177: Carlo Nash, Crystal Palace, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection Talking about periods of relative stability seems trite in these disconcerting times but, for the first time in my life, Crystal...

Any scope for this beauty ever making a reappearance? (The shirt, not Carlo Nash...and definitely not Kevin Miller)

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That is rather excellent.

Ballard again...

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Congratulations to Orient's main man for his well deserved awards.

#LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #football

47: Trevor Francis, Nottingham Forest, Match 2000 Millennium Collection This week’s post from Richard Allinson was due out a few months back but the untimely passing of its subject meant we put the brakes on to a...

On this day in 1954 Trevor Francis was born.

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Player, manager, gentleman and a record breaker too. Sadly passed away in 2023.

#BCFC #DetroitExpress #NFFC #MCFC #Sampdoria #Atalanta #RangersFC #QPR #SWFC #CPFC #EFL #PL #UCL #NASL #SerieA #football

89: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Bolton Wanderers, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10 Mat Jolin-Beech continues our trend of looking at underrated players playing in underappreciated positions for under the radar sides today w...

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

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Mat Jolin-Beech on one hell of a keeper.

#MP #VPS #BWFC #WHUFC #WAFC #ATK #Veikkausliiga #EFL #PL #Finland #football

235: Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United, Panini Football Sticker Album, The Official PFA Collection, A-Z of ALL the Top Players from All the Top Teams in ‘97 Coursework season has recently come to a close at work and it’s hard to tell who is more relieved. For students there is the catharsis of ha...

Our new post from Manny Hawks on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

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Prophecies, provenance and poachers' instinct.

#Clausenengen #Molde #MUFC #Eiteserien #PL #FACup #UCL #CCFC #Besiktas #Norway #WorldCup #football

414: Paul Jones, Southampton, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection Emlyn Jones takes us through the career of another Welsh goalkeeping great today. The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that we’v...

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

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a G
goalkeeping giant.

#KHFC #Wolves #SCFC #SaintsFC #LiverpoolFC #WatfordFC #MillwallFC #QPR #BRTFC #EFL #PL #Wales #Cymru #football

105: Coventry City Home Kit, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection Professional sport creates drama that the greatest playwrights could only dream of. Ben Stokes’ one-man mission to win the Headi...

Funny you should say that...

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105: Coventry City Home Kit, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection Professional sport creates drama that the greatest playwrights could only dream of. Ben Stokes’ one-man mission to win the Headi...

Congratulations to #CoventryCity on their return to the Premier League.

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Fingers crossed for some more final day drama, excellent kits and maybe even some Homes Under The Hammer.

#PUSB #EFL #SkyBetChampionship #football

N/A: Eusébio, Portugal, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game International Legends Collector Binder (Exclusive to Tesco) EA Sports FC 26 was released in September 2025 and, by the end of the following month, had sold twelve million copies. The latest edition of...

#ICYMI: A last push for Manny Hawks' look at Eusébio.

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One of the finest footballers of all time. And his unlicensed namesake on Pro Evo 2 was pretty handy too.

#Benfica #Portugal #NASL #WorldCup #football #gaming #ProEvo

If you were still under any illusions the upcoming World Cup wasn't going to be a festering heap of faeces then strap in for your $95 bus ticket.

289: Alan Curtis, Swansea City, Panini Football ‘83 This post owes a lot to the excellent work of Greg Lansdowne and his commitment to the world of football nostalgia so, before diving into t...

Happy Birthday to Alan Curtis - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on dressing to impress on sticker photo shoot day.

#SCAFC #LUFC #SaintsFC #SCFC #CCFC #BTUFC #HCAFC #EFL #CymruPremier #Wales #Cymru #football

59: Matty Appleby, Barnsley, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection Those of you who follow us on Twitter might have noticed that we like an opportunistic post or two (an hour) to try and get our work out the...

Happy Birthday to Matty Appleby - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks takes a deep dive into his career.

#NUFC #DarlingtonFC #BarnsleyFC #OAFC #WTFC #EFL #PL #football

Alexander Sørloth is a #UCL semi-finalist.

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He's come a long way from missing the target three times in ten seconds from a combined distance of two yards for #CPFC against #GTFC in the #FACup.

Luckily a team mate stole the headlines the next day.

The Lego house details...wow.

264: Rudi Völler, Deutschland-BRD, Panini Italia ’90 World Cup Mat Jolin-Beech takes A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words to new cultural heights today with a look at a German striker whose career highlights were...

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

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Mat Jolin-Beech on stirring soundtracks.

#KickersOffenbach #1860Munich #WerderBremen #ASRoma #Marseille #BayerLeverkusen #Bundesliga #SerieA #Ligue1 #UCL #WorldCup #DieMannschaft

N/A: Maurice Johnston, Scotland, The Esso World Cup Coin Collection You may be forgiven for thinking that Graeme Souness is the epitome of all that is wrong with football punditry. Earlier this season the for...

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

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Manny Hawks on crossing the divide.

#PTFC #WatfordFC #CelticFC #Nantes #RangersFC #EvertonFC #Hearts #Falkirk #KansasCityWizards #SPL #EFL #Ligue1 #MLS #Scotland #WorldCup

37: Gary Charles, Aston Villa, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Collection Once again we are in the capable hands of Richard Allinson for today’s post and, for a change, we move outside of Lincolnshire’s...

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

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Rich Allinson on life beyond a Gazza tackle.

#ClaptonFC #ClaptonCFC #NFFC #LCFC #DCFC #AVFC #WHUFC #BCFC #EFL #PL #FACup #Benfica #PrimeiraLiga #football

You'd think they'd see the word "Spurs" and just assume comedy was incoming.

193: Lucas Radebe, Leeds United, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection The cultural impact of David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Euro 96 anthem ‘Three Lions’ is undeniable as proven when any E...

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

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Manny Hawks on a musical inspiration.

#KaizerChiefs #KaiserChiefs #LUFC #PL #SouthAfrica #BafanaBafana #WorldCup #AFCON #football

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

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Manny Hawks' nomination for our 500th post on overrated players. Loved a toe punt did Roberto...

#Brazil #Selecao #WorldCup #RealMadrid #InterMilan #Palmeiras #Corinthians #football

A celebration that launched a thousand tributes.

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Capulets giving it some in Act 3 Scene 5 with the "f*** off to Mantua" chants.

Happy Birthday to Robbie Fowler - hope he has a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on the many sides of a complex character.

#LiverpoolFC #LUFC #MCFC #CCFC #BRFC #PL #EFL #NQFFC #PGFC #ALeague #MuangthongUnited #ThaiLeague1 #football

413: John Buchanan and Billy Ronson, Cardiff City, Panini’s Football 80 This week we are taking on a request post from Mark of Football Art Online fame. If you haven’t already familiarised yourself with his exce...

On this day in 2015 Billy Ronson passed away.

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Indoor and outdoor success in the US after some South Wales Derby heroics. A Baltimore Blast hall of famer and midfield maestro.

#BlackpoolFC #CCFC #WrexhamAFC #BarnsleyFC #EFL #NASL #MISL #football

Aiming to go into every day with this level of joy from now on.

You've peaked guys.

269: Trifon Ivanov, Bulgaria, USA ’94 World Cup, UK and Eire Edition The 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA was my introduction to football and, nearly thirty years later, probably the international tournament I r...

All about this lad...

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224: Robert Earnshaw, Derby County, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League Official Sticker Collection 2007 Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones heads to the green green grass of home for a post on a talented Welsh forward with an enviable record in front of go...

Happy Birthday to Robert Earnshaw - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on guaranteed goals whatever the level.

#CCFC #GMFC #WBA #NCFC #DCFC #NFFC #MaccabiTelAviv #TorontoFC #BlackpoolFC #ChicagoFire #VancouverWhitecaps #Wales

493: John Hartson, West Ham United, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Collection Whenever Emlyn Jones refers to classic strikers he tends to alternate between the phrases “prick in the mixer” and “big goals c***” . The f...

Happy Birthday to John Hartson - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on the big man up top.

#LTFC #ArsenalFC #WHUFC #AFCW #PUSB #CelticFC #WBA #NCFC #EFL #PL #SPL #Wales #Cymru #football