All A&BC Tottenham Hotspur Cards 1954 - 1974

A&BC cards are one of the great names in the world of football trade cards. Although first producing football cards as part of its 'All Sports' series in 1954, the company was to produce dedicated annual football card series from 1958 to 1974 (when the company was taken over by Topps).

This has a wonderful overlap for Spurs as 1958 - 1974 was the period when Bill Nicholson was the manager of Tottenham Hotspur. The A&BC football series therefore are a nice record of the teams that developed during the great man's time at the helm at White Hart Lane.

I won't add any more about the A&BC Bubble Gum Company as a superb, in-depth history can be found on Nigel Webster's superb site: Nigels' Webspace (Gallery of English Football Cards 1965-1980): History of A&BC cards.

Apart from a few exceptions, I now have all Spurs A&BC cards issued and have also included a number of stickers and paper items which were issued alongside the cards which I feel deserve a place in this collection.

Although not always the best quality produced cards (especially the earlier series), these remain much loved by a generation of football fans.

Here are the Tottenham Hotspur items from one of the truly great issuers of football cards...