lunedì 19 giugno 2023

Panini Scottish Football 1992

 

Scottish Football 1992 is the first Panini sticker album solely dedicated to the Scottish league. In a simple but linear structure, the collection shows all of the 12 competing clubs in the Premier Division with three extra sections at the end of the album.

After an introductory page with no stickers, the clubs are shown in alphabetical order with 12 stickers of players in action displaced over two pages. The team photo and club badge stickers find place at the end of the album with two special sections of two pages each. The club badge stickers are the only special stickers of this collection, printed on metallic foil. The last section is "Scots in England", with 12 stickers of Scottish players in action in the English league.  

Glasgow Rangers won the 1991/1992 Scottish Premier Division with 34 goals of the league top scorer Ally McCoist. After a break of two seasons, Panini continued the series dedicated to the Scottish football with the album SPL 95.




















Back cover of the album

Rangers international players: the Dutch Huistra and the Russian Mikhailichenko

The metallic stickers of the club badges are grouped together at the end of the album

The stickers of two Scots in England: Steve Nicol (343 caps and 36 goals for Liverpool) and Brian McClair (355 caps and 88 goals for Manchester United

Album details:
Full name: Scottish Football 1992
Publisher: Panini
League: Scottish Premier Division
Season: 1991/1992
Number of clubs: 12
Stickers per club: 12
Other sections:
  • Squad Shots! (12 stickers)
  • Club Crest Foils (12 stickers)
  • Scots in England (12 stickers)
Cheklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 180


mercoledì 7 giugno 2023

Panini Voetbal 2005

 

Voetbal 05 is the last collection of the Dutch football produced by Panini. The series started in 1978 and continued until 2000; then it was picked up again in 2004 for two more editions. After 2005, more albums of the Eredivisie were produced by local supermarkets (Plus and AH).

The album Voetbal 2005 starts with the contents and an introductory page with the foreword and two shiny stickers celebrating the winners of the previous season (Ajax won the Eredivisie and Utrecht won the KNVB Cup). The 18 Eredivisie clubs are then shown following the standing order of the previous season. The three main clubs (Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord) have a total of 20 stickers displaced over three pages: the shiny badge, the team photo composed by two stickers, and 17 players. The remaining clubs have only 18 stickers, including the badge, the team photo and 15 players.

After showing all the Eredivisie clubs, the album ends with a page dedicated to the Amstel Cup 2004/2005, including the shiny sticker of the trophy. The cup was finally won by PSV, whereas Ajax won the Eredivisie title, and Dirk Kuyt was the top scorer with 29 goals.















Back cover of the album

Talented players in the Eredivisie: Wesley Sneijder and Jefferson Farfàn

Dirk Kuyt was the topscorer of the 2005 Eredivisie with 29 goals. The young Huntelaar scored 16 goals for Heerenveen


Album details:
Full name: Voetbal 05
Publisher: Panini
League: Dutch Eredivisie
Season: 2004/2005
Number of clubs: 18
Stickers per club: 18 (except Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord with 20 stickers)
Other sections:
  • Introduction (2 stickers)
  • Amstel Cup 2004/2005 (1 sticker)
Extra (poster, updates): No
Checklist: click here

Total number of stickers: 333