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So here's my latest project...my goal is to put together a 12 team league made up of teams representing the finest footballers in each decade. The teams will be: pre-1900, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

So this is where I need some help, I'll be taking suggestions for these teams and, especially for the earlier decades, it would be great if you could recommend some players. Maybe you know a little something about the history of your club and you had a famous winger from the 30s or maybe you just want to recommend Dennis Bergkamp until you are blue in the face...every little bit helps.

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1800s:(25) Billy Meredith - ST/AMR, Billy Basset - AMR, Archie Hunter - ST, John Goodall - AMC/FC, William Foulke - GK, Tommy Crawshaw - RB, Willie Layton - DC, Bob Ferrier - AMR/FC, Fred Spiksley - ST, Ambrose Langley - DC, William Maxwell - ST, Moses McNeil - AML/R, Tom Vallance - RB, Andrew McCreadie - DC, Arthur Wharton - GK, AML, Andrew Watson - LB, Willie Maley - MC, Jimmy Massey - GK, Jack Reynolds - MC, Billy Crone - LB/CB, Archie Goodall - AMC/FC, Jack Kirwin - AML, Peter Boyle - DC, Tommy Morrison - DC/R/MC/R, Robert Vidal - AMC/FC, Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird - All/GK

1900s:(25) Andrew Wilson - ST, Steve Bloomer - ST, Bob Crompton - DR, Vivian Woodward - AMC, Billy McCracken - DC, Sam Hardy - GK, Alf Common - ST, Tom Brittleton - MC, Alex Smith - AML, Robert Hamilton - ST, James Stark - DC, Nicol Smith - RB, Eliseo Brown - ST, Alfredo Brown - AMC/FC, Ernesto Brown - LB, Jorge Brown - DC, Jack Lyall - GK, Billy Scott - GK, Patrick O'Connell - RB, Billy Gillespie - ST, Val Harris - All, Harold Halse - AMC/FC, Harold Sloan - AMC/FC, Samuel Young - AMR/L, Frank Thompson - MC

1910s:(25) Arthur Friedenreich - ST, Clem Stephenson - ST, Charlie Buchan - AMC, Elisha Scott - GK, Teddy Davison - GK, David McLean - AMC/FC, Pedro Calomino - ST, Francisco Bru - DC, Virgilo Fossati - MC, Francis Cali - DC, Robert Gordon Campbell - RB/ST, Jimmy Gordon - DC, Bert Manderson - RB, Sandy Archibald - MC, Tommy Muirhead - AMR/FC, Zeki Rıza Sporel - ST, Patsy Gallacher - AMR, Alberto Ohaco - ST, Harry Welfare - AMC/F, Pindaro - LB, Bill Lacey - All, Louis Bookman - LB/AML, Mickey Hammill - DR/L, William Emerson - MC, Mick O'Brien - Al5

1920s:(25) George Camsell - ST, David Jack - ST, Jose Nasazzi - RB, Jacinto Quincoces - DC, Jose Andrade - RB, Harry Hibbs - GK, Hughie Gallacher - ST, Alex James - AMC, Cliff Bastin - AML, Jack Brown - DC, Ernie Blenkinsop - LB, Jack Allen - ST, Jimmy Trotter - AMC/FC, Hector Castro - AMC/FC, Fritz Szepan - AMR/L, Guido Ara - MC, Giovanni Ferrari - MC, Imre Schlosser - ST, David Meiklejohn - DC, Jimmy McGrory - ST, Jack Brown - GK, Bobby Irvine - MC, Robert Hamilton - DC, Andy McCluggage - DL/R, David Rollo - DR

1930s:(24) Dixie Dean - ST, Wilf Mannion - AMC/FC, Mark Hooper - AMR, Giuseppe Meazza - AML/R, György Sárosi - ST, Ricardo Zamora - GK, Franz Binder - ST, Silvio Piola - ST, Eddie Hapgood - RB, Raich Carter - AMC, Ted Drake - ST, Joe Mercer - LB, Frank Swift - GK, Ellis Rimmer - AML, Wilf Copping - LB, Jackie Robinson - ST, Jack Ball - AMC, Luis Monti - DC, Bob McPhail - ST, Tom Farquharson - GK, Sammy Jones - DC, Billy Gorman - DR/L, Ned Weir - MC, Billy Walsh - DC/DMC, Leonidas - AMC

1940s:(25) Sir Stanley Matthews - AMR, Nat Lofthouse - FC, Didi - MC, Oldřich Nejedlý - ST, Antoni Ramallets - GK, Billy Wright - CB, László Kubala - MC, Gyula Grosics - GK, Fritz Walter - ST, Peter Doherty - AML, Tommy Lawton - ST, George Hardwick - DC, Stan Mortensen - ST, Neil Franklin - DC, Jackie Milburn - ST, Alf Ramsey - RB, Billy Liddell - AML/FC, Jimmy Dickinson - LB, Lefter Küçükandonyadis - AML/FC, Peter Farrell - RB/FC, Johnny Carey - DC, Tom Aherne - DL, Tommy Breen - GK, Con Martin - All/GK, Reg Ryan - AMR/L/C/FC/WBR,

1950s:(25) Ferenc Puskas - ST, Alfredo di Stefano - ST, Lev Yashin - GK, Bobby Charlton - AMC/FC, Duncan Edwards, AMR/L, John Charles - DC, Juan Alberto Schiaffino - ST, Nilton Santos - DL, Luis Suarez - AML, Raymond Kopa - AMC, Paco Gento - AML, Trevor Ford - AMC/FC, Redfern Froggatt - AMR/FC, Jimmy McIlroy - MC, Arthur Rowley - ST, Danny Blanchflower - RB/MC, Bert Trautmann - GK, Jimmy Armfield - RB, Dave Mackay - LB, Tom Finney - ST, Djalma Santos - RB, Alf Sherwood - DC, Kurt Hamrin - AMR/FC, Eddie Firmani - ST, Jim Feeney - DC

1960s:(25) Pele - ST, Johan Cruyff - AMC/FC, Franz Beckenbauer - SW, Eusebio - ST, Bobby Moore - DC, Garrincha - FC/AMC/R, Gordon Banks - GK, Jairzinho - AMR/L, Denis Law - ST, Gianni Rivera - DMC, Rivellino - LB, Gerson - MC, Jim Baxter - MC/L, Luigi Riva - ST, Pat Jennings - GK, Cliff Jones - AMR/L, Billy Bremner - MC, Nobby Stiles - MC, Frank McLintock - DC/RB, Tommy Smith - DC, Norman Hunter - DC, Jimmy Johnstone - AMR/FC, Tommy Gemmell - LB, Carlos Alberto - RB, Ron Springett - GK

1970s:(25) Kenny Dalglish - FC, Graeme Souness - MC, Michel Plantini - AMC, George Best - AMR/L, Giacinto Facchetti - DL, Gerd Muller - ST, Just Fonatine - ST, Daniel Passarella - RB, Alan Hansen - DC, Dino Zoff - GK, Johan Neeskens - MC, Mario Kempes - ST, Sepp Maier - GK, Alan Ball - MC, Kevin Keegan - ST, Cha Bum-Kim - ST/AMR, Paul Breitner - LB, Ray Clemence - GK, Socrates - AMC/FC, Elias Figueroa - DC, Josef Masopust - ML/C, Rinus Israel - RB, Teófilo Cubillas - MC, Grzegorz Lato - WBR/AMR, Ernie Brandts - DC

1980s:(25) Diego Maradona - FC, Zico - AMC, Gheorghe Hagi - AML, Lothar Matthaus - DC, Ruud Gullit - DC/MC/FC, Marco van Basten - ST, Franco Baresi - DC, Gary Lineker - ST, Neville Southall - GK, Matthias Sammer - DC, Carlos Valderrama - MC, Zbigniew Boniek - AMR/L, Paulo Futre - DL, Frank Riijkaard - MC, Hristo Stoichkov - ST/AML, Peter Shilton - GK, Jurgen Klinsmann - ST, Giuseppe Bergomi - DC, Paolo Rossi - ST, Ronald Koeman - DC/R, Jean-Marie Pfaff - GK, Bryan Robson - MC, Jean-Pierre Pain - ST, Andreas Brehme - DL, Glenn Hysen - DR

1990s:(25) , Thomas Ravelli - GK, Jose Luis Chilavert- GK, Peter Schmeichel - GK, Lillian Thuram - RB, Paolo Maldini - DC/LB, Frank de Boer - DC/L, Hon Myung-Bo - DC, Paul McGrath - DC, , Tony Adams - DC, , Fernando Hierro - DC, Cafu - DR, Paul Gascoigne - MC, Chris Waddle - AML/R, Ryan Giggs, AML, Rivaldo - AMC, Michael Laudrup - AMC, Ronald de Boer - AMC, Luis Figo - AMC/L, Roberto Baggio - AMC/FC, Dennis Bergkamp - FC, , Ian Rush - ST, George Weah - ST, Alan Shearer - ST, Romario - ST, Eric Cantona - FC

2000s:(27) Oliver Kahn - GK, Gigi Buffon - GK, Edwin van der Sar - GK, , Carlos Puyol - RB/DC, , Javier Zanetti - DR/AMR, Fabio Cannavaro - DC, Alessandro Nesta - CB, Roberto Carlos - DL, Edgar Davids - DMC, Marcel Desailly - DMC, Ronaldinho - AMC/L/R, David Beckham - MR, David Ginola - AML, , Lionel Mess - AML/C, , Cristiano Ronaldo - AMR/L/C, Zinedine Zidane - MC, Clarence Seedorf - AMC, Kaka - AMC, Francesco Totti - AMC, Steven Gerrard - AMC, Thierry Henry - FC, Ronaldo - ST, , Raul - ST, , Gabriel Batistuta - ST, Alessandro Del Piero - FC, Commins Menapi - ST , Cherno Samba - ST



This message was edited by constantplanck on Nov 05 2009.

Thanks, Huzzer...I was worried that the pre-war teams were going to be awfully Wednesday.

Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp

Ian Wright, Tony Adam, Cliff Bastin, Liam Brady and then obviously Henry.

quote AndyD_U

1950's - Ferenc Puskás (Striker) - He was part of the amazing Hungarian team of the 1950's which went four years unbeaten as well as being runners up in the 1954 world cup and in his career scored 574 goals in 545 games which pretty much speaks for it's self.

Wow!

Just the best players from any club during that decade.

Its going to be a very exclusive league.

Nat Lofthouse- Striker- 50's

Possibly the greatest ever England No 9.

33 Eng Caps
30 Eng Goals

A team for each decade so theres 12 teams in the league etc.

it's going to be hard to judge the stats for the very old players, one way or another it'll be very hard to make the teams fair... but good luck , i hope it works. will be great to play it.