Can we fall in love with football again by collecting trading cards?

Chris Waugh of The Athletic and Pod On The Tyne joins us to experience the joys of trading cards and give us the inside scoop on what it's like to report on Newcastle United for the biggest digital publisher in the world.

On this episode, there's controversy when Chris decides to deduct Anth four points all because of Malick Thiaw, two painful former Newcastle United sales are discussed when their cards are pulled by James and then Anth, Chris gets a CLASSIC Chelsea legend and there's a deep cut quiz to see just how well The Athletic's reporter knows his club.

The premise of the show is simple - through the use of Topps Flagship Premier League trading cards, we are on a mission to rediscover what made James and Anth love the game in the first place. Across the series they will be opening packs, chasing rare cards and reliving football nostalgia.

Whether you're a football card collector, Premier League supporter, sticker album veteran or simply a fan of the beautiful game, join them as they explore the world of football collectibles and see if trading cards can reconnect them with football culture once again.

Subscribe for more football collecting adventures, Premier League chat, Topps openings, football nostalgia and fan culture stories.

Each week, we will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.THE RULES:A normal card gets no pointsCommon Special Cards get a pointOther more rare ones receive two pointsClassic Cards get three pointsRarer Cards (autos and relics) are worth moreThey lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many...And they'll argue about the rest.Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.

Chapters:

00:00 - Opening banter and guest introduction

01:09 - Scoring admin: Newcastle, Leeds, and punishment rules

03:42 - Anth admits he barely watched the weekend football

04:18 - Onto the trading cards

04:41 - Childhood sticker albums and the missing Matty Appleby sticker

05:18 - Future Stars cards and unknown youngsters

06:00 - Michael Kayode and the Brentford long-throw card

06:14 - Alexander Isak and lingering Newcastle frustration...and hatred

07:30 - Why Newcastle Unitedjournalism is easier after the Mike Ashley era

08:25 - The darkest days of Newcastle United

09:20 - Leny Yoro, Georginho Rutter, and Brighton’s recruitment1

0:17 - Bruno Fernandes and the least likable Premier League stars

11:09 - Igor Thiago and Brentford’s recruitment model

12:09 - Beast Mode, Nitro cards, and Daniel Muñoz

13:13 - Classic cards, including Eden Hazard and Patrick Kluivert

14:12 - Federico Macheda and the 2008–09 Manchester United kit

15:34 - The dream of covering your boyhood club

16:22 - Separating the fan from the journalist

18:57 - Ola Aina, Lucas Nmecha, and Sandro Tonali

20:08 - Newcastle’s Tonali fee and Bruno Guimarães leaving

21:13 - Calvin Bassey, Jurrien Timber, and Arsenal losing

22:30 - Why unpredictability makes the Premier League better

23:11 - Jacob Ramsey and James Garner

23:49 - The story behind the Córdoba futsal shirt

24:38 - Martin Zubimendi and Charlie Hughes

25:11 - Chris Waugh's Newcastle deep-cut quiz begins

29:24 - Quiz results, leaderboard update, and sign-off

Can we fall in love with football again by collecting stickers...or in fact trading cards.

Do you remember these amazing Nike adverts? Will Anth ever recover from this point loss...and his head loss over Manchester United? Why did James meet Bryan Mbuemo? And, what is a super rare Virgil van Dijk Parallel Card worth in our game?

In episode five of James and Anth's Premier League Trading Card Odyssey, we unveil our brand new match kits, Anth reveals why he HATES Manchester United, and realistically it's actually got little to do with the club, James takes a commanding lead thanks to the rarest card we've packed so far. There's also memories of classic 90s Nike adverts, a plea for Morgan Rogers to get his own celebration (stop, drop and roll if possible), a retrospective on Rafa Benitez and his time at Newcastle United and a brilliant 'Offside Sketch' that James and Anth watch for the first time.

Watch the full Nike adverts we talk about here:

Good vs Evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dsaQ1MF_w

Brazil at the airport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP5Ye5-LES8

The Cage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzdgafwmQ34

The premise of the show is simple - through the use of Topps Flagship Premier League trading cards, we are on a mission to rediscover what made James and Anth love the game in the first place. Across the series they will be opening packs, chasing rare cards and reliving football nostalgia.Whether you're a football card collector, Premier League supporter, sticker album veteran or simply a fan of the beautiful game, join them as they explore the world of football collectibles and see if trading cards can reconnect them with football culture once again.Subscribe for more football collecting adventures, Premier League chat, Topps openings, football nostalgia and fan culture stories.Each week, we will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.

THE RULES:

A normal card gets no points

Common Special Cards get a point

Other more rare ones receive two points

Classic Cards get three points

Rarer Cards (autos and relics) are worth more

They lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many...

And they'll argue about the rest.

Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.

Chapters:

00:00 - Opening banter, the series rebrand, new kits and Nike adverts

03:15 - Starting the card opening with no checklist in sight

04:27 - Anth explains why he hates Manchester United

05:35 - Supporting clubs versus supporting individual players

06:11 - Bryan Mbeumo praise and personal experience meeting him

07:16 - Is the card game reigniting their football interest?

08:00 - Ellis Simms and more points lost

09:07 - Adam Wharton appears AGAIN and the swaps keep coming

10:13 - Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage and his very French energy

10:44 - Virgil van Dijk parallel pull numbered 31 of 99

11:46 - Why the rare card matters and how parallels work

12:00 - More duplicate pain

13:06 - Morgan Rogers should get his own celebration

13:44 - Problems at Fulham and pressure on Álvaro Arbeloa

14:24 - Rafa Benítez: respected, but not universally adored

15:30 - Malik Thiaw and more weekend card reactions

16:08 - More repeated cards and the growing points gap

17:20 - Final 'Five For The Weekend' cards are locked in

18:50 - Predictions begin with Spurs versus Villa

9:15 - Newcastle versus Hull and Coventry versus Forest

20:04 - Bournemouth versus Liverpool and the Virgil goal prediction

20:47 - Man City versus Sunderland and Fulham versus Man United

21:33 - Wrap-up, subscribe reminder, and sign-off

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Prefer to watch? Find us here on YouTubeIn episode four of James and Anth's Premier League Sticker Odyssey (actually with trading cards), there's a revelation from Anth with his views on a World Cup winning goalkeeper, we pull our first ever 8=Bit Baller Card (and it's a Newcastle United legend), there are questions about whether a Championship Manager legend has sired the player on a Rookie Card we get this week from Manchester City and a lovely Beast Mode from a player who's unlucky to not have been in England's squad this summer. The premise of the show is simple - through the use of Topps Flagship Premier League trading cards, we are on a mission to rediscover what made James and Anth love the game in the first place. Across the series they will be opening packs, chasing rare cards and reliving football nostalgia.Whether you're a football card collector, Premier League supporter, sticker album veteran or simply a fan of the beautiful game, join them as they explore the world of football collectibles and see if trading cards can reconnect them with football culture once again.Subscribe for more football collecting adventures, Premier League chat, Topps openings, football nostalgia and fan culture stories.Each week, we will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.THE RULES:A normal card gets no pointsCommon Special Cards get a pointOther more rare ones receive two pointsClassic Cards get three pointsRarer Cards (autos and relics) are worth moreThey lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many...And they'll argue about the rest.Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.

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An empassioned defence of Match of The Day, Anth revealing his most hated player via the medium of pulling his Classic Card from the pack and James creates a new chant for a Bournemouth player.The premise of the show is simple - through the use of Topps Flagship Premier League trading cards, we are on a mission to rediscover what made us love the game in the first place. Across the series we will be opening packs, chasing rare cards and reliving football nostalgia.Whether you're a football card collector, Premier League supporter, sticker album veteran or simply a fan of the beautiful game, join us as we explore the world of football collectibles and see if trading cards can reconnect us with football culture once again.Subscribe for more football collecting adventures, Premier League chat, Topps openings, football nostalgia and fan culture stories.Each week, we will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.THE RULES:A normal card gets no pointsCommon Special Cards get a pointAutograph of Relic Cards and other more rare ones receive two pointsClassic Cards get three pointsThey lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many...And they'll argue about the rest.Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.

Can we fall in love with football again by collecting stickers...or in fact trading cards.

In episode two of James and Anth's Premier League Sticker Odyssey, we welcome our first guest of the series as Matthew Ketchell, sticker aficionado, football encyclopaedia and Deputy Editor of Four Four Two Magazine joins us.

Matt also brings one of his prized football possessions with him, expertise in the practice of opening packs of cards (which James can't master), deep cut Newcastle United knowledge and a memory of a Manchester United youngster that saves him points.

The premise of the show is simple - through the use of Topps Flagship Premier League trading cards, we are on a mission to rediscover what made us love the game in the first place. Across the series we will be opening packs, chasing rare cards and reliving football nostalgia.

Whether you're a football card collector, Premier League supporter, sticker album veteran or simply a fan of the beautiful game, join us as we explore the world of football collectibles and see if trading cards can reconnect us with football culture once again.

Subscribe for more football collecting adventures, Premier League chat, Topps openings, football nostalgia and fan culture stories.

Each week, we will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.

THE RULES:

A normal card gets no points

Common Special Cards get a point

Autograph of Relic Cards and other more rare ones receive two points

They lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many.

And they'll argue about the rest.

Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.

At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.

Welcome to the world of James and Anth's Premier League Sticker Odyssey....except without the stickers.Long time friends and lovers of sticker collecting James Craggs and Anthony Young have decided to try and rediscover their love of Premier League football by collecting stickers and creating their own points system based on what they get. Except, they didn't realise that @Topps Premier League stickers don't come out until later in the season.So, in an ingenious move, they pivoted to Trading Cards!Each week, they will be opening a new pack each and win points for the cards they get...but there's a twist.THE RULES:A normal card gets no pointsCommon Special Cards get a pointAutograph of Relic Cards and other more rare ones receive two pointsThey lose points if they've never heard of the player they pack...of which there are many.And they'll argue about the rest.Each show, they will pick five players for each other and then their fates that weekend for point scoring are linked to those five players.At the end of the season, the points will tally up and the winner takes home the hugely impressive trophy.