mercoledì 19 agosto 2020

Merlin's Premier League 2004

 


F.A. Premier League 2004 is the 11th Premier league sticker collection published by Merlin since the first edition in 1994. It is another aurograph edition, in which all the player stickers are signed, as for the previous two editions (2002 and 2003). The album starts with the contents and an introduction including two large size shiny stickers: the F.A. Premier League logo and trophy. Then, the 20 competing clubs are shown in alphabetical order with a total of 28 stickers displaced over six pages. In the first two pages the club is presented with the shiny sticker of the badge and three large size stickers: the team photo, the key player (shiny) and the star striker (shiny). In the other four pages, 24 players of the squad are presented with a portrait sticker and career details of each player. 
Arsenal were the champions at the end of the season 2003/2004 with 90 points, well ahead of Chelsea (79 points) and Manchester United (75 points). They could count on 30 goals of the league top scorer Thierry Henry.














In the center of the album there are two special sections. "The Kits" includes the home uniform stickers of the 20 competing clubs. There are in total 10 shiny stickers in this section (one kit is half sticker). "2002/03 Premiership Top Ten" includes six shiny stickers of players with the best records in the previous season: Van Nistelrooy, Mellberg, Henry, Beattie, Friedel, and Shearer. 






















Back cover of the album

Top scorers Thierry Henry (30 goals, 1st place) and Alan Shearer (22 goals, 2nd place)

Shiny badges from the Merlin's Premier League 2004 collection

Argentinian talented players at Chelsea: Juan Sebastian Veron and Hernan Crespo

Regular and shiny stickers of Wayne Rooney (Everton)

Cristiano Ronaldo's first Premier League stickers: regular and shiny

Legendary midfielders: Ryan Giggs (Manchester Utd) and Dino Baggio (60 caps and 7 goals with Italy)

Album details:
Full name: F.A. Premier League 2004
Publisher: Merlin
Season: 2003/2003
League: English Premier League
Number of clubs: 20
Stickers per club: 28
Other sections:
  • Introduction (2 stickers)
  • The Kits (10 stickers)
  • 2002/2003 Premier League Top Tens (6 stickers)
Extra: poster "Derby Days" Sugar Puffs (20 stickers Q1-Q20)
Updates: no
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 578


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