A Sticker's Worth 500 Words

91: Josh McEachran, Chelsea, Panini Adrenalyn XL Champions League 11/12 Mat Jolin-Beech steps away from his usual hunting ground of the Old Trafford circus to head south to the, arguably, even more farcical scene...

Happy Birthday to Josh McEachran - hope he has a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on the West London revolving door policy.

#ChelseaFC #CFC #SCAFC #Boro #WatfordFC #WAFC #Vitesse #BrentfordFC #MKDons #OUFC #BRFC #PL #EFL #Eredivisie #football

359: Barry Bannan, Sheffield Wednesday, Panini EFL 2025/26 Sticker Collection Our 399th post comes from Mat Jolin-Beech and goes some way to explain his absence from our upcoming 400th post. In the past Mat has given u...

Our new post from Mat Jolin-Beech on mercy dashes, ruptured tendons and Barry Bannan (a bit).

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Clearly big in Taiwan.

#AVFC #DCFC #BlackpoolFC #LUFC #CPFC #BWFC #SWFC #MillwallFC #EFL #PL #Scotland #football

176: Lee Carsley, Derby County, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Album Today Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at a midfield stalwart who more than made up for his lack of hair with his commitment on the pitch. Rathe...

Happy Birthday to Lee Carsley - hope he has a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on midfield steel.

#DCFC #BRFC #PUSB #EvertonFC #BCFC #EFL #PL #Ireland #WorldCup #football

500: Paulo Futre, West Ham United, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection There are lots of things that spring to mind when one thinks of Harry Redknapp. Some might think of his early days at AFC Bournemouth where ...

Happy Birthday to Paulo Futre - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on wheeling, dealing and squad numbers.

#SportingCP #Porto #Benfica #PrimeiraLiga #Atletico #LaLiga #Marseille #Ligue1 #Reggiana #ACMilan #SerieA #WHUFC #PL #UCL #football

108: Joe Allen, Wales, Panini UEFA Euro 2020 Official Licensed Sticker Album, Tournament Edition Prior to the Reformation the number of holy days, or holidays, in Britain is believed to have numbered somewhere between forty and sixty per...

#ICYMI: A last push for Manny Hawks on Joe Allen.

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Featuring the Reformation, industrialisation and some chickens and eggs.

#SCAFC #LFC #SCFC #EFL #PL #Wales #Cymru #Euros #WorldCup #football

211: Emmanuel Adebayor, Manchester City, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10 The return of fans to football stadiums was a sight to behold on the opening weekends of August and there is no doubt that the added edge of...

Happy Birthday to Emmanuel Adebayor - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on celebrating in style.

#Metz #Monaco #Ligue1 #Arsenal #MCFC #THFC #CPFC #PL #RealMadrid #LaLiga #IstanbulBasaksehir #Kayserispor #SuperLig #Togo #WorldCup #AFCON

Beats going to Turkey.

267: Shaun Goater, Manchester City, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection Whatever field you work in you’ll find that you now use so many acronyms that you might have even forgotten what they stand for. When, for e...

Happy Birthday to Shaun Goater - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the GOAT.

#RUFC #BCFC #MCFC #ReadingFC #SUFC #EFL #PL #Bermuda #football #GOAT

15: Eduardo, Arsenal, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10 Social media is an ever-evolving behemoth. New platforms seem to emerge on a weekly basis and it’s no surprise that is has become such an al...

Happy Birthday to Eduardo - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on broken bones and social media.

#ArsenalFC #Arsenal #Gunners #PL #DinamoZagreb #Shakhtar #UCL #Croatia #football

U1: Gareth Barry, Aston Villa, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Collection, Transfer Update Edition During one of my recent forays into actual social contact (we’ll see how long that lasts) my friend Stu asked me “if you were to have any pl...

Happy Birthday to Gareth Barry - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a career to be proud of.

#AVFC #MCFC #EvertonFC #WBA #PL #England #ThreeLions #football

This would probably be considerably more watchable than this weekend's top flight offerings.

321: Juninho, Middlesbrough, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection This week Richard Allinson takes a look at a Premier League icon who lit up the Riverside on two separate occasions and well and truly won t...

Happy Birthday to Juninho - hope he has a good one!

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Rich Allinson on triumph and turbulence on Teesside.

#Boro #EFL #PL #SaoPaulo #Atletico #Flamengo #VascoDaGama #CelticFC #Palmeiras #SydneyFC #SerieA #LaLiga #SPL #ALeague #Brazil #football

581: Phil Jones, England, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Panini Official Licensed Sticker Album Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look today at a man who has taken the phrase “express yourself” very literally during his time representing Blackbur...

Happy Birthday to Phil Jones - hope he has a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on the face of football's international exploits.

#BRFC #MUFC #PL #FACup #UEL #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup #football

Palace have had plenty of managers who haven't been good enough. Kind of respect the honesty.

120: David Speedie, Liverpool, Merlin Shooting Stars 1991/92 Today marks the second anniversary of this particular corner of the internet. What started as a response to lockdown and boxes of unpacked s...

Happy Birthday to David Speedie - hope he has a good one!

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The face of our 2nd anniversary tribute to some wonderful football kits.

#LiverpoolFC #LFC #Juventus #Juve #Italia #Italy #NUFC #EFL #PL #SerieA #WorldCup #football

120: David Speedie, Liverpool, Merlin Shooting Stars 1991/92 Today marks the second anniversary of this particular corner of the internet. What started as a response to lockdown and boxes of unpacked s...

Happy Birthday to David Speedie - hope he has a good one!

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The face of our 2nd anniversary tribute to some wonderful football kits.

#LiverpoolFC #LFC #Juventus #Juve #Italia #Italy #NUFC #EFL #PL #SerieA #WorldCup #football

Seems the only way to pad out the Winter Olympics across two weeks is to make every nation play each other 36 times in curling.

Maybe there's potential to mix it up next time. Cross country curling? Curling big air? Figure curling?

Today he feels peaceful.

Don't disagree with Rosenior's point at all. Will Enzo Fernandez be dropped for the rest of the season?

108: Joe Allen, Wales, Panini UEFA Euro 2020 Official Licensed Sticker Album, Tournament Edition Prior to the Reformation the number of holy days, or holidays, in Britain is believed to have numbered somewhere between forty and sixty per...

Our new post from Manny Hawks on Joe Allen:

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The Welsh Xavi via medieval England, industrialisation and Euro 2016. Also some chickens.

#SCAFC #LFC #SCFC #Swans #Jacks #Wales #Cymru #Euros #WorldCup #EFL #PL #football

One hell of a footballer.

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457: Spain, Panini UEFA Euro 2020 Official Licensed Sticker Album, Tournament Edition Merry Christmas! We hope you’re having a wonderful day whatever you might be doing. A few weeks ago when we were having a chat about upcomin...

So:
Taibi
G. Neville
Gillespie - R. Baggio
P. Dalglish

Wouldn't do a bad job down the Power League.

Neither would this lot:
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U8: Paul Dalglish, Newcastle United, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Collection, Transfer Update Edition There are many signs you are getting old. It could be the three days of exhaustion you suffer after daring to take part in something resembl...

And finally Happy Birthday to Paul Dalglish - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on keeping it in the family.

#NUFC #BuryFC #NCFC #WAFC #BlackpoolFC #SUFC #Linfield #Livingston #Hibernian #HoustonDynamo #Kilmarnock #PL #EFL #SPL #MLS #football

252: Roberto Baggio, Italy, Panini England European Football Championship '96 Campionato…di Calcio…ITALIANO! If your Saturday mornings didn’t feature these three words, an adorned cup of coffee and the Gaze...

Happy Birthday to Roberto Baggio - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on an all-time great.

#Vicenza #Fiorentina #Juventus #ACMilan #Bologna #InterMilan #Brescia #SerieA #Italy #Azzurri #WorldCup #football #calcio

350: Keith Gillespie, Newcastle United, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection Today Emlyn Jones takes a look at a man who proves that the beauty of football often rests in the stories it creates and that the majority o...

Happy Birthday to Keith Gillespie - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on ups, downs and piss taking.

#MUFC #WAFC #NUFC #BRFC #LCFC #SUFC #CAFC #BCAFC #PL #EFL #Glentoran #LongfordTown #FCMindwell #NorthernIreland #football

176: Gary Neville, Manchester United, Panini Football Sticker Album, The Official PFA Collection, A-Z of ALL the Top Players from All the Top Teams in ‘97 Today Mat Jolin-Beech brings us the story of a Marmite player and pundit who it’s hard not to respect even if it’s easy not to like him. Ba...

Happy Birthday to Gary Neville - hope he has a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on knowing your limitations.

#MUFC #ManUnited #PL #UCL #FACup #ThreeLions #England #WorldCup #Euros #football

283: Massimo Taibi, Manchester United, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2000, Millennium Edition Sticker Collection During a recent episode of Richard Osman’s House of Games the comedian Ivo Graham answered an obscure question about Renaissance art with th...

A pretty solid 5-a-side team of birthdays today. Happy Birthday to Massimo Taibi - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a much maligned shot stopper.

#MUFC #Trento #Como #ACMilan #Piacenza #Venezia #Reggina #Atalanta #Torino #Ascoli #football

252: Papa Bouba Diop, Portsmouth, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10 Just under a fortnight ago Senegal won their second ever African Cup of Nations tournament thanks to an extra time goal from Pape Gueye seal...

#ICYMI: A last push for Manny Hawks' look at Papa Bouba Diop.

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Architect of a special World Cup moment and an all round midfield hero.

#Senegal #WorldCup #AFCON #FFC #Pompey #WHUFC #BCFC #PL #EFL #FACup #NeuchatelXamax #Grasshoppers #Lens #AEK

114: Jamie Pollock, Bolton Wanderers, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection It might be a bit too early to be consigning the events of the recently completed European Championships into pub quiz rounds but I’d wager ...

Happy Birthday to Jamie Pollock - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on own goals and being bigger than Jesus.

#Boro #Osasuna #BWFC #MCFC #CPFC #BCFC #EFL #PL #LaLiga #football

10: Bebeto, PG Tips International Soccer Stars Picture Card Album In the pre-Corona years Twitter was a very different place. Rather than attacking politicians for their inability to deal with p...

Happy Birthday to Bebeto - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on new dances and spilling the tea.

#Brazil #Selecao #WorldCup #Vitoria #Flamengo #DeportivoLaCoruna #Sevilla #Botafogo #SerieA #LaLiga #football