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Topical Times  Panel Portraits (10 x 4) Black and White and Coloured sets shown.

Prices vary: £2-£40 each. The Scottish and Irish sets always demand higher prices. Though a few of the English ones are equally as evasive to find.

 

The Football League was formed in 1888, it was originally formed from just 12 teams, my team Everton had actually been going for 10years previously. These Panel Portraits are from sets by D.C. Thomson, they age around the 1930s, mainly 1932-1939, their images now form part of a wider stage in history. The shorts were called "Knickers". The boots were more like those that the modern day army uses. Often studs were "sharpened". Supposedly a time when Men were Men!

Certainly a time I would get a clout from my dad...

 The above photographs are all from the Coloured set of Panel Portraits, measuring approx 10 x 4, they were presented weekly to be placed in one album, they include:

 

Willie Lyon (Celtic), Thomas Brady (Hibernian), William J Bruce (Albion Rovers),                               Robert Beattie (Kilmarnock), W. Dale (Manchester City), Rob Baxter (Middlesbrough),                     Stewart Calderwood (Partick Thistle), W.J. Crayston (Arsenal), Robert Harrison (Hamilton Academicals), Thomas Mooney (Airdrie), Vic Woodley (Chelsea) and W. Martin (Queen's Park).

 

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 The above photographs are all from the Coloured set of Panel Portraits, measuring approx 10 x 4, they were presented weekly to be placed in one album, they include:

 

R. Shankly (Falkirk),

Jock Epraim Dodds (Sheffield United),

Len Butt (Huddersfield Town),  Free with issue 879 September 19th 1936.                 

John Lowe (Arbroath),

James Mercer (Everton),

Harold Hobbis (Charlton Athletic), Free with issue 880 September 26th 1936.                                 

Jack Atkinson (Bolton Wanderers),

J. Nicholas (Derby County), Free with issue 880 September 26th 1936. 

A. Hastings (Sunderland), Free with issue 879 September 19th 1936.                     

Frank Soo (Stoke City), Free with issue 878 September 12th 1936.

Hutton Bremner (Motherwell),

J. Gutherie (Dundee),                                                

C. Wilson-Jones (Birmingham),

Andrew Black (Hearts),

George Thomson (Aberdeen),                         

Jimmy Denmark (Third Lanark),

Clifford Parker (Portsmouth), Free with issue 878 September 12th 1936.

and Bert Sproston (Leeds United).

Above are the 10 x 4 inch photographs of footballers called Panel Portraits given by Topical Times. There are several sets, I will list the complete 10 x 4 sets, though I am short of a few! Please click on the photograph for a larger image.

 

The list is as follows:

 Set One English.

George Antonio (Stoke City), Free with issue 1036 September 23rd 1939.

R. Barclay (Sheffield United),

George Bargh (Preston North End),            

Jack Barker (Derby County),

William Barraclough (Wolverhampton Wanderers),                                

 Stanley Bentham (Everton), Free with issue 1033 September 1939.

Jackie Bestall (Grimsby Town),

Ralph Birkett (Middlesborough), Free with issue 838 December 07th 1935.              

Frank Boulton (Derby County),

Walter Boyes (West Bromwich Albion),                                                   

Harry Burgess (Sheffield Wednesday), 

M. Busby (Manchester City),                                                               

William Bart-Cairns (Newcastle United), Free with issue 1037 September 30th 1939.

Ted Catlin (Sheffield Wednesday), Free with issue 835 November 16th 1935.                                        

Thomas Miles-Cheetham (Brentford), Free with issue 1032 August 26th 1939.

Frank C. Chilvers (Blackburn Rovers), Free with issue 1038 October 1939.

Ted Drake (Arsenal),        

Patsy Gallacher (Sunderland), Free with issue 840 December 21st 1935. 

Tom Gardner (Aston Villa),

Albert Geldard (Everton),                                  

Pat Glover (Grimsby Town),

T.P. Griffiths (Bolton Wanderers),

Robert Gurney (Sunderland),                 

H.E. JIM Hammond (Fulham),

Frederick Haycock (Aston Villa),

Harry Hibbs (Birmingham),              

Gordon Hodgson (Liverpool),

Harry Holdcroft (Preston North End),

Jack Holliday (Brentford),          

Arthur Housam (Sunderland), Free with issue 1036 September 23rd 1939 

Donald Howe (Bolton Wanderers),

Frederick Howe (Grimsby Town), Free with issue 1033 September 1939          

G. Hunt (Tottenham Hotspur),

James Jackson (Liverpool),

Tom Johnson (Everton),                                      

Eric Keen (Derby County), Free with issue 838 December 07th 1935

George Laking (Middlesborough),

Alf Lythgoe (Huddersfield),                         

D. Mangnall (Huddersfield Town),

Stan Matthews (Stoke City), Free with issue 831 Octoer 19th 1935. 

G. Milburn (Leeds United),                  

Jackie Milne (Arsenal), Free with issue 835 November 16th 1935.

Jack Milsom (Bolton Wanderers),

William McNaughton (Gateshead and Hull City),

Peter O'Dowd (Chelsea),

Joseph Payne (Chelsea), Free with issue 1037 September 30th 1939.

Charlie Phillips (Wolverhampton Wanderers),  Free with issue 840 December 21st 1935.           

J.R. Richardson (Newcastle United),

W.G. Richardson (West Bromwich Albion),                                

Thomas Rowe (Portsmouth), Free with issue 1038 October 1939.

James Ruffell (West Ham United),

David Russell (Sheffield Wednesday),  

Ted Sagar (Everton),

Bob Salmond (Portsmouth),

George Shaw (West Bromwich Albion),                   

Harold Shaw (Sunderland),

Dick Spence (Chelsea)

Ronnie Starling (Sheffield Wednesday),                             

Frank Swift (Manchester City), Free with issue 831 October 19th 1935. 

George Henry Tadman (Charlton Athletic), 

Tom Waring (Aston Villa),   

Sam Weaver (Newcastle United),

Maurice Webster (Middlesbrough),                                                        

Dennis Westcott (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Free with issue 1032 August 26th 1939.

Ray Westwood (Bolton Wanderers),                                     

Ken Willingham (Huddersfield Town),

Fred Worrall (Portsmouth),

Benny Yorston (Sunderland).

 

All the above were either given free as gifts with the Topical Times or bought as one on January 04th 1936 as one in issue 842.

 

Set Two, Scottish and Irish.

 

V. Aitken (Glentoran),

Matt Armstrong (Aberdeen),

H. Baird (Linfield),

James Balfour (Dundee),

John Blair (Mothewell),

Hugh Boyd (Clyde).

George Brown (Rangers),

H. Bullock (Portadown),

D. Cranston (Newry Town),

Neil Dewer (Third Lanark),

Eddie Falloon (Aberdeen),

W. Gamble (Ards),

J. Gibb, (Cliftonville),

H.C. Hewitt (Linfield),

Robert Hogg (Celtic),

R. Irvine (Derry City),

R. Johnstone (Hearts),

J. Kelly (Derry),

E. Magill (Glenavon)

James Maxwell (Kilmarnock),

Norman McCaw (Cliftonville),

William McClearly (Linfield),

K. McCulloch (Belfast Celtic),

William McFayden (Motherwell),

James McGory (Celtic),

John McGourty (Partick Thistle and Everton),

W.J. Mitchell (Ballymena),

John McNinch (Ballymena),

Alec Munro (Heart of Midlothian),

S. Patton (Distillery),

William Pollock (Belfast Celtic),

L. Priestley (Coleraine),

Maurice Piper (Linfield),

Robert Rankine (St Mirren),

Bobby Reid (Hmilton Academicals),

Fred Roberts (Glentoran),

William Stewart (Cowdenbeath).

 

Set Three English.

 

Samuel Armes (Leeds United), Free with issue 983 September 17th 1938.

Frank Baker (Stoke City),

Harold Barton (Sheffield United),

Samuel Bartrum (Charlton Athletic),Free with issue 983 September 17th 1938.

C.S. Batin (Arsenal),

James F. Beattie (Portsmouth),

R. Blackmore (Bolton Wanderers), Free with issue 639 February 13th 1932.

J.W. Bowers (Derby County), Free with issue 640 February 20th 1932.

Robert Bruce (Middlesbrough), Free with issue 645 March 1932.

James Conner (Sunderland), Free with issue 640 February 20th 1932.

Stanley Cullis (Wolverhampton Wanderers),

James Dunne (Sunderland), Free with issue 640 February 20th 1932.

Joseph S. Foxall (West Ham United),

C. Gee (Everton), Free with issue 640 February 20th 1932.

Ernest Hine (Leicester City), Free with issue 644 March 1932.

Mark Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday),

W.E. Houghton (Aston Villa),

Robert T. Iverson (Aston Villa),

Thomas G. Jones (Everton),

Wilfred Mannion (Middlesbrough),

John Mapson (Sunderland)

Robert Redwood (Manchester United), Free with issue 984 September 24th 1938.

E. Sandford (West Bromwich Albion),

Jack Smith (Portsmouth), Free with issue 646 March 1932.

Thomas M. Smith (Preston North End), Free with issue 984 September 24th 1938.

Wiliam Sneddon (Brentford).

 

 

Set Four Scottish and Irish Rare.

 

James Anderson (Queen of the South),

Joe Bambrick (Linfield),

Barney Battles (Heart of Midlothian),

Robert M. Cross (Queen's Park),

David Currie (Ayr United),

John Divers (Celtic),

Sam English (Rangers),

Robert Ferguson (St Mirren),

J. Geary (Glentoran),

Frank Hill (Aberdeen),

Ian Johnstone (Third Lanark),

J. Jones (Linfield),

"Boy" Martin (Royal Ulster Rifles and Cliftonville),

R. McAuley (Ranges),

Douglas H. McAvoy (Kilmarnock),

Duncan F. McClure (Hearts),

John McInally (Arbroath),

James Miller (Hibernian),

James Morgan (Hamilton Academicals),

C. Napier (Celtic),

Sidney Nicholson (Aberdeen),

Alexander Peat (Falkirk),

T. Smith (Kilmarnock),

George Sutherland (Partick Thistle).