Website newsletter
Nigel Mercer produced a delightful newsletter spanning from September 2009 to April 2015, all of which are available here for your perusal. This collection offers a treasure trove of fascinating reading material. Do enjoy this deep dive into the rich history of football cards! These newsletters were crafted with the aim of sparking further discussion and sharing insights about these cards—before time marches on and their history fades away. Should you have any articles or intriguing tidbits to contribute, please feel free to contact me via email.
| Issue 01 | September 2010 | First edition, includes focus on Dubreq cards. 386K pdf file |
| Issue 02 | November 2010 | Includes Adrian Dale’s ‘My story’. 568K pdf file |
| Issue 03 | January 2010 | Includes A&BC Chewing Gum trade promotion poster and Kjell Ĺvendal’s boyhood collecting story. 759K pdf file |
| Issue 04 | March 2010 | Includes mystery items and Mark’s ‘My story’. 920K pdf file |
| Issue 05 | May 2010 | Includes A&BC items, Sugosa, Typhoo, Master Vending and Barry’s story. 818K pdf file |
| Issue 06 | July 2010 | Includes BAB stickers, A&BC pennant bags, and FKS counter boxes. 890K pdf file |
| Issue 07 | September 2010 | Includes A&BC Chewing Gum legal case, Topps Chewing Gum and FKS/FHER. 821K pdf file |
| Issue 08 | November 2010 | Includes Northern Transcessories and BAB shop displays, and questions about Panini and Esso. 983K pdf file |
| Issue 09 | January 2011 | Includes Transimage, A&BC Chewing Gum and Topps similarities, South African football cards, and Scottish A&BC variants. 942K pdf file |
| Issue 10 | March 2011 | Includes Hyder Jawad’s article on A&BC Chewing Gum, based on his talks with Douglas Coakley. 790K pdf file |
| Issue 11 | May 2011 | Includes Panini Mexico 70 album cover versions, and A&BC and FKS packing notes. 620K pdf file |
| Issue 12 | July 2011 | Includes Topps, Top Sellers, Panini and many interesting A&BC Chewing Gum set prices. 930K pdf file |
| Issue 13 | September 2011 | Includes FKS Publishers bronze medallions, printing of the 1968/69 WWOS album, and a Lyons Maid error card. 895K pdf file |
| Issue 14 | November 2011 | Includes Got, Not Got, BAB rosettes, A&BC Chewing Gum legal history and another Lyons Maid error card. 652K pdf file |
| Issue 15 | January 2012 | Includes A&BC Chewing Gum Hobby Cards, FKS Wonderful World of Soccer Stars sample packets and much more. 940K pdf file |
| Issue 16 | March 2012 | Includes BAB and Northern Trancessories, Anglo Bubble Gum Football Hints and more on A&BC Chewing Gum Hobby Cards. 796K pdf file |
| Issue 17 | May 2012 | Includes U.S. soccer cards, Topps ‘cello’ packs and football card websites. 494K pdf file |
| Issue 18 | July 2012 | Includes FKS bankrupt, A&BC shop posters, Letraset and Topps rack packs. 619K pdf file |
| Issue 19 | July 2012 | A special edition Newsletter attempting to identify which A&BC Chewing Gum wrappers go with which football card sets. 713K pdf file |
| Issue 20 | September 2012 | Includes A&BC Scottish printer’s proofs, and Pepys football cards. 700K pdf file |
| Issue 21 | November 2012 | Includes A&BC Scottish printer’s proofs, Kellogg’s poster and recent ebay sales. 747K pdf file |
| Issue 22 | January 2013 | Includes Cadbury mystery stickers (solved via an update published 03/01/2013), FKS Second Division Team Sheets and recent ebay sales. 883K pdf file |
| Issue 23 | March 2013 | Includes Topps medals, Love Heart medals, overpainted stickers and the Roy Race Football Club Badges mystery (solved via an update published 03/03/2013). 876K pdf file |
| Issue 24 | May 2013 | Includes newly documented Northern Trancessories stickers, further consideration of BAB stickers, and Tower Press Series 2 transfers. 704K pdf file |
| Issue 25 | July 2013 | Includes A&BC World Cup stamps, All Sports album, Wizard comic free gifts and much more. 596K pdf file |
| Issue 26 | September 2013 | Includes A&BC Chewing Gum retailer competition, Coffer postcards, posters and miniatures, A&BC stamp album, Goal Crisps checklists and Typhoo plaques. 1,166K pdf file |
| Issue 27 | November 2013 | Includes BAB and Northern Trancessories shop displays. 735K pdf file |
| Issue 28 | January 2014 | Includes A&BC Chewing and the Master Vending Company. 667K pdf file |
| Issue 29 | March 2014 | Includes Frank Conway story link, A&BC Chewing Gum letter, Cadbury round stickers and Lyons Maid cards. 589K pdf file |
| Issue 30 | May 2014 | Includes David Fussell’s excellent story about collecting Esso 1970 World Cup coins. 1,772K pdf file |
| Issue 31 | July 2014 | Esso 1970 World Cup record with Brian Moore. 716K pdf file |
| Issue 32 | September 2014 | Includes Panini Mexico 70 set details, focussing on the Italian version. 701K pdf file |
| Issue 33 | November 2014 | Includes Monty Gum, Sun Soccerstamps and an A&BC Chewing Gum football film strip mystery. 905K pdf file |
| Issue 34 | January 2015 | Includes Dubreq Top Trumps and Golden Wonder. 600K pdf file |
| Issue 35 | March 2015 | Focusses on the FKS Publishers 1970/71 Wonderful World of Soccer Stars album and stickers. 562K pdf file |