Set_Listing	Set_Name	Brand_Name	Set_Year	Rarity	Number_Issued	Example	Comment
tcaua003	2008 AFLUA Collector Cards	AFL Umpires Association	2008	3	60		This third set of AFLAU cards shows action photos of AFL field, boundary and goal umpires. The cards have a white curved panel in the bottom left corner with an orange and black stripe bordering it. An 'Integrity' banner appears within this white panel. '08' and the umpires name also appear on the front on the card.
stapo010	AFL Player Stamps	Australia Post	2008	2	320		A folder of stamps was issued for each AFL club. The folder contained stamps for 20 different players per club. A large club logo appears on the front of the folder and a team fixture on the back.
pcapo004	150 Years of Australian Football	Australia Post	2008	2	1		Celebrating 150 years of Australian Football this single maxicard features the earliest known engraving of a game of Australian football. The engraving, entitled "Winter in Australia: Football in the Richmond Paddock" by Robert Bruce, depicts a game at Richmond Paddock, the parklands that sit adjacent to the MCG. This image was first reproduced in the Illustrated Melbourne Post on 27 July 1866.
tcchs001	Gladiators Cards	Channel Seven	2008	2	1 Ex footballer		This may not really qualify as a Football card, but a set of cards depicting the characters in the Gladiators TV show were issued in the New Idea magazine. One of the cards shows Anthony Koutoufides who was formally a Carlton footballer.
accof002	Members Cards	Collingwood FC	2008	3	12		A set of larger cards issued to promote Collingwood memberships. Initially issued in late 2007. The cards were captioned ‘Collingw08d, the boys are back in town”
gccrf001	MCC Library Greeting Card	Cornflower	2008	2	1		This single greeting card shows a reproduction of an oil painting depicting the 1896 VFA playoff between South Melbourne and Collingwood at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. The card was sold at the merchandise shop at the National Sports Museum in Melbourne.
pccrf001	MCC Library Post Cards	Cornflower	2008	2	43		This series of postcards shows reproductions of early football cards from varying series on a white postcard. Details of the player and the card series is written below the picture along with Melbourne Cricket Club Library. They were sold at the merchandise shop at the National Sports Museum in Melbourne.
pccrf002	Ingpen Postcards	Cornflower	2008	2	5 football related		This series of postcards depicts reproductions of Robert Ingpen paintings of various different sports events. Five of these cards are known to depict football events. They were sold at the gift shop of the National Sports Museum at the MCG.
tcepf002	2008 Player Cards	East Perth Football Club	2008	3	36		The cards show full colour action shots of each of the League squad at the time with the players details and the Royals logo on the front of the card. The cards were issued in two series of 18 cards.
tcfcd001	1958 Premiership Reunion Dinner Set	Footycards.com.au	2008	3	5 cards 1 promo 1 Signature Card		Commemorative 5 card set to celebrate the 1958 50th Anniversary Reunion Dinner as Collingwood defied the adversity of the Melbourne Football Club to claim the 1958 VFL Premiership. Released to attendees on the 23rd June 2008, held at the Olympic Room, in the MCG. Several sets were also made available to the public via the Footycards.com.au website. The cards were produced using a 3 step process and have a clean-metallic finish. Only 120 sets produced. An additional Thorold Merrett signature was added to this set in 2009. Only 58 of these cards were produced.
tcfcd002	Marngrook Footy Show Cards	Footycards.com.au	2008	3	6 cards 1 Sig card		To commemorate the show's 1st Anniversary, the Marngrook Footy Show in association with FootyCards.com.au created a special set of cards, featuring the show’s panel and co-presenters. A hand signed signature card for Ronnie Burns was also issued.
tcfdf004	Fremantle Players	Fremantle F.C.	2008	2	6		This series of post card sized player cards issued by the Fremantle Club follow on from the previous years editions. They show action shots of Fremantle players on a purple background. Fremantle and LG logos appear on the face of the card along with a fading green player name panel. The Dockers logo is also on the card along with the words 'Proud, Loyal, Passionate'.
pogla003	Cats Posters	Geelong Advertiser	2008	2	6		These large newsprint posters were issued in the Geelong Advertiser. They show an action shot of a player with a transparent name in the background, along with a facsimile signature, Cats emblem and an green panel advertising 'nib'.
achfc008	Members Cards	Hawthorn Football Club	2008	3	9		A series of 9 cards issued to Hawthorn members. Similar in format to those issued in 2006, with a player photo above a brown and gold name panel. A Tasmania logo also appeared on the card.
tchsm009	Official 2008 Collector Footy Cards	Herald Sun Newspaper	2008	1	192 cards, 17 packet headers, 10 150 year legends, 16 B&F Cards, 16 Sharp Shooters 22 Rising Stars, 4 Sig Cards.		This card series was issued by the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne but was produced by the Select company. Cards are slightly smaller than the standard modern trade cards and show close up action images of leading AFL players. The cards were issued daily in cellophane wrappers over sixteen consecutive days upon redemption of a coupon in the paper. A 150 year anniversary of football Legends pack was also issued with this set.
tchsm020	Team Photos	Herald Sun Newspaper	2008	1	10		This poster series shows the official team photo for each of the Victorian based AFL clubs plus the Victorian and Dream Teams from the HOF Legends Game from that season. They were issued in the Sunday Herald Sun over a number of weeks.
tcmfc006	Members Cards	Melbourne F.C	2008	5	5		This series of 5 cards shows action photos of five of Melbourne's leading players from the 2008 season. The back of the cards has some motivational text about the club with each card headed with a different 'P' word. Prestige, Performance, Professional, Progressive and Partner. It is not known how of if these cards were actually issued but some prototype sets may have been released to selected members.
tcpap001	Planet Teal Cards	Port Adelaide Power	2008	3	12		This set of cards shows head and shoulder portrait photos of leading Power players. The cards were issued to junior members of the club who had joined as Planet Teal members.
tcpmf002	TEAC Burroughs	Port Melbourne Football Club	2008	4	50		These cards show portrait style half length photos of Port Melbourne players with a red panel for the player name at the bottom and a red and blue striped banner at the top reading Port Melbourne. 2008 also appeared on the front of the card along with the Boroughs emblem. The card numbers on the front represent the players guernsey number.
tcrfc001	Immortal Signatures	Richmond Football Club	2008	3	6 standard, 6 sig cards		This set of six cards containing a header card and five Richmond Immortal players, shows head and shoulder photos of the players above the banner Signature Immortal. The cards were issued in sets with facsimile signatures printed on them and sets without signatures. The cards were issued to attendees of the Richmond VFL/AFL Centenary function in Melbourne. The cards were produced by Select.
tcrfc002	Cubs Club Cards	Richmond Football Club	2008	3	30		This series of cards, issued to Junior Richmond members, contains 3 cards for ten leading Tigers players, therefore making up a set of 30 cards. All cards showing close up action shots of the players within a yellow border and Name panel at the bottom.
mpsfb032	SANFL Budget Posters	SANFL Football Budget	2008	2	24		These glossy colour posters were issued as a centre spread of the Budget. They show action shots of SANFL players with no border. The players name and club emblem appear on the poster.
tcsel049	AFL Champions Series	Select	2008	1	195 standard, 195 Holographic Foils 96 Blue Foil Signatures 32 Sketch Cards 16 Gem Mascots 17 Draft Rookies 4 Promo cards 3 300 Games		This series shows player action photos with a team colour horizontal name panel and three team colour diagonal stripes. Insert series in this issue include, holographic foils, blue foil signatures, sketch cards, acetate gem cards and draft rookies.
sksel051	AFL Classic Series	Select	2008	1	185 Standard, 185 Holofoils, 50 HOF Tribute Match, 12 Premiership Commemorative, 5 Medal cards, 17 Gold Draft Sigs, 17 Platinum Draft Sigs, 16 Premiership Predictors, 6 Sig cards, 3 300 gamers. 4 promos 4 Premier Redemptions 16 Rookie Redemptions		This second series for the year shows player action photos on a predominantly white bursting background with a team colour name panel with gold text. As with the previous years second series this one contained the now traditional subsets of Medal winners, Draft Pick signatures, Signature cards and premiership predictors, but the All Australians are in the standard set and HOF tribute game players have been added as a subset. The Premiership Commemorative subset also makes a return.
sksel052	NAB Rising Stars 150	Select	2008	3	16		This set was issued at the NAB Rising Star award luncheon in 2008. It contains cards of each of the previous winners of the award from 1993 to 2007. A header card was also issued.
sksel013	Pocket Collection Footy Stickers	Select	2008	1	384		This set of 384 player stickers consists of mainly head and shoulder shots of players, but there are some full length star play stickers plus foil best and fairest stickers and club emblems. Stickers were issued on standard card sized sheets with each sheet containing 4, 6 or 8 stickers. Stickers appeared in varying combinations on the sticker sheets. An album was issued to house the stickers.
tcsel050	AFL Star Figurine Cards	Select	2008	2	24 Series 1 24 Gold Series 1 24 Series 2 24 Gold Series 2		Select issued two series of 24 figurines very similar in style to the Prostar figurines from 1996. Inside each box was a figurine and a small card showing a picture of the figurine. Each figurine was issued in a standard edition and a gold edition as were the cards. Both the standard edition and gold edition cards were later released in boxed sets.
sksel053	2008 Premiers	Select	2008	2	25		This set was issued to commemorate Hawthorn's victory in the 2008 Premiership. Each premiership player is featured along with a header card, team photo and premiership cup card. The cards were sold in clear plastic boxed sets with a box cover headed 2008 Premiers.
tcsfc002	Vice Presidents Player Collector Cards	Sturt Football Club	2008	4	25		This set shows full colour action photos of Sturt players. The series has a header card titled Sturt Football Club Vice Presidents Limited Edition Player Collector Cards. 250 sets were produced.
pgsmc003	Footy Legends Tazo	Smith's Crisps	2008	2	16 legends, 16 Future legends 16 Modern legends 16 Club legends 1 brownlow		This is the third series of AFL Tazo's. They are smallish plastic cards issued in bags of Smith's Crisps. One team legend and one team future legend formed the initial issue of 32, and 1 modern legend and 1 card with three club legends formed the second series of 32. An additional brownlow winner tazo is also available with the purchase of an album.
tcsgo009	West Coast Players	SGIO	2008	3	11		The ninth year of the Eagles cards sponsored by SGIO. They show full colour action shots with the players name in a blue panel at the top of the card. The blue three spiked panel appears again at the bottom of the card as it did in the previous year, however, this time it contains a West Coast logo.
tctzn009	Team 2008	Team Zone	2008	1	166 Standard 166 Gold Cards 166 Silver Cards 166 Platinum Prize Cards 16 Star Wildcards 16 Captains 16 Team Checklists 16 Platinum Checklists 16 Common B&F 16 Gold B&F 16 Silver B&F 2 Prize Wildcards		This series shows action shots of players with a team coloured solid surround and border and statistics that assist in playing the Team 2008 competition, run as per the previous year with prizes of gold and blue series of cards. The collectors’ edition packets contained standard, silver, gold, B&F and checklist cards and again this season, a special star wildcard insert series showing WEG caricatures of star players. Silver team captain cards were available separately inside the J-Squad magazine. Each silver card was issued with three different backs each containing a different quiz question. *Note* Silver Quiz cards have been issued in game day AFL Footy Records. These cards show a fourth question on the back for the player issued. The cards also show a slightly longer photo of the player than those issued in the packets.
ottab002	TAB Sportsbet Tickets	TAB	2008	3	16		This series of tickets used for describing how to bet on the football show team colours on the front with the caption ‘Team Nickname $10 combo’ in italics and a TAB Sportsbet logo.
tctad003	Official 2008 Collector Footy Cards	The Advertiser/Sunday Mail	2008	1	206 cards, 17 packet headers, 16 B&F Cards, 16 Sharp Shooters 22 Rising Stars		Almost identical release to the Herald Sun cards from this year, however the Advertiser logo appears on the back of the card. Similar inserts were also issued but not the signature cards nor the 150 year legend cards. The day 17 bonus pack was instead six addition Crows and six addition Power cards.
ottps001	AFL Chipz	Topps	2008	1	100 Standard 16 Leading Goalkickers 16 B&F chipz 16 Rookies 16 Star Players 16 Gold logos 16 Gold logos with team border 4 Medal Prize chipz		A series of Casino style chips or player discs showing player photos surrounded by team colours. Subsets issued include Gold Star players, Rookies, Leading Goal Kickers and Best and Fairest chipz. A collector’s tin was also issued. The gold edition logos were initially issued with a team colour border, but were later issued with the gold border.
skwfl002	WAFL Sticker Series	WAFL	2008	3	90		This series of horizontal stickers show training action shots of WAFL players superimposed on a head and shoulders shot and also a team mascot. The players name appears along the bottom edge in a grey panel. The club logo and player stats appear on the sticker face as well. All teams include a captain and a legend in the series except Peel which has a captain and Coach sticker. They differ only slightly in format from the previous years stickers with an '08' in the background.
skwce001	Under our Wing Stickers	West Coast Eagles	2008	3	10		A series of 10 stickers, nine showing action shots of West Coast Players and the other showing a 'Rick the Rock Eagle' cartoon. The stickers were issued on a sheet under a banner sticker that read 'Under our Wing'

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