Football's Greatest

Football's Greatest is a TV series that started on 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 on Sky Sports for the World Cup. There are 26 shows in total all narrated by Richard Keys, 25 featuring one footballer for each show. The first episode, The Contenders, is about players that did not make the following shows, though are still notable, including Bobby Moore, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lothar Matthäus, Gheorghe Hagi, Romário, Dennis Bergkamp, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Eric Cantona, Denis Law, David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Paolo Rossi, Sócrates, Steven Gerrard, Hristo Stoichkov, Ryan Giggs, Hugo Sánchez, Dino Zoff, Emilio Butragueño, Kaká, Roberto Baggio, Luís Figo and Lionel Messi.

Football's Greatest
GenreSport
Created byPitch International
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersPaul McGrath
Jon Owen
Hans Duikersloot
EditorsMatt Bowen
Crispin Holland
Camera setupDaniel Vitalis
Running time23 minutes
Release
Original networkSky Sports HD 1/2
Picture format1080i (HDTV) & 576i (SDTV)
Original release10 June (2010-06-10) –
11 July 2010 (2010-07-11)
External links
Website

The series was then followed by Football's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format. This series was narrated by Gabriel Clarke and features shows for José Mourinho, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.[1]

There were additional episodes created of Football's Greatest created in 2014, Andrés Iniesta, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luís Figo and Clarence Seedorf.[2]

Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams; Netherlands (1974, 1988), West Germany (1972-1974), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970, 1982), France (1984, 1998-2000), Hungary (1954), Spain (2008-2012).[3]

Sixteen for Football's Greatest Club Teams; Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade, Nottingham Forest, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord and Ajax (1968–1973 and 1994–1997).[4]

PlayerNationalityDate of episode
Bobby Charlton English11 June 2010
Gerd Müller German13 June 2010
Ruud Gullit Dutch14 June 2010
Eusébio Portuguese15 June 2010
Rivelino Brazilian16 June 2010
Michel Platini French17 June 2010
Peter Schmeichel Danish19 June 2010
Garrincha Brazilian20 June 2010
Kenny Dalglish Scottish21 June 2010
Raúl Spanish22 June 2010
Johan Cruyff Dutch24 June 2010
Ronaldinho Brazilian25 June 2010
Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentine27 June 2010
Marco van Basten Dutch28 June 2010
Paolo Maldini Italian29 June 2010
Franz Beckenbauer German30 June 2010
Zinedine Zidane French1 July 2010
Zico Brazilian2 July 2010
Michael Laudrup Danish3 July 2010
Ronaldo Brazilian4 July 2010
Gabriel Batistuta Argentine5 July 2010
Ferenc Puskás Hungarian6 July 2010
George Best Northern Irish7 July 2010
Diego Maradona Argentine10 July 2010
Pelé Brazilian11 July 2010
Dennis Bergkamp Dutch18 April 2014
Andrés Iniesta Spanish20 April 2014
Clarence Seedorf DutchApril 2014
Alan Shearer EnglishApril 2014
Cristiano Ronaldo PortugueseApril 2014
Thierry Henry FrenchApril 2014
Luís Figo PortugueseApril 2014
Lionel Messi ArgentineApril 2014
Steven Gerrard EnglishApril 2014
Ryan Giggs WelshApril 2014

Notes
  1. "Football's Greatest Managers". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. "Football's Greatest II". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. "Football's Greatest International Teams". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. "Football's Greatest Teams". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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