Friday 30 October 2015

Panini Football 86 James McInally

Panini Football 86 sticker #219 James McInally, published for the 1985/86 season. A player biography is featured on the reverse.


Poolette Football Pool Card Game Nottingham Forest

R Sphinx Products Poolette Football Pool Card Game unnumbered card featuring Nottingham Forest, Bradford, West Ham United and Barnsley. This is from the 1938 release, where the cards have a red back. The game was re-released in 1946 with minor card variations depending on promotions/relegations and the cards are easily recognised by their blue backs.

Thursday 29 October 2015

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Topps Match Attax Championship 2012/13 Adlene Guedioura

Topps Match Attax Championship 2012/13 card #178 'Powerhouse' Adlene Guedioura.

Transimage Football 79/80 David Needham

Transimage Football 79/80 sticker #235 David Needham. Brief career details are printed on the reverse. These stickers were originally issued in pairs.

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Val 'Footer' Gum Lewis Stoker

Klene Val 'Footer' Gum card #35 Lewis Stoker, published in 1939. Stoker joined Forest from Birmingham City, making his debut in August 1938. He made only 11 league and one county cup appearances for the reds before retiring from football in December 1938. As far as I know this is the only Forest card to feature Stoker.
Klene is a Dutch confectioner based in Rotterdam, hence the card being printed in Holland.

Merlin Premier Gold 99 Jon Olav Hjelde

Merlin Premier Gold 99 card #108 Jon Olav Hjelde, published during the 1998/99 season. A brief biography and player statistics are on the reverse.


Monday 26 October 2015

Ogden's 'Guinea Gold' Footballers Adam Scott

Ogden's 'Guinea Gold' Footballers unnumbered card A. Scott, published in 1899. Scott played left back in the club's first FA Cup winning team, a 3-1 win against Derby County at the Crystal Palace Stadium.
This is one of only a handful of Forest cards dating from the 19th Century.

Sunday 25 October 2015

Panini Champions of Europe 1955-2005 1978-79

Panini Champions of Europe 1955-2005 sticker #12 Champions of Europe 1978-79, featuring Trevor Francis heading the winning goal against Malmö FF. The collection was released to commemorate 50 years of the European Cup.

Saturday 24 October 2015

A&BC Footballer 'Make-a-Photo' Trevor Hockey

A&BC Footballer 'Make-a-Photo' card #51 Trevor Hockey, published during the 1963/64 season. A brief player biography is on the reverse.


Friday 23 October 2015

The Sun Football Swap Cards Ian Storey-Moore

The Sun Football Swap Cards card #106 Ian Storey-Moore, published during the 1970/71 season.

Thursday 22 October 2015

Panini Football 81 Raimondo Ponte

Panini Football 81 sticker #255 Raimondo Ponte, published for the 1980/81 season. A player biography is featured on the reverse.


Wednesday 21 October 2015

FKS The Wonderful World Of Soccer Stars In Action Alan Hill

FKS The Wonderful World Of Soccer Stars In Action sticker #202 Alan Hill, published during the 1969/70 season.

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Waddington Top Trumps Nottingham Forest Chris Woods

Waddington Top Trumps Nottingham Forest card game unnumbered card Chris Woods, published during season 1979/80. The card's statistics don't do Woods any favours, as he played in all but one of the league cup ties in 1977/78 gaining a winners medal following the 1-0 replay win against Liverpool.

Monday 19 October 2015

Pro Set Footballers 1990-91 Steve Hodge

Pro Set Footballers 1990-91 card #171 Steve Hodge. A brief pen pic is contained on the reverse.



Sunday 18 October 2015

Wizard Football Towns and their Crests Nottingham

The Wizard Football Towns and their Crests unnumbered card Nottingham, Luton, Methil and Camberwell published by DC Thomson in 1931. A rather unusual issue, with four town and city crests on the front and their associated football clubs on the reverse. Nottingham features both Forest and Notts County, along with Luton Town, East Fife (Methil) and Corinthians (Camberwell). It would appear that the latter three were without nicknames at the time.


Panini Championship 2010 Star Player Lee Camp

Panini Championship 2010 sticker #206 'Star Player' Lee Camp, published for the 2009/10 season.

Saturday 17 October 2015

Panini Calciatori 79-80 Trevor Francis

Panini Calciatori 79-80 sticker #307 Francis, from Panini's Italian league album. I don't know the grounds for Francis's inclusion, but being the first million pound transfer in February 1979 and then scoring the winning goal in the European Cup final three months later provide a couple of plausible reasons.


Friday 16 October 2015

Merlin Premier League 99 Craig Armstrong

Merlin Premier League 99 sticker #402 Craig Armstrong, published for the 1998/99 season. As far as I know this is the only sticker/card of Craig Armstrong as a Forest player.

Thursday 15 October 2015

Geo Bassett & Co Football 1981/82 Trevor Francis

Geo Bassett & Co Football card # 28 Trevor Francis, published during the 1981/82 season. A player biography features on the reverse.


Wednesday 14 October 2015

Panini Junior Stickers Soccer's Super Sevens Des Walker

Panini Junior Stickers Soccer's Super Sevens sticker #87 Des Walker, published in 1991 for the 1991/92 season. The collection featured seven players from each of the English First Division and Scottish Premier League clubs.

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Wills Football Series Frank Forman

WD & HO Wills Football Series card #22 Frank Forman, published in 1902. These cards were also released in a violet coloured version. The black and white version, seen here, is very similar to the W Clarke & Son series which was released at the same time.

Monday 12 October 2015

FKS Soccer-81 Frank Gray

FKS Soccer-81 sticker #218 Frank Gray, with brief player details on the reverse.

Sunday 11 October 2015

Panini Football 78 Barry Butlin

Panini Football 78 sticker #308 Barry Butlin, published during the 1977/78 season.

Saturday 10 October 2015

El Libro de los Campeones De Europa Peter Shilton

El Libro de los Campeones De Europa sticker #132 Peter Shilton, published by Marca/VIA Digital in 1999. The album was issued in Spain to mark Real Madrid's seventh European Cup win the previous year. Part of the album is dedicated to other clubs who have been crowned European champions.

Friday 9 October 2015

Topps Premier Gold 2003 Legends Auto Stuart Pearce

Topps Premier Gold 2003 Legend Auto unnumbered card Stuart Pearce. The card is hand signed by Pearce and features an authenticity hologram. A run down of Pearce's career is included on the card's reverse. For a modern era issue this is possibly the most expensive Forest card out there, commanding prices in excess of £50.


Thursday 8 October 2015

A&BC Football 'Quiz' Stewart Imlach

A&BC Football 'Quiz' card #83 Stewart Imlach, published during the 1959/60 season.


Wednesday 7 October 2015

Merlin Premier League 99 Transfer Update Edition Nigel Quashie

Merlin Premier League 99 Transfer Update Edition sticker #U4 Nigel Quashie, published in the 1998/99 season.

Tuesday 6 October 2015

BAB Century Soccer Stamps Nottingham Forest

BAB 'Century' Series of Sticker Stamps No. 3 - Clubs, Crests & Colours sticker #44 Nottingham Forest, published in 1970. Originally issued in a sheet featuring 100 different teams.

Monday 5 October 2015

Top Sellers Football 73 John Cottam

Top Sellers Football 73 card #263 John Cottam, covering the 1972/73 season, with a player pen pic on the reverse. Top Sellers were published by Panini, with an album available in which the cards were to be glued.

Sunday 4 October 2015

Anonymous 'The Two Popular Favourites'

An anonymous postcard entitled The Two Popular Favourites, published ahead of the FA Cup Final in 1959. The picture shows the team with the Shipstone's Brewery dray horse, believed to be outside the Albany Hotel in Hyson Green.

Saturday 3 October 2015

Hasbro Subbuteo Squads 1995/96 Alf-Inge Haaland

Subbuteo Squads FA Premier League 1995/96 2nd series unnumbered card Alf-Inge Haaland, published by Hasbro.

Friday 2 October 2015

Thursday 1 October 2015

Panini Football 85 Peter Davenport

Panini Football 85 sticker #213 Peter Davenport, published for the 1984/85 season. A player biography is featured on the reverse.