Card of the Day - 2022-08-20

The clue here was the the team, which was not so easy to spot on the front of the card, but was revealed on the back to be Queen`s Park Rangers. This gave us the "Park" and the "Ranger" who looks after them, also the "Green" of the colour is the green of the forests and moors, though maybe not at the moment

Had a bit of a play with the code with this, putting the issuer first. How do you like it? This is slightly sneaky of me because working on the index has proven that if the codes come first it does not really work, first of all the trade ones are in the wrong place, as is any continental trade which does not have codes at all. I`m considering removing the codes from the title entirely as well, and making them the last part of the text. This will allow me to tell which book they are from and explain or even scan the handbook references. All opinions, pro or con, to webmaster@card-world.co.uk

The O2/101 code comes from our original Ogdens Reference Book, and simply describes the set. The H.316 code is from the handbook, and reads :

As you will see they are not all association football clubs, some are rugby. One which I had to look up was Bradford P.A.A.F.C. but it turns out to be Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club, which at first look was only founded in 1987. But it turns out that it was named after the original club of that name which was operational from 1908 until 1970, and was called such so as not to be confused with Bradford City. Park Avenue was the location of its ground.