‘Panini’ Archives
Panini Legends #17: 1986 Danish hero
Part of the wonderful 1986 Denmark team, he went on to do absolutely bugger all with the Chelsea youth team. To end the agony, merely scroll down to the bottom of the page... Here's the full Panini back catalogue thus far: 1. Dutch Lady’s man 2. French porn star 3. Massive beardy weirdy 4. Mid 90s England international 5. 80s afro [...]
Panini Legends #16: Geordie dream team
Way back in 1995–96, Newcastle were among the upcoming forces in the exciting, unpredictable Premier League, having rebuilt during the summer of 1995 with the signing of Mr. Y (centre) and Mr. Z among others. The club came very close to winning the Premier League that season, and were at one time 12 points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester [...]
Panini Legends #15: Brazil’s first ever opponents
OK, this one is a real challenge. This is the lower division team photo from 1981 for a team whose greatest claim to fame is having been the Brazil national team’s first ever opposition. Team X made their historic tour of South America in 1914, during which time they played 8 matches against teams in Argentina and Brazil. As I said, the [...]
Panini Legends #14: The era of the crappy perm
Once upon a time, 1979 I believe it was, football shirts had massive wide collars and it was obligatory for players to perm their hair. This was a golden age for the spectator, as much for the 'you'd never see me with hair like that' factor as the football on display. This was also something of a golden era in the black country, West Brom flying [...]
Panini Legends #13: Espana 82
As a bloke who went through his teenage years in the 1980s, I got used to the idea of loads of the UK appearing in any given World Cup. Bloody hell, Wales even nearly made it in 1986. The zenith of this era was 1982, when England and Scotland were joined by a genuinely good Northern Ireland team. Panini, as ever, commorated the occasion with a [...]
Panini legends #12: Poshest bloke ever
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Forbes Phillipson-Masters. No, really, that's his name. Despite what you make think, bleeding obvious actually from the picture, this isn't the 'all good friends and jolly good company' era of the 1930s but actually the beginning of the 1980s. How a bloke named Forbes Phillipson-Masters managed to survive the enormous amount of heckling his name [...]
Panini legends #11: West German mullet army circa 1990
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The 1990 World Cup was, despite England's extended participation, an absolute stinker, match only by the poorness of haircuts on display. How many of these soon to be world champions can you name? Part of me is very ashamed to admit that I can name all of them. To give you a hand, here's a list of names, in no particular order, for you to [...]
Panini legends #9: Ginger mop top
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People hate this man, the current manager of a certain north-west Premier League team. If you don't believe me, take a read of this, from Tribal Football... NAME OF TEAM boss Mr. X is fed-up with the stick he receives from fans. Mr. X said: 'I find it really strange and I do not like it. Things happened before I even walked through the door. It [...]
Panini legends #8: Boyish innocence
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internet advertising This little beauty comes from Panini's 1997 showcase. First, some fascinating background info. Panini’s arch rivals Merlin became the official sticker publishers for ye olde English First Division the year before the Premier League was formed (1991-92). Thus unable to depict team kits for fear of all kinds of money [...]
Panini legends #7: The club that sacked Fergie
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internet advertising An important part of Panini’s marketing when they launched collections for the UK market was a Scottish club section. In this first British album, the innovatively titled 'Football 78', Rangers and Celtic, naturally, were given the same allocation as the English teams – 14 players plus their boss – while the other [...]
