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Two vintage football trading cards side by side. The left card shows Drago Vabec with the text “Yougoslavie” and “Drago VABEC”. The right card shows Matthew Le Tissier with the text “MATTHEW LE TISSIER” and “SOUTHAMPTON”.

Nice mullet, mate! How amazing are these old Panini football stickers?

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Date
17 May 2013

I know the trend for men these days is a long-on-top-and-short-on-the-sides, but to me a mullet and a moustache truly is the sign of a real man. Look at these footballers’ sweaty brows; a toxic lather of sweat and wet-look gel accumulating on their foreheads. This archive of serious sports hunks is Old School Panini, a blog set up by Alexandre Bourouf who, after finding his old Panini football sticker album decided to start seriously collecting these gems from yore.

I don’t know much about football, but I do know that this is yet another example of how the olden days are better than the present. Fact. Check out his blog for fun facts and history about the players from the golden era of football.

A football trading card of David Platt in an England kit. The card features a portrait of the player against a green leafy background, with “ENGLAND” and “DAVID PLATT” printed in a clean sans-serif font.
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A football trading card of Jean-Pierre Papin wearing a white Marseille kit. The card features a yellow border with the text “MARSEILLE” at the top and “JEAN-PIERRE PAPIN” at the bottom.
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A football trading card of Lee Sharpe in a red Manchester United kit. The top red banner reads “Manchester United” next to the club crest, and the bottom banner reads “Lee Sharpe”.
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A vintage trading card of Gilbert Gress, who wears large glasses and a striped knit jumper over a blue shirt. A small logo in the corner reads “Strasbourg” above a blue and white crest. Text at the bottom reads “Gilbert Gress (Entraîneur)”.
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A football trading card featuring a portrait of Matthew Le Tissier in a red and white striped jersey. A yellow border surrounds the image, with a white banner below reading “MATTHEW LE TISSIER” and “SOUTHAMPTON”.
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A trading card of David Seaman in a yellow England goalkeeper kit. The card features the word “ENGLAND” at the top and “DAVID SEAMAN” at the bottom, alongside a “UEFA 92” logo.
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A trading card featuring a portrait of Viv Anderson in a white sports top with red and blue stripes. Below the image, text reads “VIV ANDERSON” alongside the England flag and the letters “ENG”.
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A vintage trading card of Raymond Domenech. He wears a blue Adidas football shirt with a “Strasbourg” club crest on the chest.
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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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