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Panini Legends

A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers

Greg Lansdowne author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th Nov '24

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Panini Legends cover

From rookie to final playing sticker, this unique collection showcases the world's greatest footballers through their Panini sticker album appearances.

'Panini Legends, by the leading authority on the stickers, Greg Lansdowne, charts the changing appearances of football legends.' – Daily Mail

'I hope somebody gives me this for Christmas…' – Adrian Chiles, BBC Radio 5 Live

'A beautifully illustrated book' – talkSPORT

PANINI’S GREATEST FOOTBALL STICKERS STAR IN ONE AMAZING BOOK

PANINI LEGENDS
showcases in sticker form 85 of the most-celebrated players in men’s and women’s football. Icons like Pelé, Diego Maradona, Franz Beckenbauer and Bobby Moore are present, of course, but they share the limelight with modern stars such as Lionel Messi, Marta, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo and Alexia Putellas.

Written by respected sticker authority Greg Lansdowne, the book features stickers from a host of domestic leagues and all the major international tournaments, expertly selected from over 60 years’ worth of albums.

– Which players made the PANINI album but didn’t play?
– Who never missed a season as a sticker?
– Whose rookie – a player’s first sticker – is most sought after?

Inside the book:

– More than 900 iconic PANINI stickers from the domestic and international football competitions
– Extended career profiles of the greatest players to grace PANINI albums
PANINI stickers showing kits of some of world's most famous football teams

A gold mine for football fans and collectors. -- Dan Keane, Sport Cards UK
If you’re a fan of classic football history and football stickers, get your hands on one. -- Paolo Panini
A beautifully illustrated book. * talkSPORT *
Soccer’s greats as seen through their sticker selves… I did love perusing it. * Soccer America *
…a great Christmas book… It is one of these books you could sit for hours flicking through. -- Hawksbee and Jacobs, talkSPORT
If you could put joy, nostalgia, love, regret, humour and great knowledge into a book… a wonderful volume. -- Paul Ross, talkSPORT
I hope somebody gives me this for Christmas… -- Adrian Chiles, BBC Radio 5 Live
Panini Legends, by the leading authority on the stickers, Greg Lansdowne, charts the changing appearances of football legends. * Daily Mail *

ISBN: 9781399412339

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

240 pages