Some named teams...

Had a rummage through my box's and found a few worth seeing. A couple of box's were aquired without teams in, so i filled them with spare teams that didn't have referenced box's. A couple unusual one's in there. I've added numbers in some cases. Hope you like and feel free to add any unusual one's...

!! Really nice boxes and teams

Which team is the one above Vienna??

It's Dunfermline Stefano, although the 'D' is missing.

I got a load of teams from a chap up in Glasgow. There were quiet a few Scottish teams that were named. Never seen one like it before.

I've got another interesting one, that i'm not sure whether it's an official SSG or something a child has done. From the Historical Kits site it appears to be a Manchester Untd 2nd from the mid 70's. It's in a named box, but if SSG did paint it, then it was imho, a stock ref 2 painted into the kit. Got it with a batch of teams when i lived up near Manchester...so who knows. I like it8)

Sorry about the photo quality mate...I know you're an expert, but the light is terrible today, so had to use a flash.

Thank you for the info on that "D"missig team



The ref 2(??) Manchester 2nd realy interesting and in named box (??)!



V collar and red stripe on the shots!?



Like you said, not sure if SSG did paint but still nice kit!



Come on, I know you can take better pics!



Thank you for sharing!

odoiporos wrote:

Thank you for the info on that "D"missig team



The ref 2(??) Manchester 2nd realy interesting and in named box (??)!



V collar and red stripe on the shots!?



Like you said, not sure if SSG did paint but still nice kit!



Come on, I know you can take better pics!



Thank you for sharing!

It's in a named box mate, but just says Manchester United and not 2nd.

It's also got 'Martin's Home Cit' written on the front of the box...Silly Manc kid couldn't spell 'Kit' You couldn't make it up...

Nearest i could find for it is the 1974/75 kit from here... http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_United/Manchester_United-change-kits.html

Light has been really dull here all day. I'll try and get better pics when it's sunny.

Glad you enjoyed them8)

No match for your lovely teams Ian,but here is my contribution........

Lovely stuf Mark. Thanks so much for sharing and making the effort. Some great named box's there.

The weirdest 'named box' i've been told about but not seen is a 'St Austel'. A collector in Italy has it. Makes you wonder what else is out there.

Love this kind of stuff...

I like the stamped boxes as they are always a little quirky. Amusing they have shortened CITY to CTY

I suppose this one qualifies also.......

It does mate...lovely. I've seen all the dark skin range 294-302 with this type of typed name. I've got a few myself. Will have to dig them out sometime.

And for some strange reason the name nearly always seems to be at the bottom of the box.

No time like the present....get digging mate!

Forgot about this one...anyone else got this team? It's truely a weird green colour.

Never been 100% sure of it, because the playing figures look too old to me. Any thoughts chaps?

Never sure why the repainters bother to try to age the ref stickers. They always seem to make the mistake of trying to discolour them to the same extent as the box. As you can see clearly from the boxes on this thread, the stickers stay reasonably white in comparison. There are exceptions of course.

Gully...the stickers on Skelly's bo's are repros.

Generally if there is a stamped name on the box, there isn't a ref sticker. Most collectors add one, so it sits in place numerically with the rest of the collection. It's all about building a wall...

I think he should be severely reprimanded for posting fake stuff on the forum and confusing us new boys

With a large wet Haddock...

Gullseye wrote:

I think he should be severely reprimanded for posting fake stuff on the forum and confusing us new boys

Sorry Gully....I had a phase a couple of years ago where I thought it would look great to put repro numbers on any boxes

that hadn't got any on.......Obviously I regret that decision now!!!

nice stuff gents



here's some of my named

Glad you have sprung into action Jon....I never tire of seeing your collection,very nice mate.

Has Gilligan got a replacement for the one armed Bologna chap?Hee Hee just kidding bud;)

Mighty jealous of that Anderlecht box. Never owned one of those. Lovely stuff Jon8)

thanks guys.

yes some of those thanks to spud so cheers mate.

95 spare?now there's an idea!

oh and that new woves box is as mint as i have seen that early 70's version.

I see some really nice teams and named boxes Congrats Guys and thank you for sharing

A couple of my own custom painted teams with stamped boxes


By gullseye at 2011-10-11


By gullseye at 2011-10-11

That's the Spirit mate...lovely job. You'll soon be building a wall of 'Special' box's.

Here are some of mine.

Brazil



El Salvador (home made reference number)



West Ham United (home made reference number) - I guess the fact that the stamp is above the adhesive tape may indicate that the stamp is not original.



Leeds United 2nd



England 2nd (from the 1970 World Cup)



Lugano (purchased from Italy recently and I have to assume that the stamp is authentic but I cannot be 100% sure)



Bologna(again, purchased from Italy in a C100 LW box but it looks authentic enough. Was it normal to have HW teams in these type of boxes in the Italian market?)



Melchester Rovers (not a named box but it has a red reference sticker. It was purchased from a very respected member of this and the green forum and I was assured of its authenticity)