A Sticker's Worth 500 Words

348: Faustino Asprilla, Newcastle United, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection Merry Christmas one and all and here’s hoping you’re not too stuffed from yesterday ahead of the annual Boxing Day feast of football. Sadly ...

Happy Birthday to Faustino Asprilla - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on festive cheer, fur coats and fun for all the family.

#NUFC #PL #UCL #Parma #SerieA #AtleticoNacional #CategoriaPrimeraA #Colombia #football #WorldCup

285: Jobi McAnuff and Jimmy Kebe, Reading, Panini Coca-Cola Championship Official Sticker Collection 2010 For today’s post Emlyn Jones brings us not just one but two flying wingers who were terrorising full-backs up and down the country as Readin...

Happy Birthday to Jobi McAnuff - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on one of Reading's twin wing wizards.

#AFCW #WHUFC #CCFC #CPFC #WatfordFC #ReadingFC #LOFC #StevenageFC #EFL #PL #Jamaica #football

97: Alessandro Del Piero, Italia, Panini World Cup France 98 After nine consecutive seasons of seeing arch-rivals Celtic triumph in the Scottish Premier League Rangers have finally broken the Bhoys’ st...

Happy Birthday to Alessandro Del Piero - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a beautiful footballer and handsome bugger.

#Padova #Juventus #Juve #SydneyFC #DelhiDynamos #SerieA #ALeague #ISL #Italy #Italia #WorldCup #Euros #football #calcio

513: James Harper, Reading, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League Official Sticker Collection 2007 Today Emlyn Jones brings us the story of a criminally underrated player who provided both of us with a whole host of ridiculous catchphrase...

Happy Birthday to James Harper - hope he has a good one

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a midfield maestro who never went to Ghana.

#ReadingFC #SUFC #HCAFC #DRFC #BarnetFC #BTFC #ATFC #EFL #PL #football

167: Alan Curbishley, Charlton Athletic, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 05 Official Sticker Album, Autograph Edition Mat Jolin-Beech addresses the elephant in the FA’s room at the moment with a look at some of the runners and riders for the vacant England m...

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday to Alan Curbishley - hope he had a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on managerial speculation.

#CAFC #WHUFC #EFL #PL #football #footballmanager

104: Joe Cole, England, Panini FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Official Licensed Sticker Album Today Richard Allinson gives us a trip down memory lane through the 2006 World Cup and trials and tribulations of England’s supposed ‘Golden...

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday to Joe Cole - hope he had a good one!

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Rich Allinson on a golden moment for the Golden Generation.

#England #ThreeLions #WorldCup #WHUFC #CFC #LFC #Lille #AVFC #PUSB #TampaBayRowdies #PL #Ligue1 #MLS

182: Marcus Stewart, Ipswich Town, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection William Shakespeare is believed to have invented nearly 1700 words in the English language as well as some of its most commonly ...

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday to Marcus Stewart - hope he had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the language of goals.

#BRFC #HTAFC #ITFC #SAFC #BCFC #YTFC #ECFC #EFL #PL #football

N/A: Mark Hateley, Queens Park Rangers, Subbuteo Squads 1995/96 The tragic deaths of 39 people at the Heysel Stadium in 1985 had widespread repercussions. Approximately 600 Liverpool and Juventus fans wer...

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

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Manny Hawks on seizing opportunities.

#PUSB #Pompey #ACMilan #ASMonaco #Rangers #QPR #LUFC #HCAFC #RossCounty #EFL #SerieA #Ligue1 #SPL #PL #football

378: John Barnes, Newcastle United, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection When the dust settles from the Covid-19 pandemic it’s fair to say that some businesses will be remembered more fondly than other...

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

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Manny Hawks on the back end of one hell of a career.

#WatfordFC #LiverpoolFC #NUFC #CAFC #EFL #PL #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup #football

274: Gary Flitcroft, Manchester City, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection Today Richard Allinson takes a look at a midfield stalwart who embodied the greatest era of football, the 1990s, simply through his era-defi...

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

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Our own birthday boy Rich Allinson on a quintessential 90s midfielder.

#MCFC #BRFC #SUFC #LeighGenesis #Chorley #PL #EFL #football

390: Kevin Pressman, Sheffield Wednesday, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection We’re staying in the Steel City and, more specifically, with Sheffield Wednesday for today’s post as Mat Jolin-Beech continues our proud tr...

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

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Mat Jolin-Beech on a larger than life goalkeeper.

#SWFC #Owls #LCFC #MTFC #Portadown #EFL #PL #football

291: Nayim, Tottenham Hotspur, Merlin Shooting Stars 1991/92 Today we are taking on another request post from Rob, the man behind the excellent ShootingStars account on Twitter, and making further us...

Happy Birthday to Nayim - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on getting roads named after you for lobbing Seaman.

#THFC #Spurs #Barca #RealZaragoza #Logrones #EFL #PL #LaLiga #football

Big game player.

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Bloody hell..."Buggin' Me" by Dane Bowers...

216: Siphiwe Tshabalala, South Africa, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, England Collector Binder Open wide for some soccer! Next year the FIFA World Cup will be held across sixteen venues in the USA, Canada and Mexico and, for no apparen...

Our new post from Manny Hawks takes a look back to the 2010 World Cup.

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FIFA dodginess and insipid England aside Siphiwe Tshabalala got the party started in style. Get your vuvuzela out!

#SouthAfrica #BafanaBafana #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...

As well as their iconic black and white stripes they've had some beautiful away kits over the years.

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Missed out in a public vote but an honourable mention in our second anniversary post.

205: Gianluca Vialli, Chelsea, Pro Match Soccer Series 2 Just over three years after his arrival at The New Den Mark McGhee departed Millwall in October 2003 citing his strained relationship with c...

That campaign was inspired in part by the form of the legendary Gianluca Vialli.

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A gentleman on and off the pitch.

#Juve #Juventus #ChelseaFC #football

90: Andrea Fortunato, Juventus, Upper Deck Juventus F.C. – Campioni d’Italia 94/95 When we reflect on significant moments in sporting history we are often transported back to the place we were and the people we were with. J...

The 1994/95 campaign saw them win the Scudetto.

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The victory was dedicated to their late full back Andrea Fortunato who passed away aged just 23.

#Juve #Juventus #SerieA #Scudetto

47: David Platt, England, Panini England European Football Championship ’96 Richard Allinson transports us all the way back to three and a half weeks ago when Gareth Southgate ’s young charges came so close to bringi...

Throughout their history they've attracted some of the world's best players.

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Even a few from these sides.

#Juve #Juventus #SerieA #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup

280B: The European Cup, The Trophy Cabinet, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2000, Millennium Edition Sticker Collection A week is a long time in politics. It’s an even longer time in football. Last month the sport was rocked by the announcement of an agreement...

The club didn't exactly endear itself to the world with its role in the European Super League farce.

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Sometimes things are best kept the way they are.

#UCL #UEL #ChampionsLeague

97: Alessandro Del Piero, Italia, Panini World Cup France 98 After nine consecutive seasons of seeing arch-rivals Celtic triumph in the Scottish Premier League Rangers have finally broken the Bhoys’ st...

Alessandro Del Piero spent most of his career with the Turin giants and holds the club's record for appearances and goals.

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One hell of a footballer.

#Juve #Juventus #SerieA #UCL #football #calcio

185: Salvatore Schillaci, Juventus, Calciatori Panini 1989/90 Richard Allinson brings us the story of a World Cup that made so many fall in love with football and many more come back to the game after t...

The late Salvatore Schillaci was at Juve when he made the Italy squad for the 1990 World Cup.

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The rest, as they say, is history.

#Juve #Juventus #Italy #WorldCup

329: Fabrizio Ravanelli, Middlesbrough, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection In the summer of 1996 football came home as England hosted the European Championships. The tournament will be remembered for a range of reas...

In 1996 the Old Lady won the Champions League thanks to a goal from Fabrizio Ravanelli.

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So of course he then moved to Middlesbrough.

#UCL #Juve #Juventus #Boro #PL

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...

Juventus were formed on this day in 1897 and we might have mentioned them once or twice over the years.

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Our second ever post on Roberto Baggio set the ball rolling.

#Juventus #Juve #SerieA #UCL #football #calcio

5: Mark Hughes, Manchester United, Match 2000 Millennium Collection Today Richard Aliinson brings us a tribute to one of the greatest arts in football and one of its most able exponents. The caption to go wit...

Happy Birthday to Mark Hughes - hope he has a good one!

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Rich Allinson on the prince of volleys.

#MUFC #Barca #BayernMunich #CFC #SaintsFC #EFC #BRFC #EFL #PL #LaLiga #Bundesliga #Wales #Cymru #football

130: Lars Elstrup, Luton Town, Merlin Shooting Stars 1991/92 This post is for my colleague and friend Jonny Patrick and takes a look at a forward he describes as “a good player from the golden age of H...

#ICYMI: Last push for Manny Hawks' look at Lars Elstrup.

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From European glory to a spiritual sect in the space of two years.

#Randers #Brondby #Feyenoord #OdenseBK #LTFC #DanishSuperliga #Eredivisie #EFL #Denmark #Euros #football

285: Denis Irwin, Manchester United, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look back at happier times at Old Trafford when the Manchester United faithful could rely on players to turn up for ...

Happy Birthday to Denis Irwin - hope he's having a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on the perfect man for a penalty.

#LUFC #OAFC #MUFC #WWFC #EFL #PL #UCL #Ireland #WorldCup #football

N/A: Marco van Basten, Netherlands, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game International Legends Collector Binder (Exclusive to Tesco) This week Mat Jolin-Beech takes on a request post for Michael, the mastermind behind Twitter’s 80s&90s Football account, with a look at the...

Happy Birthday to Marco van Basten - hope he's having a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on lending your name to something.

#Ajax #Eredivisie #ACMilan #SerieA #UCL #Netherlands #Holland #Euros #WorldCup #football

590: Marcus Rashford, England, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Panini Official Licensed Sticker Album When Gareth Southgate orchestrated England’s run to the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia he achieved much more than matchin...

Happy Birthday to Marcus Rashford - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a young man transcending his sport.

#MUFC #AVFC #Barca #PL #LaLiga #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup #Euros #football

Are we entering the peak Delap era?

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