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WOLVES IN DETAIL
Sweetule Products were producers of wholesale and retail confectionary from the 1950's through to the mid 1970's and issued cards within the packaging. They did produce sweet cigarettes with images on the pack of the pack rather than inside.
They produced numerous cards series from birds to aircraft, flowers to fauna and beyond. There sporting series consisted of various sports with only a couple specifically for football, a Football Club Nicknames series and an International Footballers collection. The also produced footballers in a Sports Quiz series.
1958 - Sports Quiz
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This series consisted of 25 cards, 6 of which were football. Other sports included were Cricket, Rugby, Judo, Tennis, Table Tennis, Skiing, Swimming, Ice Hockey, Wrestling, Hockey, Archery and the High Jump. Wolves were represented in the series by card No 4 - Billy Wright.
1959 - Football Club Nicknames
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Another series of 25 cards featuring split pictures of an image depicting the club nickname, the second showing the clubs colours and posing the question 'Guess Which Club'. The Wolves card is shown below.
1962 - International Footballers
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This series were printed on the back of the sweet cigarettes packet. Containing 25 images Wolves were represented twice with No. 2 - Billy Wright and No. 21 - Peter Broadbent
Sat 5th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.
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Mon 7th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Derby County Res.
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Sat 19th April 1947
Wolves Res. v Liverpool Res.
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Fri 26th March 1948
Wolves Res. v Barnsley Res.
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Sat 3rd April 1948
Wolves Res. v Preston North End Res.
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Sat 17th April 1948
Wolves Res. v Manchester United Res.
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