Card of the Day - 2023-03-04

brooke bond play better soccer
Brooke Bond [trade : tea : UK] "Play Better Soccer" (1976) 26/40 - BRM-53

Now you might not know this but football is an excellent example of the science of physics. Head off to KungFuPhysics/soccer and you will learn that the skills of the game encompass almost every type of movement, both of a human body and an orb moving through the air according as to how it is touched. 

This set is fairly easy to acquire and it is bright and cheerful. Plus rather than being just an instruction manual they do feature the players of the time; the introduction of the album was also written by Don Revie, who was the England Manager of the time, from July 1974 to July 1977, so this card is pretty much at the end of his tenure. Stars that appear on the cards include Ray Clemence, Gerry Francis, Colin Todd, and our man Mike Channon But surely this should be Mick Channon?

Do let us know if you agree - and if there was a corrected card - or if I am completely wrong? 

This set only appears in our vintage version of the British Trade Index, in part three. It is described as : "Brooke Bond "Play Better Soccer" Nd. 40. Issued 1976. With album offer card"

so your first challenge is to scan us a copy of that card, front and back, as I do not have one.

Also it would be interesting to hear if anyone knows whether this was the first, or only, set to have an album offer card?