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(from http://www.ianbyrne.free-online.co.uk/clevelan.htm) Cleveland Petrols were marketed by an independent company based in North East England. The name comes from the Cleveland Hills, not from Cleveland, Ohio. In the 1930s, this company was acquired by the Anglo-American Oil Co (Esso), but the Cleveland name was retained, largely as the subsidiary marketed a benzole blend and an alcohol mixture called Discol. In 1973, Esso chose to end the Cleveland brand and gave up selling benzole or alcohol blends. Cleveland's 2,000 filling stations were soon switched to the Esso brand. They produced two different types of football memorabilia, both of which are well remembered.
1971/72
Joe Mercer's Great Britain Soccer Squad 1971. Busts of top players available from Cleveland Petrol outlets. The collection fitted into a black plastic display stand.

View the set gallery to see all of the busts in this collection.

Set size: 16.
1972/73
Golden Goals. Cleveland produced this series of 20 sticker pages which were obtained from petrol stations each time you bought 3 gallons or £1 worth of petrol.

The stickers could be stuck into a hardback album which was obtainable for only 20p.

Set size: 41 stickers on 20 sticker pages.

The sticker pages are unnumbered, but I have added numbers in the index below according to the Golden Goals numbers. Some of the stickers had a single image, while others had multiple. The complete set is:

Sticker Contents
1 Number 1 - Jose Augusto celebrates a Portugal Goal against Russia in 1966
2 Number 2 - Haller scores for West Germany in World Cup Final 1966.
Number 21 - Jimmy Greaves goal poaching for Spurs against Manchester United.
3 Number 3 - Geoff Hurst, England's World Cup hat-trick hero
Number 12 - The ageless Bobby Charlton of Manchester United.
Number 28 - Graduate goalscorer Alan Gowling scores against Wolves in 1971.
4 Number 4 - England and Manchester City striker Francis Lee.
Number 10 - Ray Crawford of Colchester scores against Leeds in 1971.
Number 36 - Derek Posse of Millwall.
5 Number 5 - Martin Chivers, scoring supremo for Spurs and England.
Number 39 - Mick Channon of Southampton
Number 40 - Champagne Channon, scores for England U-23's against Scotland.
6 Number 6 - Northern Ireland's Derek Dougan heads for England's goal.
Number 29 - Derby drama. Liverpool's Evans slots the ball home versus Everton.
7 Number 7 - Ian Hutchinson heads Chelsea's 2nd goal against Leeds in 1970.
Number 32 - Charlton's header puts United in the lead v. Benfica, European Cup Final 1968.
8 Number 8 - Peter Osgood's equaliser in the 1970 Cup Final replay.
9 Number 9 - George Best - a hat-trick hero for Manchester Utd. v. West Ham.
Number 23 - Portugese man-of-goals Eusebio.
Number 37 - The idol of Highbury, Charlie George.
10 Number 11 - Jeff Astle - England and West Bromwich Albion
Number 19 - Brazil's Rivelino cracks in a goal versus Czechoslovakia, 1970
Number 38 - Newcastle's star striker, Malcolm MacDonald.
11 Number 13 - A Law Special - Denis scores against Sheffield Wednesday.
Number 16 - Arsenal's Graham nets against Stoke in the 1971 Cup semi-final.
12 Number 14 - One of the Best - George scores against West Ham in 1971.
13 Number 15 - Charlie George slams in a penalty against Burnley in 1971.
14 Number 17 - Charlie George wins the 1971 FA Cup for Arsenal at Wembley.
15 Number 18 - Geoff Hurst scores for England against Rumania in Mexico 1970.
Number 24 - Golden goalscorer of West Germany Gerd Muller.
Number 25 - Johann Cruyff, super-star, Holland and Ajax.
16 Number 20 - Santos v. Vasco de Gama and Pele's 1,000th first class goal.
Number 30 - Manchester magic. City's Summerbee nets against United in 1971.
17 Number 22 - England's Chivers scores against Greece in Athens in 1971.
Number 33 - Muhren blasts a penalty into Arsenal's goal for Ajax.
18 Number 26 - Eusebio strokes a penalty past Banks, England v. Portugal 1966.
19 Number 27 - Another wonder-goal for Ajax for Johann Cruyff.
Number 41 - Ted MacDougall of Bournemouth scores in Geoff Hurst's Testimonial match.
20 Number 31 - Chalmers scores Celtic's 1967 European Cup winner versus Inter Milan.
Number 34 - Willie Carr, Coventry's master in midfield.
Number 35 - Ernie Hunt, Coventry's hero of Highfield Road.


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