A&BC CHEWING GUM LTD.

A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd. formed in 1949, are one of the best remembered card producers from the last century. Their sets included amongst many other things pop stars, film stars, TV stars and cricketers. The company produced their first set of sports cards in 1954 - ‘All Sport’.  The 120 card set of sporting personalities included 36 footballers. Their first all-football card set followed in 1958 and the company would issue at least one set of football cards each year for the next 16 years before being taken over by American company Topps Chewing Gum in 1975.

 1972/73 FOOTBALLER (ORANGE / RED BACKS)

This set was issued in two series - cards 1 to 109, and cards 110-219. Each packet of cards / chewing gum cost 2p. The backs of the cards featured a question about each player, the answer being revealed by rubbing the edge of a coin over the area.

Number of cards in set: 219
Number of Albion cards in set: 10

The card backs are enlargeable by clicking on them

10 - LEN CANTELLO			32 - JOHN WILE

54 - TONY BROWN			76 - RAY WILSON

98 -  ASA HARTFORD			153 - JEFF ASTLE

160 - BOBBY GOULD			164 - ALISTAIR BROWN

166 - COLIN SUGGETT			199 - ALISTAIR ROBERTSON

Card Dimensions: H 80mm x W 55mm