Top Trumps

[Hartley Hare]

When I was a young lad, we played top trumps.

We had cards with military vehicles, and super cars from memory - also a football players deck. Malcolm Mcdonald was best card in pack. Transfer fee, a record, £330,000 from memory.

I know it was 1975 or thereabouts and time has moved on, but to my mind football has gone bonkers.

On Sky TV this evening it was reported that some young fella from Chelsea reserves was looking for a transfer, and £160,000 per week in wages.

When you think what our nurses and the good people in the fire brigade, and our bobbies earn it seems so wrong. (Excluding the authorities that pervaded the gents at Carrow Road and pinched the smokes).

Bring back top trumps and the old days.

HH

 

[diode_blade]

I definately won't be making any more home made curries......brown snow.........and keks.....

Anyways to answer the original question HH...yes it you are right twas about 74-75 when they came out
On a side note I would not expect you to find this thread on this page in the morning.....
To make it blades related can anyone remember if there were any blades players in top trump packs...

 

[Hartley Hare]

True brother. Amen

HH

 

[leichhardtblade]

Interesting aside: Malcolm Macdonald was the fastest 100m runner in the UK at one point in the mid-70s (1975 maybe?) but wasn't allowed to represent GB as he wasn't amateur.

 

[Birdwell Blade]

Well before my time, but he wasn’t a professional in athletics was he? Or does professional cover any type of sport, barring him from running competition?

 

[The Crab]

When I was a young lad, we played top trumps.

We had cards with military vehicles, and super cars from memory - also a football players deck. Malcolm Mcdonald was best card in pack. Transfer fee, a record, £330,000 from memory.

I know it was 1975 or thereabouts and time has moved on, but to my mind football has gone bonkers.

On Sky TV this evening it was reported that some young fella from Chelsea reserves was looking for a transfer, and £160,000 per week in wages.

When you think what our nurses and the good people in the fire brigade, and our bobbies earn it seems so wrong. (Excluding the authorities that pervaded the gents at Carrow Road and pinched the smokes).

Bring back top trumps and the old days.

HH

Still got some. Any time we went to a toy fair Ms Crab bought me some.

 

[Pierre's PC]

One of my prized possessions is a packet of Buffy the Vampire Slayer TopTrumps.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I bought the boy a pack of “Football superstar” top trumps last year. They missed Sharp out but the rest are pretty good.

 

[torridon]

Still buy them, my lad has loads from Minions top trumps to Harry Potter to Sharks.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Can you still get Porn Top Trumps?

Seem to remember Helen from Macclesfield scored the most points in the ‘most game bird’ section of the Readers wives category.

Can’t quite remember all the other categories but do recall the pre internet days being comparatively tame, apart from the set that my French penfriend brought over. Good gracious they were a shocker!

Ah the days of innocence, youth and Alex Sabella!

 

[benn5712]

To make it blades related can anyone remember if there were any blades players in top trump packs...

Bobby FORD ?

 

[DifferentClass]

After the hottest vindaloo I've ever eaten.

 

[Chali 2na]

When you think what our nurses and the good people in the fire brigade, and our bobbies earn it seems so wrong

Classic logic

 

[leichhardtblade]

Well before my time, but he wasn’t a professional in athletics was he? Or does professional cover any type of sport, barring him from running competition?

He was a professional “athlete” at a time when track and field athletics was totally amateur. So he wasn’t allowed to cross over.

 

[BrinsworthBlade]

Used to loved playing top trumps but my friends preferred Pokemon / Yugioh cards instead

 

[Blade for Sale]

Match Attax are the new top trumps. They are also the floor covering of choice in our fucking house.

 

[Blade56]

I'm to old for top trumps. We did wrestlers and yes they were in black and white, in fact when I think back life seemed to be in black and white. My prized card was Billy Two Rivers. Other like Les Kellet, Mick McManus, kendo Nagasaki, etc

 

[The Crab]

Dunno why, but when I played when I was a kid, I was always buzzing when I got this one if we played the F1 set.................