1950's SUBBUTEO SOCCER MARKET PLAYING CARDS. VERY RARE.
£399.00
Out of stock
SKU
SUB002978
FIRST MADE BY SUBBUTEO IN 1947/48 AND WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL 1964/65.
THIS WAS A CARD GAME INVENTED BY PETER ADOLPH AND DESCRIBED AS A "FOOTBALL CARD GAME FOR THE ODD MOMENT". COMES WITH A COMPLETE SET OF CARDS - 48 IN TOTAL. THE TEAMS ARE: CARDIFF CITY, CELTIC, ARSENAL & NEWCASTLE UTD ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL RULES SHEET. AND THE ORIGINAL CASE THAT STILL HAS THE LANGTON GREEN ADDRESS PRINTED ON IT.
THIS WAS A CARD GAME INVENTED BY PETER ADOLPH AND DESCRIBED AS A "FOOTBALL CARD GAME FOR THE ODD MOMENT". COMES WITH A COMPLETE SET OF CARDS - 48 IN TOTAL. THE TEAMS ARE: CARDIFF CITY, CELTIC, ARSENAL & NEWCASTLE UTD ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL RULES SHEET. AND THE ORIGINAL CASE THAT STILL HAS THE LANGTON GREEN ADDRESS PRINTED ON IT.
THIS SET IS TOTALLY COMPLETE AND COMES WITH THE PLASTIC CASE, THE ORIGINAL RULES SHEET AND 48 CARDS. THERE ARE 11 ARSENAL CARDS, 11 CELTIC CARDS, 11 CARDIFF CITY CARDS, 11 NEWCASTLE UTD CARDS, 3 BLANK CARDS AND 1 ALL ROUND CARD - SEE ALL THE IMAGES. THE CARDS ARE IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION. THE CASE HAS ONE SPLIT DOWN ONE SIDE AND STILL HAS THE LANGTON GREEN ADDRESS PRINTED ON THE CASE. PROBABLY ALL THE CASES FOR THESE CARDS WILL HAVE SPLIT NOW BECAUSE THE CARD USED TO MAKE THESE CARDS HAS EXPANDED OVER TIME CAUSING THE CASING TO SPLIT.
A VERY RARE SET IN SUPERB CONDITION AND ONE OF THE TOP SUBBUTEO RARITIES.