Football's Greatest Explained

Genre:Sport
Creator:Pitch International
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Episodes:66
Executive Producer:Paul McGrath
Jon Owen
Hans Duikersloot
Editor:Matt Bowen
Crispin Holland
Camera:Daniel Vitalis
Runtime:23 minutes
Network:Sky Sports HD 1/2

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

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.

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Episode Season Player Nationality Date of episode
1 1 The Contenders
2 1 England
3 1 Germany
4 1 Netherlands
5 1 Portugal
6 1 Brazil
7 1 France
8 1 Denmark
9 1 Brazil
10 1 Scotland
11 1 Spain
12 1 Netherlands
13 1 Brazil
14 1 Argentina
15 1 Netherlands
16 1 Italy
17 1 Germany
18 1 France
19 1 Brazil
20 1 Denmark
21 1 Brazil
22 1 Argentina
23 1 Hungary
24 1 Northern Ireland
25 1 Argentina
26 1 Brazil
27 2 Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands
28 2 Spain
29 2 Netherlands
30 2 England
31 2 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
32 2 Thierry Henry France
33 2 Luís Figo Portugal
34 2 Lionel Messi Argentina
35 2 Steven Gerrard England
36 2 Ryan Giggs Wales
37 3 Franco Baresi Italy
38 3 Italy
39 3 George Weah Liberia
40 3 Gheorghe Hagi Romania
41 3 Kaká Brazil
42 3 Italy
43 3 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria
44 3 Spain
45 3 Spain
46 3 Brazil
47 4 Spain
48 4 Wales
49 4 Lothar Matthäus Germany
50 4 France
51 4 Brazil
52 4 Roberto Baggio Italy
53 4 Brazil
54 4 Spain
55 4 Cameroon
56 4 France
57 5 France
58 5 Spain
59 5 Germany
60 5 Netherlands
61 5 France
62 5 Scotland
63 5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany
64 5 Netherlands
65 5 Italy
66 5 Spain