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RITCHIE & Co.
Footballers 1994-95
MERLIN PUBLISHING Ltd
Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
Numbered series of 529 self-adhesive stickers. Head & shoulder portraits, team group and club crest.
Size 68x54mm & 85x62mm
482. Club Crest (foil)
483. Team Group
484. Lee Chapman
485. Ludek Miklosko
486. Tim Breacker
487. Steve Potts
488. Alvin Martin
489. Adrian Whitbread
490. Keith Rowland
491. John Moncur
492. Martin Allen
493. Peter Butler
494. Ian Bishop
495. Matthew Rush
496. Mike Marsh
497. Trevor Morley
498. Matt Holmes
499. Tony Cottee
500. Julian Dicks
501. Lee Chapman
502. Don Hutchison
503. Alvin Martin / Alan Smith
Left - Super Sticker
504. Alvin Martin / Alan Smith
Right - Super Sticker
505. Team Strip
MERLIN
Premier League 95 Magicaps
Numbered series of 264 Magicaps and 22 Check list cards
Size 42mm dia.
21/22. West Ham United Checklist
241. Club Crest (foil)
242. Ludek Miklosko
243. Tim Breacker
244. Steve Potts
245. Alvin Martin
246. Martin Allen
247. Ian Bishop
248. Trevor Morley
249. Matt Holmes
250. Tony Cottee
251. Julian Dicks
252. Don Hutchison
QUADRANT
Coloured stadium postcard, showing the new Bobby Moore Stand with Ground location map. Inscribed on reverse "Quadrant 081-669 1114"
Size 212x108mm
Stadium Postcard
ANCO Ltd (Playtime Games)
Baddiel & Skinner Fantasy Manager
Unnumbered series of 12 West Ham United related game cards
Size 70x50mm
Miklosko £1.0m
Potts £1.2m
Breacker £1.2m
Rowland £1.0m
Gale £0.2m
Martin £0.1m
Marsh £1.3m
Bishop £1.3m
Allen £0.7m
Butler £1.0m
Chapman £0.5m
Morley £0.5m
BLACKWOOD PUBLISHING
Birthday Greeting Card
Fantasy football fever gripped the nation at the beginning of the 1990’s. The original concept was created by Andrew Wainstein in England. Fantasy football is a game in which participants assemble an imaginary team of real life footballers and score points based on those players' actual statistical performance or their perceived contribution on the field of play.
Comedian’s David Baddiel and Frank Skinner brought the popular newspaper game to the television screen in their programme ‘Fantasy Football League’ which was first aired in January 1994.
The format of the show was reliant on an actual fantasy football league, made up of teams picked by guest celebrities. A year later Baddiel & Skinner brought out a board game version by Playtime Games. Twelve player game cards were issued for each of the 20 Premiership teams for the 1994-95 season. Players take the role of football manager and receives an initial fund of 25 million pounds to assemble a squad of players. The combined West Ham United’s squad valued at that time totalled £10 million. My namesake Mike Marsh was valued at £1.3m. What price the Hammers squad today? The game cards however can be snapped up for a mere 25 pence each.
WEST HAM UNITED
Junior Hammer Birthday Card
Coloured birthday card given to members of the Junior Hammers. Sponsored by supermarket Savacentre and designed by Stuart Lewin. Players facsimile autographs inside
Size: 210x148mm
PUMA
Player Promotional Card
ENDURANCE Ltd
Mini Leaguers - Art of Sport
Series of cold-cast porcelain figurines, hand-painted in your clubs 1994 strip but came with your choice of name and number on the shirt.
Size: 15cm PRICE GUIDE: £15.99
Michael Hughes
TREBOR BASSETT Ltd
Premier Players
Coloured, numbered series of 48 cards. Inscribed on reverse "Compiled up to May 1994".
Size 66x35mm
PLAYERS PREMIER POSTCARDS
Postcard
Coloured, hand drawn postcard by Dirk Bushby, featuring the controversal moment when Alvin Martin falls and is subsequently sent-off.
Size 152x102mm
The scandalous dismissal of Alvin Martin after only 10 minutes effectively sealed struggling Hammers' fate. Not surprisingly the England veteran's absurd red card for 'serious foul play' stole the tabloid headlines, as Fleet Street stood as one to protest; "Alvin is innocent, okay."
When Pressman foiled Breacker's surge with a hurried punt upfield, there appeared to be little danger in store as Alvin Martin and Mark Bright went in search of the ball. But the 36 year-old lost his footing on the greasy top and, as he floundered on the halfway line, his outstretched arm forced the Owls' goal-getter to join him in the Upton Park mud.
Incredibly referee Danson pointed to the sidelines, and as the crestfallen defensive lynchpin trudged down the tunnel. West Ham's hopes went with him at Sheffield Wednesday went home with a 2-0 win. Alvin' s red card was later Rescinded
Sheffield Wednesday's Mark Bright trips over the fallen West Ham idol Alvin Martin at Upton Park
4. Lee Chapman