Top 40 British footballers in history

1. George Best (Northern Ireland)

2. Bobby Charlton (England)

3. Bobby Moore (England)

4. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland)

5. Dennis Law (Scotland)

6. Gordon Banks (England)

7. Wayne Rooney (England)

8. Jimmy Greaves (England)

9. Ryan Giggs (Wales)

10. John Charles (Wales)

11. Gareth Bale (Wales)

12. Graeme Souness (Scotland)

13. Harry Kane (England)

14. Kevin Keegan (England)

15. Stanley Matthews (England)

16. David Beckham (England)

17. Ian Rush (Wales)

18. Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland)

19. William "Dixie" Dean (England)

20. Steven Gerrard (England)

21. Gary Lineker (England)

22. Paul Gascoigne (England)

23. Duncan Edwards (England)

24. Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland)

25. Mark Hughes (Wales)

26. Alan Shearer (England)

27. Tom Finney (England)

28. Neville Southall (Wales)

29. Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland)

30. Jim Baxter (Scotland)

31. Neil Franklin (England)

32. Billy Meredith (England)

33. Peter Shilton (England)

34. Frank Lampard (England)

35. Paul Scholes (England)

36. Bryan Robson (England)

37. Dave Mackay (Scotland)

38. Michael Owen (England)

39. Billy Wright (England)

40. Billy McNeill (Scotland)

English topscorers 1983/84

 

Most Exciting Players of the Season in England, 1970-89

 

According to the readers of Shoot! magazine.

69/70 - Peter Bonetti (Chelsea)

70/71 - Steve Heighway (Liverpool)

71/72 - Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)

72/73 - Allan Clarke (Leeds)

73/74 - Billy Bremner (Leeds)

74/75 - Alan Hudson (Stoke)

75/76 - Gordon Hill (Man United)

76/77 - Andy Gray (Aston Villa)

77/78 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

78/79 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

79/80 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

80/81 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

81/82 - Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham)

82/83 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

83/84 - Ian Rush (Liverpool)

84/85 - Mark Hughes (Man United)

85/86 - Gary Lineker (Leicester)

86/87 - Clive Allen (Tottenham)

87/88 - John Barnes (Liverpool)

88/89 - Chris Waddle (Tottenham)

Le pagelle della Juventus 1987/88

6,39 Stefano Tacconi

6,30 Sergio Brio

6,25 Antonio Cabrini

6,18 Luigi de Agostini

6,13 Massimo Bonini

6,06 Roberto Tricella

6,02 Marino Magrin

5,94 Pasquale Bruno, Michael Laudrup

5,91 Luciano Favero

5,89 Angelo Alessio

5,88 Massimo Mauro

5,83 Renato Buso

5,81 Ian Rush

5,73 Nicolò Napoli

Average ratings Liverpool 1980/81

6,66 Kenny Dalglish

6,51 Graeme Souness

6,48 Alan Kennedy

6,47 Ray Kennedy

6,37 Ray Clemence

6,36 Phil Thompson

6,35 Terry McDermott

6,29 Alan Hansen, Sammy Lee

6,27 Phil Neal

6,14 Avi Cohen

6,02 Richard Money

5,96 David Johnson

5,95 Jimmy Case, Steve Heighway

5,93 Colin Irwin

5,72 Ian Rush

Le pagelle Guerin Sportivo: gli stranieri della Serie A 1986/87 e 1987/88

 

Best players in the world, February 1988

Gazzetta dello Sport, 23 February 1988
 

1. Diego Maradona : 87
2. Ruud Gullit : 77
3. Emilio Butragueño : 42
4. Futre : 37
5. Gianluca Vialli : 34
6. Careca : 23
7. Hugo Sánchez, Rabah Madjer : 22
9. Gary Lineker : 21
10. Bernd Schuster : 20
11. Marco van Basten, Míchel : 14
13. Enzo Francescoli, Ian Rush : 11
15. John Barnes : 10
16. Igor Belanov : 9
17. Peter Beardsley : 7
18. Preben Elkjær, Ronald Koeman : 6
20. Júlio César, Jean Tigana, Rinat Dasaev : 5
23. Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle : 4
25. Peter Larsson, Frank Rijkaard, Franco Baresi, Jorge Valdano : 3
29. Jean-Marie Pfaff, Johnny Bosman : 2
31. Rudi Völler, Lothar Matthäus, Gallego, Pierre Littbarski, Gheorghe Hagi : 1

Top rated players in the First Division 1986/87

Ratings: The People.

7,28 Trevor Steven (Everton)
7,16 Glenn Cockerill (Southampton)
7,12 Ray Houghton (Oxford)
7,10 Neil McNab (Man City)
7,09 Kevin Sheedy (Everton)
7,07 Viv Anderson (Arsenal), Mark Ward (West Ham)
7,04 Clive Allen (Tottenham), Neil Webb (Nott'm Forest)
7,03 Ian Rush (Liverpool), Steve Bruce (Norwich)
7,00 Steve McMahon (Liverpool), John Barnes (Watford)
6,96 Jimmy Case (Southampton)
6,95 Tony Cottee (West Ham), David Bennett (Coventry)

The 100 greatest personalities in English League history

 

According to Expressen (Sweden), in the summer of 2020.

1. T. Henry
2. Shearer
3. Moore
4. Dalglish
5. Cantona
6. Rooney
7. B. Charlton
8. Giggs
9. Bremner
10. Gerrard
11. Adams
12. Sir Alex
13. Lampard Jr
14. Shilton
15. Scholes
16. Best
17. Rush
18. Greaves
19. Keegan
20. B. Wright
21. Beckham
22. Roy Keane
23. Agüero
24. Terry
25. Bergkamp
26. Lineker
27. Bryan Robson
28. Matthews
29. J. Barnes
30. Dean
31. Vieira
32. Bobby Robson
33. Owen
34. Law
35. Rio Ferdinand
36. P. Schmeichel
37. Finney
38. Hurst
39. Cristiano Ronaldo
40. Ashley Cole
41. Zola
42. Salah
43. Le Tissier
44. Vidic
45. Ince
46. Banks
47. Kompany
48. D. Edwards
49. Drogba
50. Cech
51. Carrick
52. Gascoigne
53. Wenger
54. Halliday
55. van Nistelrooy
56. K. Hibbitt
57. Sheringham
58. Andy Cole
59. Ball
60. Mourinho
61. McGregor
62. Jennings
63. Speed
64. Waddle
65. Hoddle
66. Gallacher
67. S. Campbell
68. Irwin
69. Hazard
70. Fowler
71. Yorke
72. I. Wright
73. Grobbelaar
74. Kane
75. van Persie
76. Busby
77. Suárez
78. Vardy
79. Stam
80. Beattie
81. Peters
82. Y. Touré
83. Seaman
84. Ramsey
85. Barry
86. L. Ferdinand
87. Brady
88. David Silva
89. Crouch
90. Pearce
91. Hyypiä
92. Osgood
93. A. Kennedy
94. Klopp
95. Armfield
96. Lofthouse
97. Dunne
98. Aitken
99. Ljungberg
100. V. Jones

Liverpool ratings 1983/84

 Ratings: Match Weekly.

7,34 Graeme Souness
7,14 Ian Rush
7,05 Craig Johnston
7,02 Mark Lawrenson
6,95 Kenny Dalglish
6,89 John Wark
6,79 Sammy Lee
6,77 Alan Hansen
6,68 Steve Nicol
6,64 Alan Kennedy
6,62 Ronnie Whelan
6,47 Michael Robinson
6,43 Bruce Grobbelaar
6,39 Phil Neal
6,00 David Hodgson

Scale:
10 out of this world
9 outstanding
8 excellent
7 good
6 adequate
5 off form
4 poor

Memory Lane: European Cup topscorers 1984-89.

1984/85
7: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg), Michel Platini (Juventus)
5: Paolo Rossi (Juventus), Ian Rush & John Wark (Liverpool)

1985/86
7: Torbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg)
5: Lajos Détári (Budapest Honvéd), Ismo Lius (Kuusysi Lahti), Victor Piţurcă (Steaua Bucharest), Aldo Serena (Juventus)

1986/87
7:  Borislav Cvetković (Crvena Zvezda)
5: Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kiev), Emilio Butragueño (Real Madrid), Fernando Gomes (FC Porto), Michael Laudrup (Juventus), Vadym Yevtushenko (Dynamo Kiev)

1987/88
4: Gheorghe Hagi (Steaua Bucureşti), Jean-Marc Ferreri (Girondins de Bordeaux), Rabah Madjer (FC Porto), Ally McCoist (Rangers), Petar Novak (Sparta Prague), Michel (Real Madrid), Rui Águas (Benfica)

1988/89
10: Marco van Basten (Milan)
7: Marius Lăcătuş (Steaua Bucharest)
6: Gheorghe Hagi (Steaua Bucharest), Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray), Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid)

Per nationality:
4: Romania
2: Sweden, Italy, Soviet Union, Spain, Portugal, France, Scotland.

European Golden Shoe 1968-2012.

1967–68 Eusébio (photo, Benfica) : 43
1968–69 Petar Zhekov (CSKA Sofia) : 36
1969–70 Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) : 38
1970–71 Josip Skoblar (Marseille) : 44
1971–72 Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) : 40
1972–73 Eusébio (Benfica) : 40
1973–74 Héctor Yazalde (Sporting Clube) : 46
1974–75 Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo Bucharest) : 33
1975–76 Sotiris Kaiafas (Omonia Nicosia) : 39
1976–77 Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo Bucharest) : 47
1977–78 Hans Krankl (Rapid Vienna) : 41
1978–79 Kees Kist (AZ '67) : 34
1979–80 Erwin Vandenbergh (Lierse) : 39
1980–81 Georgi Slavkov (Botev Plovdiv) : 31
1981–82 Wim Kieft (Ajax) : 32
1982–83 Fernando Gomes (FC Porto) : 36
1983–84 Ian Rush (Liverpool) : 32
1984–85 Fernando Gomes (FC Porto) : 39
1985–86 Marco van Basten (Ajax) : 37
1986–87 Rodion Cămătaru (Dinamo Bucharest) : 44
1986–87 Toni Polster (Austria Wien) : 39
1987–88 Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray) : 39
1988–89 Dorin Mateuţ (Dinamo Bucharest) : 43
1989–90 Hugo Sánchez (Real Madrid) : 38
1989–90 Hristo Stoichkov (CSKA Sofia) : 38
1990–91 Darko Pančev (Crvena Zvezda) : 34
1991–92 Ally McCoist (Rangers) : 34
1992–93 Ally McCoist (Rangers) : 34
1993–94 David Taylor (Porthmadog) : 43
1994–95 Arsen Avetisyan (Homenetmen) : 39
1995–96 Zviad Endeladze (Margveti) : 40
1996–97 Ronaldo (Barcelona) : 34 x 2 = 68
1997–98 Nikos Machlas (Vitesse) : 34 x 2 = 68
1998–99 Mário Jardel (FC Porto) : 36 x 2 = 72
1999–2000 Kevin Phillips (Sunderland) : 30 x 2 = 60
2000–01 Henrik Larsson (Celtic) : 35 x 1,5 = 52,5
2001–02 Mário Jardel (Sporting Clube) : 42 x 1,5 = 63
2002–03 Roy Makaay (Deportivo) : 29 x 2 = 58
2003–04 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) : 30 x 2 = 60
2004–05 Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Diego Forlán (Villarreal) : 25 x 2 = 50
2005–06 Luca Toni (Fiorentina) : 31 x 2 = 62
2006–07 Francesco Totti (Roma) : 26 x 2 = 52
2007–08 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United) : 31 x 2 = 62
2008–09 Diego Forlán (Atlético) : 32 x 2 = 64
2009–10 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) : 34 x 2 = 68
2010–11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) : 40 x 2 = 80
2011–12 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) : 50 x 2 = 100.



Soulier d'or européen 1968-2012.
La scarpa d'oro 1968-2012.
La bota de oro 1968-2012.
Goldener Shuh 1968-2012.
Avrupa Altın Ayakkabı Ödülü 1968-2012.
Золотая бутса 1968-2012.

Juventus' worst flops in history.

According to ledieci.net.


1. Ian Rush
2. Juan Esnaider
3. Aleksander Zavarov
4. Amauri
5. Tiago
6. Athirson
7. Diego
8. Thierry Henry
9. Marino Magrin
10. Sergei Aleinikov

Memory Lane: Juventus 1987/88.

6,48 Tacconi & Brio
6,28 Cabrini
6,22 De Agostini
6,21 Mauro
6,12 Tricella
6,08 Bruno
6,05 Favero
6,00 Bonini, Magrin & Vignola
5,95 Buso & Napoli
5,90 M. Laudrup
5,89 Alessio
5,80 Rush

Gaetano Scirea's average was 6,50, but he was rated only on four occasions.