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SUBBUTEO CLASSIC HEAVYWEIGHT TEAM REFERENCES 1-50

 

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  1. One of the two standard teams. 1965-81
    1960's - Arsenal, AFC Bournemouth, Barnsley, Charlton Athletic, Lincoln City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesborough, Notts. Forest, Brechin City, Stiring Albion, Doncaster Rovers, York City, Aberdeen, Third Lanark, Wrexham. 1970’s - Workington, Cliftonville (N.Ireland), Portadown (N.Ireland)

  2. The other standard kit. 1965-81
    1960’s - Chesterfield, Everton, Gillingham, Halifax Town, Leyton Orient, Leicester City, Portsmouth, Albion Rovers, Cowdenbeath, Rangers, Raith Rovers, St. Johnstone, Queen of the South. 1970’s - Cardiff City, Carlisle United, Hartlepool, Ipswich Town, Peterborough United, Rochdale, Stranraer, Glenavon (N.Ireland), Linfield (N.Ireland)

  3. West Bromwich Albion, Huddersfield Town, Kilmarnock 1965-81 Normally painted without arm stripes, but sometimes these are added. Teams with arm stripes often have sock trim as well, although not always (See below)

  4. Stoke City, Sunderland 1965-81  

  5. Manchester City, Ballymena United (N.Ireland), Malmo (Sweden), Lazio, Napoli and Treviso (All Italy).      

 

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  1. Watford, Hull City, Oxford United, Cambridge United, Alloa Athletic, Bewick Rangers, Meadowbank Thistle, East Fife 1965-81

  2. West Ham United, Aston Villa, Burnley, Aldershot 1965-81

  3. Newcastle United, Grimsby Town, Notts County, Dunfermline Athletic 1965-81

  4. Southampton, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Brentford, Lincoln City, Exeter City 1965-81

  5. Fulham, Darlington, Derby County, Luton Town, Bradford City, Swansea City, Clyde, Port Vale,    Rochdale, Gateshead, Austria, West Germany 1965-1981

     

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  1. Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Greenock Morton 1965-81

  2. Bristol Rovers 1965-81

  3. Blackpool, Holland 1965-81 

  4. Belgium, Swindon Town, Crewe Alexander, AFC Bournemouth, Beringen (Belgium), Edo (Holland), Nuremberg IFC (West Germany), Yugoslavia, Albania 1965-81

  5. Eire, Northern Ireland, Cork Hibernians (Eire), Plymouth Argyle 1965-81

 

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  1. Arsenal, Rotherham United 1965-81 

  2. Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion 1965-81

  3. Bury, Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, Preston North End, Scunthorpe United, Mansfield Town, Tranmere Rovers, Finland, Greece, East Germany, Iceland 1965-81

  4. Barcelona (Spain), Crystal Palace 1965-81 

  5. Hamilton Academicals 1965-81 This had black shorts 1965-69 White thereafter (See below) 

 

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White shorts 1970-81

 

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  1. Leeds United, Tranmere Rovers, Swansea City, Torquay United, Milwall, Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, Northampton Town, York City, Colchester United, Darlington 1965-81

  2. Sheffield Wednesday 1965-81

  3. Bradford City, Partick Thistle  1965-81 The stripes on this team seem to start as red and yellow, before becoming claret and amber. The red and yellow version then switches to ref 61 for a couple of years before disappearing.  There is also a "with trim" version circa 1978 (See below) to match the Partick Thistle kit of the time, although not featured in the catalogues. This also sees a return to red and yellow stripes. 

  4. Queens Park 1965-81 First Version - Black shorts 1965-69. Second version - White shorts 1970 onwards (See below)

  5. Celtic 1965-81

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  1. Bangor (N.Ireland), Drumcondra (Eire) 1965-81  This team is listed with blue shorts from 1970-71 until 1972-73, but reverts back to black with the illustrated catalogues. The version with blue shorts then becomes reference 121

  2. Hearts, Arbroath, Stenhousemuir, York City, Burnley 1965-81  Possible alternate version that looks a little like Ajax. Worn by Hearts for the 1972/73 season, it doesn't feature in the catalogues (but I managed to purchase this one off EBay) (See below)

  3. Norwich City 1965-81  First Version - Black shorts 1965-69 Standard second version - Green shorts, white socks 1970-78 (See below) Variation - Yellow socks 1970-78 (See below) "New Norwich" variation with trim 1979-81 (See below)

  4. Partick Thistle 1965-81

  5. Dumbarton, Bewick Rangers, Cambridge United, Burton Albion 1965-81

 

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  1. Blackburn Rovers 1965-81 Socks can be reversed (See below) 

  2. Barnet, Alloa Athletic 1965-81 This kit was advertised (as Alloa Athletic) with black shorts from 1970-73, before returning to the original white shorted version for the illustrated catalogues (i.e. from 1973-74). 

  3. Bishop Auckland - Famous non-league team. 1965-81

  4. St. Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic, Juventus (Italy) 1965-81

  5. Milano (Italy), Barnet, East Fife, Hull City 1965-81

 

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  1. Floriana (Malta) and Wageningen (West Germany) 1965-81

  2. Oldham and Kilmarnock in the 1960's, this gains BSC Hertha (West Germany) in the 1970's (1965-81)

  3. Grimsby Town in the early 1960's. Possibly also used by Montpellier (France) 1965-80

  4. Poland, Airdrie in the 1960’s, Walsall in the 1970’s 1965-81

  5. Crystal Palace 1965-81 First Version - Red and blue hoops, white shorts -1965-67 Later Version - Claret and light blue stripe, white shorts – 1968-81 (See below)

 

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  1. Liverpool, Scunthorpe United, Stirling Albion, Brechin City, Bristol City, Leyton Orient, Rotherham United, Crewe Alexander, Aberdeen, Middlesborough, Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers 1965-81  

  2. Chelsea  1960’s - Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City, Leicester City, Peterborough United, Mansfield Town. 1970’s - Southend, Oldham, Montrose, Raith Rovers.  Sometimes later versions of this kit can be seen with white trim (See below) 

  3. Coventry City, Reading, Chester City 1965-81

  4. Dundee, Falkirk 1965-81

  5. Hibernian 1965-81

 

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  1. Motherwell, Marsaxlokk FC (Malta) 1965-81 This kit has amber shorts from 1970-73, it then returns to having white shorts (See below)  

  2. Southport, Mansfield Town, Manchester United 2nd, Arsenal 2nd, Ipswich Town 2nd, Southampton 2nd, Everton 2nd, Sweden 1965-81  Shirt was tangerine from 1970/71 to 1972/73 when it was Oldham Athletic and Halifax Town (See below)

  3. Spain 1965-81

  4. Wolves, Cambridge United, Southport, Torquay United, Dundee United, Motherwell.  First version - All Gold with black trim until 1965-69  Second version - Tangerine with black trim 1970-80 (See below) 

  5. Brazil 1965-81 

 

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