i know no-one will agree with me, but i have put alan shearer up there, his goal scoring, attitude and leadership were outstanding throughout his career! any objections? the floors open.......
2006-10-13 09:51:42 · 32 answers · asked by chris o 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
cant believe sum dumbass said george best!!!
2006-10-13 10:12:19 · update #1
alan shearer is a true legend and will be sorely missed both by newcastle and england (how much could england do with alan shearer right now???)
cant dismiss michael owen tho-legend in the making!
2006-10-14 00:19:26 · answer #1 · answered by nippauk2001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alan Shearer 1995 (1) v Geoff Hurst 1966 (2) v Aaron Lennon 2010 (3)
2006-10-13 19:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by Rc'Brummies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every generation wil have it's own favourite.
Pre war there were outstanding players like Ted Drake, Dixie Dean and Steve Bloomer.
Then there ws Sir Stanley Matthews, who for talent and longevity would be hard to beat.
Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore were world class, and are legends no matter where you come from.
The 80's saw Keegan and Hoddle, both great players
Gazza was one of the most talented players ever, though such a wasted talent.
More recent times have seen the whole image of megastar players come to the fore and good, but not great players such as Beckham, Gerrard and Rooney (still unproven, though he could be an all time great), are world superstars. I have to doff my cap to the asker of the question, as Alan Shearer is the best striker in the last 30 years in the English game, and in the same time period only 2nd to Van Basten on the world stage.
However for me the time for pure talent was the 70's where some of the greatest players ever to lace up were undervalued due to the work first talent later regimes that started to unfold. Silky skilled mavericks, who prefered the pub to the park such as Rodney marsh, Alan Hudson, Tony Currie and Frank Worthington, should have been 50 cap players, however they didn't get 20 between them, and the greatest of all was Stan Bowles. He could dribble like Maradona, tackle like Beckenbaur, shoot like Van Basten, and drink like Best, thought the latter quality is what prevented short sighted managers like Don Revie and Ron Greenwood from making him an international superstar.
2006-10-13 11:56:55 · answer #3 · answered by onetruekev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about Wilf Scullion of Bolting Wanderers?
Wilf lost a leg in the trenches yet still played in goal for the Wanderers in the 1919 final staged at Stretchford End due to Wembley being used as a mass grave.
He saved a penalty from Arsenal's Grunnion in the third minute then dived at the feet of Corporal Hitler to prevent a certain goal.
At half-time it was seventeen-nil to Arsenal and brave Wilf had to be clubbed unconscious to allow a replacement to be put in goal.
A week later he has selected for England in an All-World Champions match against Paraguay.
The winner of the solid-gold trophy was also awarded the god-given right to win everything thereafter so England fans were keen to see their boys lift the cup.
Three hundred thousand fans packed Wembley that Tuesday afternoon and at half-time it was nil-nil.
Wilf had made two wonderful saves from the wing genius Garibaldi and one of his kicks upfield almost opened the scoring for England, the ball hitting the top of the bar and going out for a goal kick.
At eighty minutes it was still deadlocked when England right wing-back Toffingham rolled a back pass to the plucky keeper.
Seeing the Paraguyan goalie some twenty yards off his line, Scullion took an almighty swing at the hand-sewn brown leather ball and the England fans gasped as it passed beneath his flying boot to nestle in the back of the England goal!
King George left the stadium in disgust, the Paraguyans took the cup and Scullion's career was in tatters.
But when the word got back to Scotland, a street party was hastily arranged in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.
It lasted a week and almost made up for the war.
And that is why, in Scotland at least, Wilf Scullion is regarded as the best-ever English footballer.
2006-10-13 11:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The late great Peter Osgood of Chelsea. The Blues wouldn't have been half the team without him. An unsung hero, ignored by England during his heyday, content to ply his trade withStamford Bridge's finest. He also wasn't afraid to enjoy himself & let his hair down! He's from an era that will never be repeated .An out-and-out centre forward, strong in the air, quick and unselfish. He had an eye for goal, something Shevchenko is sadly missing.
2006-10-13 15:37:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alan Shearer is one of my fav's as he's from my neck of the woods.
But i also really admire, Beardsley, The Charlton Brothers, Jackie Milburn, Bobby Moore, Stanley Mathews, Gary Lineker, Beckham.. OK I'll stop now I'm doing my head in LOL.
2006-10-13 10:08:06 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Blues 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say Bobby Moore because he's the only English captain to lift the World Cup. Beckham and Co aren't fit to clean his boots. Or Gordon Banks, what a superb keeper. Or what about Bobby Charlton? I'd still go for Moore though.
2006-10-13 10:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by Londoner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. alan shearer-the present one. maybe the late George Best as the best english player ever.
2006-10-13 23:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Beckham
2006-10-13 11:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have to oppose you shearers record simply does not stand up to gary linekers lineker was never booked shearers record was absymal both goal scoring genius but records are there for all to see stan mathews defined perfection and the only player who would of surpassed him was duncan edwards had he lived
2006-10-13 21:02:03 · answer #10 · answered by kevthewedge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋