In the early
70’s IPC magazines released 2 sets of cards that most young lads
from that era will remember getting in their weekly comic, these are
a now a very collectable and nostalgic piece of memorabilia that will
only go up in value.
There were 160 cards in each set and they
were collected via popular comics of the time.
The first
series was released over a period of 4 weeks in 1970 (February 7th,
14th, 21st and 28th) as a set of 160 blue backed small cards that
were issued as sets of 32 cards in 5 different comics (Buster,
Lion,Scorcher, Smash and Tiger) and they came in sheets of 8 per
comic.
Problem is of course unless you had a good paper/milk round or
very understanding parents it was next to impossible to collect them
all as you had to buy 5 comics for 4 weeks to collect the whole
set.
There was a follow on series from the above set the
following year which differed from the originals by having red backs
(and different players of course!!)
They were also released
via comics which were on this occasion Buster and Jet, Lion and
Thunder, Scorcher and Score, Tiger, and Valiant and TV 21. Again
there was 8 cards per comic over a period of 4 weeks in 1971 (October
16th, 23rd, 30th and November 6).
The cards were mounted in
small albums presented free with the comics and because the albums
had precut slits in their corners it meant the cards didn’t need
any glue which of course means that a lot of the surviving cards are
in good condition with clean backs.
Another reason for the
cards popularity was the fact that they didn’t just cover the
bigger clubs but also the lesser known clubs from the lower
divisions, this has made them very collectable by fans of all teams.
This listing is for one card from the sets as chosen from the drop down list.
NOTE - SOME TEAMS HAD LOADS OF CARDS FEATURED, THESE ARE SOLD IN SEPARATE LISTINGS IN MY EBAY STORE, TEAMS INCLUDE ARSENAL, ASTON VILLA, CHELSEA AND CRYSTAL PALACE.
General Info
No quibble money back guarantee.
Returns accepted for whatever reason.
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