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Classic Heavyweight 1967-1980. |
References 101 - 200. |
The teams up to reference 150 continue the big expansion of European club sides of 1972-73, covering more Italian sides, as well as teams from Switzerland, South Africa, Austria, German and France (showing the Subbuteo export markets of the time). After this, we see the World Cup 1970 teams finally join the numbered range, plus an update for the 1974 World Cup of Australia, Zaire and Haiti. There is also the first sighting for the classic (but very wrong) Santos of Brazil.
1974 also sees a return to the English and Scottish leagues, covering a few more minor sides, and updating other clubs. This took the chart to 190, which it where it remained until 1978.
After a false start in 1977, which saw numbers 191-195 used and then disregarded, the team range exploded in 1978 with an increase from 190 teams to 322 teams. This page just touches on the first 10 of these new teams, which again are mainly updates and additions to the English and Scottish leagues. The original 191-195 only feature in an Italian catalogue update, but they are UK teams, and were sold in the UK under these references (albeit in small numbers).
Getting back to the 1972 expansion. An interesting addition is the new Crystal Palace at ref 102. Previous changes to the Crystal Palace kit had stayed on reference 40, and a new number signals that this practice of replacing obsolete references will cease for a few years. The next team to get a catalogued change is ref 173 Portsmouth which gains blue shorts in 1977. This is a minor change, but seems to get the ball rolling as the 1978 expansion sees a number of sides replaced. This is most obvious in the French section (136-150), where French distributors Delacoste would update the teams on a yearly basis.
The Team Colour Chart.
Dating information - the figures in brackets are how long each number continued as a lightweight.
The South African sides 115-118 and 120 all leave the range by 1984.
121- 126 Austrian sides, 127 - 134 German sides
136 - 150 French sides (unless otherwise stated)
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Italian issue only?
Teams 151-164 (plus 166) were all released first as named World Cup teams for the 1970 World Cup. They were given numbers in the normal range in 1973.
Luton 1979-80 | Burnley 1979-80 |
173 with blue shorts 1977-80
The Original 191-195 (as shown in the Italian Catalogue of 1976)
These teams were given the numbers 191-195 in the Italian catalogues of 1976, while the English catalogues stayed at 190 throughout 1976 and 1977. However, these teams were sold in England in 1976-77 - either in named boxes such as "New West Ham", or simply "West Ham", or as properly numbered boxes. So these teams can be found in the long boxes with card interiors from the mid-1970s (whereas the 191 below would've been in a short box). I've no idea why Subbuteo forgot these numbers when the large 1978 team increase took place.
The "with trim" version.
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