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Those white plastic player's bust came from Cleveland Petrol (a subsidiary of Esso) and were Joe Mercer's Great Britain squad from 1971 (no Pele, I'm afraid) and came as a set of 16:

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Gordon Banks England
Colin Bell England
George Best N. Ireland
Billy Bremner Scotland
Terry Cooper England
Ron Davies Wales
Mike England Wales
Tommy Gemmell Scotland
Geoff Hurst England
Pat Jennings N. Ireland
Jimmy Johnstone Scotland
Francis Lee England
Bobby Moore England
Alan Mullery England
Keith Newton England
Martin Peters England


The 76 Esso Football Badges (released in 1971):

Aberdeen
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Ayr United
Barnsley
Barrow
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Bradford City
Brighton & Hove Albion
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Burnley
Bury
Cardiff City
Celtic
Charlton Athletic
Chelsea
Chester
Clyde
Coventry City
Cowdenbeath
Crystal Palace
Derby County
Dundee
Dunfermline Athletic
Everton
Falkirk
Glentoran
Hartlepool United
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Kilmarnock
Leeds United
Leicester City
Linfield
Liverpool
Luton Town
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Newcastle United
Northampton Town
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Oldham Athletic
Orient
Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Rangers
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Shrewsbury Town
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swindon Town
Torquay United
Tottenham Hotspur
Walsall
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Workington
Wrexham
 
Roo said:
if you find us (7 from the far right, bottom row), then go left one, up one, right two, up 2, right two, down 2, right one, down one, left one, you hit the spammers.

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<laugh>....<laugh>.....Didn't find the Spammers or the Pliers for that matter.... I need to sit down...
I'm a bit giddy after reading this one Roo. <laugh>
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O.Spurcat said:
I now realise you're working from right to left. In which case 8 is not Blackburn. Blackburn is number 8 if you're going from left to right.

Sort it out man <laugh>.
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Thats mostly how I read, yes! Are you one of those blokes that reads the paper from back page to the front! <laugh>
 
BajanSpur said:
Roo said:
if you find us (7 from the far right, bottom row), then go left one, up one, right two, up 2, right two, down 2, right one, down one, left one, you hit the spammers.

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<laugh>....<laugh>.....Didn't find the Spammers or the Pliers for that matter.... I need to sit down...
I'm a bit giddy after reading this one Roo. <laugh>
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It was a stitch up, which I had hoped that someone would have a) attempted and B) realised what I did.

basically, the hammers were right next to us, but I tried to send someone on a quest before pretty much ending up back where they started.

But no one was bothered! <laugh>
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THFC6061 said:
I still have mine in mint condition.

And the 1970 England World Cup Squad medals.

And the 1972 FA Cup Winners medals.

And the 1974 British Dream Team for the World Cup in West Germany.

There was also a series of football booklets which Esso produced but unfortunately they went missing decades ago.
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I remember the gold coin at the top being a pain to get.
 
THFC6061 said:
I could be wrong though.
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You're never wrong!

I'd had gone to the effort of making a spreadsheet on my laptop with all the numbers and started filling them all in gradually. it'd taken me ages.
cheers for ruining my fun! <whistle>

hahaha only kidding! <laugh> Thanks for saving my poor eyes that were straining themselves from notso's 30x30 pixel photo!!
 
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I remember the world cup squad. Had Paul Madeley, Paul Bremner (was that his name, also a Leeds full back), Brian Labone, Terry Cooper. I guess Peters would have been our only representative?

Would Cooper, Bremner and Madeley all have been Leeds full back then?
 
SpursDisciple said:
I remember the world cup squad. Had Paul Madeley, Paul Bremner (was that his name, also a Leeds full back), Brian Labone, Terry Cooper. I guess Peters would have been our only representative?

Would Cooper, Bremner and Madeley all have been Leeds full back then?
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Mullery was in the squad,i think,someone will know for sure
 
SpursDisciple said:
Good point. I remember him (now) trying to hack down Pele. I think he scored against Germany?
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Both Mullery & Peters scored against West Germany in the Quarter Final to put England 2-0 up.

Then Chelsea's Peter Bonetti conceded three goals.
 
THFC6061 said:
Both Mullery & Peters scored against West Germany in the Quarter Final to put England 2-0 up.

Then Chelsea's Peter Bonetti conceded three goals.
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my memory of 1970 was Bobby Moore's tackle on Pele,fantastic,coaches should show young players it,as the perfect Tackle
 
SpursDisciple said:
I remember the world cup squad. Had Paul Madeley, Paul Bremner (was that his name, also a Leeds full back), Brian Labone, Terry Cooper. I guess Peters would have been our only representative?

Would Cooper, Bremner and Madeley all have been Leeds full back then?
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I think you mean Paul Reaney.
 
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