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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022'This book delivers a thousand memories' - Mark LawrensonA football fan's dream come true – every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978-1985 reproduced together for the very first time.'Swapsies', 'Got, Got, Need' and 'Shinies'... This landmark illustrated book is a fantastic feast of nostalgia for any football fan of a certain age. PANINI albums were a must-have if you were a football-mad kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s, when player stickers were bought, bartered and collected in a treasured rite of passage. This book will bring back all those ‘I had that one’, ‘I’d forgotten about him’ and ‘look at that haircut!’ memories as well as providing in-depth details on all the players and teams of the era.Licensed by PANINI, this is a comprehensive collection of PANINI'S UK domestic football albums from 1978 to 1985 inclusive. Covering all English First Division and Scottish Premier teams, it features not only all the great teams and players of the era, but the one-season wonders and the also-rans as well. Inside the book:– Nearly 5,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs.– Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United.– Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Ossie Ardiles, Ian Rush and John Barnes, plus World Cup winners in the twilight of their careers and young stars in the making, like Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker.

A football fan's dream come true – every complete UK Panini sticker album 1986-1993 reproduced as facsimiles for the very first time.'This book delivers a thousand memories' – Mark LawrensonWELCOME TO THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF PANINI FOOTBALL STICKERS.Collecting PANINI football stickers has always been a joy.Tearing open those packets and excitedly filling an album is a rite of passage for millions of kids - and adults. It's so popular, it even has its own language - 'swapsies', 'got, got, need' and 'shinies'.Licensed by PANINI, this landmark illustrated book showcases PANINI'S UK domestic football 1986-1993. All the great teams of this era are shown in full PANINI sticker album glory.Inside the book:– Nearly 4,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs.– Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United.– Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Peter Beardsley, Chris Waddle, Mark Hughes, Gary Lineker, Bryan Robson, Paul Gascoigne, Alan Shearer, Eric Cantona, Ian Rush and John Barnes.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026 – ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARA football fan's dream come true – every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978–1993 reproduced together for the first time.'Swapsies', 'got, got, need' and 'shinies'...Every page of Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1993 rekindles a memory. Forgotten teams, heroes and villains are brought back to life as kits (and hairstyles) change with every season. The colour portraits and other photos are engrossing, and the greats of the game all appear, often as first-season débutants, in their prime, and later as veterans.Licensed by PANINI, this is a comprehensive collection of PANINI'S UK domestic football albums from 1978 to 1993 inclusive. Covering all English First Division and Scottish Premier teams, it features not only all the great teams and players of the era, but the one-season wonders and the also-rans as well.Inside the book:– Every one of the 8,000-plus PANINI stickers in full-colour facsimiles of the original albums, including stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs.– Hundreds of clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Leeds, Celtic, Rangers, Manchester City, Spurs, Newcastle United, Dundee United, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Aberdeen and West Ham United.– Photographs and pen portraits of the great players of the day, such as Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Liam Brady, Trevor Francis, Ian Rush, Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne and John Barnes, plus World Cup winners in the twilight of their careers and young stars in the making, like Martin Peters, Alan Ball, Alan Shearer and David Seaman.