John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1954-55 (02)

1954-55
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1954-55
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Just to show how little I know, here's a different version of the 1954-55 Football Fixtures booklet, this one advertizing Player's Empire Navy Cut, this one covers the London clubs. The previous one, that can be seen here - John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1954-55, is advertizing Player's Sun Valley Light Tobacco. I never realized that they produced more than one design each season.

Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queen’s Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1933-34

1933-34
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1933-34
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Dixie Sauntson found a card pasted in a scrapbook and contacted me when he was trying to figure out where it comes from.
It's the back cover of a John Player & Sons Football Ficture booklet issued for the 1932-33 season. It would be nice to be able to show a complete booklet at some point..

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John Player & Sons - Association Cup Winners (02)

1930
Association Cup Winners
John Player & Sons
50 cards

An illustrated checklist.

1.  The Old Cup
2.  The Present Cup
3.  The Medals
4.  Blackburn Olympic (1883)
5.  Blackburn Rovers (1884)
6.  Blackburn Rovers (1885)
7.  Blackburn Rovers (1886)
8.  Aston Villa (1887)
9.  West Bromwich Albion (1888)
10.  Preston North End (1889)
11.  Blackburn Rovers (1890)
12.  Blackburn Rovers (1891)
13.  West Bromwich Albion (1892)
14.  Wolverhampton Wanderers (1893)
15.  Notts County (1894)
16.  Aston Villa (1895)
17.  Sheffield Wednesday (1896)
18.  Aston Villa (1897)
19.  Nottingham Forest (1898)
20.  Sheffield United (1899)
21.  Bury (1900)
22.  Sheffield United (1901)
23.  Tottenham Hotspur (1901)
24.  Southampton (1902)
25.  Sheffield United (1902)
26.  Bury (1903)
27.  Manchester City (1904)
28.  Aston Villa (1905)
29.  Everton (1906)
30.  Sheffield Wednesday (1907)
31.  Wolverhampton Wanderers (1908)
32.  Manchester United (1909)
33.  Newcastle United (1910)
34.  Newcastle United (1911)
35.  Bradford City (1911)
36.  West Bromwich Albion (1912)
37.  Barnsley (1912)
38.  Aston Villa (1913)
39.  Burnley (1914)
40.  Sheffield United (1915)
41.  Aston Villa (1920)
42.  Tottenham Hotspur (1921)
43.  Huddersfield Town (1922)
44.  Bolton Wanderers (1923)
45.  Newcastle United (1924)
46.  Sheffield United (1925)
47.  Bolton Wanderers (1926)
48.  Cardiff City (1927)
49.  Blackburn Rovers (1928)
50.  Bolton Wanderers (1929)

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1931-32

1931-32
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1931-32
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

The earliest John Player Fixture Booklet I've ever come across - Swansea Town in Division Two and Cardiff City in Division Three South, the only season Thames ever played in the Football League.

1.  Swansea Town, Cardiff City

John Player & Sons - Football Caricatures by RIP (2)

1926
Football Caricatures by RIP
John Player & Sons
50 cards

An illustrated checklist. I am indebted to Alan Probert for continuing to supply some interesting material. When I checklisted this set I didn't include the 25 rugby players, so I've added the complete checklist this time.

1.  B. Howard Baker (Corinthians and Chelsea)
2.  F. Barson (Manchester United)
3.  H. Bedford (Derby County)
4.  C.M. Buchan (Arsenal)
5.  N. Bullock (Bury)
6.  H. Chambers (Liverpool)
7.  A. Chandler (Leicester City)
8.  S. Chedgzoy (Everton)
9.  J. Crosbie (Birmingham)
10.  L. Davies (Cardiff City)
11.  J. Dimmock (Tottenham Hotspur)
12.  W. Edwards (Leeds United)
13.  H. Gallacher (Newcastle United)
14.  W. Gillespie (Sheffield United)
15.  J.H. Hill (Burnley)
16.  A. Iremonger (Notts County)
17.  R. Kelly (Sunderland)
18.  J. McClelland (Middlesbrough)
19.  R.H. Pym (Bolton Wanderers)
20.  F. Roberts (Manchester City)
21.  M. Russell (Plymouth Argyle)
22.  J.E. Townson (Clapton Orient)
23.  E.T. Vizard (Bolton Wanderers)
24.  S.J. Wadsworkh (Huddersfield Town)
25.  W.H. Walker (Aston Villa)
26.  J.M. Bannerman (Glasgow High School F.P & Scotland)
27.  W.F. Browne (Harlequins, United Services, Army & Ireland)
28.  G.S. Conway (Fettes, Cambridge & England)
29.  L.J. Corbett (Bristol, Gloucestershire & England)
30.  W.E. Crawford (Lansdown & Ireland)
31.  D.J. Cussen (Dublin University & Ireland)
32.  W.J.A. Davies (Navy & England)
33.  W.J. Delahay (Bridgend, Cardiff & Wales)
34.  D. Drysdale (Oxford, Heriot's F.P. & Scotland)
35.  A.L. Gracie (Harlequins, Manchester & Scotland)
36.  W. Rowe Harding (Swansea, Cambrdige & Wales)
37.  C.A. Kershaw (Navy & England)
38.  H.J. Kittermaster (Oxford, Harlequins & England)
39.  C.N. Lowe (Cambridge, R.A.F. & England)
40.  W.G.E. Luddington (Devonport Services, Navy & England)
41.  D.J. MacMyn (Cambridge, London Scottish & Scotland)
42.  E. Myers (Bradford & England)
43.  Idris Richards (Cardiff & Wales)
44.  A.M. Smallwood (Leicester, Cambridge & England)
45.  G.V. Stephenson (Queen's University & Ireland)
46.  M. Sugden (Wanderers (Dublin University & Ireland)
47.  A.T. Voyce (Gloucester & England)
48.  H. Waddell (Glasgow Academicals & Scotland)
49.  W.W. Wakefield (Harlequins)
50.  A.T. Young (Cambridge, Blackheath & England)

John Player & Sons - Football Caricatures by Mac (02)

1927
Football Caricatures by Mac
John Player & Sons
50 cards

Having brought out the Tommy Watson card earlier today, I thought I'd take the chance to include an illustrated checklist for this set of caricatures drawn by 'Mac'. This, and the set of cards by 'Rip', were my first experience of cigarette cards and I bought Watson, Len Davies and Bob John and I never looked back. In the original listing I didn't include the details of the rugby players, but I've included them here. 
By the way, Mac was the nom de plume of artist Douglas Machin and some years later drew a similar series of footballers for Ogden's Cigarettes.
This list updated the previous one - the names of the players are as they appear on the fronts of the cards and the names of the teams they play for are listed as they appear on the backs of the cards.

1.  Hugh Adcock (Leicester City)
2.  W.R. Amos (Bury)
3.  S.W. Austin (Manchester City and England)
4.  Ernie Beecham (Fulham)
5.  Joe Bradford (Birmingham)
6.  W.I. Bryant (Millwall and England)
7.  Geo. Camsell (Middlesbrough)
8.  Jack Cock (Plymouth Argyle)
9.  Tommy Cook (Brighton & Hove Albion)
10.  W.R. "Dixie" Dean (Everton and England)
11.  Norman Dinsdale (Notts County)
12.  John Fowler (Swansea adn Wales)
13.  Harry Foxall (Portsmouth)
14.  G.H. Green (Sheffield United and England)
15.  Lieut. K.E. Hegan (The Army, Corinthians and England)
16.  Alex Jackson (Huddersfield and Scotland)
17.  A. James (Preston N.E. and Scotland)
18.  Tom Jennings (Leeds United)
19.  Bob John (The Arsenal and Wales)
20.  F.W. Kean (Sheffield Wednesday and England)
21.  Wilfred Kirkham (Port Vale)
22.  T. Lucas (Liverpool and England)
23.  T. Magee (West Bromwich Albion)
24.  Albert McInroy (Sunderland and England)
25.  Bob McKay (Newcastle United)
26.  D.H. Morris (Swindon Town)
27.  Frank Osborne (Tottenham Hotspur)
28.  William Rawlings (Southampton and England)
29.  James Ruffell (West Ham and England)
30.  G. Sommerville (Burnley)
31.  Joseph Spence (Manchester United and England)
32.  H. Thoms (Derby County)
33.  W. Wadsworth (Bristol City)
34.  Thomas Watson (Cardiff City)
35.  Andy Wilson (Chelsea and Scotland)
36.  A. Wood (Clapton Orient)
37.  R.E. York (Aston Villa and England)
38.  M.J. Bradley (Dolphin and Ireland)  -  Rugby Union
39.  C.W. Carr (Barrow) -  Rugby League
40.  J.B. Ganly (Monkstown and Ireland) -  Rugby Union
41.  T.E. Holliday (Oldham)  -  Rugby League
42.  H.C. Laird (Harlequins and England)  -  Rugby Union
43.  J.B. Nelson (Glasgow Academicals)  -  Rugby Union
44.  J. Parkin (Wakefield Trinity)  -  Rugby League
45.  W.C. Powell (London Welsh)  -  Rugby Union
46.  K.A. Sellar (Royal Navy)  -  Rugby Union
47.  I.S. Smith (Oxford University and Scotland)-  Rugby Union
48.  James Sullivan (Wigan and England)  -  Rugby League
49.  J.S. Tucker (Bristol and England)  -  Rugby Union
50.  B.R. Turnbull (Cambridge University and Wales)  -  Rugby Union

Clevedon Confectionery - CLE-220-1/2/3//CLZ-15A/B/C Hints on Association Football By Leslie McDowall (Man. City F.C. Manager)

1961-62
CLE-220-1/2/3 / CLZ-15A/B/C Hints on Association Football By Leslie McDowall (Man. City F.C. Manager)
Clevedon Confectionery
50 cards

These card utilze the images on the cards issued by John Player & Sons and British American Tobacco back in the 1920s - John Player & Sons / Britsh American Tobacco (Chinese) - Hints on Association Football, only they've been usupred by Leslie McDowall, the Manchester City manager at the time they were resurrected. I presumed . wrongly as it turns out, that the checklist would be the same have checked some cards. But there is a slight diffference with some of the numbers. The checklist includes all of the cards issued in the 1920's versions with the number they were allocated in brackets at the end of each line. I don't have all the numbers for the Cleveland Confectionery cards, but as you can see, a new card appears at no. 1 (possibly a title card) and somewhere one card has been taken out, as the numbers are out of sequence for a while and then come back in sequence!
I'll update this listing if the missing information is forthcoming. Please get in touch if you can help.

CLE-220-1/CLZ-15A Hints on Association Football - Coloured - Blue back
CLE-220-1/CLZ-15A Hints on Association Football - Coloured - Violet back
CLE-220-2/CLZ-15B Hints on Association Football - Blue line drawings
CLE-220-3/CLZ-15C Hints on Association Football - Black line drawings

1.  ?
2.  How to kick  (1)
3.  The Volley  (2)
4.  Kicking To Swerve The Ball  (3)
5.  The Corner Kick  (4)
6.  Free Kick On Goal  (5)
7.  The Penalty Kick  (6)
8.  Goal Kick  (7)
9.  When Not To Shoot  (8)
10.  Heading  (9)
11.  The Kick Off  (10)
12.  The Long Throw In  (11)
13.  Throw In On Attack  (12)
14.  Defensive Throw In  (13)
15.  Trapping The Ball  (14)
16.  Bringing The Ball Down  (15)
17.  Taking The Pace Off The Ball  (16)
18.  Letting The Ball Run  (17)
19.  Keeping The Ball On The Ground  (18)
20.  Dribbling With Inside Of Foot  (19)
21.  Dribbling With Outside Of Foot  (20)
22.  Running Over The Ball  (21)
23.  Passing With Outside Of Foot  (22)
24.  Passing With Inside Of Foot  (23)
25.  Passing With The Head  (24)
Passing Into Open Space  (25)
The Centre  (26)
Crossfield Pass  (27)
Passing Down The Middle  (28)
Triangular Wing Movement  (29)
When Wing Men Should Close In  (30)
"W" Formation  (31)
Outside Forward Cutting In  (32)
Wing Forward Moving Inside The Ball  (33)
34.  Shooting On The Run  (34)
35.  The Tackle  (35)
36.  The Shoulder Charge  (36)
37.  Marking Inside Forwards (Wing Halves marking Inside Forwards  - 37)
38.  Backs' System of covering  (38)
39.  Backs marking Wing Forwards  (39)   -   updated
Back passing to Half Back  (40)
Centre Half as third Back  (41)
Passing Back to Goalkeeper  (42)
43.  Checking a Break-Through (Advancing to check breakthrough  - 43)
44.  Goalkeeper going down to ball  (44)
45.  Goalkeeper - when not to catch the ball  (45)
46.  Fisting the ball over the bar  (46)
47.  Goalkeeper Fielding a Shot  (47)
48.  Defence at the Corner Kick  (48)
49.  Receiving a Penalty  (49)
50.  Goalkeeper Narrowing a Goal  (50)

John Player & Sons / Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes - Vancouver Celtics (Postcard)

1920s
Vancouver Celtics
John Player & Sons / Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes
Canada
1 postcard

I've seen this one, but there may be others.

Vancouver Celtics

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1938-39

1938-39
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1938-39
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another season's Fixture booklets, numbered for reference purposes only. This one covers Scottish clubs, mostly from the Glasgow area so it seems, but there are some teams missing from this list.

UPDATE (26-11-2021 23:50):  The list for the Scottish teams is now complete.

1.  Albion Rovers, Celtic, Clyde, Glasgow Rangers, Partick Thistle, Queens Park, Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Dumbarton, Edinburgh City

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1955-56

1955-56
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1955-56
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another season's Fixture booklets, numbered for reference purposes only.

1.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United
2.  Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall
3.  Burnley, Blackburn Rovers
4.  Everton, Liverpool
5.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity, (all Rugby League - different cover)
6.  Leicester City, Coventry City
7.  Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United
8.  Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
9.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (all Rugby League) - different cover

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1960-61 (2)

1960-61
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1960-61
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another booklet added to the list - I'm sure there are still plenty more to find.

1.  Airdrie, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Motherwell, Albion Rovers, Hamilton Academicals
2.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Millwall, West Ham United, Leyton Orient
3.  Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall
4.  Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday
5.  Cardiff City, Swansea Town
6.  Carlisle United, Workington
7.  Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue
8.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (all Rugby League)  -  different cover

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1953-54 (3)

1953-54
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1953-54
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Two more fixture booklets added to the list. 

1.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United
2.  Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur
3.  Colchester United, Southend United
4.  Everton, Liverpool
5.  Grimsby Town, Hull City
6.  Huddersfield Town, Leeds United
7.  Luton Town, Northampton Town
8.  Manchester City, Manchester United
9.  Portsmouth, Southampton
10.  Middlesbrough, Darlington
11.  Burnley, Blackburn Rovers
12.  Chelsea, Fulham
13.  Bramley (Rugby League), Batley (Rugby League) - different cover
14.  Leeds (Rugby League), Hunslet (Rugby League) - different cover

15.  Coventry City, Leicester City   -   added 12-10-2020

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1958-59

1958-59
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1958-59
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another season's Fixture booklets, numbered for reference purposes only.

1.  Airdrie, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Motherwell, Albion Rovers, Hamilton Academicals
2.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queen’s Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United
3.  Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday
4.  Carlisle United, Workington
5.  Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepools United
6.  Whitehaven (Rugby League), Workington Town (Rugby League)  -  different cover
7.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (all Rugby League)  -  different cover

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1957-58

1957-58
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1957-58
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another season's Fixture booklets, numbered for reference purposes only. The covers get less colourful as the seasons go by.

1.  Airdrie, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Motherwell, Albion Rovers, Hamilton Academicals
2.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United
3.  Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall
4.  Burnley, Blackburn Rovers
5.  Carlisle United, Workington
6.  Whitehaven (Rugby League), Workington Town (Rugby League) - different cover
7.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (all Rugby League)  -  different cover
8.  Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United   -   added 03-06-2023

9.  Leyton Orient, Aldershot, Brighton and Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Gillingham, Reading   -   added 21-04-2024

John Player & Sons - P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1956-57

1956-57
P72-252-1 Football Fixtures 1956-57
John Player & Sons
Unknown number

Another season's Fixture booklets, numbered for reference purposes only.

1.  Airdrie, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Motherwell, Albion Rovers, Hamilton Academicals
2.  Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Millwall, West Ham United
3.  Carlisle United, Workington
4.  Coventry City, Leicester City
5.  Leeds United, Huddersfield Town
6.  Newcastle United, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepools United
7.  Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United
8.  Leeds, Batley, Bradford Northern, Hunslet, Bramley, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley, Huddersfield, Wakefield Trinity (all Rugby League) - different cover