56: Chris Coleman, Blackburn Rovers, Panini Football Sticker Album, The Official PFA Collection, A-Z of ALL the Top Players from All the Top Teams in ‘97
Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones takes us on a journey through the career of a national icon today who took the Welsh men’s national football team to the brink of continental glory. His commitment to his country was evident in the accompanying quote for today’s sticker where he stated “I have my heart set on a place in France in 1998 with Wales”. These words obviously came off the back of back-to-back thrashings of San Marino in the summer of 1996 rather than the subsequent drubbing at the hands of the Netherlands and a ten goal thriller with Turkey. Eighteen years later, however, he was in France with the Red Dragons. Over to Emlyn with the rest. I grew up speaking Welsh with my father, and still retain a level of fluency in the language, but have to take steps to try and retain the skill. One useful technique for this is utilising the Welsh language channel S4C, with the coverage of the Welsh football and rugby teams' fixtures with Welsh commentary a great option. In addition to this, so...