Topsport Badges in the 70s

[Howdy Doody Jambo]

Anybody remember the 70's topsport football bages that were cartoon sketches of the players with captions ?

Did you have any and what did they say ?

What would they say of the players in the team now ?

[Broomie Hearts]

JESUS SAVES,but busby nets the rebound

bannon shoots like a cannon

and the one with the dog pissin on the phone box holding the wee team supporters meeting.

[Buffalo Bill]

Circa 1982:

 

 

"I'd rather watch Crossroads thans Hibs"

[Howdy Doody Jambo]

Circa 1982:

 

 

"I'd rather watch Crossroads thans Hibs"

 

It's all comming back to me now

[Boaby Prentice]

Jim Jeffries "Eats soft Centres"

 

Can't find it, but I'm sure I still have it.

[Jam Tarts 1874]

The caroonist concerned was a legend. Here is some of Gilzean's work:

 

http://www.londonhearts.com/images/gilz2/index.htm

[pablo]

"enough of Rough. what about Brough?"

 

"happiness is a cigar called dynamite " It was a picture of someone smoking a stick of dynamite, who being 8 or 9 I thought was john Grieg. But thinking about it know I've no idea who it was.

[Mr X]

I also had the 'Eamonn Bannon Shoots Like A Cannon'

 

A shark with a Hobo in its mouth with 'Busby Bites'

 

And I had a 'Robbo Rules OK' one.

[ando]

tynecastle is heaven but busby is no angel

ando hates the hibees

[Therapist]

Gilzean was the Evening News cartoonist. He had a shop off Cockburn Street where you could buy his badges or have him make customised ones to your spec. I had a few of them including the classic "Nae bother at aw tae Shuggie Shaw".

 

He used to be more than happy to do Gorgie Boot Boys and Gorgie Aggro badges.

[boy_in_maroon]

I still have the scarf with a few badges and, were the cloth ones called patches? still on it from the early 70s, but the gilzean badges have long since gone, i had fozzie bear with "turnbull's muppet men" and "busby, born is the king of tynecastle park", yeah there was a giggle to be had reading these great Gilzean badges

 

good post!!!!!

[Tianjin Jambo]

'Captain Kidd' with Zico brandishing a cutlass.

 

Unwanted gift!

 

[winston churchill]

jesus saves,but busby nets the rebound.

[Tams bird]

I think some of my badges in still in my parents house, need to look when im there...

[shedin]

Remember as a kid having a badge that said "O'Connor's chips are better than Brattisani's" Must has been around 1978, which I assume is a reference to his chip to score the second goal when we beat Hib's 2-1 at Easter Road that year? If anyone has a copy of that please post it.

[Deevers]

My personal favourite was the inbred dwarf sitting on a trike with the card round his neck saying "Hibs Travel club". As true today as it was all those years ago.

[janie jones]

One of my mates had one that said "Eamon Bannon strikes faster than British Leyland"!!

[barney392]

I seem to remember having a frank "the incredible hulk" liddel badge.......dear dear me.. i was only young..ish at the time

[Eastender]

Frank Liddell Sews Up The Middle !

 

I've got a bag of them in the attic some where ...

[ycj]

I had cruickie saves cannonballs, and a wee pic of him.

[richierich]

I used to love going into TopSport, had a few of they badges and they might still be in the loft at my parents, probably not but I'll be keeping an eye out now

[oh hibees are gay]

mothercare have run out of dummies,hibs have them all,,,1978

[Eggo]

WE'LL BE BACK TAE GET YOU..T-shirts

[Loorimer]

TopSport was quality!

Me and my mates always used to go down and the boy would have to struggle to get us a pair of Puma Dalglish Golds from the top shelf to have a look at. Never bought them yet. Used to have a right good look at them and then ask for a packet of metal studs. He must have been sick of fishing out boots for laddies to look at that they were never gonna buy.

 

Good times!