The FOC thread.

[denislawsbackheel]

Apparently, came out before the civil war cards which is why I don't remember them ! Shows how youthful I am.

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I used to swap them with mates at half time at City reserve games when I were nobbut a lad!

 

[NPBlue]

I thought I did and got my brother to check but there wasn't one. I think, maybe, we were conflating these two ?
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I remember them. The company that produced them was called ABC I think, and the cards came with a small sliver of bubble gum in the packet.

They were very popular at the school I attended and negotiations in the playground to obtain a card you were missing was the order of the day until the headmaster banned them for being too bloodthirsty.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I used to swap them with mates at half time at City reserve games when I were nobbut a lad!

And, just for completeness, these were the wrappers they each came in. Flags were 1d, Civil War 2d.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

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Beautiful.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

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And Really Care...I mean really Care

I'm in bits now.Thats how it was.

 

[noseve]

Only ever cooked with beef dripping the one with a cow on the packet. Very bad for high cholesterol.

Actually, it's probably really good for high cholesterol

As in the Only Fools and Horses classic:

'Hey Trigger, what's good for a headache?'

'A baseball bat?'

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

I would have been 11/12 at the time
And I'm not a serial killer either - so that's at least two of us on Bluemoon. Clearly without casting aspersions I can't say the same for the rest of the nutters on here!

If anyone calls me a serial killer I will fuckin kill em. : )

 

[RiversideBlue]

I would have been 11/12 at the time
And I'm not a serial killer either - so that's at least two of us on Bluemoon. Clearly without casting aspersions I can't say the same for the rest of the nutters on here!

Apparently, you need at least 3 victims to become a serial killer, so I'll still keep my distance, just in case you're already up to 2.

 

[mcfcinprague]

Apparently, you need at least 3 victims to become a serial killer, so I'll still keep my distance, just in case you're already up to 2.

Hmm, I might have to redraft my original reply now I know about the 3 bit!

 

[KS55]

BBC.
“We apologise for this break in transmission. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. In the meantime, here is some music”
(Accompanied by a potters wheel.)

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

And Really Care...I mean really Care

I'm in bits now.Thats how it was.

No such thing as appointments, walk round to the surgery at the hours of opening sit down and wait your turn.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

No such thing as appointments, walk round to the surgery at the hours of opening sit down and wait your turn.

Yep

 

[Lavinda Past]

No such thing as appointments, walk round to the surgery at the hours of opening sit down and wait your turn.

And, from my own experience, you didn't get any smartarse grief from the receptionist.

 

[Deepest Blue]

 

[Bluechipblue]

 

[mancityvstoke]

If anyone calls me a serial killer I will fuckin kill em. : )

could you murder a bowl of cornflakes? (coat here )

 

[mancityvstoke]

Who collected football cards? Piece of chewing gum in the pack. 1960's

Used to chuck them against a wall ...nearest won the cards on the floor.

Cherished the City ones.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

could you murder a bowl of cornflakes? (coat here )

Yes, with a fuckin big spoon

 

[KS55]

Who collected football cards? Piece of chewing gum in the pack. 1960's

Used to chuck them against a wall ...nearest won the cards on the floor.

Cherished the City ones.

I collected some in the 50s. The first one was Sam Bartram, Charlton keeper.
They came with bubble gum.
One Christmas Day the fixture against Chelsea was abandoned but nobody told poor Sam who stood guarding his goal after all the players and spectators had left.

 

[noseve]

I collected some in the 50s. The first one was Sam Bartram, Charlton keeper.
They came with bubble gum.
One Christmas Day the fixture against Chelsea was abandoned but nobody told poor Sam who stood guarding his goal after all the players and spectators had left.

No wonder the games were so high-scoring then - how many goals did they used to have around the pitch, exactly?