Only Good Stickers: Panini Football 83

venerdì 23 ottobre 2026

Panini Football 83

Football 83 is Panini's sticker album dedicated to English and Scottish football for the 1982/83 season. It belongs to a series that began with Football 78 and brings together the English First and Second Divisions and the Scottish Premier Division in one large collection of 527 stickers. One of its most distinctive features is the unusual shape of the stickers, narrow and tall.

The album opens with a contents page and four introductory stickers. These are all shiny and feature the logos of the English and Scottish football leagues and the respective players' associations. After this short introduction, the collection moves directly to the English First Division, with the clubs presented in alphabetical order.

Each First Division team occupies two pages and is represented by 16 stickers. The team photo and shiny club badge are displayed horizontally, while the coach and 13 players are shown in individual full-body portraits arranged vertically. Eeach player's description is printed directly beneath the corresponding space in the album, providing information alongside the portraits.

The English Second Division follows immediately afterwards, but with a much more concise presentation. All 22 clubs are included, each represented by just two stickers: a team photo and a half-size shiny club badge.

The Scottish Premier Division comes next, with its clubs also arranged alphabetically. Each team has a team photo, a shiny club badge, a half-size manager sticker and 13 player portraits (also half-size stickers).

The final section is entitled “Laws of the Game” and it explains the main rules of football through 48 stickers featuring illustrations and drawings. Rather than simply presenting players and clubs, this section takes an educational approach, using visual examples to explain aspects of the sport.

From a sporting perspective, Liverpool won the English First Division in 1982/83 with 82 points, while Luther Blissett of Watford finished as the division's top scorer with 27 goals. In Scotland, Dundee United won the Scottish Premier Division, and Charlie Nicholas of Celtic was the league's leading scorer with 29 goals.