Do you remember the Panini football thumbnails? These self-adhesive cards to fill in albums that were always incomplete because you were always missing ONE sticker, THE sticker. That of Michel Platini, Zinédine Zidane, or Christophe Cocard … Well imagine that the small football club in the village of Gurgy, 1,700 inhabitants, will release, just before Christmas, its first and own album on the Panini model !
Instead of having Messi, Neymar and Benzema in stickers to exchange, we will have Martine, Didier and Damien de Gurgy! – Mathieu Delahousse, president-player of AS Gurgy
In all, 36 pages. And 169 self-adhesive cards to collect. It is Mathieu Delahousse, young president-player (29 years) of AS Gurgy who is at the initiative. “When I was little, my father would take me to the local bar-tabac to buy me Panini stickers. I was a fan. The idea of reproducing this kind of album on our scale came after a match, in the locker room, on a Sunday afternoon, with the seniors. It was especially for the children, the young people of the club. Instead of having Messi, Neymar and Benzema in stickers to exchange, we will have Martine, Didier and Damien de Gurgy! So that’s pretty cool. “
The members of the club (around 135) all have a self-adhesive sticker with their effigy. “The album and collectible cards will be in the club’s colors, fuchsia and black. It’s important, insists Mathieu Delahousse. In all, there will be eight youth, women’s and senior teams. “ Sponsors, managers and volunteers are not forgotten and will also have the right to their trombine in this album which honors the history of the club, founded in 1976, and which was designed by the company Triple M, based in Savoie and specialized in the genre.
We will be displayed as starlets, and we are happy! – Chamsdine, young graduate of AS Gurgy
Damien, 13, who plays in U15 at AS Gurgy, finds the idea “very good”. “I will try to buy all the cards, he said. I may not be able to get them all. There may be doubles, triples … “ Chamsdine, a young U13, is also delighted. “I think it gives a little creative side, it’s great! We will be displayed as starlets, and we are happy!” In all: 5 euros for the album, 1 euro for a packet of eight stickers at the four points of sale spread over Gurgy (bakery, grocery store, “Les 3 cailloux” bar and stadium on Wednesdays and weekends at the refreshment stall).
A good hundred albums as well as 2000 packs of stickers have been ordered by the club. One way, with this sale, to replenish the funds started because of the health crisis? “Not at all, details Mathieu Delahousse. We buy the album 4.30 euros per unit, and 90 cents per package. This project was not designed to find its way financially, but to please our licensees. “
The first person from the club who succeeds in completing the album will have a reward – Mathieu Delahousse, president-player of AS Gurgy
In any case, it will not be necessary to hang around to fill the precious notebook, according to the president-player of AS Gurgy. “Even the seniors will play along, because a lot of people are planning to buy some. The album and the stickers will be out just before Christmas. So it can be a great fun gift idea for the kids, for the holiday season. year. “ Especially since there will be a little surprise in the event of early filling of the 169 boxes to be filled.
“The first person in the club who successfully completes the album will have a reward at the end, reveals Mathieu Delahousse. But I can’t say what, it’s still a secret. There is another challenge that I set up with the young people of the home that I take care of as an educator, who are licensed to the club. If they do great things in class, there will be sticker pockets. Some have already brought me good grades! “