I had Adie Mike in my sticker book

[Double R]

remember Felix Maggath scaring the shit out of me as I thought he looked like the American werewolf in London.

I remember being shit scared of a Newcastle player sticker, chap called Joe Allon. Would have been about 1986 or 7. Blone hair, big teeth. Bloody terrifying.

 

[Double R]

I think it was Merlin sticker books I had from memory. I am not sure if they were the same as Panini?

Panini where the big boys during the 80's. When the Premier League started a small company called Merlin won the rights to produce the official premier league stickers and they took off big time, becoming more popular than ever during the early to mid nineties. Panini, realising they had dropped a bollock, then came along with an offer for Merlin they could not refuse. They sold, a decision they soon came to regret.
Saw this on a football sticker doc a few years ago.

Edit, I think it might have been Topps who bought out Merlin not Panini.

 

[LongsightM13]

Panini where the big boys during the 80's. When the Premier League started a small company called Merlin won the rights to produce the official premier league stickers and they took off big time, becoming more popular than ever during the early to mid nineties. Panini, realising they had dropped a bollock, then came along with an offer for Merlin they could not refuse. They sold, a decision they soon came to regret.
Saw this on a football sticker doc a few years ago.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Panini where the big boys during the 80's. When the Premier League started a small company called Merlin won the rights to produce the official premier league stickers and they took off big time, becoming more popular than ever during the early to mid nineties. Panini, realising they had dropped a bollock, then came along with an offer for Merlin they could not refuse. They sold, a decision they soon came to regret.
Saw this on a football sticker doc a few years ago.

You my friend, are very learned.

 

[bluealf]

It was called Premier Manager on the Amiga if I remember correctly :P I was a big Amiga 1200 guy ;)

championshipansger on amiga 500 - Google Search

 

[Half time draw tickets]

Need need got got got need got

 

[SamTheGuru]

Need need got got got need got

Got got got got got got and need.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Need need got got got need got

Got got got got got got and need.

You two must've been brought up in a nicer area of Manchester to me, we used "got" and "not got", as shouting "NEED" often resulted in a knee to the bollocks followed by somebody shouting "You have been!" (followed by loads of laughter)

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Got got got got got got and need.

Am sure some of the stickers were never printed so you would have to pay more for the "last few" to fill the album. Did anyone ever actually complete a sticker album? Remember scottish teams players were 2 to a sticker.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I had Pierre Van Hooijdonk and Gary McAllister on my pencil all the way through school.