“Footballers” (Filshill)

Year of issue: 1924
Issued by: “Lotus Toffees” (John Filshill Ltd.)
Trade reference number(s): FIL-120 / FIS-2
Number of cards in set: 25
Size: standard (approx. 37mm x 68mm)
Approximate value (per card): Murrays £22.00; FCCM £20.00

This is a very rare set of unnumbered cards which can also be found with plain backs. Players and teams are predominantly Scottish, which makes sense since the toffees were produced in Glasgow mainly for the Scottish market.

   

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

    

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Players are numbered here and organised in alphabetical order purely for reference.

1.  F. Barson (Manchester United)
2.  J. Blair (Cardiff City)
3.  C.M. Buchan (Sunderland)
4.  Joe Cassidy (Celtic)
5.  H. Chambers (Liverpool)
6.  G. French (Greenock Morton)
7.  A. Grimsdell (Tottenham Hotspur)
8.  Geo. Henderson (Rangers)
9.  J. Hutton (Aberdeen)
10.  D. Jack (Bolton Wanderers)
11.  T.H.O. Jennings (Raith Rovers)
12.  R. Kelly (Burnley)
13.  D. Lawson (St. Mirren)
14.  J. McDougall (Airdrieonians)
15.  D. McLean (Dundee)
16.  L. McMillan (Hamilton Academicals)
17.  J.H. Ramsay (Kilmarnock)
18.  W. Rankin (Motherwell)
19.  H. Ritchie (Hibernian)
20.  E. Taylor (Huddersfield Town)
21.  T. Townsley (Falkirk Athletic)
22.  F. Walker (Third Lanark)
23.  V. Watson (West Ham United)
24.  J. White (Hearts)
25.  A. Wilson (late of Middlesbrough, now Chelsea)

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