![THO-235 [trade : UK] D.C. Thomson "Famous Teams in Football History" second series [New Hotspur] (1962) Un/16](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/5%20hibernian.jpg?itok=1q6TV85I)
This Saturday card was chosen for the team name, because in 2020 a limited edition single malt whisky was named after Hibernian F.C., the team which was shown on the card, and it was blended and bottled within easy walking distance of their Stadium. There were only five hundred bottles ever produced. Where they are now, who knows, but I bet few have been opened, for such is the way of drink related collectables.
You may be wondering what happened to series one, and if so, well it was a set of twelve cards, but it was issued anonymously and it was recorded as ZB9-19 in our original British Trade Index of 1969. However in our more recent British Trade Index it appears directly before the second series as THO-230
Hibernian Football Club were founded in August 1875, and you can read all about them at their website and I am excited to hear they are one of the top three “greenest” football clubs in the U.K., and the “greenest” in Scotland with Vegan food and many initiatives to reduce waste and consumption.
The team appears on many cards, one of the earliest being our old friend Gallaher “Association Football Club Colours” the reverse of which tells us that they “Became members of the Scottish League in 1895 and won the championship for the first and only time in 1902-3. They won the Scottish Cup so long ago as 1887, and again in 1902, whilst they failed in the final of 1896.”
For more recent cards, do have a look in the online shop run by ItaliaFrance, which has a goodly selection at the moment, including some seldom seen European items - though the Bells card has sold.