The following are two excerpts from Greg Lansdowne’s chronicling of Panini’s World Cup Stickers: Panini Football Stickers – The Official Celebration. Lansdowne and Bloomsbury Press have graciously ...

The humble Panini World Cup sticker album has once again captured the imagination of football fans across the world, proving its enduring appeal far beyond the pitch. Adam Martin, a collectibles shop ...

It is the small things that add up. And while Panini stickers might be considered a peripheral aspect of any World Cup, the news that the 2030 competition will be the last feted by rows of mugshots, ...

Imagine a European Championship without Kylian Mbappe, the world’s biggest football star. Imagine it without Premier League player of the year Phil Foden, Germany legends Manuel Neuer and Toni Kroos, ...

Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved fan tradition. This tournament's sticker book is the largest ever – this is what it takes to collect them all.

Discover how 500 Panini World Cup sticker collectors gathered to trade and complete their albums, fostering community and ...

112-page album will require 980 unique stickers to fill Individual packets of seven stickers cost £1.25 in Britain Soaring prices at the pumps, grocery bills on the rise, and now it seems inflation ...

Panini's beloved World Cup sticker collection is back for this summer's tournament and demand has been through the roof. The 2026 edition has been disappearing rapidly from the shelves of numerous ...

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 11: A person prepares the stickers on the production line of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stickers album at Panini factory on October 11, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by ...

There is a ritual that I have repeated every four years since 1998: collecting Panini Fifa World Cup stickers. It’s a curious hobby; though I’m not a football fanatic, I am an enthusiast for printed ...