The 101

My all-time 101 favourite footballers.


101 - Sol Campbell
100 - Trifon Ivanov
099 - Vedran Ćorluka
098 - Didier Drogba
097 - Kevin Phillips
096 - Juninho Pernambucano
095 - Robert Prosinečki
094 - Jens Lehmann
093 - Zlatko Zahovič
092 - Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
091 - Thomas Häßler
090 - Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
089 - Roberto Carlos
088 - Christian Vieri
087 - Edin Džeko
086 - David Ginola
085 - Dietmar Hamann
084 - Hasan Salihamidžić
083 - Gianluca Vialli
082 - Marius Lăcătuş
081 - Ronaldo
080 - Matthias Sammer
079 - Rogério Ceni
078 - Nwankwo Kanu
077 - Marcelo Salas
076 - Andrés Iniesta
075 - Darijo Srna
074 - Philip Cocu
073 - Marco Etcheverry
072 - Zvonimir Boban
071 - Edwin Van Der Sar
070 - Alessandro Del Piero
069 - Robbie Keane
068 - Ryan Taylor
067 - Chris Malkin
066 - Robert Jarni
065 - Andrei Kanchelskis
064 - José Luis Chilavert
063 - Sergio Agüero
062 - David Platt
061 - Gianluca Pagliuca
060 - Lionel Messi
059 - Ged Brannan
058 - Slaven Bilić
057 - Benito Carbone
056 - Aljoša Asanović
055 - Pierluigi Casiraghi
054 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær
053 - Alen Bokšić
052 - Michael Laudrup
051 - Dunga
050 - Dan Petrescu
049 - Jari Litmanen
048 - Gustavo Poyet
047 - Wayne Rooney
046 - Ivano Bonetti
045 - Dimitar Berbatov
044 - Paul Merson
043 - Ian Muir
042 - Gianluigi Buffon
041 - David Seaman
040 - Cláudio Taffarel
039 - Iain Hume
038 - Zlatan Ibrahimović
037 - Eric Cantona
036 - Fabrizio Ravanelli
035 - Paolo Di Canio
034 - Matt Le Tissier
033 - Faustino Asprilla
032 - Angelo Peruzzi
031 - Thierry Henry
030 - Ruud Van Nistelrooy
029 - David Beckham
028 - Peter Schmeichel
027 - Stuart Pearce
026 - Antony Kay
025 - Simon Haworth
024 - Paul Scholes
023 - Steve Yates
022 - John Aldridge
021 - Teddy Sherringham
020 - Clint Hill
019 - Paul Gascoigne
018 - Ian Goodison
017 - Gianfranco Zola
016 - Juninho Paulista
015 - John Achterberg
014 - Jason Koumas
013 - David Kelly
012 - Pavel Nedvěd
011 - Zinedine Zidane
010 - Giuseppe Signori
009 - Gheorghe Hagi
008 - Siniša Mihajlović
007 - Romário
006 - Alan Shearer
005 - Hristo Stoichkov
004 - Kenny Irons
003 - Dennis Bergkamp
002 - Davor Šuker
001 - Pat Nevin


England (21); Italy (13); Croatia (9); Brazil (8); Netherlands (5); France, Germany (4); Republic of Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria (3); Wales, Denmark, Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina (2); Scotland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Jamaica, Colombia, Sweden, Canada, Uruguay, Finland, Norway, Paraguay, Russia, Bolivia, Spain, Chile, Nigeria, Greece, Ukraine, Slovenia, Ivory Coast (1)

Click rank for link to Wikipedia, players in orange are linked to Youtube, players in bold still playing professionally at the time list was compiled.

A Drawing of Gerry Francis' Hair (2008)

Holiday Snaps #3

Sibiu, 2011

Bled, 2008

Amsterdam, 2009

Venice, 2010

What Materazzi said to Zidane (2008)

Holiday Snaps #2

Budapest, 2008

Olympiastadion, Berlin, 2009

Teide National Park, 2010

Novi Sad, 2008

Camp Nou, Barcelona, 2009

Brasov, 2010

Holiday Snaps #1

Sarajevo, 2008

Gulf of Finland, 2009

Stadion Poljud, Split, 2008

Mostar, 2010

Bucharest to Belgrade

Bucharest, 2010

I rolled over in my bed to discover someone had filled it with stones, and also how it was no longer my bed but in fact a railway track. I fumbled for the light but could only find the pitch black night. I pressed my thumb deep into my eye socket and with my forefinger in the other tried to wake myself up, but still it made no difference. I was lying on a railway track in nothing but my boxer shorts.
I got to my feet and looked in both directions. Neither was better than the other. I could see no further than two metres. As I began to walk the stones punched up at my soles. For the first few steps I had to feel out with my toes for the next sleeper until I could calculate a stride.
As I skipped along the track I remembered my flu. I reached out for a tissue but could only find a leaf. It was cold and then sometimes hot, but mostly freezing cold. I pulled my boxer shorts beyond my belly and increased my skip to a dance.
Some hours later I waltzed to the first house but it was no use. The man spoke no English so instead covered his daughter’s eyes. He demanded I leave so I did a forward roll to keep warm and was on my way.
I cartwheeled up to the next house to find no one home. I had a bite from their larder and a sleep in their bed but could only dream about train carriages and Serbian boarder police so had little choice but to continue on my way.
By the third house so much time had passed I’d forgotten why everything was so. The man spoke a bit of English but ultimately I couldn’t answer his question about why I choosing to dress like wild maniac so was asked to leave. I did one handstand against his wall, plus another for good luck, said goodbye to his daughter, and was on my way.

Belgrade, 2010

I reached Belgrade just in time to catch up with my train. I folded away the bed, blew my nose, and closed the window of my cabin to prevent further accidents. I got one high five from the conductor and continued on my merry little way.