Football's Greatest

Football's Greatest
GenreSport
Created byPitch International
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes66
Production
Executive producersPaul McGrath
Jon Owen
Hans Duikersloot
EditorsMatt Bowen
Crispin Holland
Camera setupDaniel Vitalis
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkSky Sports HD 1/2
Release10 June (2010-06-10) –
11 July 2010 (2010-07-11)

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

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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 10 June 2010
2 1 Bobby Charlton England England 11 June 2010
3 1 Gerd Müller Germany Germany 13 June 2010
4 1 Ruud Gullit Netherlands Netherlands 14 June 2010
5 1 Eusébio Portugal Portugal 15 June 2010
6 1 Rivellino Brazil Brazil 16 June 2010
7 1 Michel Platini France France 17 June 2010
8 1 Peter Schmeichel Denmark Denmark 19 June 2010
9 1 Garrincha Brazil Brazil 20 June 2010
10 1 Kenny Dalglish Scotland Scotland 21 June 2010
11 1 Raúl Spain Spain 22 June 2010
12 1 Johan Cruyff Netherlands Netherlands 24 June 2010
13 1 Ronaldinho Brazil Brazil 25 June 2010
14 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina Argentina 27 June 2010
15 1 Marco van Basten Netherlands Netherlands 28 June 2010
16 1 Paolo Maldini Italy Italy 29 June 2010
17 1 Franz Beckenbauer Germany Germany 30 June 2010
18 1 Zinedine Zidane France France 1 July 2010
19 1 Zico Brazil Brazil 2 July 2010
20 1 Michael Laudrup Denmark Denmark 3 July 2010
21 1 Ronaldo Brazil Brazil 4 July 2010
22 1 Gabriel Batistuta Argentina Argentina 5 July 2010
23 1 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Hungary 6 July 2010
24 1 George Best Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 7 July 2010
25 1 Diego Maradona Argentina Argentina 10 July 2010
26 1 Pelé Brazil Brazil 11 July 2010
27 2 Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands Netherlands 18 April 2014
28 2 Andrés Iniesta Spain Spain 20 April 2014
29 2 Clarence Seedorf Netherlands Netherlands 21 April 2014
30 2 Alan Shearer England England 22 April 2014
31 2 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Portugal 23 April 2014
32 2 Thierry Henry France France 24 April 2014
33 2 Luís Figo Portugal Portugal 25 April 2014
34 2 Lionel Messi Argentina Argentina 26 April 2014
35 2 Steven Gerrard England England 27 April 2014
36 2 Ryan Giggs Wales Wales 28 April 2014
37 3 Franco Baresi Italy Italy 30 August 2016
38 3 Alessandro Del Piero Italy Italy 31 August 2016
39 3 George Weah Liberia Liberia 01 September 2016
40 3 Gheorghe Hagi Romania Romania 02 September 2016
41 3 Kaká Brazil Brazil 05 September 2016
42 3 Andrea Pirlo Italy Italy 06 September 2016
43 3 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria Bulgaria 07 September 2016
44 3 Iker Casillas Spain Spain 08 September 2016
45 3 Xavi Spain Spain 09 September 2016
46 3 Rivaldo Brazil Brazil 12 September 2016
47 4 David Villa Spain Spain
48 4 Ian Rush Wales Wales
49 4 Lothar Matthäus Germany Germany
50 4 Patrick Vieira France France
51 4 Cafu Brazil Brazil
52 4 Roberto Baggio Italy Italy
53 4 Roberto Carlos Brazil Brazil
54 4 Carles Puyol Spain Spain
55 4 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Cameroon
56 4 Marcel Desailly France France
57 5 Didier Deschamps France France
58 5 Fernando Hierro Spain Spain
59 5 Jürgen Klinsmann Germany Germany
60 5 Ronald Koeman Netherlands Netherlands
61 5 Jean-Pierre Papin France France
62 5 Graeme Souness Scotland Scotland
63 5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany Germany
64 5 Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands Netherlands
65 5 Gianluca Vialli Italy Italy
66 5 Xabi Alonso Spain Spain

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