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Football nostalgia blog by Manny Hawks, Richard Allinson, Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones and Mat Jolin-Beech.

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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
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...
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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
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 ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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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
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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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
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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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
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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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
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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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
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...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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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
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 ...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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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
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...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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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
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...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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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
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...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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
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...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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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
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...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Big game player.

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November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Our new post from Manny Hawks takes a look back to the 2010 World Cup.

astickersworth500words.blogspot.com/2025/10/216-...

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

#SouthAfrica #BafanaBafana #WorldCup #football
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...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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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
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...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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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
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...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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#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
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...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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
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 ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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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
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...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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
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...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Are we entering the peak Delap era?

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October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Senest denne om Lars Elstrup.

Han var fandme god. Trist at hans liv ramlede sammen midt i den største triumf.

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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...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Happy Birthday to Glenn Hysen - hope has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on settling scores and setting the record straight.

#IFKGoteborg #PSV #Fiorentina #LiverpoolFC #GAIS #Allsvenskan #Eredivisie #SerieA #EFL #Sweden #WorldCup #football
123: Glenn Hysen, Liverpool, Merlin Shooting Stars 1991/92
We’re taking on a request post today for another football nostalgia fan in the form of ShootingStars ’ Rob. If you’re not already following ...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Happy Birthday to Neil Shipperley - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on making a triumphant return.

#CFC #WatfordFC #SaintsFC #CPFC #NFFC #BarnsleyFC #AFCW #SUFC #BrentfordFC #EFL #PL #football
61: Neil Shipperley, Crystal Palace, Merlin’s Premier League Kick Off Sticker Collection, 1997
In the world of work the phrase “never go back” is often bandied about. After all, if you left a job (or got asked to leave a job), why woul...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Happy Birthday to Marvin Johnson - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks constructs an all-time XI around the Hatters legend.

#LTFC #LutonTown #Hatters #EFL #football
130: Marvin Johnson, Luton Town, Panini Football League 96 Official Sticker Collection
This week we take on a request post from the good people at the My Best Eleven podcast which is about as close as we have come to a former ...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM