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.
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.
Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams: West Germany (1972–1974), Netherlands (1974 and 1988), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982), France (1984 and 1998–2000), Hungary (1954) and Spain (2008–2012).
Sixteen for Football's Greatest Teams: Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid (1954–1966 and 1996–2003), Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade and Nottingham Forest.
Eight for Football's Greatest International Rivalries: England v Scotland, Holland v Germany, Brazil v Argentina, England v Germany, Italy v France & Yugoslavia, England v Argentina & Czech Republic v Slovenia, Portugal v Spain & Uruguay v Argentina and Turkey v Greece & Sweden v Denmark.
List of episodes The first episode, The Contenders, featured Ryan Giggs, Paolo Rossi, Gheorghe Hagi, Luís Figo, Denis Law, Roberto Baggio, Emilio Butragueño, Thierry Henry, Bobby Moore, George Weah, Kaká, Dino Zoff, Lothar Matthäus, Eric Cantona, Hugo Sánchez, Hristo Stoichkov, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Franco Baresi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lionel Messi, Sócrates, David Beckham and Romário.
Episode Season Player Nationality Date of episode 1 1 The Contenders 2 1 Bobby Charlton England 3 1 Gerd Müller Germany 4 1 Ruud Gullit Netherlands 5 1 Eusébio Portugal 6 1 Rivellino Brazil 7 1 Michel Platini France 8 1 Peter Schmeichel Denmark 9 1 Garrincha Brazil 10 1 Kenny Dalglish Scotland 11 1 Raúl Spain 12 1 Johan Cruyff Netherlands 13 1 Ronaldinho Brazil 14 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina 15 1 Marco van Basten Netherlands 16 1 Paolo Maldini Italy 17 1 Franz Beckenbauer Germany 18 1 Zinedine Zidane France 19 1 Zico Brazil 20 1 Michael Laudrup Denmark 21 1 Ronaldo Brazil 22 1 Gabriel Batistuta Argentina 23 1 Ferenc Puskás Hungary 24 1 George Best Northern Ireland 25 1 Diego Maradona Argentina 26 1 Pelé Brazil 27 2 Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands 28 2 Andrés Iniesta Spain 29 2 Clarence Seedorf Netherlands 30 2 Alan Shearer England 31 2 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 32 2 Thierry Henry France 33 2 Luís Figo Portugal 34 2 Lionel Messi Argentina 35 2 Steven Gerrard England 36 2 Ryan Giggs Wales 37 3 Franco Baresi Italy 38 3 Alessandro Del Piero Italy 39 3 George Weah Liberia 40 3 Gheorghe Hagi Romania 41 3 Kaká Brazil 42 3 Andrea Pirlo Italy 43 3 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria 44 3 Iker Casillas Spain 45 3 Xavi Spain 46 3 Rivaldo Brazil 47 4 David Villa Spain 48 4 Ian Rush Wales 49 4 Lothar Matthäus Germany 50 4 Patrick Vieira France 51 4 Cafu Brazil 52 4 Roberto Baggio Italy 53 4 Roberto Carlos Brazil 54 4 Carles Puyol Spain 55 4 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 56 4 Marcel Desailly France 57 5 Didier Deschamps France 58 5 Fernando Hierro Spain 59 5 Jürgen Klinsmann Germany 60 5 Ronald Koeman Netherlands 61 5 Jean-Pierre Papin France 62 5 Graeme Souness Scotland 63 5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany 64 5 Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands 65 5 Gianluca Vialli Italy 66 5 Xabi Alonso Spain
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