Manchester United dominated the Premier League 1999/2000, winning with 18 points more than Arsenal. The Red Devils had a fabulous squad that season, with Giggs, Beckham, Stam, Scholes, Cole and Yorke. The latter scored 20 times in the league (3rd place). Better than him only Alan Shearer (23 goals, Newcastle) and Kevin Phillips (30 goals, Sunderland).
The official sticker collection of this millennium edition was published by Merlin and it was the 7th consecutive Merlin's album since 1994. It is a large collection including 540 stickers of the 20 Premier League clubs. The albums opens with the contents and the foreword with two shiny stickers: the Premier League logo and the trophy. Clubs are then shown in alphabetical order with 26 stickers over six pages (22 regular stickers and 4 large size stickers). In the first two pages there are club details, results and fixtures together with 5 stickers: the shiny badge, the team (large size sticker), the new signing, the key player (shiny sticker) and the top scorer. In the next two pages the squad is presented with 16 stickers of players, whereas in the last two pages the album focuses on the main players of the team, with the stickers of the star defender, the star midfielder (large size shiny sticker), the superstar, and two large size stickers with the main strikers for a comparison head to head.
In the center of the album there are three special section. "The Kits" includes the shiny stickers of all the home kits (each kit is half sticker). "McDonald's Football Skills" is a sponsored two page section with six stickers: the shiny logo and five players in action (Seaman, Beckham, Owen, Zola, and Shearer). "The Trophy Cabinet" is a complete review of all the champions of the 20th century. Here there are the shiny stickers of the trophies: Premier League, F.A. Cup, League Cup, and Champions League.
Back cover of the album
Arsenal top players Henry and Ljungberg
There are four stickers of Zola in this collection, here the "top scorer" and the "McDonald's" stickers
The portrait sticker and the large size sticker of Zola
Didier Deschamps stickers
The fancy shiny badges of this collection
Italians of the Premier League 1999/2000: Eranio (ex Milan) and Carbone (ex Inter)
Liverpool stars Owen and Gerrard
Premier League badges of Manchester (winners 1999/2000) and Arsenal (2nd place)
Manchester United idols Beckham and Giggs
Large size shiny sticker of David Beckham
Middlesbrough fantastic midfielders Paul Ince and Paul Gascoigne
Kevin Phillips, top scorer of the Premier League 2000 with 30 goals
"Key player" and regular stickers of a young Frank Lampard at West Ham
Album details
Full name: F.A. Premier League 2000
Publisher: Merlin
League: English Premier League
Season: 1999/2000
Number of clubs: 20
Stickers per club: 26 (22 regular size, 4 big size)
Other sections:
- Introduction (2 stickers)
- The Kits (10 stickers)
- McDonald's Football Skills (6 stickers)
- The Trophy Cabinet (2 stickers)
Extra: Frubes "Record breakers" (12 small-size stickers)
Checklist: click here
Total number of stickers: 540
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