Legends

The master of his domain and the director of our nostalgic imagination. Eric Cantona stars, in his own life, as ‘The King’… Marlon Brando was a tricky customer. It was notoriously difficult to secure an interview with the superstar so it was a real coup when Dick Cavett managed it …

Arguably the greatest player in Liverpool’s long history and a home-grown talent who became the on-field embodiment of the club, Steven Gerrard carried a weight of expectation on his shoulders for much of a distinguished career. The midfielder represented a symbol of hope despite much mediocrity on Merseyside, his all-action …

Typically elusive as they are, memories delight in playing tricks on us. So it is that we recall Benito Carbone as being part of the first wave of foreign players to our shores as the Premier League’s new-found riches gave it a cosmopolitan sheen. He was a novelty in that …

When asked to discuss the greatest goalscorers of the Premier League era the same familiar names often crop up in conversation, but one name often overlooked is that of Ruud van Nistelrooy. Perhaps it is because the Dutchman agonisingly fell short of hitting the fabled century of top flight goals …

Loathed by Manchester United fans and unloved by Liverpool supporters, Paul Ince never really found a football home. There’s something about that that doesn’t sit right. Ince was arguably the best box-to-box midfielder of his generation and was very successful, particularly in the first half of his career. Ince essentially …

Our latest series has looked back and celebrated some top talents so far, but no feature on the Premier League’s greatest Golazo Merchants would be complete without the maverick magic of Matt Le Tissier. The one-club icon will forever be a legendary figure on the South Coast following his sensational …

Arriving to the Premier League as a virtual unknown from the Soviet Union, Andrei Kanchelskis left as a legend at Manchester United and Everton. If it weren’t for history taking the course that it did, we may very well have never heard of the name Andrei Kanchelskis. When the winger’s …

The scene of Faustino Asprilla’s arrival to English football is iconic stuff. Having stepped off the plane in the North East in the middle of a snowstorm in February 1996, the Colombian sported a grey fur coat to keep himself warm. For a league that had its fair share of …

When one thinks of David Ginola, a few things come to mind: flair, ingenuity, good looks. And goals.  And when a footballer is defined by goals, it is usually because they have scored an abundance of them. And yet Ginola only just about got over a century of them in …

Mediocrity beckoned and Gary McAllister was ready to embrace it. Lifting the First Division title with Leeds United in 1992 – prior to the formation of the Premier League – was a distant memory when he signed for Coventry City in the summer of ’96. The Scot was captain for …