so here was your first clue to this weeks them, the referee, and what do referees all have? A whistle. But our clue referred to the fact that whistling only needs a mouth to do, not any kind of special equipment. And it matters not how well you whistle, because if you are in company someone else will certainly join in and attempt to harmonise.
This set was a base set of 485 cards but there were also limited edition special cards - club badges and autographs, as well as the fact that different players appeared on the packets. A full list of everything that was included in the entire range appears at the Football Cartophilic Info Exchange / Match Attax 2010
Now something I have been told by a reader, already - and many thanks - is that these Match Attax cards started with the 2007-2008 season, and that they were a cross between trading cards and playing cards, that is why there are the points on each card.
Topps lost the UK rights to feature Premier League players for the 2019-2020 season, and Match Attax disappeared. However these rights were picked up by Panini, and they started producing their Adrenalyn XL cards.
Topps did not give up issuing cards though, because they managed to negotiate the UK rights to the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues.