A hugely successful centre-half who was the first Black woman to captain England.
A dependable defender and resolute leader for club and country.
From a mining town in County Durham to Barcelona’s longest-serving manager.
West Bromwich Albion’s pioneering right-back.
Lionesses centurion, Manchester City midfielder and national icon.
Manchester City skipper and an all-time Premier League great.
Plymouth Argyle sensation and the first Black player to receive an England call-up.
A versatile forward for club and country, and one of the Lionesses’ first prominent (and prolific) Black players.
An influential right-back who became the first woman to win 50 England caps.
The British Army’s first officer of mixed-race heritage and one of the country’s first black professionals.
Man Utd’s box-to-box engine, and the first black player to captain England.
Ipswich Town and England’s famously resolute skipper and centre-half.
A successful winger at domestic level and one of England’s most capped players of all time.
The late Norwich City forward: the first openly gay male professional player.
Arsenal Women and England Women’s flying full-back for well over a decade.
West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City’s inspirational number nine.
Liverpool’s inspirational skipper and a modern-day Kop great.
The much-loved midfield mainstay and Premier League record-breaker.
Arsenal’s Quadruple-winning forward and England Women’s all-time top scorer.
The Gunners’ bold and brilliant Double-winning goalkeeper.
Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer and central midfield marvel.
The dangerous Arsenal Women winger and England record-breaker.
Manchester United’s skilful half-back and influential co-founder of the Players’ Union.
West Ham United stalwart ‘Bonzo’, the only Hammers skipper to lift the FA Cup twice.
The Hall of Fame profile for Manchester City’s colourful assistant manager, ‘Big Mal’.
Manchester City’s legendary manager, who brought unprecedented success to Maine Road.
Manchester United and Manchester City’s original ‘Welsh Wizard’ made his mark on and off the pitch.
Leeds United’s meticulous manager who masterminded the Whites’ rise to prominence.
The diminutive Italian magician who wowed the crowds at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal’s formidable, intelligent midfield general, and key part of ‘The Invincibles’.
Liverpool’s graceful, perceptive Scottish defender, and one of the Kop’s all-time greats.
Teesside’s ‘Golden Boy’; Middlesbrough and England’s awe-inspiring inside forward.
England’s flame-haired, World Cup-winning midfielder, famed for his tireless running.
England and Leeds United’s no-nonsense centre-half.
“The Clown Prince of Soccer” was entertaining and sometimes infuriating.
England’s greatest manager since Sir Alf Ramsey.
Swansea City and Tottenham Hotspur’s Welsh wing wizard.
Doncaster Belles and England’s prolific centre-forward.
One of England’s most prolific, instinctive goalscorers of all time.
England and Croydon Ladies’ outrageously gifted midfield maestro.
‘The Ghost’ who arrived at England’s World Cup feast.
Jamaica-born Liverpool & England winger was a superstar of 80s & 90s football.
Daniel Taylor explains why the ‘Miracle Men’ are in the Hall Of Fame.
Arsenal striker who started late, but more than made up for it…
Nottingham Forest winger who conquered Europe.
Arsenal and England’s ‘Safe Hands’.
Liverpool centre half, once heralded as Britain’s best all-round player.
Composed, elegant centre half who captained Manchester United and England.
Everton ‘keeper who was one of the world’s best in the 1980s.
Ireland full back who was the first name on Sir Alex Ferguson’s teamsheet.
The man so good they named the Anfield club ‘Liddellpool’.
102-cap Lionesses Left-back.
England goalkeeper who played in FA Cup final at 15.
Fiery midfield dynamo who led Leeds to glory.
Arsenal’s era-spanning captain and inspirational centre-half.
Blackpool FC great ‘Gentleman Jim’ was a one-club man, and a pioneering attacking full-back.
The creative spark behind Herbert Chapman’s Arsenal side.
One of the great goalscorers of women’s football.
Sue Lopez MBE is truly a pioneer of the women’s modern game.
The man who gave the Invincibles their Va Va Voom.
The Premier League’s record goalscorer, and Newcastle’s greatest Number 9.
All-action Manchester United captain; lynchpin of United’s 1990s Premier League sides.
England women’s first 100 cap player and captain.
England 1966 hero and Liverpool’s record league goalscorer.
Great Northern Ireland goalkeeper who won cups with Arsenal and Spurs.
Record-setting striker for Blackpool and England; a great of post-war football.
Manchester United and England’s all-conquering defensive midfielder.
‘Wor’ Jackie was a Newcastle strike of pace, power and amazing ability.
Arsenal’s Dutch ‘Iceman’ was one of the Invincibles.
Liverpool’s 3-time European Cup-winning midfield lynchpin.
A global football superstar and one of England’s most dedicated midfielders.
“The final piece” in City’s puzzle fired two teams to Division One titles.
1974 World Cup referee who set the standard for a generation of officials.
The million pound forward who headed Forest to European glory.
Liverpool’s record appearance holder and member of 1966 World Cup squad.
Archetypal ‘second’ striker whose 24 year career included Champions’ League glory with MUFC.
The first manager of England and a great moderniser of football.
Arsenal outside left who was the club’s record goalscorer.
The midfield heartbeat of MCFC’s 1968 title-winners.
“The best female goalkeeper in the world” was England’s No. 1 at two major tournaments
Arsenal forward who won every domestic honour, and starred for England.
Arsenal’s talented Irish midfielder, who left London to lift titles in Turin.
Spurs’ double-winning captain and playmaker.
Aston Villa inside forward who became Herbert Chapman’s Huddersfield captain.
Phenomenal Scotland and Newcastle United striker who loved scoring goals.
Spurs’ inspirational manager who led them to the Double in 1961
The great innovator of 20s & 30s football, who won titles with Huddersfield and Arsenal.
Leeds United’s flying winger was the skilful star of a winning side.
Charismatic manager of England’s Euro 96 side.
Arsenal’s double-winning captain and inspiration.
Manchester City’s formidable pre-and-post-war goalkeeper.
Arsenal’s physio-turned-Double-winning Manager.
Influential manager, chairman, pundit and presenter who changed the face of football.
Skilful inside-forward who won FA Cup either side of the Second World War.
Star winger of the great Dick, Kerr Ladies side of the 1930s, 40s & 50s
World Cup-winning Left Back who was a stalwart for England, Huddersfield and Everton.
MCFC winger, key to the club’s late 60s success.
Liverpool and England goalscorer who shot to fame at 18.
Fiery Leeds captain who was ‘the complete midfielder’.
An icon of English football for his World Cup final hat-trick.
Manager who transformed the image of women’s football in England.
Swansea City inside forward known as the ‘Golden Boy of Welsh Soccer’
England’s first professional captain led Blackburn Rovers to two First Division titles.
The most decorated player in English football, Ryan Giggs’ 23 year career may never be equalled.
Uncompromising Leeds centre half of the 1960s & 70s.
Former Spurs, Fulham & England midfielder.
Graduate of MUFC’s ‘Class of 92’ who became England’s most-capped Right Back.
England and Nottingham Forest full back with a thunderous shot.
Arsenal and England Captain who amassed 31 trophies during a stellar playing career.
England’s World Cup winning manager.
The most successful manager of all time in English football.
Formidable forward who scored 1000 goals.
The man who made Liverpool one of England’s best clubs.
“There was only one Bob Paisley and he was the greatest of them all. He went through the card in football. He played for Liverpool, he…
Sir Matt Busby is one of football’s greatest managers. Over 25 years as manager of Manchester United he led the Old Trafford club to post-war domestic…
The first player to win 100 caps for England was once rejected by his only club for being too small. Billy Wright got a reprieve and…
Liverpool legend and two-time European Footballer of the Year.
One-club man who could play anywhere across the front line.
Manchester United and England’s ‘Captain Marvel’
Tottenham Hotspur were convinced to pay Heart of Midlothian £32,000 for the services of combative wing-half warrior Dave MacKay after a skilled performance for Scotland in…
Born in East Ham in 1940, Jimmy Greaves’ talent was clear from an early age. He signed for Chelsea in 1956 and in the next year…
One of England’s brightest talents in the 80s and 90s, Paul Gascoigne remains one of British football’s most well-known personalities. Born in Gateshead in 1967, Gascoigne…
England’s captain and talisman during the 1960s, Bobby Moore was described by players such as Pele and Franz Beckenbauer as the best defender they had ever…
Known as the ‘Lion of Vienna,’ Nat Lofthouse was the epitome of the down-to-earth football star of the 1940s and 1950s. A one-club man, he played…
This visionary player and manager from Northern Ireland made over 400 appearances for five English Clubs in the 1930s and 1940s, winning the League title with…
Stanley Matthews was born in Hanley in Stoke on Trent in 1915. His father, a professional boxer known as ‘The Fighting Barber’, instilled a lifelong dedication…
Nicknamed ‘The King’, Denis Law reigned at Manchester United for 13 years in between two spells with local rivals Manchester City. A statue of Denis Law…
Playing over 600 games for Fulham and 56 times for England, Johnny Haynes was one of the great stars of the 1950s and 1960s. The left-footed…
Record breaking Everton golascorer.
“The best player ever to wear a red shirt” – Steven Gerrard
‘The Greatest Manager England Never Had’
England and Manchester United record breaker.
Welsh ‘gentle giant’ who found fame with Leeds United, before becoming a Juventus hero.
The enigmatic Frenchman who won five league titles in six years.
British football’s first global superstar; the Belfast boy with an incredible talent.
Stoke, Leicester and England’s World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks
A talented leader for Fodens and Preston, and England Women’s first official captain
England’s tireless midfielder, and a Treble-winner with Arsenal Ladies.
Man Utd’s wonder boy left-half, whose life was tragically cut short in Munich.
With 50 caps for England’s Cerebral Palsy team and having appeared at two Paralympic Games, Martin Sinclair takes great pride in his and his teammates’ achievements. “We want to be role models for young people – that’s what we want to bring as the Cerebral Palsy team.” Martin Sinclair is part of a footballing family. His father played semi-professionally, his brother Jake plays for Frome Town and younger brother Scott has played in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. In 2012 Martin and Scott became the first brothers to represent Great Britain at the Paralympic and Olympic Games. But when it comes to international caps Martin has the edge on his brothers. “I lay my caps on the table I tell them ‘I’m the England international,'” he said. “It’s just a bit of banter between brothers.”
