Soccer Cards & Chill
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -If you're looking to buy soccer cards but don't know soccer, this podcast is for you. If you're an avid soccer card collector and you want to know more about life working for a trading card publisher, this podcast is for you. If you just love soccer, then this podcast is ALSO for you.
Hosted by Futera's Creative Director Mark Watson, and Adam Partington, who is Head of Marketing, Soccer Cards and Chill is a fun, light-hearted look at the soccer card world.
Join us every week for chat about the current industry boom, which players are setting the world alight and exclusive interviews with huge names from the game and the hobby.
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Terry Butcher talks about Maradona’s 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 while signing Futera Cards
May 19, 2022 09:35 - 41 minutes - 75.1 MBTerry Butcher is a football legend. A powerful, ball-playing defender, Terry captained the England national team winning 77 caps in a ten-year international career that featured three FIFA World Cup appearances. He also enjoyed success in his club career, particularly with Ipswich Town and Rangers, and as a manager, he took to the dugout with clubs in England, Scotland, Australia and Wales. He also had a brief spell in charge of the Philippines national team. In April 2022, Adam (virtual...
Soccer Cards and Chill Ep #19 - How is Sorare impacting the hobby?
November 11, 2021 10:16 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. What impact is Sorare having on physical card collecting? Well, who better to ask than John Nellis! the man behind one of the biggest Sorare channels on YouTube and an avid card collector to boot. John had important advice for those new to Sorare, and the pair also looked at the future digital cards in more detail while covering Futera's new NFT project - Futera United. It was a gre...
Soccer Cards and chill Ep #18 - The ‘low-down‘ on Sports Cards in Australia
November 02, 2021 22:55 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. In this episode, Adam is joined by Charlie from Cherry Collectables to talk about Fanatics move into the sports card world and the market in Australia. The pair also discuss the cultural relevance of the hobby 'Down Under, the impact of Covid on restrictions on collectors in the country, which sports get the most traction with Australians, Soccer cards, and Futera's long and illustri...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #17 (with Bateson87) - Is FUT contributing to the rise of soccer cards?
October 27, 2021 12:42 - 31 minutes - 57.3 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the Beautiful Game and the Soccer card hobby. Best-known across the web as Bateson87, Jamie Bateson is a FIFA YouTube gamer who also streams live on Twitch. His Bateson87 Twitch channel has more than 750,000 followers. As well as being prominent in the world of gaming, Jamie is an avid card collector! In this episode of the podcast, Adam and Jamie talk about the crossover between #FUT and Soccer Cards, the impact that Ultimate Te...
Soccer Cards and chill Ep #16 - What are NFTs?
September 22, 2021 13:42 - 41 minutes - 76.7 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby and other collectables. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at www.futera.com, is joined by Enzo from Soccer Cards United. Recorded in September, Enzo explains what NFTs are, why they work, and why people are excited about them. The pair debate what makes a good 'project' and the synergies between NFTs and card collecting! Enzo forms one half of the Soccer Card United p...
Soccer Cards and chill Ep #15 -The early history of Soccer Cards in the UK
September 22, 2021 09:54 - 32 minutes - 59.2 MBThere's something magical about vintage cards, isn't there? From the days when 'trade cards' were inserted into cigarette packs as 'stiffener' boards, James Taddy & Co., a seller of tobacco, snuff and tea, produced 'cigarette cards' from 1897, with its first football card set Prominent Footballers. releasing in 1907. Two further sets were released in 1908 and 1913 thus providing a fascinating overview of pre-Great War football. Certainly another world before the days of VAR, huge transfe...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #13 - What the future holds for Soccer Cards
May 05, 2021 12:28 - 1 hour - 142 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. In this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by George from Cambridge Soccer Cards and Dave Knox, author, consultant, speaker, coach and trading card enthusiast. ---- ℹ️ www.futera.com 👍 www.facebook.com/Futera/ 📸 www.instagram.com/futera/ 📧 [email protected] 👨 Adam Partington (Head of Marketing) & Mark Watson (Creative Director) The views and opinions expre...
Soccer Cards and Chill Ep #12 - Klopp, Ancelotti, Dalglish and Moyes anecdotes galore!
April 02, 2021 20:31 - 57 minutes - 80 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. In this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by Author and Journalist Richard Buxton. Richard was a card and sticker collector in the 90s and 00s, he once purchased Futera cards from an Ice Cream Van! Recently he wrote a book on the rivalry between Manchester City and Liverpool, two clubs Futera make cards for, and Richard has spent over a decade in the pre...
Soccer Cards and chill Ep #11 - Soccer Card values are doubling and tripling!
March 22, 2021 20:59 - 47 minutes - 51.7 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam speaks to Mark about a new Futera collection named '50s', which is due to be released very soon. Adam is also joined by Jason and Enzo from Soccer Cards United to talk about the hobby, how they became collectors, why sports cards are so big in America, and where they see things going in the coming months and years. ---- ℹ️ www.futera.com 👍 www.facebook.com/Fu...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #10 - Ethical box breaking with Pullman Breaks
March 12, 2021 11:58 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by Frankie from The Pullman Sports Breaks. Frankie runs The Pullman Sports Breaks, a box breaking initiative that ensures everyone goes away with something of value. Frankie talks about how he got into sports cards, his love of football (and West Ham) and how much he adores the soccer card community. Adam and Fr...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #9 - We're going to see soccer card values increase!
March 01, 2021 06:13 - 1 hour - 155 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by the Aaron from Investing In Soccer. Adam and Aaron discuss the current growth in the hobby, how Aaron become a collector and other topics. Aaron stated how excited he is about vintage cards as a 'long term play', and he also spoke at length about smaller print runs and their importance from an investing perspect...
Soccer Cards and chill Ep #8 - Soccer Cards are going to explode
February 22, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour - 139 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at www.futera.com, is joined by Austin from US Soccer Breaks. Recorded in January, before Futera's latest UNIQUE-LIVE soccer card release, Austin told Adam about how he became an avid soccer fan, the premise behind US Soccer Breaks, and how big Soccer Cards can really become! The first American to appear on the podcast, Austin also expl...
Soccer Cards and Chill EP7 - If I was a Footballer I'd collect my own cards!
February 08, 2021 13:41 - 48 minutes - 86.7 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by the Michael from Soccer Silverback. #soccercards #footballcards Adam and Michael discuss everything from one young Scottish internal that few people are discussing how he is managing the Soccer Card boom with a smaller budget than some others. Michael shows Adam his Celtic Futera collection from the 90s. The...
Soccer Cards and Chill Ep #7 - If I was a Footballer I'd collect my own cards!
February 08, 2021 13:41 - 48 minutes - 49.1 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the Soccer Card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by the Michael from Soccer Silverback. #soccercards #footballcards Adam and Michael discuss everything from one young Scottish internal that few people are discussing how he is managing the Soccer Card boom with a smaller budget than some others. Michael shows Adam his Celtic Futera collection from the 90s....
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #6 - Vintage Cards are UNDERRATED!
January 21, 2021 10:13 - 45 minutes - 40.8 MBSoccer Cards & Chill is a podcast from Futera dedicated to the beautiful game and the soccer card hobby. On this episode, Adam Partington, Head of Marketing at Futera, is joined by Vince from Cardhour. Adam and Vince discuss World War 2 Soccer Cards, how he got into the hobby, his profession in Sports Betting, some of the 'suspect' information given out on YouTube about collecting Soccer Cards and how he's currently navigating the Sports Card boom! Marcus Rashford and the upcoming Euros ...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #5 - Is knowledge of Soccer essential for collecting soccer cards?
January 13, 2021 16:12 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBSteve from The Football Stop joined Adam to speak about the Soccer Card community, why he's bullish on Marcus Rashford and lots of other Soccer Card topics. He tells Adam how he was inspired to start creating content on the hobby due to what he thought was a lack of good information. The pair debated what makes any given card rise in value and what categories players need to reach in order to 'go to the moon'. Steve also talks about his enjoyment of collecting Rookie cards, and the pair sp...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #4 - Is the hobby going to the moon!?
December 31, 2020 09:21 - 54 minutes - 98.1 MBOn the podcast this week, Mitch from LDN cards joins us to talk about the growth of soccer cards and which players he thinks have potential in the future. Mitch also shows us a rather humorous David Beckham Futera card he owns from the 1990s! Mark and Adam also catch up; the pair talk slippers and roast potatoes and they discuss which player they'd most like to collect if they didn't work at Futera! Mark picks a West Ham hero who didn't quite fulfill his potential and Adam opts for an Au...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #3 - When Soccer Card Investors become Collectors
December 23, 2020 10:03 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn this episode of Soccer Cards & Chill, Adam is joined by Niam Patel, host of the Purple Patch Podcast and a Soccer Card investor. The pair talk about the current sports card boom and which players offer the most value. Niam also explains why he thinks the coming World Cup and American interest will only make the hobby explode evern more! Interestingly, although he entered the space as an investor, he has now fallen for some of his cards and he speaks about his love for one of them in parti...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #2 - Will we ever see a Million Dollar Soccer Card?
December 16, 2020 13:16 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn this episode of Soccer Cards & Chill, Adam is joined by Jamie Salt (jamieukcollector on Instagram), a well-renowned Soccer Card Collector from the UK. The pair talk about the sports card boom, which players Jamie thinks have the most potential in the future and Jamie gives Adam some insight on what he would do if he worked for Futera. Jamie also shows us his iconic Manchester United Futera set released back in the 1990s. Mark and Adam also catch up, discussing recent football results a...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #1 - Why soccer cards have potential & life BTS
November 27, 2020 11:42 - 1 hour - 116 MBIn the first-ever episode of Soccer Cards and Chill, Futera's Creative Director Mark Watson and Head of Marketing Adam Partington discuss why soccer cards have so much potential in the modern era, the current trading card boom and what life is like in the soccer card industry. Mark and Adam also debate why trying to identify future stars is much harder in soccer than for other sports, as well as some general football chat. If you're looking to buy football cards (soccer) but don't know to...
Soccer Cards & Chill Ep #1 - Why soccer cards have potential & life BT
November 27, 2020 11:42 - 1 hour - 116 MBIn the first-ever episode of Soccer Cards and Chill, Futera's Creative Director Mark Watson and Head of Marketing Adam Partington discuss why soccer cards have so much potential in the modern era, the current trading card boom and what life is like in the soccer card industry. Mark and Adam also debate why trying to identify future stars is much harder in soccer than for other sports, as well as some general football chat. If you're looking to buy football cards (soccer) but don't know to...