Since its inception in 1970, the Panini World Cup sticker album has evolved from a simple collectors’ hobby inspired by one of the most famous sporting events, into a worldwide cultural and commercial ...

It’s 40 years old now, and unsurprisingly showing its age; a bit dog-eared, the staples are rusting, the centre pages have come loose. But it remains, four decades on, an evocative portal for football ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 20, 2022. It is said the World Cup unofficially kicks off when the Italian collectable company "Panini" releases its sticker album for the ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – When Landon Donovan was a kid, every Christmas he would get a box of Panini soccer stickers. He’d sort through the stickers, filling in gaps in his album and getting to see ...

Panini, the football sticker firm behind the playground craze of the 1970s and 80s, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. How did it survive tabloid warfare, a thieving tycoon's clutches and ...

Panini, in partnership with WSL Football, has unveiled the Barclays Women’s Super League Official Sticker Collection 2026, marking a major milestone for women’s football. For the first time, the ...

It’s not just a sticker, it’s a collectible. Sports fans these days are passing up their trading cards, once a staple of American childhood, for collectible stickers. With the start of the ...

The plan had been one packet, just to see what they looked like. Then it became two, so I could put together a five-a-side team. Then my friend Gavin, a Manchester United Women fan, sent over photos ...

The official sticker album for this summer’s European Championship has sparked fury and mockery after it emerged it does not include several of England’s star players but features Wales, who failed to ...

Jonathan Ward, 56, was left surprised by the high level of interest his Mexico 1970 World Cup sticker album received despite missing six stickers A PANINI football sticker album has been sold for a ...

There's no two words about it, Panini stickers are very expensive. There was a time when children could exchange a few pennies in return for a handful of stickers of their favourite players, which ...