Panini Legends

From rookie to final playing sticker, this unique collection showcases the world's greatest footballers through their Panini sticker album appearances. Every footballing star has a 'rookie' Panini sticker, the first time they appear as a young, hopeful and triumphant entry, being about to write their names in the history books. These stickers are among the rarest and most expensive around, including the first Lionel Messi appearance in 2004/05, Cristiano Ronaldo in his debut season at Sporting Lisbon in 2002/03 and Monaco's 18-year-old Kylian Mbappé from the 2016/17 Panini Foot Ligue 1 set. The much-loved Panini football sticker albums have documented the rise of footballing legends from David Beckham to Neymar Jnr. The continuing editions of the book provide a perfect snapshot of the game's heroes, season-by-season and through each international competition. Here each star is featured when they are just breaking into the team, right through to their swansong as an experienced and feted star. Smiling or sullen, permed, mulleted or crop-haired, full of excitement or displaying a 'done it all' expression, we follow their successes and their disappointments. Some are one-club players modelling a succession of styles, others are well-travelled expensive acquisitions in their new colours. We see Gary Lineker going from a young hopeful at Leicester City to spells at Everton, Barcelona and Spurs, meanwhile becoming one of England's stars in the 1986 and 1990 World Cup squads. Similarly, the fortunes of Maradona, Henry, Zidane, Rooney, Ibrahimovic, Messi, Cantona, Buffon, Neymar, Mbappé and others are charted in all their Panini glory with accompanying statistics and the history of each player's career. Panini Legends provides a fascinating celebration of the game's top players as only the famous sticker brand can. It uses the familiar poses and frames of the full colour stickers to indulge the nostalgia of those who collected the originals, to see how their heroes changed with each new season, and to track the rise of each of them to superstardom.

'A heady mix of football history, nostalgia and modern-day action that collectors of all ages will cherish' – When Saturday Comes 'Excellent... This book is like a journey through time, revealing some of the coolest-ever albums and stickers' – Match 'Countless memories come flooding back...' – The Sun 'Lovely book... One for your dad...' TalkSPORT 'A cool, snappy retrospective if the last 60 years of albums.' – The Athletic WELCOME 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'. And now, for the first time, Panini have granted access to their archives for this superbly illustrated celebration of their iconic football sticker collections. Licensed by Panini and written by respected sticker authority Greg Lansdowne, this volume showcases Panini's UK domestic football, FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship albums, as well as all the great players, from Pelé and Maradona to Marta, Ronaldo and Mbappé (via Frank Worthington, Chris Waddle, Gary Lineker, Eric Cantona, Ally McCoist and a few dodgy haircuts). A heady mix of football history, wonderful nostalgia and modern-day action that collectors of all ages will cherish, this book shows why, for the last 60 years, collecting Panini stickers has been – and remains – a global phenomenon. PANINI FOOTBALL STICKERS: A CELEBRATION includes: – More than 2,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs – Specially curated chapters on every UK-published collection (Football League/FIFA World Cup) – Breakout features on foils, haircuts styles and collecting etiquette

Welcome 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'. And now, for the first time, Panini have granted access to their archives for this superbly illustrated celebration of their iconic football sticker collections. Licensed by Panini and written by respected sticker authority Greg Lansdowne, this volume showcases Panini's UK domestic football, FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship albums, as well as all the great players, from Pelé and Maradona to Marta, Ronaldo and Mbappé (via Frank Worthington, Chris Waddle, Ally McCoist and a few dodgy haircuts). A heady mix of football history, wonderful nostalgia and modern-day action that collectors of all ages will cherish, this book shows why, for the last 60 years, collecting Panini stickers has been – and remains – a global phenomenon. PANINI FOOTBALL STICKERS: A CELEBRATION includes: – More than 2,000 images of iconic PANINI stickers, album covers and sticker packet designs – Specially curated chapters on every UK-published collection (Football League/FIFA World Cup) – Breakout features on foils, haircuts styles and collecting etiquette

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