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Football nostalgia blog by Manny Hawks, Richard Allinson, Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones and Mat Jolin-Beech. https://astickersworth500words.blogspot.com/?m=1

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 15d

Our new post from Manny Hawks on Steve Claridge.

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A journey through bitterness, pettiness and relentlessness.

#LCFC #Pompey #MillwallFC #EFL #PL #playoffs #CPFC #football

111: Steve Claridge, Leicester City, Merlin’s Premier League Kick Off Sticker Collection, 1997

Earlier this month everyone’s favourite bitey racist Uruguayan striker received a six-match ban for spitting at Gene Ramirez, Seattle Sounde...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 16h

Needs a big lad up top.

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 16h

Happy Birthday to Zvonimir Boban - hope he's had a good one!

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Manny Hawks on history on and off the pitch.

#Croatia #Yugoslavia #Euros #WorldCup #DinamoZagreb #ACMilan #Bari #CeltaVigo #PrvaHNL #SerieA #LaLiga

345: Zvonimir Boban, Hrvatska, Panini England European Football Championship ’96

We have another request post today courtesy of Cantona’s Collars . Writing this post is the least we could do due to his patience with our T...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 1d

Classy all the way.

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 1d

In Rio's next podcast Pope Leo X professes his love for the Catholic faith and a grizzly bear defecates in nearby woodland.

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 1d

25 years ago today the original (and best) Wembley Stadium was closed.

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Some collective memories of the old gaff (and a few others).

#Wembley #ThreeLions #England #FACup #EFLTrophy #football

20: London – Wembley Stadium, Panini England European Football Championship ’96

Welcome to our 250th post. Quite how we’ve managed to churn out so much nonsense about football old and new is testament to the level of obs...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 1d

A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday to Kennet Andersson - hope he had a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on the best football game ever made.

#Euro2000 #Sweden #Eskilstuna #Goteborg #Mechelen #Lille #Caen #Bari #Bologna #Lazio #Fenerbahce

35: Kennet Andersson, Sverige, Panini Euro ’92 Sticker Collection

Today Emlyn Jones relives some of the best days of our lives back at Exeter University and also provides us with another opportunity to laug...

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Paul Grech @culturedfootball.bsky.social · 3d

Another downside of Liverpool’s current form is the rise of Liverpool watchalongs in my timeline.

Maybe (probably) it’s age, but I find the performative rage exhausting and troubling. Especially when I see fans mimicking it during games.

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The Performance of Passion

I’ve never really understood the fascination with live match watchalongs.

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 4d

Best opening sentence to a post in a long time.

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Birthday to Ronny Rosenthal - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on a career full of goals. And a famous miss.

#MaccabiHaifa #ClubBrugge #StandardLiege #LFC #THFC #WatfordFC #EFL #PL #football

480: Ronny Rosenthal, Tottenham Hotspur, Merlin’s Premier League 97 Official Sticker Collection

We all make mistakes in life and never more so than in the workplace. Thankfully for the vast majority of us our indiscretions aren’t live o...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Birthday to Simon "Jolly" Rodger - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on popstar haircuts and midfield efficiency.

#BRTFC #CPFC #MCFC #SCFC #WokingFC #BHAFC #EFL #PL #football #90s

130: Simon Rodger, Crystal Palace, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection

You may have noticed that all of us at ‘A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words’ like an excuse to compliment footballing legends for their excellent h...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Birthday to Tammy Abraham - hope he's having a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on life's great levellers.

#CFC #BCFC #SCAFC #AVFC #ASRoma #ACMilan #Besiktas #PL #EFL #UCL #UEL #England #ThreeLions #football

SB16: Tammy Abraham, AS Roma, Topps UEFA Champions League Match Attax Extra 2021/22

Today Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at one of life’s great levellers through the medium of a young striker who has lit up Serie A this season...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 8d

Not a rousing chorus of "you can stick your Munich Agreement up your arse" then?

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Birthday to Trezeguet - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on one of football's more questionable nicknames.

#AlAhly #Kasimpasa #AVFC #Trabzonspor #PL #SuperLig #Egypt #WorldCup #AFCON #football

86: Trezeguet, Egypt, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Panini Official Licensed Sticker Album

In the seemingly endless debate on the greatest footballer of all time you rarely hear the names Edson Arantes do Nascimento or Arthur Antun...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Birthday to Roy Carroll - hope he's had a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on an action packed career beyond denying Pedro Mendes from distance.

#HCAFC #WAFC #MUFC #WHUFC #DCFC #OdenseBK #Olympiacos #Linfield #EFL #PL #NorthernIreland

360: Roy Carroll, Manchester United, The Official Premier League Sticker Collection 2003, 10th Edition

Today Emlyn Jones takes a look at the fascinating career of a man who is often only remembered for one famous moment in a Premier League gam...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 10d

Challenging tune and rhythm and a whole three letters. Definitely tricky.

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 10d

Is there a worse chant in sport than "USA! USA!" (repeat to fade)?

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 10d

You're not suggesting some woke nonsense like hiring a competent pundit are you?

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Birthday to Russell Beardsmore - hope he has a good one!

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Manny Hawks on his part in the rise of AFC Bournemouth.

#MUFC #BRFC #AFCB #EFL #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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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Birthday to Alan Wright - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on the diminutive defender.

#BlackpoolFC #BRFC #AVFC #Boro #SUFC #CTFC #FTFC #EFL #PL #football

281: Alan Wright, Aston Villa, Panini Football Sticker Album, The Official PFA Collection, A-Z of ALL the Top Players from All the Top Teams in ‘97

Today Emlyn Jones takes a look at one of the few footballers I could actually look down on in a literal sense although his significant achie...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Birthday to Ricardo Quaresma - hope he's had a good one!

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Mat Jolin-Beech on niche trivia and nice trivelas.

#SportingCP #Barca #Porto #InterMilan #ChelseaFC #Besiktas #AlAhli #Kasimpasa #VitoriaGuimaraes #Portugal #football

126: Ricardo Quaresma, Portugal, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Panini Official Licensed Sticker Album

This week Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at the world of obscure football trivia through the medium of an exceptionally talented Portuguese wi...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Birthday to Paul Warhurst - hope he's had a good one!

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Rich Allinson on a man for all positions.

#OAFC #SWFC #BRFC #CPFC #BWFC #GTFC #FGRFC #BarnetFC #NVFC #EFL #PL #FACup #football

63, Paul Warhurst, Blackburn Rovers, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection

Today Richard Allinson takes a look at a man who played in so many positions he probably had to keep some in his aunt’s house. As you will s...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 14d

Is Marco Reich available?

A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 14d

Happy Birthday to Jason Koumas - hope he has a good one!

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Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a precocious talent who could take it or leave it.

#TRFC #WBA #CCFC #WAFC #EFL #PL #Wales #Cymru #football

334: Jason Koumas, Wigan Athletic, Topps Match Attax Trading Card Game, 2009/10

Emlyn Jones takes us through the career of yet another Wales international with a lot of talent. Emlyn is quite dismissive of his own sporti...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Birthday to Igor Protti - hope he's having a good one!

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Manny Hawks on an Italian goal machine (and a mediocre race horse).

#Rimini #Livorno #Messina #Bari #Lazio #Napoli #Reggiana #SerieA #SerieB #football #calcio

14: Igor Protti, Bari, Merlin’s Calcio 95 Collector Cards

We are picking up a request post today on behalf of Gareth ‘Marco J’ Jackson. First of all we’d like to thank Gareth for his patience as thi...

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A Sticker's Worth 500 Words @asw500.bsky.social · 15d

111: Steve Claridge, Leicester City, Merlin’s Premier League Kick Off Sticker Collection, 1997

Earlier this month everyone’s favourite bitey racist Uruguayan striker received a six-match ban for spitting at Gene Ramirez, Seattle Sounde...

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