Anonymous - Star Badges ~ Football

1960s
Star Badges ~ Football
Anonymous
Countless

I know these aren't cards or stickers, but they feature photos of footballers. I don't have many Cardiff City players in my collection but I try and pick them up when I can. A selection of Cardiff City badges and a photo of a badge seller from the 1960s.

The photos of the badge seller are taken from a documentary series called Look at Life, with the episode these come from being called Saturday Fever, produced by The Rank Organisation and this episode narrated by Cliff Michelmore.

Brian Walsh (Cardiff City)
Derek Tapscott (Cardiff City)
Steve Gammon (Cardiff City)
Ron Stitfall (Cardiff City)
Colin Baker (Cardiff City)
Graham Vearncombe (Cardiff City)
John Watkins (Cardiff City)
Graham Moore (Cardiff City)

Anonymous - Star Badges (Plastic)

1960s
Star Badges (Plastic)
Anonymous
Unknown number

These badges aren't really cartophilic, but I think they are collectable. Most that you find are 'star' shaped, but they came in a wide variety shapes. They were cheap and easy to make. The same player can be found in many different poses. There were probably thousands of different badges issued throughout the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. 

I remember them being on sale outside Ninian Park, but I rarely bought them. I travelled 20 miles to Cardiff and what with admission fees (when you could pay at the turnstile) and programmes, I never had much money for such 'luxuries'.

The collector in me would like to gather photographs or scans of as many of these badges as possible, to record them for posterity in a database. Anyone want to help?

Bobby Charlton (Manchester United) - red Star
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United) - red Pearl
Johnny Dixon (Aston Villa) - claret Diamond
Laurie Brown (Tottenham Hotspur) - blue Star