Not World Cup stickers.
But World Cup Mini-posters.
I guess Mini-posters doesn’t really sound manly…but it’s much better than stickers. I told my college students that when i was in 4th grade i collected world cup stickers… i heard myself say it and quickly restated as World Cup Mini-posters.
I grew up in Singapore, and when i was growing up Panini Sticker Books aka Mini-Poster Books were what was in. This was right before i got into Dragon Ball-Z cards. OOOH i still wish i had all my Dragon Ball Z cards. I’ll bring that up on another post in the future.
So back in 1990, yes 20 years ago when i was 9 i collected Panini mini-posters for Italia 90′
When i came back from Thailand 2 years ago, while cleaning up some old stuff at my parents place i found this:
man, i was so happy, brought back a flood of memories! It was perfect timing, as the 2010 world cup was coming up. Now…i guess it’s almost all over, but before world cup fever disappears in the USA, i wanted to share some of the football heroes that i remember from my childhood. To be honest, i didn’t really follow the world cup for reals until 1994 when it was here in the USA. At that time i was still in Singapore, my dad bought a brand new 27″ tv! it was a big screen to us at the time. For the world cup he spent big money on that fat tube TV!
My bro and I woke up early to watch Korea play. They tied with Spain 2-2, tied 0-0 w/ Bolivia, and then got CRUSHED by Germany 3-2…i remember Jürgen Klinsmann, now commentator, former coach, then star player. He scored 2 on Korea…but his 1st goal was especially sick… check it out
Klinsmann
anyways now onto positive memories:
team argentina 90'
maradonna 90'
check out maradonna then
the 24 teams Italia 90'
Ruud Gullit
It’s Ruud with his OG hair
Dunga
Oh man i don’t want to be Dunga right now, hopefully he doesn’t get hurt
Romario
Romario, pronounced Homario, according to my Brazilian friends. Man he was the MAN in 94′
Roberto Baggio
Man who can forget Baggio, even though he was so good, he really lost it at the end. Poor Baggio
Man he BALLOOOOONS IT! Maybe it was the pressure…maybe it was his ponytail?
Now these were hard to get, rare Gold ones:
Gold mini-posters!
Gold mini-posters!!
Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane, well my memory lane at least. I hope the game between Germany and Spain will not disappoint!
Abe! I kind of missed you and so I lOoked you up on google. Fun blast from the past post