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A&BC Chewing Gum Ltd were formed in 1949 and produced 16 sets of football cards between 1958 and 1974. Never afraid of inovations, every set co-incided with a football season and tried something new.

The A&BC name apparently comes from the surnames of the four founder of the company; Anysz, Braun & the brothers Coakley. They produced chewing gum initially and then bubble gum, finally including cards on a range of subjects in the packs.

The first footballers to appear were in the 1954 'All Sports' set, in which 36 of the 120 cards featured footballers. The first dedicated set was the 1958 'Planet' set (so named because of a cut-off strip on the top of each strip).

A&BC had a long partnership with the Topps Chewing Gum company from America but this ended in litigation in June 1974. A&BC lost the case and ended up having to wind the company up.

You can read a detailed history of the A&BC company here, researched and written by Nigel Mercer, who also looks after the same football card site which covers the seasons 1965/67 to 1979/80.



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Adkin & Sons

Alexander Boguslavsky Ltd

Amalgamated Press

Amalgamated Press ~ The Pilot

Americana Munchen

Anglo Confectionery Ltd

Ardath

Arsenal

Associated Press

AVA Americana

Barclays

Barratt

Bassett

BAT

Beanstalk

Blackcat

Boys Magazine

Boys Own Paper

BPMCC

Brigham & Co

Bucktrout & Co

Cadet Sweets

Cadle & Co

Caplin & Rosetti

Carreras

Carrs Biscuits

Cavanders

Charlton Athletic

Chix

Chums

Churchman

Clarnico

Clevedon

Clifford

Cohen Weenen

Comet Sweets

Cornish Match Company

Daily Mirror

Daily Sketch

Daily Star

David Rowland

DC Thomson

de Beukelaer Biscuits

Dickson Orde

Evening Chronicle

Evening Mail Sports Argus

FKS Publishers

Fleetway

Footballer Magazine

Futera

Gallaher

Godfrey Phillips

Golden Wonder

Hull City

Hurricane

IPC Magazines

J & F Bell

J Lees

J Millhoff & Co Ltd

J. A. Pattreiouex

JF Collectibles

John Player & Sons

John Sinclair

Jones Bros.

Junior Pastimes

Kane Products

Kellogg's

Kiddys Favourites

Laceys

Lambert & Butler

Lamberts of Norwich

Leaf Confectionery

Leiecester Mercury

Longacre Press

LTA Robinson

Magic Box Int.

Master Vending Machine Company

Match Magazine

Merlin

Mitcham Foods

Mobil

Monty Gum

Nabisco Foods

Nelson Lee Library

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

News Chronicle

NSS

Ogdens

Orbis

P.A. Adolph

Pals

Panini

Pepys

Philip Neill

Pluck

Primrose Confectionary

ProSet

Quaker Oats

R & J Hill

Radio Fun

Roche & Co Ltd

Rockwell Publishing

S & B Products

Scerris Cigarettes

Scotties

Shermans Pools

Shoot Magazine

Sigma Sports

Singletons

Soccer Bubble Gum

Southend United

Spiro Valeri

Sport and Adventure

Sport Magazine

Sportfolio

Sportfoto

Subbuteo

Sunday Empire

Sweetule Products

Swindon Town

Taddy

Texaco

The Beautiful Game

The Boys Friend

The Boys Realm

The Gem Library

The Hotspur

The Magnet Library

The Sun

The Sunday Post

Top Sellers

Topical Times

Topps

Tower Press

Trading Cards 1966

Transimage

Triumph

Ty-Phoo

Unknown

W R Wilkinson

West Midlands Collectors

Wills Cigarettes

Wizard

Young Britain

 
The DT92 Card Museum currently contains cards from the following sets:
 
  1954 'All Sports' Number of cards: 120 (1 to 120)

 
 
  1958 'Planet' Series: 1 Number of cards: 46 (1 to 46)



 
  1958 'Planet' Series: 2 Number of cards: 46 (47 to 92)



 
  1959 'Football Quiz' Series: 1 Number of cards: 49 (1 to 49)



 
  1959 'Football Quiz' Series: 2 Number of cards: 49 (50 to 98)



 
  1960 'Black Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 42 (1 to 42)



 
  1960 'Black Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 42 (43 to 84)



 
  1961 'Plain backs' Number of cards: 64 (1 to 64)



 
  1962 'Bazooka' Number of cards: 82 (1 to 82)



 
  1963 'Make A Photo' Series: 1 Number of cards: 55 (1 to 55)



 
  1963 'Make A Photo' Series: 2 Number of cards: 55 (56 to 110)



 
  1964 'Quiz' Series: 1 Number of cards: 58 (1 to 58)



 
  1964 'Quiz' Series: 2 Number of cards: 45 (59 to 103)



 
  1964 'Quiz' Series: 3 Number of cards: 46 (104 to 149)



 
  1966 'World Cup Footballer Stamps' Number of cards: 51 (1 to 51)



 
  1966 'Footballer Picture Cards' Series: 1 Number of cards: 110 (1 to 110)



 
  1966 'Footballer Picture Cards' Series: 2 Number of cards: 110 (111 to 220)



 
  1967 'Englands Stars (posters)' Number of cards: 12 (1 to 12)



 
  1967 'Footballers (Scottish)' Number of cards: 66 (1 to 66)



 
  1967 'Star Players' Number of cards: 55 (1 to 55)



 
  1968 'Team Pennants' Number of cards: 26 (1 to 26)


 
 
  1968 'Football Quiz - Yellow Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 54 (1 to 54)



 
  1968 'Football Quiz - Yellow Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 47 (55 to 101)



 
  1968 'Free Insert - Nicknames' Series: 2 Number of cards: 20 (1 to 20)



 
  1969 'Scottish Photos' Number of cards: 15 (1 to 15)



 
  1969 'Crinkle-cut' Series: 1 Number of cards: 18 (1 to 18)



 
  1969 'Football Facts - Green Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 64 (1 to 64)



 
  1969 'Crinkle-cut' Series: 2 Number of cards: 18 (19 to 36)



 
  1969 'Football Facts - Green Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 53 (65 to 117)



 
  1969 'Scottish Blue Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 36 (42 to 77)



 
  1969 'Football Facts - Green Backs' Series: 3 Number of cards: 57 (117 to 173)



 
  1970 'Pin-Up Poster' Number of cards: 14 (1 to 14)



 
  1970 'World Cup' Number of cards: 37 (1 to 37)



 
  1970 'Orange Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 84 (1 to 84)



 
  1970 'Orange Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 85 (85 to 169)



 
  1970 'Orange Backs' Series: 3 Number of cards: 86 (170 to 255)



 
  1971 'Scottish Club Crests' Number of cards: 16 (1 to 16)

 
 
 
  1971 'Did You Know?' Series: 1 Number of cards: 109 (1 to 109)



 
  1971 'Football Club Crests' Series: 1 Number of cards: 23 (1 to 23)

 
 
  1971 'Scottish Did You Know?' Series: 1 Number of cards: 73 (1 to 73)



 
  1971 'Did You Know?' Series: 2 Number of cards: 110 (110 to 219)



 
  1971 'Football Superstars' Series: 2 Number of cards: 23 (1 to 23)


 
 
  1971 'Did You Know?' Series: 3 Number of cards: 71 (220 to 290)



 
  1972 'Playing Cards' Number of cards: 22 (1 to 22)

 
 
 
  1972 'Red Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 109 (1 to 109)



 
  1972 'Red Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 110 (110 to 219)



 
  1973 'Photos' Number of cards: 32 (1 to 32)



 
  1973 'Blue Backs' Series: 1 Number of cards: 131 (1 to 131)



 
  1973 'Blue Backs' Series: 2 Number of cards: 132 (132 to 263)



 
  1974 'Red Backs' Number of cards: 132 (1 to 132)



 
   
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