have a card out that quick seems strange. In addition, the Bryan Robson card shows him without a perm. When he joined United in 1981 he kept his perm for a while. Also Arnold Muhren is wearing United style shirt. Muhren joined in 1982 and his shirt seems to be that worn in 1982/83 or 1983/84.

So given all those factors, and that the England players are wearing the 1982/83 kit, I'm pretty certain that the 3rd series of those cards are from 1982/83 and maybe even 1983/84.

As always you just never know, and happy for someone to provide a more definitive answer.

1.  Sammy Lee (England)
2.  Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland)
3.  Gordon Strachan (Scotland)
4.  Gordon Davies (Wales)
5.  Frank Stapleton (Eire)
6.  Graeme Souness (Scotland)
7.  Gordon Cowans (England)
8.  Tony Woodcock (England)
9.  John Wark (Scotland)
10.  Ian Stewart (Northern Ireland)
11.  Arnold Muhren (Holland)
12.  Charlie Nicholas (Scotland)
13.  Bryan Robson (England)
14.  Glenn Hoddle (England)
15.  Kenny Sansom (England)
16.  Luther Blisset (England)
17.  Robbie James (Wales)
18.  Garry Shaw (England)

Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents - Footballers 2nd Series

1981-82
Footballers 2nd Series
Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents
18

A second series of matchbox labels.

1.  Gary Megson (Everton)
2.  Terry McDermott (Liverpool)
3.  Gary Gillespie (Coventry City)
4.  Roy Kaye (York City)
5.  Brian Flynn (Leeds United)
6.  Larry May (Leicester City)
7.  Colin Lee (Chelsea)
8.  Glen Hoddle (sic) (Tottenham Hotspur)
9.  Alan Biley (Derby County)
10.  Mick Mills (Ipswich Town)
12.  Clive Allen (Arsenal)
11.  Kenny Sansom (Crystal Palace)
13.  Terry Donovan (Aston Villa)
14.  Bill Rafferty (Newcastle United)
15.  John Mahoney (Swansea City)
16.  Joe Jordan (Manchester United)
17.  David Needham (Nottingham Forest)
18.  David Geddis (Aston Villa)

Cornish Match Co. / Jay Dees Newsagents - Footballers (1st series)

1978-79
Footballers (1st series)
Cornish Match Co./Jay Dees Newsagents
18

A first series of matchbox labels - though I've never seen them as actual matchboxes.

UPDATE (12-01-2021 14:37):  Tony Park has been looking at the Cornish Match Company cards:

The first series I also think is 1978/79. Both Ray Wilkins (Chelsea) and Trevor Francis (Birmingham City) are shown in old team colours. By 1981, Francis had been at Forest for two seasons  and Wilkins at United for the same period.

1.  Ray Wilkins (Chelsea)
2.  Mick Lyons (Everton)
3.  Liam Brady (Arsenal)
4.  Brian Little (Aston Villa)
5.  John Richards (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
6.  Dave Langan (Derby County)
7.  Trevor Francis (Birmingham City)
8.  Tony Woodcock (Nottingham Forest)
9.  Clive Whitehead (Bristol City)
10.  Ray Hankin (Leeds United)
11.  Kevin Reeves (Norwich City)
12.  Jimmy Case (Liverpool)
13.  Jim Blyth (Coventry City)
14.  Steve Coppel (sic) (Manchester United)
15.  Ossie Ardiles (Tottenham Hotspur)
16.  Brian Talbot (Ipswich Town)
17.  Peter Barnes (Manchester City)
18.  Cyrille Regis (West Bromwich Albion)