Swansea Town Football Cards of the 1930s

1930-31 Lambert Butler Footballers

1930 (c) D C Thomson Footballers and Motor Cars

1932 Unknown Decal Transfer

1933-34 Barratt & Co. Ltd. Football Team Folders

1933 Ogden's AFC Nicknames Football

1933 Unknown Green Shield

1933 D.C. Thomson / Adventure / The Rover / The Skipper / The Wizard

1934 Carreras Footballers

1934 Ardath Tobacco Famous Footballers

1934 D C Thompson/Skipper The Winner Football Flags

1934 D C Thomson Adventure Footballers Hunt for the Cup

1935 Godfrey Philips International Caps

1935 Amalgamated Press The Pilot

1936 Carreras J. Pickering Popular Footballers

1936 Amalgamated Press Football Fame Series

1936 Val Klene Footballers

1937 Barratt Famous Footballers

1938 Topical Times Footballers

1939 W.D. & H.O. Wills Association Footballers

1939 R & J Hill Ltd Famous Footballers

1939-40 Barratt Famous Footballers

During the 1930s, Swansea Town were firmly established in the Second Division, and the club and its players continued to appear on cigarette and trade cards.

Ardath featured S. Lawrence in its 1934 Famous Footballers set, while Ogden’s included Swansea Town in its colourful 1933 AFC Nicknames series. Godfrey Phillips and Churchman also issued cards featuring Swansea players later in the decade.

Unlike the extensive Pinnace releases of the early 1920s, Swansea’s appearances during this period were spread across a number of different sets, usually through individual player cards rather than full team issues.

Together with the non-tobacco cards produced during the decade, these releases carry the history of Swansea Town cards through to the final seasons before the Second World War.