Best British Soccer Players of All Time
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skillful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders. He's the original number 1.
I voted him and my vote want to Dalglish (they were equal with 12%).
If the idiocy has a nickname, I definitely know it.
Best is not the best of this list, but lower than Dalglish is not acceptable.
Gary Winston Lineker is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored. Lineker's media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the ...read more.
Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former Liverpool player who currently manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers. For me, as a Liverpool fan, he is definitely number 1, but from a neutral perspective, he should be at least top 3.
Definitely the best british player. David beckham was overrated.
Captain Fantastic!
The greatest of them All!
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup.
Gareth Frank Bale is a retired Welsh professional footballer who played as a winger for English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team.
Ryan Joseph Giggs is a Welsh football coach and former player who is currently the assistant manager at Manchester United and co-owner of Salford City.
Alan Shearer is an English retired footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team.Maybe the best of all times.
Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former football player and manager. A forward, he played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburger SV.
Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton is an English football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. He was an essential member of the England team that won the World Cup in 1966, the same year he also won the Ballon d'Or.
David Robert Joseph Beckham is (born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president & co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City.. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for which he held the appearance record for an outfield player until 2016. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies.
William Ralph "Dixie" Dean was an English centre forward, a great star of Everton of the midwar years.
He is the most prolific scorer in English football history with 379 league goals in 437 games. He's also second all time league scorer of England after A. Rowley (433 goals).
His record of 60 goals in a single championship 1927-1928 was European (broke in 1946 by Ferenc Deák) and still stands as the best ever in British football.
He was caped with his National team 16 times scored 18 goals.
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English professional footballer who plays for and captains both Manchester United and the England national team.
The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps.Wright also holds the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football.
According to IFFHS century elections, second best goalkeeper of 20th century.
Duncan Edwards was an English left half who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s, playing 177 matches for the club. One of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air desaster (1958).
Bobby Charlton described him as "the only player that made me feel inferior" and said his death was "the biggest single tragedy ever to happen to Manchester United and English football".