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Hall of Fame Selection Panel

The National Football Museum Hall of Fame Selection Panel is made up of some of the greatest names in the game.

The inaugural panel brought together in 2002 comprised:

Jimmy Armfield
Sir Trevor Brooking (Museum Vice-President)
Jimmy Hill
Mark Lawrenson
Gordon Taylor

In addition, in susbsequent years all living inductees into the Hall of Fame automatically join the Selection Panel, so it grows each year, and currently comprises:

Tony Adams, Viv Anderson, Debbie Bampton, Gordon Banks, John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Colin Bell, Dennis Bergkamp, Liam Brady, Eric Cantona, Jack Charlton, Sir Bobby Charlton (Museum President), Pauline Cope, Gillian Coulthard, Stephen Daley, Kenny Dalglish, Sir Alex Ferguson (Museum Vice-President), Sir Tom Finney (Museum Vice-President), Paul Gascoigne, Ryan Giggs, Dario Gradi, Jimmy Greaves, Alan Hansen, Glenn Hoddle, Mark Hughes, Roger Hunt, Sir Geoff Hurst, Pat Jennings, Steve Johnson, Roy Keane, Kevin Keegan, Howard Kendall, Dennis Law, Gary Lineker, Nat Lofthouse, Sue Lopez, Dave Mackay, Martin Peters, Hope Powell, Niall Quinn, Bryan Robson, Sir Bobby Robson, Ian Rush, Peter Schmeichel, Alan Shearer, Peter Shilton, Graeme Souness, Nobby Stiles, Bernd (Bert) Trautmann, Terry Venables, Karen Walker, Arsene Wenger, Ray Wilson, Ian Wright, Gianfranco Zola

Former Watford, Aston Villa and England manager, Graham Taylor, joined the Panel in 2008.

In 2007 and 2008, eminent football historians joined the panel to advise on players and teams from the early years of the game:

Robert Galvin, Peter Holme, Prof Dick Holt, Simon Inglis, Alexander Jackson, Prof Graham Kelly, Prof Tony Mason, Gail Newsham, Prof Dave Russell, Prof John Walton and Jean Williams.