Our first clue card referred to the fact that Alice Ellen Terry was born on the 27th of February 1847 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Her family were travelling players, in a theatrical company based out of Portsmouth, where her maternal grandfather was a minister.
So here we have Ronald Raymond Rees, who was born in April 1944, and who played for Coventry City for six years, starting out with their youth team, and moving to the main squad in 1962 when he was almost eighteen.
He also played for the National Team of Wales almost forty times.
This card almost marks the beginning of the end for our man, because he left Coventry City in 1968, transferred to West Bromwich Albion, but he did not like it here and moved on to Nottingham Forest in 1969. That transfer fee was slightly less, and it continued to drop as he moved to Swansea and then to Haverfordwest.
He died in October 2023, at the age of just 79.
This set is not so easy to track down in our British Trade Indexes, but it is in part II with the A & B.C. Football grouping under ABF-10.5. The problem is that the words "Star Players" are jumbled in that black square so if you cannot fathom it you will bypass this. Anyway the description reads :
5. Titled "Star Players"on front. Back 5 in black. 82 x 56. (55). For anonymous "Pin Ups" issued with this series, see set ZJ9-4
Better head off there then! That reads :
SET ZJ9-4. WORLD CUP FOOTBALLERS 1966. (A). EL., about 140 x 92, on paper. Front per No.1 at Fig.ZJ9-B, caption in uneven rectangle, black asterisk-type stars superimposed. Issued by A & B.C. with Set ABF-10-5. Unnd. (12)
It then lists them, so that will be scanned and appear asap.
Now I am not sure how the two were issued together, being that they are different sizes, but maybe you do?
In our updated British Trade Index the set is crossreferenced under "Star Players - See under Footballers 1978/68 AAB-350". Once there, both parts are described as :
FOOTBALLERS (A) 1967/68.
1. 81 x 56. Nd. (55). Titled "Star Players" on front. Black backs inscribed "Collect the set of 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" full colour Pin-Ups of England`s Stars".
2. 140 x 92. Unnd. (12). Issued with "Footballers Star Players" see above/ Known as "World Cup Footballers 1966". Anonymous. See HA-13
that will be another list of the players so I will compare it at the same time I do the other scan.