Soccer Stars 83-84
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FKS ceased issuing in 1981-2, but here they make a comeback - in a manner of speaking. In the interim since the last collection, the firm had been taken over by Quadriga NST, but the story gets more complex: Since season 1977-8, the FKS albums had all been released in Denmark, with Danish text but (from what we can tell, given the limited amount of information available) identical sticker sets. After the last UK album of 1981-2, the Danish releases continued with Engelsk Tips-Fodbold 82/83, which of course contained sticker sets never seen in Britain. But when Quadriga NST launched Soccer Stars 83-84 in the UK, the Villa set contained more than half the stickers from last year's Dutch collection, along with some new ones (which included three new signings, photographed in their old club colours). The album pages were bright green, and the UK sticker set is shown below; there was also a new Dutch set issued this season, but we have yet to see what was on the Villa page!
Please contact us if you can add anything to what we currently know. Our grateful thanks to Mark Hughesdon for information and scans on this page.
Please contact us if you can add anything to what we currently know. Our grateful thanks to Mark Hughesdon for information and scans on this page.
Sticker backs
These stickers are very hard to find. Although we don't have a sticker to copy, this image (from the internet) shows the print on the back of one sticker - when we obtain copies, we will add more scans.