This card, of Jimmy CASE actually started us off with the way that most holidays start, climbing into the loft for the case. It is always a good idea to check that they are still serviceable, and that they still comply with the size regulations, which may have been changed since last you flew.
However if you are staying at home, you may not need to pack and unpack every day, but you can still wear your best clothes, and maybe discover things you used to enjoy wearing but had forgotten they were there.
Our "Case" of the day is James Robert Case, who was born on May the 18th, 1954, in Liverpool. He played football from a young age, and at work, and in several non-league sides, before joining Liverpool in 1973.
Now according to the Trading Card Database/JCase his "Rookie" card was the F.K.S. 1976 series of "Soccer Stars", and this could be true, because whilst he joined Liverpool in 1973 it seems that he sat on the bench for a while and only played at the end of April 1975.
Most of his cards are from his time at Liverpool, though he was not there that long, for he joined Brighton in August 1981, just in time to be featured in their strip for Panini`s "Football 82".
There are lots of stats, and a biography at LiverpoolFCHistory/JCase
This set was issued with the Daily Star newspaper, who also produced a special album to stick them in. Oddly this was their first issue, but where you would expect another set the following season, this was the only one.
In fact there was a break right until 1992, when they issued a set that some cartophilists do not rate very highly, for it is just tabs with a coloured top, on which is the name of a team - and they were designed to go in a paper sheet with slots, so that you could move the teams up and down the ladder depending on their performances that week.
After that you have to wait another ten years for a new issue - that was the 2002 "World Cup Heroes", which were issued as sheets of stickers, in with the paper, and again there was an album. That year`s World Cup was hosted by two nations South Korea and Japan. Now you might have thought that this would have led to more issues to coincide with the World Cups, but sadly it did not, the next two events passed by with not a single card. Their other issues were either booklets for the World Cups in 2014 and 2018, and with the Premier League fixtures for 2021, and a wallchart to write on for the Euros 2020 and 2024