Gunners Greats Playing Cards

Gunners Greats Playing Cards - Arsenal’s glorious history

During December 2003, Arsenal supporters had the one-off opportunity to assemble this unique set of Gunners Greats playing cards by purchasing the latest edition of the Official Arsenal Magazine.

Each of the four editions of the magazine included a complete suit from the 52 card deck with every card depicting a legend from Arsenal's glorious histoy. The first month it was diamonds, featuring Sol Campbell, Dennis Bergkamp, Liam Brady, Patrick Vieira, George Graham, Bob Wilson and Pat Rice amongst others.

Above: Gunners Greats Playing Cards, 2003, sponsored by the Evening Standard.

By Simon Wintle

Member since February 01, 1996

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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.