Northern Trancessories
Northern Trancessories of Leeds produced PVC football stickers in the late 1960s. For many years this company went unrecognised, their products often confused with the equally mysterious BAB Souvenir Company, until discovered and advised to this website in 2010 by Alan. Northern Trancessories operated from 7 Cherry Row, Leeds. I’m not sure how long they existed for, or what else they produced, so if you know please feel free to get in touch. It’s possible that they only produced football stickers for one year, which would be a shame as they produced colourful and interesting items.
1968/69
First Division Soccer Stars
A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division stars, produced in non-fade waterproof colours. These are very rare, with very few known to have survived. Northern Trancessories, based in Leeds, seems to have had an understandable bias for clubs around their area, as can be seen from the image gallery. I’m sure that there are a lot more of these to be discovered. If you are aware of any other examples please contact me via this email.
The image below is from the shop display, with plastic pockets underneath where the stickers were displayed for sale.
Number in set: Unknown
Gallery: Set gallery
Checklists: N/A
First Division Soccer Clubs (Player image)
A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division clubs, almost certainly produced at the same time as the ‘Stars’ depicted above. These badges have been seen in the shop display shown below, hence the name of the set. Note though, that the club badges below (with the spotted soccer ball) have also been seen sold in the same shop display, raising questions about which set is actually the soccer clubs.
Number in set: 24
Gallery: Set gallery
Checklists: N/A
First Division Soccer Clubs (Dotted ball)
A set of attractive self-adhesive PVC stickers of First Division clubs. It would be reasonable to assume that this was a set of 24, coinciding with the two sets above, except that Huddersfield Town is known to exist. Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division in May 1970, suggesting perhaps that Northern Trancessories was still around at that time.
Number in set: 24 (or more?)
Gallery: Set gallery
Checklists: N/A
First Division Soccer Clubs (Gold centre)
A mystery set, having the same designs as the set above, but with gold centres rather than the spotted soccer ball. Huddersfield Town is again known to exist (with thanks to Roger Pashby’s Huddersfield Town website), raising questions about when this set was sold. Alan Jenkins’ Football Cartophilic Info Exchange blog has more images from this set.
Number in set: Unknown
Gallery: N/A
Checklists: N/A
First Division Action Players
A set previously attributed to BAB, but perhaps now better assigned to NT. The 22 First Division clubs from 1968/69 plus England and Wales.
Number in set: 24
Gallery: Set gallery
Checklists: N/A