Best /worst of the 1997/98 season polls

MATCH OF THE SEASON

Man Utd 3 Juventus 2 31% 

Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2 30% 

Man Utd 0 Arsenal 1 26%

GOAL OF THE SEASON

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) v Leicester 53% 

Steve McManaman (Liverpool) v Celtic 26% 

Kevin Davies (Southampton) v Everton 11%

BEST PLAYER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 59% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 24% 

David Ginola (Tottenham) 9%

BEST BUY

Emmanuel Petit (Monaco-Arsenal) 39% 

Alex Manninger (Grazer AK-Arsenal) 38% 

Kevin Davies (Chesterfield-Southampton) 16%

WORST BUY

Stan Collymore (Liverpool-Aston Villa) 77% 

Itzak Zohar (Royal Antwerp-Crystal Palace) 9% 

Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham-Man Utd) 7%

BEST NEWCOMER

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 61% 

Alex Manninger (Arsenal) 30% 

Rio Ferdinand (West Ham) 3%

BEST STRIKER

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) 54% 

Michael Owen (Liverpool) 28% 

John Hartson (West Ham) 9%

BEST MANAGER

Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) 79% 

Danny Wilson (Barnsley) 9% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 8%

WORST MANAGER

Frank Clark (ex-Man City) 43% 

Howard Kendall (Everton) 39% 

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 12%

BIGGEST MOANER

Kenny Dalglish (Newcastle) 38% 

Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) 35% 

Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 19%

UNSUNG HERO

Neil Redfearn (Barnsley) 43% 

Sammy McIlroy (Macclesfield) 37% 

Giuliano Grazioli (Stevenage) 11%

The Sun.

Top rated players in the 1998 World Cup

At least 4 rated appearances. Source: Guerin Sportivo.

7,12 Luis Hernández (4, Mex)

7,10 Zinédine Zidane (5, Fra), Gianluca Pagliuca (5, Ita)

7,08 Lilian Thuram (6, Fra)

7,00 Christian Vieri (5, Ita)

6,88 Roberto Baggio (4, Ita), José Luis Chilavert (4, Par), Vladimir Jugović (4, Yug)

6,80 Luigi Di Biagio (5, Ita), Oliver Bierhoff (5, Ger)

6,75 Emmanuel Petit (6, Fra), Edgar Davids (6, Ned), Michael Owen (4, Eng)

6,67 Didier Deschamps (6, Fra)

6,62 Miguel Ángel Benítez (4, Par), Jesús Arellano, Cuauhtémoc Blanco (4, Mex)

6,60 Paolo Maldini (5, Ita), Martin Jørgensen, Michael Laudrup (5, Den)

6,57 Aimé Jacquet (Fra), Ronaldo (7, Bra), Davor Šuker (7, Cro)

Highest goal ratio in Premier League history

At least 125 goals scored.

0,678 per game: Thierry Henry

0,669 Sergio "Kun" Agüero

0,666 Harry Kane

0,599 Mo Salah

0,590 Alan Shearer

0,514 Robin van Persie

0,460 Michael Owen

0,452 Andy Cole

0,441 Jamie Vardy, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

0,430 Robbie Fowler

0,425 Les Ferdinand

0,424 Wayne Rooney

0,361 Robbie Keane

0,349 Teddy Sheringham

0,343 Nicolas Anelka

0,327 Jermain Defoe

0,291 Frank Lampard

Average ratings Man United 2010/11

6,64 Nemanja Vidić

6,59 Nani

6,52 Wayne Rooney

6,48 Ryan Giggs

6,40 Dimitar Berbatov

6,28 Ji-Sung Park

6,27 Darren Fletcher, Javier Hernández

6,23 Chris Smalling

6,22 Rio Ferdinand

6,21 Edwin van der Sar, Rafael

6,20 Patrice Evra

6,19 Paul Scholes

6,17 Antonio Valencia

6,16 Anderson

5,95 Fábio

5,86 John O'Shea

5,80 Jonny Evans

5,70 Darron Gibson

5,68 Michael Owen

5,52 Michael Carrick

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

 

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. Brian Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. B. Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

Youngest players to score 100 Premier League goals.

Michael Owen : 23yrs 4months 12days
Robbie Fowler : 23yrs 9months 7days
Wayne Rooney : 24yrs 3months 7days
Alan Shearer : 25yrs 4months 17days
Thierry Henry : 26yrs 5months 23days

Average ratings in Euros & World Cups, 2000-2012, part 1/16.

Minimum 8 rated matches. Ratings: Kicker.

6,05 Del Piero (11 rated appearances)
6,04 Owen (14), Malouda (13)
5,95 Camoranesi (11)
5,94 Olic (9), A. Frei (8)
5,75 Van der Wiel (8)

Memory Lane: European goalscorers in the 2002 World Cup.

Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least 4 goals in the finals.

11: Henrik Larsson (Sweden), Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Marc Wilmots (Belgium)
9: Ebbe Sand (Denmark), Emmanuel Olisadebe (Poland)
8: Michael Ballack (Germany), Michael Owen (England), Vladimir Beschastnykh (Russia), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
7: Miroslav Klose (Germany), Raúl (Spain), Nuno Gomes (Portugal), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Switzerland), Savo Milošević (Yugoslavia), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy)
6: Hakan Şükür (Turkey), Michalis Konstantinou (Cyprus), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland), Luís Figo (Portugal), Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
5: Fernando Hierro & Fernando Morientes (Spain), Alexander Frei (Switzerland), Mateja Kežman (Yugoslavia), Patrick Kluivert (Holland), Marcus Allbäck (Sweden), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria), Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic), Raman Vasilyuk (Belarus), John Carew (Norway), Radosław Kałużny (Poland), Bosko Balaban  (Croatia)
4: Sérgio Conceição (Portugal), Christian Vieri (Italy), Aleksandr Iashvili (Georgia), Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia), Yegor Titov (Russia), David Healy ( Northern Ireland), Dennis Rommedahl (Denmark), Anders Svensson (Sweden), John Hartson (Wales), Marcin Żewłakow (Poland), Andreas Herzog (Austria), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain), Mikael Forssell (Finland), David Beckham (England), Roy Keane & Robbie Keane (Ireland)

England: National team topscorers during 50 years.

1962: Ron Flowers & Jimmy Greaves, 6
1963: Jimmy Greaves, 7
1964: Johnny Byrne & Jimmy Greaves, 6
1965: Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, John Connelly & Joe Baker, 2
1966: Roger Hunt, 8
1967: Alan Ball, 3
1968: Martin Peters & Bobby Charlton, 3
1969: Geoff Hurst, 7
1970: Martin Peters, 5
1971: Martin Chivers, 7
1972: Colin Bell, 2
1973: Alan Clarke & Martin Chivers, 6
1974: Mick Channon, 4
1975: Malcolm MacDonald, 6
1976: Mick Channon, 5
1977: Mick Channon, 4
1978: Kevin Keegan, Bob Latchford & Phil Neal, 3
1979: Kevin Keegan, 5
1980: Paul Mariner & Tony Woodcock, 4
1981: Trevor Brooking, 2
1982: Bryan Robson, Trevor Francis & Paul Mariner, 5
1983: Bryan Robson, 3
1984: Bryan Robson & Tony Woodcock, 4
1985: Gary Lineker, 6
1986: Gary Lineker, 8
1987: Gary Lineker, 9
1988: Gary Lineker & Tony Adams, 3
1989: Bryan Robson, 4
1990: Gary Lineker, 8
1991: Gary Lineker, 9
1992: David Platt, 5
1993: David Platt, 8
1994: David Platt, 4
1995: Darren Anderton, David Platt, Teddy Sheringham & Steve Stone, 2
1996: Alan Shearer, 8
1997: Ian Wright, 4
1998: Alan Shearer, 6
1999: Alan Shearer, 6
2000: Michael Owen, 3
2001: Michael Owen, 6
2002: Michael Owen, 5
2003: Michael Owen, 5
2004: Frank Lampard & Wayne Rooney, 6
2005: Michael Owen, 7
2006: Peter Crouch, 11
2007: Michael Owen, 4
2008: Wayne Rooney, 5
2009: Wayne Rooney & Frank Lampard, 6
2010: Peter Crouch & Jermain Defoe, 4
2011: Ashley Young, 4
2012: Wayne Rooney & Danny Welbeck, 4

6 times topscorer: Gary Lineker & Michael Owen
4 times: Jimmy Greaves, Bryan Robson, David Platt & Wayne Rooney
3 times:  Mick Channon & Alan Shearer
twice: Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Kevin Keegan, Paul Mariner, Tony Woodcock, Frank Lampard & Peter Crouch.

Average ratings World Cup 1998.

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport - Corriere della Sera - La Repubblica - L’Unità - La Nazione - Il Giornale.

7,10: Thuram
7,00: Zidane
6,95: Davids
6,90: Mondragón
6,75: Pagliuca, Ince, Owen, Luis Hernández
6,70: Petit, Vieri
6,65: Desailly, Bierhoff
6,60: Di Biagio, Mahdavikia
6,55: B. Laudrup, R. Baggio
6,50: Barthez, Dunga, F. Cannavaro, Overmars, Šuker, Blanco, Wilmots
6,45: M. Laudrup, Deschamps, Rivaldo, Bergomi
6,40: Ronaldo, Hadji, Konsel
6,35: Verón, Lizarazu, Costacurta, F. de Boer, Seedorf, R. de Boer, Scholes
6,30: Simeone, Blanc, Boghossian, Cafú, César Sampaio, Ladić, Boban, Mboma, César Ramírez
6,25: Ortega, Helveg, Luis Enrique, Winter, Tahar, Mihajlović, Hejduk, Azizi, Arellano
6,20: Schmeichel, van der Sar, Bergkamp, Jonk, Bilić, Adams, G. Neville, Komljenović, Njanka, Daei, Bagheri
6,15: Batistuta, Henry, Cocu, Asanović, Campbell, Matthäus, El Ouaer, Nakata
6,10: Heinze, Seaman, Leighton, Collins, Wome
6,05: Almeyda, Jørgensen, Campo, Soldo, Tarnat, Bassir, S. Trabelsi, Jugović, García Aspe
6,00: Djorkaeff, Taffarel, Maldini, Stimac, Prosinečki, Šimić, Anderton, Shearer, Hamann, Dailly, Mohamedkhani, Kawaguchi, Soma, Whitmore, Kralj
5,95: Roa, Colding, Leonardo, Stam, Jarni, Jeremies, Mykland, Deflandre
5,90: J. Zanetti, Schjønberg, Karembeu, Roberto Carlos, D. Baggio, Hierro, Raúl, Reiziger, Stanić, Vlaović, Jurcić, Le Saux, Soulimani, Pashazadeh, Akita, Yamaguchi, Gardner
5,85: C. López, Chamot, Denílson, Sergi, Numan, Grodås, Lambert, Borkelmans, Petrović, Khakpour, Nanami, Pardo
5,80: Ayala, Rieper, A. Nielsen, Aldair, Moriero, Kohler, Davino, T.A. Flo, Saber, Durie, Al Jaber, Zdravkov, Nilis, Stewart, Minavand, Lozano, Germán Villa
5,75: Vivas, Diomède, Alkorta, Etxeberria, Kluivert, Beckham, Rekdal, H. Flo, Wetl, Ndo, Zubromawi, Moshoeu, Mkhalele, Balakov, Dooley, Regis, Ihara, Djorović, Jokanović
5,70: Høgh, Júnior Baiano, Di Livio, P. Møller, Klinsmann, Berg, Chippo, Fish, Suárez
5,65: Bebeto, Thon, Eggen, Pfeifenberger, Kühbauer, Song, Al Deayea, McCarthy, Reyna, Estili, Chihi, Souayah, Narahashi, Nakayama
5,60: Trezeguet, Köpke, Wörns, Riseth, Naybet, Hendry, Burley, Mählich, Vonk, Radebe
5,55: Heinrich, Feiersinger, C. Jones, Sellimi, Stojković
5,50: Guivarc’h, Pfeffer, Amin, Al Shahrani, Fortune, Iliev, Serna, Jo
5,45: Albertini, Amor, Hässler
5,40: Sand, Johnsen, Bjørnebye, Al Jahani, Bermúdez, Palacios, Valderrama, Goodison, Hall
5,35: Lara
5,30: Del Piero, Zubizarreta, T. Ivanov, Cabrera, Aristizábal, Sinclair, Stanković
5,25: Omam Biyik, Issa, Rincón, Mijatović
5,10: Schöttel
5,05: Kiko, Kishishev
5,00: Benzekri, Stoichkov