Before the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, they paid a thousand dollars cash to soccer's governing body to buy the rights to produce stickers of the players, not least the great Pele.

This is an excerpt from Greg Lansdowne’s chronicling of Panini’s World Cup Stickers: Panini Football Stickers – The Official Celebration.Lansdowne and Bloomsbury Press have graciously ...

World Cup may be a year away, but Panini and FIFA have teamed up this spring for a new, first-of-its-kind sticker album. The album marks a significant milestone in soccer collectibles in that it is ...

Back in 2017 this 1970 Panini World Cup sticker album sold for a whopping £10,450 at auction ... It was signed twice by Brazilian football legend Pele - whose team went on to win the World Cup ...

A copy of the first-ever Panini World Cup sticker album from 1970 has sold at auction for £2,000. It was given to Andrew Knott from Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, as a 12th birthday present by ...

A rare copy of the first ever Panini World Cup sticker album could fetch a record price at auction - after spending decades gathering dust in a garage and nearly being eaten by mice. Andrew Knott ...

A COPY of the first Panini World Cup album could fetch a record £1,800. Every Mexico 1970 sticker — including Bobby Moore — is in it. Andrew Knott, 65, from Leics, got it for his 12th ...

A copy of the first ever Panini World Cup sticker album from 1970 could fetch up to £1,800 at auction. It was given to Andrew Knott from Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, as a 12th birthday present ...

Pele, who has died at the age of 82, helped Brazil win World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He was the greatest World Cup player ever ...