Vintage English soccer sticker collection from 1979/80 season

All summer long, we’re continuing our series that focuses on collecting soccer stickers and trading cards. This week, it’s a vintage English soccer sticker collection from the 1979/80 season. Produced by Ava Americana and titled Football Special 79, this collection has a special meaning for me (as well as many soccer collectors from the late seventies and early eighties).

Featuring the classic Liverpool team that had just won the top-flight title in the 1978/79 season, the Football Special 79 soccer sticker album includes many legendary footballers from the division including Andy Gray, Pat Jennings, Trevor Francis, Ray Wilkins, Paul Mariner, Kenny Dalglish, Martin O’Neill, Glenn Hoddle, Laurie Cunningham, Cyrille Regis and many others.

Watch the video below to see what the album looks like, as well as to see images of many of the top footballers from the time:

Articles from our series focused on soccer trading cards and stickers:

• Soccer trading cards: Why it’s time to consider investing in the hobby
• What makes soccer trading cards valuable, and why and how to get them graded
• Collecting Panini’s Euro 2020 stickers is a perfect accompaniment to watching the tournament
• Where to buy soccer trading cards, and how hobby and retail boxes are different

Videos: Unboxing of soccer cards and stickers

• 2020/21 Obsidian soccer cards
• 2020/21 Topps Museum Collection: UEFA Champions League
• 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21 Topps Bundesliga stickers
• 2020/21 Panini Prizm Premier League trading cards
• Euro 2020 Panini stickers
• Panini Chronicles box break featuring Neymar autograph
• Orbis World Cup 1990: The greatest soccer sticker album of all time