Soccer collector roll call

[commishbob]

Love the game, coached for many years. I wouldn't consider myself an advanced soccer collector but I do enjoy my Players tobacco sets from the 20s. I also pick up Manchester United cards from the A&BC sets of the 50s and 60s and the later Topps England sets of the 70s. The Panini WC sticker sets are fun. Players I collect haphazardly include Figo (I'm Portuguese), Messi, Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Over the past year and a half, as I've diversified what I collect, I've tried to add a card or two (rookies in most cases) of each of the all-time greats DiStefano through C Ronaldo. So I would call myself someone who dabbles rather than a real soccer collector.

[Ulidia]

Have a relatively advanced soccer collection but not of cards (other memorabilia),

I am a life member of Crusaders, a football club in Belfast, Northern Ireland and I also have a season ticket for Internazionale of Milan.

I’ve also regularly travelled to games abroad to watch the Northern Ireland national team and have a particular interest in Belfast Celtic, Ireland’s great club side that last played in 1949.

[thelimey]

I started collecting NFL rookie HoF cards about 7 years ago. Then at the start of this year I decided to expand to, as a Brit, my native game of football. At the moment I'm focusing on Rookie cards with a loose emphasis on Ballon d'Or winners (old European Footballer of the Year award) & key 80's to 00's players (as I'm in my late 30's).

I got most of my Italian soccer cards ( stickers) from my wifes Uncles from Italy when they would visit us and when we go to visit my wifes family in Italy. Also picked up some soccer packs from Brazil when we were on our honeymoon in 1986. My daughter got involved with soccer at a young age, she was lucky to be trained by one of the US Women's National Team sister's, we both got to meet the Womens National Team at a practice were they signed her Pink US National Team Mothers Day Jersey for her. My daughter and her team mate friend also helped with a camp offered by one of the Womens National Team Member

[steve B]

I have a few Soccer cards, so I would say I collect them, but the same way I tend to collect anything else, haphazardly. I have some modern, one or two US sets from the 70's, a few of the Topps stickers from 78, and a few British Topps from the 70's or 80's. I may have a couple older ones, but if I do, only one or two and nothing exciting.

[Arazi4442]

Like a couple have said, I have some soccer cards but wouldn't call myself a soccer collector. I've got a few nice soccer RCs and a few more on my want list - my primary focus would be RCs outside of the 4 major sports.

Soccer is some of the most interesting to look at and talk about along with boxing, imo.