| Monty Gum. Apparently Monty Gum is a brand or company name associated with the Monty Factories from the city of Leiden in Holland. They are amazingly resilient producers of football cards, with their first set of English cards produced in 1961, and their most recent in 1990. This site, of course, only covers their cards from 1965/66 to 1979/80. Quality of cards and printing is a bit of an issue with the early Monty cards. There is an excellent Monty Gum site here. |
| 1969/70 | |
| International Football
Teams.
A set of team pictures produced for the international market which includes 11 English
teams. I'm showing a scan of the packet which they came in plus one
card. The back of the packet is written in Dutch, so its all foreign
to me. However, I suspect that it says that the backs of all of the
cards make up a 4-colour poster of Benfica. The
Benfica picture is the same image as card number 57 from the set. There
are no markings on the cards to indicate that they are produced by Monty
Gum or are part of this set. I'm not sure how many countries these cards were sold in, but they don't seem overly common, so perhaps just a handful. There was nothing else from Monty Gum in England for another 6 years, so let's assume that they didn't sell too well in England in 1969 and 1970. A pity really, because they showed some promise.
Number in set: 72 |
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| 1975/76 | |
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Football.
Unnumbered, poor quality cards on a cheap card with plain grey backs.
The quality control on the player and team names is also very suspect,
with one card mentioning both the player and team name as 'Everton'
(actually Terry Darracott). The QPR and Glasgow Rangers cards were
printed with the word 'Football' in either red or yellow writing. The set is mainly of individual players, but also includes some team cards.
Number in set: 204?
I'm not sure. |
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| 1977/78 | |
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World Cup football.
Unnumbered, poor quality cards on a cheap card with plain grey backs.
The wrapper says 'Hannah's present', though I'm not sure who Hannah's
are.
The set is mainly of individual players, but
also includes some team cards.
The wrapper (shown) has some English text on
the back which states:
Number in set: 224 |
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