Football Cartophilic Info Exchange: D.C. Thomson / Adventure/The Hotspur/The Rover/The Wizard - THO-295/THO-207-1 Football Tips & Tricks by the Mystery Trainer

Thursday 17 July 2014

D.C. Thomson / Adventure/The Hotspur/The Rover/The Wizard - THO-295/THO-207-1 Football Tips & Tricks by the Mystery Trainer

1959
THO-295/THO-207-1 Football Tips & Tricks by the Mystery Trainer
D.C. Thomson / Adventure/The Hotspur/The Rover/The Wizard
4 x 16 cards

Four of the main comics from the D.C. Thomson stable, issued a total of 64 cards over an eight-week period.

1. Get out to cut out crosses
2. Take it to the touch line
3. Trap it with your chest
4. The kick curves in
5. The glide to the side
6. Get your body behind the ball
7. The kick curves out
8. When it pays to pass back to your back
9. Lean back to lob the ball
10. Control that bouncing ball
11. The two-fisted tip
12. Be ready to fill that gap in goal
13. The secret of the tackle
14. Get that hard shooting habit
15. A first-class pass
16. Safety first - put it past
17. Down the line for defence
18. Learn to head to get ahead
19. No time to shoot!
20. Put your sole into it
21. The sideways crouch
22. Use your head and wing it
23. The long-distance lob
24. The chip back from the line is a winner
25. The quick flick trick
26. Over the top for safety
27. Give it to the goalie
28. The trough pass to a forward
29. Don't panic - keep cool and place it
30. The first-time clearance
31. Shooting on the volley
32. Keep cool and pass
33. Secrets of good dribbling
34. A low shot is more likely to score
35. Trapping with the inside of the foot
36. Legs together for a low ball
37. The diagonal plan for a sound defence
38. The key man at No. 5
39. Trapping with outside of foot
40. The goalmouth back-heel
41. The jump that catches them on the hop
42. Your place at a corner kick
43. The Triangular Wing Move
44. The Pass That Will Let The Winger Away
45. How to get that high ball
46. Cut out his cut-in
47. How to make a winger toe the line
48. The over-the-shoulder hook
49. The near post is the place
50. The down-the-wing attack by a fast back
51. It's a fair charge
52. The swift switch from defence to attack
53. The left-right trick
54. Taking a penalty kick
55. Make use of the penalty area
56. It pays to pass into a space
57. Trap it with your thigh
58. Spring a surprise with a short corner
59. Back up your teams attack
60. Play to the whistle is the rule to remember
61. The free-kick at goal
62. Swap small for tall at a corner kick
63. Learn the V-way of half back play
64. Don’t catch it now!

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1730, dated 11 April, 1959

1. Get out to cut out crosses

2. Take it to the touch line

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1731, dated 18 April, 1959

9. Lean back to lob the ball

10. Control that bouncing ball

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1732, dated 25 April, 1959

17. Down the line for defence

18. Learn to head to get ahead

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1733, dated 2 May, 1959

25. The quick flick trick

26. Over the top for safety

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1734, dated 9 May, 1959

33. Secrets of good dribbling

34. A low shot is more likely to score

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1735, dated 16 May, 1959

41. The jump that catches them on the hop

42. Your place at a corner kick

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1736, dated 23 May, 1959

49. The near post is the place

50. The down-the-wing attack by a fast back

THO-295/THO-207-4 - Football Tips & Tricks - The Wizard

- issue no. 1737, dated 30 May, 1959

57. Trap it with your thigh

58. Spring a surprise with a short corner