You may have noticed that all of us at ‘A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words’ like an excuse to compliment footballing legends for their excellent h...

Today Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at one of life’s great levellers through the medium of a young striker who has lit up Serie A this season...

In the seemingly endless debate on the greatest footballer of all time you rarely hear the names Edson Arantes do Nascimento or Arthur Antun...

Today Emlyn Jones takes a look at the fascinating career of a man who is often only remembered for one famous moment in a Premier League gam...

This week we take on a request post on behalf of two of our Twitter followers albeit with several months passing between the actual request...

Today Emlyn Jones takes a look at one of the few footballers I could actually look down on in a literal sense although his significant achie...

This week Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at the world of obscure football trivia through the medium of an exceptionally talented Portuguese wi...

Today Richard Allinson takes a look at a man who played in so many positions he probably had to keep some in his aunt’s house. As you will s...

Selhurst Park first opened its doors as the home of Crystal Palace in August 1924. Anyone who has had the pleasure of attending South Londo...

We are picking up a request post today on behalf of Gareth ‘Marco J’ Jackson. First of all we’d like to thank Gareth for his patience as thi...

The various streaming platforms available today mean that it is rare for a show to create the kind of water cooler moments dreamed of by pr...

This week we are taking on a request post from Mark of Football Art Online fame. If you haven’t already familiarised yourself with his exce...

Richard Allinson brings us the story of a World Cup that made so many fall in love with football and many more come back to the game after t...

Mat Jolin-Beech is back with some more insight from his recent travels. Today’s subject played at three World Cups and earned 82 caps as his...

Tag someone and if they don’t reply in five minutes they owe you a trip to Disneyland. Pick your grandmother’s name and t...

Selhurst Park first opened its doors as the home of Crystal Palace in August 1924. Anyone who has had the pleasure of attending South Londo...

In case it had escaped your notice Richard Allinson is slightly older than the rest of us at A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words. With great age com...

Continuing our theme of excellent 90s goalkeepers we have my mate Emlyn Jones. I remember watching today’s subject win the man o...

Our cartoonist on the English top-flight leading the way for debatable decisions and performative sadness * Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works * And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

Mat Jolin-Beech today looks to spare us all the tedium of an international break with a look back at some pre-season misadventures. An onlin...

Happy New Year! Let’s be honest 2021 can’t be worse than the absolute shitshow that has gone before but if we have learnt anything from it i...

Mat Jolin-Beech has been on his travels again and is once again delving into a more internationally flavoured subject. As a result the 848 ...

Rich Allinson explores some interesting inking among some of South America’s footballing talent while also allowing all England fans a bit o...

Talking about periods of relative stability seems trite in these disconcerting times but, for the first time in my life, Crystal...

In October 2020 Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made his 650th appearance in Serie A during a 1-1 draw against Crotone. He followed thi...

The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930 and featured just thirteen teams for a range of reasons which could only have occurred ...

Covid-19 has forced many of us to reflect on the things that really matter in life. It has also forced us to finally do jobs tha...

Mat Jolin-Beech takes a look at a player who seemingly sacrificed his prime years as a professional to chase the big bucks in an upstart lea...

Mat Jolin-Beech at the helm for today’s post. There’s not much more to add to that other than it’s important that we all take the time to lo...

Mat Jolin-Beech is back with another Fantasy Premier League favourite today and a man of many talents.  While Simon Rodger and Neville Sout...

In 2017 the country musician Brad Paisley released the album 'Love and War' featuring the track 'selfie #theinternetisforever'. The song is ...

Today Richard Allinson brings us one of the great underdog stories from European club football’s recent past providing further evidence of w...

The announcement last week that the British government had frozen Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s assets as part of the sanctions being lev...

A week is a long time in politics. It’s an even longer time in football. Last month the sport was rocked by the announcement of an agreement...

There has always been a close relationship between football and music which isn’t a massive surprise when you consider the huge impact both ...

Unlike the rest of us at A Sticker’s Worth 500 Words Mat Jolin-Beech is an actual journalist who, as you will see, has met some very inter...

The European Championship is back in Germany for the first time since 1988 and if that tournament was anything to go by we might be in for a...

Nearly a quarter of a century ago The Guardian published an article entitled ‘The 10 Worst Foreign Signings in History’. Focusing almost exc...

Today Richard Allinson looks at a national hero who currently isn’t allowed in the particular nation in which he was once so heroic. Whereas...

Today Richard Allinson takes a look at one of football’s most iconic figures who truly transcended the boundaries of the sport. Football in ...