R. Scott & Co., Manchester - Footballers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzcu9CqahWZN6GZyf2PsDgAZbvrMjzpFqZ-_jQp5EQSQPPT1Gi1IIFclqSsrHT7nQz2oeL40IfvfSY3gWT-mf3oiDbi_abH1bcFDgQo0Fu1NSD7Q7GswnlPemCyBlH6I0OYAULag5gbc/s1600/05+Scott+series+-+354+Fred+Priest.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzcu9CqahWZN6GZyf2PsDgAZbvrMjzpFqZ-_jQp5EQSQPPT1Gi1IIFclqSsrHT7nQz2oeL40IfvfSY3gWT-mf3oiDbi_abH1bcFDgQo0Fu1NSD7Q7GswnlPemCyBlH6I0OYAULag5gbc/s320/05+Scott+series+-+354+Fred+Priest.bmp" width="196" /></a></div><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">c1905</b><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Footballers - Postcards</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>R. Scott & Co., Manchester</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>8 (perhaps)</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lowest number known is 347. A previous series of postcards were numbered 333 and these were team groups. The highest number known is 356. All the known players are from the two Sheffield clubs - United and Wednesday. Can anyone help identify the missing postcards?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">347.  William Leyton (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">348.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">349.  Thomas Crawshaw (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">350.  Ernest Needham (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">351.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">352.  John Lang (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">353.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">354.  Fred Priest (Sheffield United)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">355.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">356.  Robert Ferrier (Sheffield Wednesday)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

R. Scott & Co., Manchester - Footballers

c1905 Footballers - Postcards R. Scott & Co., Manchester 8 (perhaps) The lowest number known is 347. A previous series of postcards were...

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Sheffield Star - Sheffield Footballers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Imagess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Imagess.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>1939<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">Sheffield Footballers</span></span></span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sheffield Star<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> Unknown number</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not a very good photo - apologies for that. These were issued by the Sheffield Star newspaper. They seem to be quite rare, I only know of those listed below. If you can add to the list or know how many were issued, please get in touch.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ernest Toseland<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Walter Millership<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albert Ashley<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Horace Burrows<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ted Catlin (England kit)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Derek Goodfellow<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bill Fallon<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Harry Hanford<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackie Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>

Sheffield Star - Sheffield Footballers

1939 Sheffield Footballers Sheffield Star Unknown number Not a very good photo - apologies for that. These were issued by the Sheffield S...

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