“Football Clubs: Series A (Colour)” (Comptons)

Year of issue: 1924
Issued by: Comptons Gravy Salt
Trade reference number(s): COM-430-1a / COV-1-1
Number of cards in set: 22
Size: standard (approx. 63mm x 35mm)
Approximate value (per card): Murrays £25.00; FCCM £30.00

I have done my homework on this, one of SEVEN such sets from Comptons and discovered that the teams featured in this set made up the First Division of 1924-25. The back of each card gave a brief history of that club.

Arsenal A

Aston Villa A     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Aston Villa back

1924 COMPTONS COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Birmingham     1924 COMPTONS COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Birmingham back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 A5 Bolton     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 A5 Bolton back

Burnley     Burnley back

Bury A     Bury A back

Cardiff City     Cardiff City back

Huddersfield     Huddersfield back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Leeds United     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Leeds United back

1924 COMPTONS COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Liverpool     1924 COMPTONS COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Liverpool back

Newcastle Utd     Newcastle back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Notts Forest     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Notts Forest back

Preston North End     Preston North End back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Sheffield Utd     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Sheffield Utd back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Sunderland     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Sunderland back

COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Tottenham A     COM-430-1a COV-1-1 Tottenham back

West Ham     West Ham back

  1. Arsenal
  2. Aston Villa
  3. Birmingham
  4. Blackburn Rovers
  5. Bolton Wanderers
  6. Burnley
  7. Bury
  8. Cardiff City
  9. Everton
  10. Huddersfield Town
  11. Leeds United
  12. Liverpool
  13. Manchester City
  14. Newcastle United
  15. Notts County
  16. Nottingham Forest
  17. Preston North End
  18. Sheffield United
  19. Sunderland
  20. Tottenham Hotspur
  21. West Bromwich Albion
  22. West Ham United

I am still short of several images here – can YOU help, please?