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.

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.

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!

Boys Cinema - Football Teams 1931

BOYS CINEMA

FOOTBALL TEAMS

1931

24 CARDS

Cardiff City

These cards have plain backs

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.

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

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.