'Pitch Invasion' on BBC iPlayer is well worth a watch, charting the impact of Scottish and Irish players in the English game. The presence of Panini UK & Ireland and SHOOT doesn't do it any harm either!

Thanks to Bloomsbury Sport for some essential reading once bed-bound for a while after tomorrow's operation.

Save the date! Essex Retro Football & Cricket Show - Winter Special is now confirmed for 17th November, once again Essex Cricket. Plenty more details to follow here and at greglansdowne.co.uk, with plans for special guests from both football AND cricket on this occasion.

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I do love a bit of retro! So when I discovered an Only Fools and Horses-themed cafe - Trotters Independent Cafe - on my doorstep in Witham, I couldn't resist. Cushty!

Not sure how this amount equates to the 224,190-credit bounty put on Han Solo, but it's safe to say both he and Lionel Messi are highly sought-after! cllct.com/sports-collect…

MTV 90s (with a bit of 80s thrown in!) are serving up a perfect warm-up to tonight's game!

Hi from Broadway Market, E8 in #Hackney. We are full to the brim with football books, magazines, fanzines, photobooks, kids books, prints, scarves and more! Here til 5pm, come get it!! ➡️ stanchionbooks.com/pages/visit-us

💂London is Live💂 Our London episode airs in full force starting this weekend, as we explore sports cards across the UK during Matt Strahm’s London Series Trip.

Backpass lives to fight another day! Issue 90 (out next week) won't be the final edition after all. You can order the next issue here: backpassmagazine.co.uk

I defy any football supporter not to find a suitable book among that lot!

The latest issue of Backpass (not the last one!) is now arriving for subscribers and will be in the shops next week.

“If you’d asked a collector before 2020 in the UK what a rookie was, a majority wouldn’t have known it in context to ⚽️ cards and ⚽️ stickers.” Author of four 📚 on collectibles in the UK, Greg Lansdowne, shared some great insight on sports cards & stickers on our London episode!

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | STUCK ON YOU by Greg Lansdowne Charting the history of football stickers in the UK - wallow in wistful memories of swapping in the school playground, shinies and recurring doubles. 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/stuck…

Announcing the next Essex Retro Football & Cricket Show. More details (including news on special guests) to follow. Further updates will also appear on greglansdowne.co.uk/essex-retro-fo…

The playing retirement of Alex Morgan means her run of Panini UK & Ireland World Cup albums (as a current player) ends at four. One of a select band to have featured in all Women's World Cup sticker albums to date.

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | PANINI UK FOOTBALL STICKER COLLECTIONS 1986-1993 by Panini UK & Ireland, w/ intro by Greg Lansdowne A football fan's dream come true - every complete sticker album 1986-1993 reproduced together for the very first time. Bloomsbury Sport 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/panin…

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | PANINI UK FOOTBALL STICKER COLLECTIONS 1978-1985 by Panini UK & Ireland, w/ intro by Greg Lansdowne A football fan's dream come true - every complete sticker album 1978-1985 reproduced together for the very first time. Bloomsbury Sport 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/panin…

Gm from #Hackney, we are back at Broadway Market, E8 packed to the gills with all your favourite football books, magazines, fanzines, kids books and more. Here til 5pm and check TLFG to fit your visit around a game this international break! ➡️ stanchionbooks.com/pages/visit-us

Nice piece by Thom Gibbs about the rise of 2000s football nostalgia in Telegraph Football. Is this sticker now classed as 'vintage'?!