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Monday, 9 December 2019

MOTD magazine - Top 100 Footballers in Britain (1997-98)


1997-98
Top 100 Footballers in Britain
MOTD magazine
100 cut-outs

Originally a large poster given free with the magazine but often found cut down to individual players.

1.  Roy Keane (Manchester United)
2.  Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)
3.  Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
4.  David Beckham (Manchester United)
5.  Juninho (Middlesbrough)
6.  Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)
7.  Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
8.  Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)
9.  Tony Adams (Arsenal)
10.  Brian Laudrup (Glasgow Rangers)
11.  Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
12.  Aljosa Assanovic (Derby County)
13.  Steve McManaman (Liverpool)
14.  Jorge Cadete (Glasgow Celtic)
15.  Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
16.  David Seaman (Arsenal)
17.  Paul Gascoigne (Glasgow Rangers)
18.  Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
19.  Sol Campbell (Tottenham Hotspur)
20.  Les Ferdinand (Newcastle United)
21.  Paul Merson (Arsenal)
22.  Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea)
23.  Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
24.  Faustino Asprilla (Newcastle United)
25.  Roberto di Matteo (Chelsea)
26.  Robbie Earle (Wimbledon)
27.  David Batty (Newcastle United)
28.  Georgi Kinkladze (Manchester City)
29.  Emerson (Middlesbrough)
30.  Ian Wright (Arsenal)
31.  Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough)
32.  Julian Dicks (West Ham United)
33.  Andy Goram (Glasgow Rangers)
34.  Mark Hughes (Chelsea)
35.  Matthew Le Tissier (Southampton)
36.  Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham Hotspur)
37.  Darren Huckerby (Coventry City)
38.  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United)
39.  Paolo di Canio (Glasgow Celtic)
40.  Emile Heskey (Leicester City)
41.  David Ginola (Newcastle United)
42.  Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa)
43.  Oyvind Leonhardsen (Wimbledon)
44.  Graeme Le Saux (Chelsea)
45.  Steffen Iversen (Tottenham Hotspur)
46.  Benito Carbone (Sheffield Wednesday)
47.  Igor Stimac (Derby County)
48.  Gary Pallister (Manchester United)
49.  Mark Wright (Liverpool)
50.  Nigel Martyn (Leeds United)
51.  Darren Anderton (Tottenham Hotspur)
52.  Slaven Bilic (West Ham United)
53.  Jamie Redknapp (Liverpool)
54.  Gary McAllister (Coventry City)
55.  Stig Inge Bjornebye (Liverpool)
56.  Richard Gough (Glasgow Rangers)
57.  Chris Perry (Wimbledon)
58.  Patrik Berger (Liverpool)
59.  Tony Yeboah (Leeds United)
60.  Billy Dodds (Aberdeen)
61.  Des Walker (Sheffield Wednesday)
62.  Ugo Ehiogu (Wimbledon)
63.  Nickey Butt (Manchester United)
64.  Neil Lennon (Leicester City)
65.  Colin Hendry (Blackburn Rovers)
66.  Dean Sturridge (Derby County)
67.  Stan Collymore (Liverpool)
68.  Dan Petrescu (Chelsea)
69.  Darren Jackson (Glasgow Celtic)
70.  Marcus Gayle (Wimbledon)
71.  Steve Bull (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
72.  Jackie McNamara (Glasgow Celtic)
73.  Neil Sullivan (Wimbledon)
74.  Ronny Johnsen (Manchester United)
75.  Mark Pembridge (Sheffield Wednesday)
76.  Gary Neville (Manchester United)
77.  Efan Ekoku (Wimbledon)
78.  Nathan Blake (Bolton Wanderers)
79.  Paul McGrath (Derby County)
80.  Neil McCann (Glasgow Rangers)
81.  Chris Waddle (Sheffield Wednesday)
82.  Nick Barmby (Everton)
83.  Gareth Southgate (Aston Villa)
84.  Stuart Pearce (Nottingham Forest)
85.  Martin Keown (Arsenal)
86.  John Spencer (Queens Park Rangers)
87.  Trevor Sinclair (Queens Park Rangers)
88.  Dion Dublin (Coventry City)
89.  Dave Robertson (Glasgow Rangers)
90.  Jason McAteer (Liverpool)
91.  Lee Bowyer (Leeds United)
92.  Robert Lee (Newcastle United)
93.  Paul McStay (Glasgow Celtic)
94.  Martin Bullock (Barnsley)
95.  Michael Duberry (Chelsea)
96.  Matt Elliott (Leicester City)
97.  Jim Leighton (Aberdeen)
98.  Mike Sheron (Queens Park Rangers)
99.  Tony Rougier (Hibernian)
100.  Regi Blinker (Glasgow Celtic)

1 comment:

  1. According to this, 6% of the top footballers in Britain, at the time, played for Wimbledon. Food for thought.

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