GK122 — Soccer Action Replay (1973)
The third series of Soccer Action Replay was available firstly in a British edition, & then presumably later, a loosely-adapted & cut-down German edition.
Each title featured exactly the same Peter Archer background art & transfer sheet as its corresponding number in the other edition…
Only the names were changed, to protect the guilty.
There were twenty-four titles:
- GK122/1 — No.1 — Leeds v Arsenal. Alan Ball. Jim Bone
- — German edition: FC Liverpool — Bayern München
- GK122/2 — No.2 — Orient v Birmingham. Trevor Francis. John Jackson
- — German edition: Arsenal — 1. FC Köln
- GK122/3 — No.3 — England v West Germany. Bobby Moore. Mick Mills
- — German edition: England — Deutschland
- GK122/4 — No.4 — Derby v Airdrie. Colin Todd. Joe Royle
- — German edition: Weltelf — Hamburger SV
- GK122/5 — No.5 — Man. United v Benfica. George Best. Mike Summerbee
- — German edition: Deutschland — Sowjetunion
- GK122/6 — No.6 — Tottenham v Wolves. Martin Peters. Derek Dougan
- — German edition: Deutschland — Sowjetunion
- GK122/7 — No.7 — Chelsea v Real Madrid. Alan Hudson. Mike Channon
- — German edition: Manchester United — Benfica
- GK122/8 — No.8 — Colchester v Leeds. Billy Bremner. Charlie George
- — German edition: Chelsea — Real Madrid
- GK122/9 — No.9 — Arsenal v Liverpool. Steve Heighway. Tony Green
- — German edition: Glasgow Rangers — Dynamo
- GK122/10 — No.10 — Scotland v England. Colin Bell. Phil Parkes
- — German edition: Arsenal — Anderlecht
- GK122/11 — No.11 — Wolves v Leeds. Paul Madeley. Peter Storey
- — German edition: Deutschland — Uruguay
- GK122/12 — No.12 — Rangers v Dynamo. Rodney Marsh. Colin Stein
- — German edition: Borussia Mönchengladbach — Inter Mailand
- GK122/13 — No.13 — Chelsea v Stoke. Peter Shilton. Peter Osgood
- — German edition: Glasgow Rangers — Bayern München
- GK122/14 — No.14 — W.B.A. v Colchester. Ian Moore. Asa Hartford
- — German edition: Celtic — Inter Mailand
- GK122/15 — No.15 — Chelsea v Leeds. Terry Cooper. Denis Law
- — German edition: Leeds — Juventus
- GK122/16 — No.16 — Arsenal v Anderlecht. Ted MacDougall. Frank McLintock
- — German edition: Manchester City — Gornik
- GK122/17 — No.17 — Hereford v Newcastle. Malcolm MacDonald. Keith Weller
- — German edition: Ajax Amsterdam — Bayern München
- GK122/18 — No.18 — Wales v England. Bobby Charlton. Gordon Banks
- — German edition: FC Liverpool — Borussia Mönchengladbach
- GK122/19 — No.19 — Celtic v Inter Milan. Tony Currie. Dixie Deans
- — German edition: Deutschland — Brasilien
- GK122/20 — No.20 — Derby v Liverpool. Kevin Keegan. Mike Pejic
- — German edition: Sparta Prag — Schalke 04
- GK122/21 — No.21 — Man. City v Gornik Zabrze. Francis Lee. Pat Jennings
- — German edition: Brasilien — England
- GK122/22 — No.22 — Leeds v Juventus. Norman Hunter. Steve Kember
- — German edition: Aston Villa — Tottenham
- GK122/23 — No.23 — Aston Villa v Tottenham. Martin Chivers. Bruce Rioch
- — German edition: Weltauswahl — Hamburger SV
- GK122/24 — No.24 — Brazil v England. Roy McFarland. Steve Perryman
- — German edition: Borussia Mönchengladbach — Real Madrid
The UK edition card came folded into three sections, with "Star photos" of two featured players on the reverse of the flap featuring the "All action Soccer Quiz".
We don't have them all yet, but for those sets we do have, each gets its own page. So pick the one you want — or just start with No.3 & work your way through them all…
TOP TIP™: if you just want to sample a few sets, pick ones which are NOT marked "used".
And since the artwork is the same in both editions, you can see some titles which are missing in one edition by checking out the other.
3: England v W. Germany
4: Derby v Airdrie
5: Man. United v Benfica
6: Tottenham v Wolves
(used)
8: Colchester v Leeds
9: Arsenal v Liverpool
10: Scotland v England
12: Rangers v Dynamo
13: Chelsea v Stoke
14: W.B.A. v Colchester
16: Arsenal v Anderlecht
17: Hereford v Newcastle
(no sheet)
18: Wales v England
19: Celtic v Inter Milan
21: Man. City v Gornik Zab.
22: Leeds v Juventus
23: Aston Villa v Tottenham
German Edition:
For the German edition of this range, which we are counting as a separate series despite only minor differences, Letraset changed some of the titles (IOW, the teams supposedly playing), & left off the "Star photos / All action Soccer Quiz" flap. B27 says:
"They have gone with the 'naughty' option of using the same artwork, and in most cases the team colours didn't match. The most cringe-worthy example being the use of the Brazilian team (the artist having stereotyped every player with dark skin) to represent either Real Madrid or B. Mönchengladbach!"
The artist was, of course, Peter Archer.
Since all the backs of the German edition were identical, I've left it off the individual sets & you can see it here instead:
1: FC Liverpool — Bayern München
(used)
2: Arsenal — 1. FC Köln
(used)
3: England — Deutschland
(used)
4: Weltelf — Hamburger SV
(used)
5: Deutschland — Sowjetunion
(used)
6: Deutschland — Sowjetunion
(used)
12: Borussia Mönchengladbach — Inter Mailand
(used)
15: Leeds — Juventus
(used)
21: Brasilien — England
(used)
24: Borussia Mönchengladbach — Real Madrid
(used)
When you've finished looking at these Soccer Action Replay sets, please feel free to visit the seventh Action Replay series:
• Next 'Action Replay' Series: PR146 — Bobby Orr's Hockey Action Transfers (Post) [1973] →• ← Back to the Main 'Action Replay' Page
All of the Action Replay Series:
- ← GK105 — Soccer Action Replay [1971]
- ← GK111 — Olympic Action Replay [1972]
- ← GK120 — Soccer Action Replay [1972]
- ← GK121 — Hockey Action Replay [1972]
- GK122 — Soccer Action Replay [1973] (this page; see above ↑)
- GK122 — Soccer Action Replay (German Edition) [1973] (this page; see above ↑)
- PR146 — Bobby Orr's Hockey Action Transfers (Post) [1973] →
- PR209 — Futbol En Accion [1974] →
- Kellogg's Olympic Action Replay [1976] →
- L135 — Kevin Keegan's Action Replay [1980] →
- LP140 — World Cup Espana 82 Kevin Keegan Wallchart [1982] →
- LP168 — Dennis Lillee Action Transfer Poster [1982] →