A&BC - Fantastic Twisters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBPuUu2dOEN-GZGKmgPHyVdbBV4IqkoN6fxTmViuD-xNkk2b9zzix0R2XNY9srnhchQ6kJTUNes1B-Aj9gmEcKFJb1w1F0yj9l02vWRTohZuMXs9Z7MNQjcROeVeZaoX11QdiVQK5ffY/s1600/70s+Aand+BC+-+Fantastic+Twister.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBPuUu2dOEN-GZGKmgPHyVdbBV4IqkoN6fxTmViuD-xNkk2b9zzix0R2XNY9srnhchQ6kJTUNes1B-Aj9gmEcKFJb1w1F0yj9l02vWRTohZuMXs9Z7MNQjcROeVeZaoX11QdiVQK5ffY/s320/70s+Aand+BC+-+Fantastic+Twister.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEb8oJCxfcdOllY0XPm8iWr0ifCpn4Dg0eJD3J4dLlXNk1E72CqaCp6Yl2cVjJ60d6-zrH9d7fRpYVefYKWwlEK9pKecLK73ArJbjXyJJvUg-bu7L-N2lG6c4rFRKl_QGtfHYkINQX60/s1600/70s+Aand+BC+-+Fantastic+Twister-b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEb8oJCxfcdOllY0XPm8iWr0ifCpn4Dg0eJD3J4dLlXNk1E72CqaCp6Yl2cVjJ60d6-zrH9d7fRpYVefYKWwlEK9pKecLK73ArJbjXyJJvUg-bu7L-N2lG6c4rFRKl_QGtfHYkINQX60/s320/70s+Aand+BC+-+Fantastic+Twister-b.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1972</b><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Fantastic Twisters</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A&BC</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>54 cards</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bit of fun this time. I know of two cards in this collection that feature football. I apologise for the fact theat one of the two illustrations is of poor quality. These cards were also issued in Australia by Scanlens, though I would expect the football/soccer cards would have been replaced by something else, and might have been issued in the United States by Topps. If you know of other football subjects, please get in touch</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">44.  Soccer Star Booked  For Kicking Opponent</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50.  Star Footballer</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

A&BC - Fantastic Twisters

  1972 Fantastic Twisters A&BC 54 cards A bit of fun this time. I know of two cards in this collection that feature football. I apologis...

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A&BC - AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish (2)

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1968</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A&BC</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Scotland</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>6 known</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trevor Cotterell has sent in some more information about these items:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The A&BC Gum Scottish Pennants from 1968 you listed, you can add Airdrie, Dundee, Dunfermline and Kilmarnock to your list. These four came up for sale on e-bay in 2009 and made £247. I only took a copy of this listing so I am unable to give you a scan of these.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Airdrie</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dundee</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dunfermline Athletic</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kilmarnock</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morton</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">St. Johnstone</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

A&BC - AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish (2)

1968 AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish A&BC Scotland 6 known Trevor Cotterell has sent in some more information about t...

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A&BC - AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBQrQdYMLzyHZ0m2l102GHmfOqFBr2upiq9IEYvV816LHq1yUPpZDB2ODBYWnMU-O-rrzBoPwH9MlkJq5il5fYB8KQ_DuPmJJKh_diHmTwGH9LLt_5ZgkJ15_QJcA97x5U1vjaoeRYyU/s600/st_johnstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBQrQdYMLzyHZ0m2l102GHmfOqFBr2upiq9IEYvV816LHq1yUPpZDB2ODBYWnMU-O-rrzBoPwH9MlkJq5il5fYB8KQ_DuPmJJKh_diHmTwGH9LLt_5ZgkJ15_QJcA97x5U1vjaoeRYyU/s400/st_johnstone.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1968</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A&BC</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scotland</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 known</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These pennants were given away with the 1968-69 Yellow backed Footballer cards issued by A&BC. In the 1960's and 1970's A&BC issued different collections for the English and Scottish markets. The English version of the pennants is made up of 26 different clubs. Only 3 Scottish clubs are known to exist, but do not include teams like Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen. If you know of any other Scottish pennants please get in touch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dunfermline Athletic</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morton</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">St. Johnstone</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found it impossible to find a scan of one of these pennants anywhere, except for this St. Johnstone one on Nigel Mercer's superb site: <a href="http://cards.littleoak.com.au/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Nigel's Webspace - Galleries of English Football Cards 1965/66 - 1979/80</span></b></a>. If you've never seen it, check it out. You won't be disappointed.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

A&BC - AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish

1968 AAB-305 / ZJ12-8 Football Team Pennants - Scottish A&BC Scotland 3 known These pennants were given away with the 1968-69 Yellow bac...

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