Top 10 British footballers ever...

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comment by #LiquidGenius (U20571)
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comment by downsouf (U4095)
posted 24 minutes ago
Jimmy Greaves is the first name that springs to mind (mine, anyway), then Bobby Moore & Bobby Charlton. 7 more to consider from the many superstars over the years.
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Thing with Greaves is that he lost his place in the England team to Geoff Hurst in 1966, and they won it all without him.

If Greaves had fired England to World Cup glory, he’d be #1 for me ahead of Bobby Charlton.

I feel Rooney gets overlooked in these discussions. He was dynamite when he was younger and dominated the PL with Man Utd.

Obviously Bale’s 5 CL titles and multiple La Liga titles, with all the iconic moments, is up there as well.
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I base my choice of these three outstanding footballers on many years of having seen them play “live” and by way of appearing on televised matches. Greavesie only lost his place to Geoff Hurst because of an injury suffered in the World Cup group game against France, if I am correct.

I saw him play many times after the ‘66 World Cup and for 3-4 years thereafter I considered him still the top striker in England and the player I feared the most coming to our home matches. He had lost none, or very little, of the elegance, killer instinct, sheer skill and effortless movement that made him an instant choice for the England team in the years leading up to ‘66 and that’s the reason his name would be the first to appear on a starting eleven, certainly as far as I’m concerned.

I have been considering Wayne, you know 😉

comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 30 minutes ago
Very difficult to pick the top 10 of my lifetime. But no modern player would get in. To many other great British players of the 20th century

In no particular order

Matthews
Finney
Edwards
Mackay
White
Blanchflower
Greaves
Law
Best
Charlton

I could easily pick another 20 or 30.
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Yeah, everyone who has played after 1975 is crap.
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Ace, I didn't say that. It is you that has a weird obsession that if they didn't play in the 21st century then they must be crap.

Just try not to be so envious of supporters that have been there, seen more than you have.


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You have a weird obsession that everyone that didn’t play in the 21st century is amazing.
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Football eritage innit

comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 19 seconds ago
comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 30 minutes ago
Very difficult to pick the top 10 of my lifetime. But no modern player would get in. To many other great British players of the 20th century

In no particular order

Matthews
Finney
Edwards
Mackay
White
Blanchflower
Greaves
Law
Best
Charlton

I could easily pick another 20 or 30.
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Yeah, everyone who has played after 1975 is crap.
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Ace, I didn't say that. It is you that has a weird obsession that if they didn't play in the 21st century then they must be crap.

Just try not to be so envious of supporters that have been there, seen more than you have.


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You have a weird obsession that everyone that didn’t play in the 21st century is amazing.
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Football eritage innit
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Another plank that thinks football started in the 21st century.

comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 41 seconds ago
comment by Irishred (U2539)
posted 19 seconds ago
comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 23 minutes ago
comment by Ace (U22861)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by sandy, golden boot winner fa cup 1901 (U20567)
posted 30 minutes ago
Very difficult to pick the top 10 of my lifetime. But no modern player would get in. To many other great British players of the 20th century

In no particular order

Matthews
Finney
Edwards
Mackay
White
Blanchflower
Greaves
Law
Best
Charlton

I could easily pick another 20 or 30.
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Yeah, everyone who has played after 1975 is crap.
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Ace, I didn't say that. It is you that has a weird obsession that if they didn't play in the 21st century then they must be crap.

Just try not to be so envious of supporters that have been there, seen more than you have.


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You have a weird obsession that everyone that didn’t play in the 21st century is amazing.
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Football eritage innit
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Another plank that thinks football started in the 21st century.
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Shut up. Why would I think that supporting my team since 1980

You are a complete planker Irishred.

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
You are a complete planker Irishred.
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I’ll plank you now in a minute

nice to see someone mentioning matt le god

its very hard to compare players from totally different eras though

also if people are putting bale in the list steve mcmannaman should probably be mentioned too just because of how good he was at real

kevin keegan definitely needs to be in there

keegan bale le tiss

3 ex saints in a list of best ever brittish footballers

shame nobody mentioned the best of our lot though in sir franny benali

Missing Barry Ferguson

Alex Ferguson would have picked Jim Baxter in the top 10.... thats good enough for me