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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words
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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 is from Manny Hawks and takes a look at Estonian legend Mart Poom.

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One of his nation's greatest ever players and now keeping it in the family.

#Estonia #FloraTallinn #KuPS #Pompey #DCFC #SAFC #ArsenalFC #WatfordFC #EFL #PL #football
201: Mart Poom, Derby County, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection
Last month’s final World Cup qualifiers provided all the drama one could hope for from international football. Scotland overcame Denmark in ...
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A late Happy Birthday to David Hillier - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on reunions, misdemeanours and Subbuteo Squads.

#ArsenalFC #AFC #Gunners #Pompey #BRFC #BarnetFC #EFL #PL #football
N/A: David Hillier, Arsenal, Subbuteo Squads 1995/96
I saw my parents for the first time in nearly six months the other day – the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown and therefore the first ...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Our new post is from Manny Hawks and takes a look at Estonian legend Mart Poom.

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One of his nation's greatest ever players and now keeping it in the family.

#Estonia #FloraTallinn #KuPS #Pompey #DCFC #SAFC #ArsenalFC #WatfordFC #EFL #PL #football
201: Mart Poom, Derby County, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection
Last month’s final World Cup qualifiers provided all the drama one could hope for from international football. Scotland overcame Denmark in ...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Today would have been Justin Edinburgh's 56th birthday.

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A quality footballer, talented manager and all round good bloke. He sadly passed away in 2019.

#SUFC #THFC #Pompey #RDFC #NCAFC #GillinghamFC #NTFC #LOFC #EFL #PL #football
465: Justin Edinburgh, Tottenham Hotspur, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
By the age of 24, apart from four years away at university, I had not only lived in the same area of Lewisham my entire life but the same ho...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#ICYMI: A last push for Manny Hawks' look at Marc-Vivien Foe.

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A talented player and decent bloke who passed away much too early.

#Cameroon #Cameroun #AFCON #WorldCup #WHUFC #MCFC #PL #Lens #Lyon #Ligue1 #football
502: Marc Vivien-Foe, West Ham United, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2000, Millennium Edition Sticker Collection
At the end of the 2019/20 season Jude Bellingham left his boyhood club Birmingham City to join German giants Borussia Dortmund. He first joi...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Happy Birthday to Tim Wiese - hope he's having a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on wrestling's best goalkeeper/goalkeeping's best wrestler.

#FortunaKoln #Kaiserslautern #WerderBremen #Hoffenheim #Bundesliga #DieMannschaft #football #WWE
230: Tim Wiese, Germany, Panini UEFA Euro 2012 Official Sticker Album
Our new post sees Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones step off the hallowed turf and into the squared circle. There is a lot of commonality between the ...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Happy Birthday to Paul McGregor - hope he's having a good one!

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Rich Allinson on a rock and roll footballer.

#NFFC #PAFC #NTFC #PL #EFL #UEL #football
375: Paul McGregor, Nottingham Forest, Merlin's Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection
Richard Allinson delves once again into the close relationship between the beautiful game and music with today’s post. It was pretty cool wh...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com

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David Squires on … World Cup supply-and-demand ticket ultras, plus an Anfield truce
Our cartoonist on exorbitant World Cup ticket prices and peace breaking out on Merseyside
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December 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Happy Birthday to Dennis Wise - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the simple brilliance of the Cup Winners' Cup.

#ChelseaFC #CFC #UCL #UEL #CWC #AFCW #MillwallFC #LCFC #SaintsFC #PUSB #EFL #PL #FACup #football
131: Dennis Wise, Chelsea, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Album
“The game’s gone.” Whether it’s VAR, sleeve sponsors or hugely inflated salaries and transfer fees we, as in all of us over the age of thir...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Happy Birthday to Roman Pavlyuchenko - hope he's having a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech's choice for our look at post-tournament signings.

#THFC #Russia #PL #Euros #SpartakMoscow #football #transfers
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Happy Birthday to Chris Waddle - hope he's had a good one!

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Rich Allinson on popstar prowess from a wing wizard.

#NUFC #THFC #Marseille #SWFC #Falkirk #BCAFC #SAFC #BurnleyFC #TUFC #EFL #PL #Ligue1 #SPL #UCL #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup
427: Chris Waddle, Sheffield Wednesday, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
Richard Allinson channels his inner music critic today with a look at when the worlds of football and pop music collide. Yes, we may have to...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Happy Birthday to Michael Owen - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on glossy dossiers.

#LiverpoolFC #RealMadrid #NUFC #MUFC #SCFC #PL #LaLiga #England #ThreeLions #WorldCup #football
231: Michael Owen, Manchester United, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10
There are fewer things more excruciating than writing personal statements. Think back to your last job application or, even worse, when you ...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Happy Birthday to Scott Mean - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the journey from first team to Dream Team.

#AFCB #WHUFC #KingstonianFC #EFL #PL #DreamTeam #HarchesterUnited #football
383: Russell Beardsmore and Scott Mean, AFC Bournemouth, Panini Football League 95 Official Sticker Collection
This week we take on a request post on behalf of two of our Twitter followers albeit with several months passing between the actual request...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Happy Birthday to Eddie Newton - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on caretaker managerial merry-go-rounds.

#ChelseaFC #CFC #CCFC #BCFC #OUFC #BarnetFC #HYUFC #EFL #PL #Trabzonspor #SuperLig #football
94: Eddie Newton, Chelsea, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
Thanks to the ruthless approach of Watford’s owner Gino Pozzo sacking season began early in the 2021/22 campaign. Despite leading the Hornet...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Happy Birthday to Gary Breen - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a one man team...sort of.

#MaidstoneUnited #GillinghamFC #PUFC #BCFC #PUSB #WHUFC #SAFC #Wolves #BarnetFC #EFL #PL #Ireland #WorldCup #football
111: Gary Breen, Coventry City, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection
Long before the 1863 Laws of the Game were codified by the newly formed Football Association the various versions of the sport played all ha...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Happy Birthday to Nolberto Solano - hope he's having a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a Peruvian playmaker with a wide range of skills.

#NUFC #AVFC #WHUFC #LCFC #HCAFC #BocaJuniors #PL #EFL #Peru #football
323: Nolberto Solano, Newcastle United, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League 2001 Official Sticker Collection
Today Emlyn Jones brings us the story of a hugely popular, and incredibly talented, star who lit up the Premier League with his skill and pe...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Happy Birthday to Fabrizio Ravanelli - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the White Feather on Teesside.

#Boro #Middlesbrough #PL #Juventus #Juve #SerieA #UCL #Italy #football #calcio
329: Fabrizio Ravanelli, Middlesbrough, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection
In the summer of 1996 football came home as England hosted the European Championships. The tournament will be remembered for a range of reas...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Happy Birthday to Nii Lamptey - hope he's having a good one!

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Rich Allinson on the incredible story behind those Champ Man stats.

#AVFC #PUSB #PL #Anderlecht #PSV #Venezia #BocaJuniors #Ghana #football #footballmanager
46: Nii Lamptey, Aston Villa, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
Richard Allinson is at the helm today for an incredible story which highlights how much some footballers go through before they come to our ...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Happy Birthday to Ludek Miklosko - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on saving the day.

#RHCheb #BanikOstrava #WHUFC #QPR #EFL #PL #Czechoslovakia #CzechRepublic #football
485: Ludek Miklosko, West Ham United, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
On Easter Sunday morning I headed to Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park for, what I hope, becomes a semi-regular game of small sided football with som...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Happy Birthday to Les Ferdinand - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on goals galore and demanding it.

#QPR #Besiktas #NUFC #THFC #WHUFC #LCFC #BWFC #ReadingFC #WatfordFC #EFL #PL #England #football
401: Les Ferdinand, Queen’s Park Rangers, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
In September 2004 Les Ferdinand scored his 149th, and last, Premier League goal. It came in the ninetieth minute for Bolton Wanderers agains...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Happy Birthday to John Oster - hope he has a good one!

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Rich Allinson on diamonds in the rough.

#GTFC #EvertonFC #SAFC #BurnleyFC #ReadingFC #CPFC #DRFC #BarnetFC #GatesheadFC #EFL #PL #Wales #football
235: John Oster, Everton, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection
Today Rich Allinson takes a look at the career of a man who ticks so many boxes for us here at A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words it’s almost silly...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Happy Birthday to David Hirst - hope he's had a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a man who went through the ringer.

#BarnsleyFC #SWFC #SaintsFC #EFL #PL #football
459: David Hirst, Southampton, Merlin’s Premier League 99 Official Sticker Album
We are in the hands of Emlyn Jones today who takes a look at the career of a Premier League hero and the unfortunate injury that ended his c...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Happy Birthday to Andy Booth - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on elusive strikers/stickers.

#HTAFC #SWFC #THFC #EFL #PL #football
404: Andy Booth, Sheffield Wednesday, Merlin’s Premier League 98 Official Sticker Collection
Searching through the sticker books to put together this blog has brought back many memories. It is impossible for me to see the...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday to Carlton Palmer - hope he had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on the importance of hitting Les.

#WBA #SWFC #LUFC #SaintsFC #NFFC #PUSB #SCFC #EFL #PL #England #ThreeLions #football
196: Carlton Palmer, Leeds United, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
“What was he doing in the f***ing box? Didn’t we tell him to hold the middle of the pitch?” It’s fair to say that this is probably not the ...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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A belated Happy Birthday to the legendary Paul McGrath - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a classy operator on and off the pitch.

#SPAFC #MUFC #AVFC #SUFC #EFL #PL #Ireland #WorldCup #football
34: Paul McGrath, Aston Villa, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
One of the many joys of writing this blog is that whenever you feel like you might be running out of ideas someone or something reminds you ...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Happy Birthday to John Burridge - hope he's had a good one!

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Rich Allinson on a cult hero and top keeper.

#BlackpoolFC #AVFC #CPFC #QPR #Wolves #SUFC #SaintsFC #NUFC #Hibs #MCFC #EFL #PL #SPL #football
362: John Burridge, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Panini Football 84
Today Richard Allinson takes a look at one of his footballing heroes who is one of a long line of shot stoppers who well and truly demonstra...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM