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WOLVES IN DETAIL
FKS stickers were the original sticker producers in the UK providing not just a random selection of players but a full set for each team. Commencing in 1966 with a World Cup edition the first football league season commenced the following term. They continued through to 1982 when they finished with a Spain 82 edition for the World Cup.
1967-68 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The first series consisted of 330 cards 72mm x 50mm in size and featured 15 cards for all 22 teams in the First Division, the backs adorned with name and number only. The 15 players representing Wolves were; 316 - Mike Bailey, 317 - David Burnside, 318 - Pat Buckley, 319 - Fred Davies, 320 - Derek Dougan, 321 - Alun Evans, - 322 - Ron Flowers, 323 - Graham Hawkins, 324 - John Holsgrove, 325 - Peter Knowles, 326 - Phil Parkes, 327 - Gerry Taylor, 328 - Bobby Thomson, 329 - Terry Wharton and 330 - Les Wilson
1968-69 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The second edition, as the first, consisted of 330 cards 72mm x 50mm in size again featuring 15 cards for all 22 teams in the First Division, this time however, there were player details on the back. All the Wolves cards are shown below. Note the spelling of Derek Parkin's christian name.
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1969-70 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The third edition, consisted again of 330 cards 72mm x 50mm in size featuring 15 cards for all 22 teams in the First Division, this time reverting back to the original backs with just the number and player name and club. 10 the Wolves cards are displayed below with those missing being 322 - Peter Knowles, 324 - Francis Munro, 325 - Phil Parkes and 326 - Derek Parkin
Typical back
316 - Mike Bailey
317 - Hugh Curran
318 - Derek Dougan
319 - John Farrington
320 - David Galvin
321 - John Holsgrove
323 - John McAlle
327 - Gerry Taylor
328 - Dave Wagstaffe
329 - Les Wilson
330 - David Woodfield
1970-71 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars Gala Collection
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The fourth edition expanded to 420 cards of 72mm x 50mm in size. Again there were 15 cards for all 22 teams in the First Division, but this time the set included a Second Division Star Gallery, both European Cup Finalists and the Best Players of Mexico 70. 9 the Wolves cards are displayed below with those missing being 317 - Hugh Curran, 320 - Danny Hegan, 321 - John Holsgrove, 324 - Mike O'Grady, 325 - John Oldfield and 326 - Phil Parkes.
Typical back
316 - Mike Bailey
322 - Jim McCalliog
328 - Gerry Taylor
318 - Derek Dougan
323 - Frank Munro
329 - Dave Wagstaffe
319 - Bobby Gould
327 - Derek Parkin
330 - Les Wilson
1971-72 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The next edition reverted back to the 15 cards for all teams in the First Division with the addition this time of the club badge making 352 cards in the complete collection. The cards again were 72mm x 50mm in size (except for the club badge) and this time there were black and white head shots on the rear. All 16 Wolves cards are displayed below.
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Typical back
V - Club Badge
316 - Mike Bailey
317 - Hugh Curran
318 - Derek Dougan
319 - Bobby Gould
320 - Danny Hegan
321 - Ken Hibbitt
322 - John Holsgrove
323 - John McAlle
324 - Jim McCalliog
325 - Frank Munro
326 - John Oldfield
327 - Phil Parkes
328 - Derek Parkin
329 - Gerry Taylor
330 - Dave Wagstaffe
1972-73 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The sixth edition again had 15 cards for each teams in the First Division. Additional cards tis time were 25 circular stickers which were collated on a poster. 72mm x 50mm in size the rear lost the photograph with 12 of the Wolves stickers displayed below. The missing stickers are 319 - Peter Eastoe, 324 - Frank Munro and 329 - Gerry Taylor.
Note how the Phil Parkes photo is the same as the previous season with the background adjusted slightly!
Typical back
316 - Mike Bailey
321 - Ken Hibbitt
326 - Derek Parkin
317 - Hugh Curran
322 - John McAlle
327 - John Richards
318 - Derek Dougan
323 - Jim McCalliog
328 - Bernard Shaw
320 - Danny Hegan
325 - Phil Parkes
330 - Dave Wagstaffe
1973-74 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The seventh edition saw a major revamp with the total number of stickers dropping to 304. With the stickers now in landscape and containing a small head shot of the layer and club colours alongside the main image the number dropped to 13 for each club which was boosted by 14 cards for the previous seasons FA Cup Winners Sunderland
Typical back
274 - Mike Bailey
277 - Derek Jefferson
280 - Jim McCalliog
283 - Derek Parkin
275 - Derek Dougan
278 - Steve Kindon
281 - Frank Munro
284 - John Richards
276 - Ken Hibbitt
279 - John McAlle
282 - Phil Parkes
285 - Gerry Taylor
286 - David Wagstaffe
1974-75 - The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars
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The next edition reverted back to the portrait stickers with 14 or 15 for each team amounting to 320 in total. The stickers reduced in size slightly to 64mm x 45mm and were printed on a thicker paper. The full Wolves set is below.
Typical back
306 - Mike Bailey
309 - Ken Hibbitt
313 - Frank Munro
317 - Barry Powell
307 - Steve Daley
310 - Derek Jefferson
314 - Geoff Palmer
318 - John Richards
308 - Derek Dougan
311 - Steve Kindon
315 - Derek Parkin
319 - Alan Sunderland
312 - John McAlle
316 - Gary Pierce
320 - David Wagstaffe
1975-76 - Soccer Stars
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The ninth edition saw a return to the thinner paper after a season and again featured all First Division teams with 14 portraits each. 64mm x 45mm in size there were also cards featuring stars of Scotland, Ireland and Wales alongside a number of European Team Pictures taking the set to 360 in total. 13 of the Wolves set are featured below with the missing card being 297 - Steve Daley.
Typical back
295 - Mike Bailey
299 - Derek Jefferson
303 - Geoff Palmer
296 - Willie Carr
300 - Steve Kindon
304 - Derek Parkin
307 - Barry Powell
298 - Ken Hibbitt
301 - John McAlle
305 - Phil Parkes
302 - Frank Munro
306 - Gary Pierce
308 - John Richards
1976-77 - Soccer Stars
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The next edition saw another change as the cards again went into a landscape version and featured a head and shoulder photo and an action shot for each player. Each First Division team were represented by either 12, 13, 14 or 15 players with some teams having their manager. Other cards represented match action and large posters featuring 9 cards.
With Wolves having been relegated at the end of the previous season there was no representation, however, manager Bill McGarry did appear in the album.
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16 - Bill McGarry (front)
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16 - Bill McGarry (rear)
1977-78 - Soccer Stars
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This edition reverted back to the portrait single shot 64mm x 44mm in size. The series expanded to 28 teams with the total cards rising to 400 in the set. The backs of the card were plain apart from the players name and the card number, however, there was no indication of where the glue was to be applied and by adhering fully in the book you blanked out the player profile.
Teams were represented by anything from 12 to 15 cards with some also featuring a team group shot. Wolves only had 12 cards on their page all of which are shown below. All the cards I own have been removed from the book, thus I cannot show how the backs looked.
1978-79 - Soccer Stars Golden Collection
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The twelfth edition was the largest set to date with 448 cards in total whilst all cards had a gold background. This collection featured all 22 First Division teams along with all 10 Scottish Premier League teams. This was the first season where self-adhesive backs were used.
Each team were represented by 14 cards with 11 of the Wolves stickers shown below, the missing being; 296 - Paul Bradshaw, 297 - George Berry & 305 - Derek Parkin
Soccer Stars 80
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The next edition featured more teams again this time including Second Division Team Photo's as well as England Under 21's. Self adhesive backs again with player profile added with all teams represented by 13 cards of which 8 of the Wolves are displayed below.
The 5 Wolves cards missing are 274 - Norman Bell, 281 - John McAlle, 282 - Geoff Palmer, 284 Martin Patching & 286 - John Richards
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275 - George Berry
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277 - Willie Carr
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279 - Peter Daniel
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283 - Derek Parkin
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276 - Paul Bradshaw
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278 - Steve Daley
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280 - Ken Hibbitt
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285 - Bill Rafferty
Soccer 81
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This edition totalled 450 cards and featured all First Division teams given 12 players and a team badge whilst the backs of the stickers had a player profile on them. The remainder of the set contained the Scottish Premier Division teams, but not the full set like previous collections and was supplemented by 'Star Players' from the Second and Third Divisions as well as by International Trophies, Top Transfers and USA Star Players which was players who had travelled to the States to play.
All Wolves cards are featured below with the exception of 306 - Geoff Palmer. A further card 419 - Andy Gray also featured in the USA Stars section.
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295 - Team Badge
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298 - Paul Bradshaw
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299 - Willie Carr
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302 - Mel Eves
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303 - Andy Gray
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307 - Derek Parkin
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296 - Colin Brazier
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300 - Wayne Clarke
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297 - George Berry
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301 - Peter Daniel
304 - Ken Hibbitt
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305 - Emlyn Hughes
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308 - John Richards
Soccer 82
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The final series consisted of 400 stickers of 17 for each First Division team and 10 for three Scottish Premier League Teams. Each of the teams featured 15 player photos and a 'double' picture that comprised either a team photograph or an action shot. The album itself contained 4 stickers printed in the album, one of which was the right half of the Wolves team group.
355 - Team Group (left half)
359 - John McAlle
363 - Derek Parkin
367 - Norman Bell
356 - Paul Bradshaw
360 - George Berry
364 - Andy Gray
368 - Emlyn Hughes
357 - Geoff Palmer
361 - Ken Hibbitt
365 - John Richards
369 - Wayne Clarke
358 - Rafael Villazen
362 - Hugh Atkinson
366 - Mel Eves
370 - Willie Carr
Euro Soccer Postcards
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In 1975-76 FKS experimented with a new series, this one of postcard team groups in a set of 55. The series featured all 22 First Division teams, the remaining postcards being teams from across Europe.
With Wolves being a member of the First Division they appeared in the album, however, by some quirk there were two different Wolves postcards, the only team to have a variation. Both are displayed below..
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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