Panini Football Sticker albums

[Richard1978]

Re: Panini Football Sticker albums

Wow so odd.

When you say on half stickers you mean 2 players on one sticker.

Very interesting cheers richard.

IIRC the stickers were in 2 parts on one backing card, & numbered A & B

[Old Skool]

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Here is a picture of the half stickers


http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/181500809123?_mwBanner=1

[Richard1978]

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Yes that's how I remember them, is that a typical selling price for old football stickers.

[80sChav]

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There was a sensational programme on iTV 1 a few weeks back about Panini as was a similar one about - I think it was Admniral (Footy Shirt makers),

Both offered an aqmazing insight into when each hit their peaks - no doubts (and the falls of each too)!

[George 1978]

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I know that around 1986 the lads in my class used to sticker swaps in the school playground for their albums - many of them in a circle handing over various stickers to those who haven't got that one yet. The problem is that when you have just a dozen of them to complete, and tear open the latest Panini packet for football stickers, they all seem to be ones that you've already got! It would be interesting finding a completed album and finding out what the former players are doing these days - whether they became managers themselves or whatever.

I always associate them with the local paper shop and getting Look In or something like that. I always used to find empty Panini packets on the floor outside school as well.

[Trickyvee]

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Must be far easier to complete albums now through the power of eBay and Internet swap sites.

[80sChav]

Re: Panini Football Sticker albums

I know that around 1986 the lads in my class used to sticker swaps in the school playground for their albums - many of them in a circle handing over various stickers to those who haven't got that one yet. The problem is that when you have just a dozen of them to complete, and tear open the latest Panini packet for football stickers, they all seem to be ones that you've already got! It would be interesting finding a completed album and finding out what the former players are doing these days - whether they became managers themselves or whatever.

I always associate them with the local paper shop and getting Look In or something like that. I always used to find empty Panini packets on the floor outside school as well.

This was the case at my Primary School, George - I think they even tried to basn them at one stage! An abiding memory I have of from 1986/87 is gertting either the Reading Team Sticker or Badge - after they first got back into the 2nd Division after years away - then by 1988 they had stopped adding the 2nd Divisions Team and Badge - but I recall from an Album or 3 or so given by a relative from 1982 - they included the 3rd Division in at that point - which I still have, though it has fallen to pieces and is not full - just like I have one my relative gave of when Blackpool (prior to 2007) last resided in Division 2 before being relegated a gew years back from The Championship and Mansfield was in the 2nd for their only spell and it was Tottenham last spell out of the elite - that year too!1

1990 was probably the best Album ever I think - as they did 2 seperate sticker packets of Red and Yellow and 1 packet contained "Special Stickers" as it was a World Cup Year too and Panini went to down on the World Cup being included in that Album! It was sure great fun trawling little independent Newsagents that Season - 1990-1991 looking/trying to find out who had Red and who had Yellow Packets lol

[George 1978]

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Mid Clough-era Forest stickers were very popular in the mid 1980s Nottingham school playground, when we weren't taking advantage of the "Dobby Off Ground" phenomenon.

Football stickers made a nice change from those horrible Cabbage Pail Kids stickers that were stuck everywhere that I could see in the mid 1980s - pity that some of them were too young to be done for fly posting.

And I keep thinking that Panini is some Italian bread that you can get from Greggs or something.

[Richard1978]

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Panini also made lots of other non-football stickers, I remember having Back To The Future & Beano collections.