Wednesday 30 December 2020

D.C. Thomson / Adventure - The Mysto Mind-Reader Football Mystery Cards 1929



D.C. THOMSON
ADVENTURE
THE MYSTO MIND-READER FOOTBALL MYSTERY CARDS
1929
A SET OF 10 CARDS

Card 1    Davies
 Card 4    Ferguson
Card 9    Keenor

These cards were given free with issue 380 of Adventure 9 February 1929

Monday 28 December 2020

I.P.C. Magazines / Scorcher & Score - Top Teams 1971-72

 


I.P.C. MAGAZINES
SCORCHER AND SCORE
TOP TEAMS
1971-72
A SERIES OF 51 COVERS

Cardiff City

It was Cardiff City's turn to feature in this series of Top Teams covers, this issue is dated 20 November 1971

Sunday 27 December 2020

I.P.C. Magazines / Scorcher & Score - The Super Stars 1972-73

 


I.P.C. MAGAZINES
SCORCHER AND SCORE
THE SUPER STARS
1972-73
A SERIES OF 26 COVERS

John Charles

John Charles of Cardiff City and Wales was featured on the front cover of the Scorcher and Score comic published on 16 September 1972

Saturday 26 December 2020

I.P.C. Magazines / Scorcher & Score - Spot The Team 1973


I.P.C. MAGAZINES
SCORCHER AND SCORE
SPOT THE TEAM
1973
A SERIES OF 35 COVERS

Cardiff City

Cardiff City made the front cover of Scorcher and Score comic again, this issue is dated 03 November 1973

Friday 25 December 2020

I.P.C. Magazines / Scorcher & Score - Meet The Manager 1973

 


I.P.C. MAGAZINES
SCORCHER & SCORE
MEET THE MANAGER
1973
A SET OF 26 COVERS

Jimmy Scoular

Jimmy Scoular and Cardiff City made the front cover of the Scorcher / Score comic, issued 09 June 1973

Thursday 24 December 2020

Fleetway Publications / Lion - The Lion Collection Of Famous Football Teams 1959-60

 


FLEETWAY PUBLICATIONS
LION
THE LION COLLECTION OF FAMOUS FOOTBALL TEAMS
1959-60
A SERIES OF 22 CUT-OUTS

Cardiff City

Issued on 27-02-1960

Wednesday 23 December 2020

John Filshill Ltd / Lotus Toffees - Footballers 1924


JOHN FILSHILL Ltd.
LOTUS TOFFEES
FOOTBALLERS
1924
A SET OF 25

J. Blair

A set of rare unnumbered cards, which can also be found with plain backs.  

Expect to pay a minimum of £20.00 per card.

Monday 21 December 2020

D.C. Thomson / The Rover - Famous Events In Football 1951

 



D.C. THOMSON
THE ROVER
FAMOUS EVENTS IN FOOTBALL
1951

Cardiff City v Arsenal F.A. Cup Final 1927

The Rover comic cover Issue No. 1367,  8 September 1951. A series of cut-outs or was it just the cover for this issue? It would seem strange just to have one issue for a series of cut-outs, especially when they are unnumbered, to me it seems it was just a feature for the cover of this issue and not intended to be cut-out, unless other similar covers exist. But it does feature Cardiff City and that is all that matters.

Saturday 19 December 2020

John Baines - Football Cards










JOHN BAINES
FOOTBALL SHIELDS
1908-1920's

Cardiff City

John Baines was one of the earliest printers of soccer cards, starting his business in the 1880s.
Baines originated the packet of football cards, patenting it in the early 1890s. I don't know the exact dates of these cards , the date above is just a guess.

Thursday 17 December 2020

No Score Draws / Panini Cheapskates -- Bluebirds Edition 2020


NO SCORE DRAWS
PANINI CHEAPSKATES
BLUEBIRDS EDITION
2020
A3 PRINT

Cardiff City

 A3 print featuring 36 wonky hand-drawn No Score Draw doodles of various Cardiff City football sticker icons. Very unofficial and great fun!

Tuesday 15 December 2020

Sunday 13 December 2020

Daily Mail - Football Teams 1935-36


DAILY MAIL
SUPPLEMENTS
1935-36
UNNUMBERED

Cardiff City

A previously unrecorded supplement from the Daily Mail. As with all the supplements from 1935-36 that I have seen, this has been stuck onto card with the Carlisle United team on the back, both teams have been cut-down to fit by a former scissor happy owner.

Value? I have no idea on this as it's a previously unrecorded item.

Friday 11 December 2020

Amalgamated Press / Nelson Lee - Footballers 1921-22

 

AMALGAMATED PRESS
NELSON LEE
FOOTBALLERS
1921-22
A SET OF 20
UNNUMBERED

Jimmy Blair

Issued 24 December 1921

These dark green paper ‘plates’ were also issued as  a parallel set in Scottish editions of the paper. They are very hard to track down.

The approximate value of these supplements is around £15.00

Wednesday 9 December 2020

D.C. Thomson / The Rover - Cricketers & Footballers 1922-23

 

  



D.C. THOMSON
THE ROVER
CRICKETERS & FOOTBALLERS
1922-23
A SET OF 145
UNNUMBERED

J. Blair
H.P. Evans
W. Grimshaw
J. Page

Originally issued in small paper envelopes which are very rare, these were given away two per issue beginning with the very first issue of August 1922 and ending with issue 47 in January of the following year. From issue 28 cards were issued as ‘pair’ cards but these subsequently turn up cut into ‘singles’; complete pairs are not rare, but are distinctly harder to find. 

The cards were issued on these dates. * H.P. Evans was also issued in Scotland and that issue is much rarer than the English one.

W. Grimshaw – Issue 8,  22 April, 1922 - English
J. Blair – Issue 15, 10 June, 1922 - English
*H.P. Evans – issue 24, 12 August, 1922 - English and Scottish
J. Page – issue 34, 21 October, 1922 - English 

Expect to pay up to £1.50 for English issues and £10 for Scottish. Uncut pairs a little more.

Monday 7 December 2020

D.C. Thomson / The Wizard - British Team Of Footballers 1922

 



D.C. THOMSON
THE WIZARD
BRITISH TEAM OF FOOTBALLERS
1922
A SET OF 11
UNNUMBERED

J. Blair - Left Back

This card was free with the issue dated 7 October 1922, a nice hand-coloured image.

Expect to pay around £3.50 for these, they not too difficult to find.

Saturday 5 December 2020

Amalgamated Press / The Gem Library - Autographed Real Action Photo Series 1922


AMALGAMATED PRESS
THE GEM LIBRARY
AUTOGRAPHED REAL ACTION PHOTO SERIES
1922
A SET OF 6

No. 1    James Blair

This card was presented free with the 11 November 1922 issue of The Gem.

You can expect to pay around £5.00 for this card.

Thursday 3 December 2020

Fleetway Publications / Tiger - Spot The Clubs 1959

 



FLEETWAY PUBLICATIONS
TIGER
SPOT THE CLUBS
1959

17.    Cardiff City

A giveaway with the Tiger - "Spot the Clubs - in this fascinating football quiz-wheel". Club badges appear in the window at the top and in the little windows around the ball you can discover the name and capacity of the clubs home ground, their colours and how many times they've won various trophies.

Tuesday 1 December 2020

Anonymous Issuer - Footballer Badges 1950's

 


ANONYMOUS ISSUER
FOOTBALLER BADGES
1950's

A. Sherwood
T. Ford

2 Cardiff City Football Club badges from the 1950's, presumably there are more players available.

Sunday 29 November 2020

Somportex - Football Badges 1974

 


SOMPORTEX
FOOTBALL BADGES
1974

Cardiff City

These plastic badges with stickers attached to the front were found inside bags of sweets.

Friday 27 November 2020

Cardiff City F.C. - Stadium Postcards 2016-17

 



CARDIFF CITY F.C.
STADIUM POSTCARDS
2016-17
2 POSTCARDS

Cardiff City Stadium • Night
Cardiff City Stadium • Day

Wednesday 25 November 2020

Daily News - Football Annual Supplement 1925-26

 


DAILY NEWS
FOOTBALL ANNUAL
SUPPLEMENT
1925-26
1 SHEET

Cardiff City

A double-sided photographic supplement, folded twice and attached to the book by one edge, showing six team photos, the other clubs are Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Sheffield United, the Scottish Team v England 1925 and the English Team v Scotland 1925