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![]() Wednesday, August 5, 1998 Published at 12:04 GMT 13:04 UK ![]() ![]() Sport: Football ![]() Legends list in full ![]() Simply the Best: the former Manchester United winger ![]() Do you agree with the choice of top players? Who would be in your list of League legends? E-mail our talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk
The Football League has unveiled its "100 League legends" as part of their centenary celebrations. Here is the full list: Billy Bassett - West Bromwich Albion (1888-1900) Archie Hunter - Aston Villa (1888-1891) John Goodall - Preston, Derby, New Brighton, Glossop (1888-1904) Steve Bloomer - Derby, Middlesbrough (1892-1915) Billy Meredith - Northwich Victoria, Manchester City, Manchester United (1893-1925) Bob Crompton - Blackburn (1896-1921) Billy Foulke - Sheffield United, Chelsea, Bradford (1894-1908) Alf Common - Sunderland, Sheffield United, Middlesbrough, Arsenal, Preston (1900-1915) Sam Hardy - Chesterfield, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest (1902-1926) Bill McCracken - Newcastle (1904-1924) Viv Woodward - Tottenham, Chelsea (1908-1915) Clem Stephenson - Aston Villa, Huddersfield (1910-1930) Charles Buchan - Sunderland, Arsenal (1910-1929) Elisha Scott - Liverpool (1912-1934) Dixie Dean - Tranmere, Everton, Notts County (1923-1939) George Camsell - Durham, Middlesbrough (1924-1939) Hughie Gallagher - Newcastle, Chelsea, Derby, Notts County, Grimsby, Gateshead (1925-1939) Harry Hibbs - Birmingham, Bristol City (1925-1939) Alex James - Preston, Arsenal (1925-1938) Eddie Hapgood - Arsenal (1927-1939) Cliff Bastin - Exeter, Arsenal (1927-1948) Wilf Copping - Leeds, Arsenal (1930-1939) David Jack - Plymouth, Bolton, Arsenal (1930-1935) Stanley Matthews - Stoke, Blackpool (1931-1966) Ted Drake - Southampton, Arsenal (1931-1939) Joe Mercer - Everton, Arsenal (1932-1954) Raich Carter - Sunderland, Derby, Hull (1932-1953) Peter Doherty - Blackpool, Manchester City, Derby, Huddersfield, Doncaster (1933-1954) Frank Swift - Manchester City (1933-1951) Tommy Lawton - Burnley, Everton, Chelsea, Notts County, Brentford, Arsenal (1935-1957) Wilf Mannion - Middlesbrough, Hull (1936-1956) George Hardwick - Middlesbrough, Oldham (1937-1956) Johnny Carey - Manchester United (1937-1954) Stan Mortensen - Blackpool, Hull, Southport (1938-1958) Neil Franklin - Stoke, Hull, Crewe, Stockport (1946-1958) Trevor Ford - Swansea, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Cardiff, Newport (1946-1961) Nat Lofthouse - Bolton (1946-1961)
Alf Ramsey - Southampton, Tottenham (1946-1955) Len Shackleton - Bradford Park Avenue, Newcastle, Sunderland (1946-1958) Jim Dickinson - Portsmouth (1946-1965) Arthur Rowley - West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester, Shrewsbury (1946-1965) Billy Liddell - Liverpool (1946-1961) Billy Wright - Wolverhampton Wanderers (1946-1959) Jackie Milburn - Newcastle (1946-1957) John Charles - Leeds, Cardiff (1948-1966) Ivor Allchurch - Swansea, Newport, Cardiff (1948-1968) Danny Blanchflower - Barnsley, Aston Villa, Tottenham (1948-1964) Bert Trautmann - Manchester City (1949-1964) Jimmy McIlroy - Burnley, Stoke, Oldham (1950-1968) Tommy Taylor - Barnsley, Manchester United (1950-1958) Cliff Jones - Swansea, Tottenham, Fulham (1952-1970) Johnny Haynes - Fulham (1952-1970) Duncan Edwards - Manchester United (1953-1958) Jimmy Armfield - Blackpool (1954-1971) Terry Paine - Southampton, Hereford (1956-1977) Bobby Charlton - Manchester United, Preston (1956-1975) Jimmy Greaves - Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham (1957-1971) Denis Law - Huddersfield, Manchester City, Manchester United (1956-1974) Gordon Banks - Chesterfield, Leicester, Stoke (1958-1973) Dave Mackay - Tottenham, Derby, Swindon (1958-1972) Bobby Moore - West Ham, Fulham (1958-1977) Alan Mullery - Fulham, Tottenham (1958-1976) Geoff Hurst - West Ham, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion (1959-1976) Nobby Stiles - Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Preston (1959-1974) Johnny Giles - Manchester United, Leeds, West Bromwich Albion (1959-1977) Billy Bremner - Leeds, Hull, Doncaster (1959-1982) Frank McLintock - Leicester, Arsenal, QPR (1959-1977) Alec Young - Everton, Stockport (1960-1969) Martin Peters - West Ham, Tottenham, Norwich, Sheffield United (1960-1981) Tommy Smith - Liverpool, Swansea (1962-1979) Norman Hunter - Leeds, Bristol City, Barnsley (1962-1983) Pat Jennings - Watford, Tottenham, Arsenal (1962-1985) Alan Ball - Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal, Southampton, Bristol Rovers (1962-1984) Colin Bell - Bury, Manchester City (1963-1979) George Best - Manchester United, Stockport, Fulham, Bournemouth (1963-1983) Peter Shilton - Leicester, Stockport, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby, Plymouth, Bolton, Leyton Orient (1965-1997) Ray Clemence - Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Tottenham (1965-1988) Malcolm McDonald - Fulham, Luton, Newcastle, Arsenal (1968-1977) Kevin Keegan - Scunthorpe, Liverpool, Southampton, Newcastle (1968-1984) Trevor Francis - Birmingham, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, QPR, Sheffield Wednesday (1970-1995) Graeme Souness - Middlesbrough, Liverpool (1972-1984) Liam Brady - Arsenal, West Ham (1973-1990) Glenn Hoddle - Tottenham, Swindon, Chelsea (1974-1996) Bryan Robson - West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Middlesbrough (1974-1997) Alan Hansen - Liverpool (1977-1990) Kenny Dalglish - Liverpool (1977-1990) Gary Lineker - Leicester, Everton, Tottenham (1978-1993) Ian Rush - Chester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle (1978-1998) Ossie Ardiles - Tottenham, Blackburn, QPR, Swindon (1978-1990) Neville Southall - Bury, Port Vale, Everton, Stoke (1980-1998) Paul McGrath - Manchester United, Aston Villa, Derby Co, Sheffield United (1981-1998) John Barnes - Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle (1981-1998) Tony Adams - Arsenal (1983-1998) Paul Gascoigne - Newcastle, Tottenham, Middlesbrough (1984-1998) Alan Shearer - Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle (1987-1998) Ryan Giggs - Manchester United (1990-1998) Eric Cantona - Leeds, Manchester United (1991-1997) Peter Schmeichel - Manchester United (1991-1998) Dennis Bergkamp - Arsenal (1995-1998) ![]() |
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