Here we have Paul Mariner, former Plymouth, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Ipswich and England striker, who scored the crucial goal that took England into the 1982 World Cup, and who was in the Ipswich 1978 FA Cup and 1981 UEFA Cup winning teams, won thirty-five England caps and scored thirteen goals for his homeland, but died aged just 68.
The single code on this card comes from our original Trade Indexes, it is too late for the modern volume which ends at 1970.
These cards do not actually say Topps on them, they say "1981 T.I.L." They are unusual because when they were issued it was as sixty-five cards each measuring 63 x 89 m/m, on which were three cards separated by perforations, and the idea was to cut them into separate narrow cards each measuring 63 x 30 m/m. There are also eight players that appear twice, not worked out who they are yet but you can by visiting the Cartophilic Information Exchange at :
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2015/04/topps-toh-9-footballers-blue-backs-1981.html
http://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/topps-toh-9-footballers-blue-backs-1981.html
https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2017/01/topps-toh-9-footballers-blue-back-1980.html