Legends

There are some players you just have to respect. You might not support the team they play for, you might not even have liked the player themselves at some point, you may have even have shouted or sang unsavoury songs about him at games but, through their exploits on the ...

No other player has captured the hearts and minds of the footballing public quite like the dazzling Brazilian. For two glorious years, he was footballing perfection, playing with a style no one else could match. It is of course, Ronaldinho.

The mesmerising Frenchman is fondly remembered in the red half of Manchester as the man who launched an era of Premier League dominance. It is safe to say that without Cantona, Manchester United would not be the club they are today.  

  There have been plenty of great goal scorers in football over the years, think Shearer or Raul or more modern players like Christiano Ronaldo or Messi. These players rack up huge numbers of goals but even the latter two, regularly regarded as two of the best to ever play ...

Football fans around the world may well have heard of Dixie Dean but for many, that’s as far as it goes. Dean is one of those historic figures from the bygone days of football that we are aware of, but often know next to nothing about. Even at Everton, the ...

Forget the chant about the slip, forget the memes about who has won more Premier League titles, when it comes to legends of the Premier League era, Steven Gerrard is always a part of the conversation.

There are players in the game who transcend club allegiances. No matter who a person supports they go all misty eyed when they think of the things that player could do with the ball. Dennis Bergkamp was one of those players.

The latest of our legends series looks at the all time Premier League Record goalscorer, England and Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer.

Read about the player voted as Chelsea’s greatest ever and watch all of his goals

Some players are legends for their clubs, not many are legends of their leagues and even fewer still reach the level where they embody some of the greatest achievements and football moments of their nations club football history. Spain has Xavi and Iniesta, in Germany there are players like Lahm ...