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 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
Original release10 June (2010-06-10) –
11 July 2010 (2010-07-11)

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 CharltonEngland England11 June 2010
Gerd MüllerGermany Germany13 June 2010
Ruud GullitNetherlands Netherlands14 June 2010
EusébioPortugal Portugal15 June 2010
RivellinoBrazil Brazil16 June 2010
Michel PlatiniFrance France17 June 2010
Peter SchmeichelDenmark Denmark19 June 2010
GarrinchaBrazil Brazil20 June 2010
Kenny DalglishScotland Scotland21 June 2010
RaúlSpain Spain22 June 2010
Johan CruyffNetherlands Netherlands24 June 2010
RonaldinhoBrazil Brazil25 June 2010
Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentina Argentina27 June 2010
Marco van BastenNetherlands Netherlands28 June 2010
Paolo MaldiniItaly Italy29 June 2010
Franz BeckenbauerGermany Germany30 June 2010
Zinedine ZidaneFrance France1 July 2010
ZicoBrazil Brazil2 July 2010
Michael LaudrupDenmark Denmark3 July 2010
RonaldoBrazil Brazil4 July 2010
Gabriel BatistutaArgentina Argentina5 July 2010
Ferenc PuskásHungary Hungary6 July 2010
George BestNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland7 July 2010
Diego MaradonaArgentina Argentina10 July 2010
PeléBrazil Brazil11 July 2010
Dennis BergkampNetherlands Netherlands18 April 2014
Andrés IniestaSpain Spain20 April 2014
Clarence SeedorfNetherlands NetherlandsApril 2014
Alan ShearerEngland EnglandApril 2014
Cristiano RonaldoPortugal PortugalApril 2014
Thierry HenryFrance FranceApril 2014
Luís FigoPortugal PortugalApril 2014
Lionel MessiArgentina ArgentinaApril 2014
Steven GerrardEngland EnglandApril 2014
Ryan GiggsWales WalesApril 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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