The National Football Museum Hall of Fame aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of those who have made an outstanding contribution to the national game.
Established in 2002, to date over 190 players, managers and teams have been inducted into England’s football Hall of Fame in recognition of the impact they have made on the game and its ongoing development.
The Hall of Fame relaunched in 2019 with a commitment to achieve 50% female representation of women in the game. Recent inductees include Carol Thomas, Kerry Davis, Jack Leslie, and Vincent Kompany.
Visitors to the Museum can explore the Hall of Fame through objects and items in our galleries and displays. You can read the personal stories of the National Football Museum Hall of Fame through our online library below.
Ashley Cole
A remarkably dependable defender who has a legitimate claim to be the nation’s greatest left-back of all time, Ashley Cole was a generational talent, and the…
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Rebecca Welch
The first woman to be appointed to referee EFL and Premier League fixtures.
Frank Soo
The first player of Chinese origin to play in the Football League and to represent an England team.
Mary Phillip
A hugely successful centre-half who was the first Black woman to captain England.
Steph Houghton
A dependable defender and resolute leader for club and country.
Jack Greenwell
From a mining town in County Durham to Barcelona’s longest-serving manager.
Brendon Batson
West Bromwich Albion’s pioneering right-back.
Jill Scott
Lionesses centurion, Manchester City midfielder and national icon.
Vincent Kompany
Manchester City skipper and an all-time Premier League great.
Jack Leslie
Plymouth Argyle sensation and the first Black player to receive an England call-up.
Kerry Davis
A versatile forward for club and country, and one of the Lionesses’ first prominent (and prolific) Black players.
Carol Thomas
An influential right-back who became the first woman to win 50 England caps.
Walter Tull
The British Army’s first officer of mixed-race heritage and one of the country’s first black professionals.
Paul Ince
Man Utd’s box-to-box engine, and the first black player to captain England.
Terry Butcher
Ipswich Town and England’s famously resolute skipper and centre-half.
Karen Carney
A successful winger at domestic level and one of England’s most capped players of all time.