Top Sellers was the company named used by Panini to enter the English football cards market. Beginning in 1972 they produced interesting ‘Football’ cards and albums using the names Football 72, Football 73 etc. One of the more interesting innovations was the use of ‘jigsaw puzzle’ cards which, when put together, formed an action or team picture. This page aims to record these puzzle cards and to display the completed puzzles. If you are confused by the numbering system for these cards the trick to know is that the number corresponds to the page number in the album e.g. 59C is the third card in the puzzle on page 59!
Football 72
Cards 55A thru 55P
Francis Lee of Manchester City and Mike England of Spurs. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 57A thru 57P
Georgie Best flashes his popular aggressive form in a scramble for the ball. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 59A thru 59P
Arsenal: Double champions. Winners of the League title and F.A. Cup. Can they repeat the feat in 1972? 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 63A thru 63P
Colin Harvey of Everton in a duel with Clyde Best of West Ham. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Football 73
Cards 7A thru 7D
A race for the ball: John Radford of Arsenal v. Eddie McCreadie of Chelsea. 4 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 57A thru 57P
Ballet time: Paul (Peter) Houseman of Chelsea and Peter (Paul) Edwards of Manchester United. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 59A thru 597P
Mike Summerbee of Manchester City in a battle with Cyril Knowles of Spurs. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Football 74
Cards 2A thru 2H
Norman bites yer leg. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 20A thru 20F
Derby’s John McGovern in a tussle with Alan Hudson of Chelsea. 6 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 33A thru 33F
Alan Oakes in a fight for the ball with Peter Osgood of Chelsea. 6 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 50A thru 50F
Spurs centre forward Martin Chivers in a clash with Tommy Smith of Liverpool. 6 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 54A thru 54F
A ‘soccer ballet’ scene from last season’s West Ham v. Southampton starring Kevin Lock, Paul Gilchrist and Clive (sic) Best as the main stars. 6 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 61A thru 61P
Kevin Keegan with Cyril Knowles in close attendance. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Football 75
Cards 2A thru 2H
Spurs’ Ralph Coates evades Liverpool’s Tommy Smith’s slide tackle. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 59A thru 59P
Roy McFarland of Derby challenges Charlie George of Arsenal. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery
Cards 61A thru 61P
Terry Mancini (Q.P.R.) tussles with Leeds’ Joe Jordan. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65A thru 65H
Southampton’s Peter Osgood in action against his old club Chelsea. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65I thru 65P
Stoke’s Geoff Hurst, in full flow, is pursued by Arsenal’s Pat Rice. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Football 76
Cards 2A thru 2H
Steve Perryman (Spurs) tussles with Peter Simpson (Arsenal). 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 59A thru 59P
Charlie Cooke (Chelsea) and Paul Reaney (Leeds) in action. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 61A thru 61P
Kevin Keegan (Liverpool) shields the ball from Steve Litt (Luton). 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65A thru 65H
David Mills (Middlesbrough) chased by Ralph Coates (Spurs). 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65I thru 65P
Kevin Lock (West Ham) heads clear from Mick Jones (Leeds). 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Football 77
Cards 2A thru 2H
Steve Coppell, Manchester United’s winger, tussles with QPR’s Dave Thomas. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 59A thru 59P
Manchester City’s Asa Hartford and West Ham’s Alan Taylor. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 61A thru 61P
Manchester City’s Peter Barnes is closely watched by a Spurs’ defender. 16 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65A thru 65H
Frank Lampard and Pat Holland ‘on guard’ for West Ham. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.
Cards 65I thru 65P
Dave Watson of Manchester City is hounded by Dave McAllister and Willie Young of Spurs. 8 cards in puzzle. Click for puzzle gallery.