PFA Fans' Favourites

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The PFA Fans' Favourites is a list of football players produced as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Professional Footballers' Association in 2007. There is one entry for each Football League club's favourite player. In making the selection, the PFA canvassed the opinions of the supporters of present, and some former, league clubs about their Number One player.^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 List of players 2.1 Key 3 References

[edit] Background

In 2007 the Professional Footballers' Association celebrated the centenary of the foundation of The Players Union by launching their "One Goal One Million" campaign. The campaign involved a whole year of celebratory fund-raising activities with the aim of raising £1 million to fully fund a new Children’s Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Unit at the University Children’s Hospital, Manchester. Throughout the year the PFA ran a number of high-profile events involving current and former players and managers with the sole purpose of reaching the £1 million target. Events included a pro-celebrity golf event, race days and initiatives involving our younger supporters. On the day that the PFA was formed in 1907 – December 2 – there was a match between an England Legends XI, captained by Alan Shearer and managed by Terry Venables, against a World Legends XI captained by Gianfranco Zola and managed by Jurgen Klinsmann, culminating in a Gala Dinner in the evening involving a host of top entertainers.^[2]

[edit] List of players

Club	Player	Position	Career with club
Accrington Stanley	Grimshaw, ChrisChris Grimshaw	MF	1986-????
Arsenal	Henry, ThierryThierry Henry	FW	1999-2007
Aston Villa	McGrath, PaulPaul McGrath	CB	1989-1996
Barnet	Freedman, DougieDougie Freedman	FW	1994-1995
Barnsley	Redfearn, NeilNeil Redfearn	MF	1991-1998
Birmingham City	Francis, TrevorTrevor Francis	FW	1971-1979
Blackburn Rovers	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer	FW	1992-1996
Blackpool	Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews	RW	1947-1961
Bolton Wanderers	Lofthouse, NatNat Lofthouse	FW	1946-1960
Boston United	Bastock, PaulPaul Bastock	GK	1992-2004
Bournemouth	MacDougall, TedTed MacDougall	FW	1969-1972
Bradford City	McCall, StuartStuart McCall	MF	1982-1988 1998-2002
Brentford	Bowles, StanStan Bowles	MF	1981-1984
Brighton & Hove Albion	Ward, PeterPeter Ward	FW	1975-1980
Bristol City	Atyeo, JohnJohn Atyeo	FW	1951-1966
Bristol Rovers	White, DevonDevon White	FW	1987-1992
Burnley	McIlroy, JimmyJimmy McIlroy	MF	1950-1962
Bury	Lucketti, ChrisChris Lucketti	CB	1993-1999
Cambridge United	Dublin, DionDion Dublin	FW	1988-1992
Cardiff City	Dwyer, PhilPhil Dwyer	CH	1971-1985
Carlisle United	McIlmoyle, HughieHughie McIlmoyle	FW	1963-1964 1967-1969 1974
Charlton Athletic	Hales, DerekDerek Hales	FW	1973-1976 1978-1985
Chelsea	Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola	FW	1996-2003
Cheltenham Town	Grayson, NeilNeil Grayson	FW	1998-2002
Chester City	Rush, IanIan Rush	FW	1979-1980
Chesterfield	Moss, ErnieErnie Moss	FW	1968-1976 1978-1981 1983-1984
Colchester United	Duguid, KarlKarl Duguid	MF	1996-
Coventry City	Ogrizovic, SteveSteve Ogrizovic	GK	1984-2000
Crewe Alexandra	Platt, DavidDavid Platt	MF	1985-1988
Crystal Palace	Wright, IanIan Wright	FW	1985-1991
Darlington	Walsh, AlanAlan Walsh	FW	1978-1984
Derby County	Hector, KevinKevin Hector	FW	1966-1978 1980-1982
Doncaster Rovers	Jeffrey, AlickAlick Jeffrey	FW	1954-1956 1963-1969
Everton	Dean, DixieDixie Dean	FW	1925-1937
Exeter City	Banks, AlanAlan Banks	FW	1963-1966 1967-1973
Fulham	Haynes, JohnnyJohnny Haynes	MF	1952-1970
Gillingham	Hessenthaler, AndyAndy Hessenthaler	MF	1996-2006
Grimsby Town	Tees, MattMatt Tees	FW	1963-1967 1970-1973
Halifax Town	Stoneman , PaulPaul Stoneman	CB	1995-2005
Hartlepool United	Moore, WattieWattie Moore	CB	1948-1960
Hereford United	Radford, RonnieRonnie Radford	MF	1971-1974
Huddersfield Town	Law, DenisDenis Law	FW	1956-1960
Hull City	Wagstaff, KenKen Wagstaff	FW	1964-1976
Ipswich Town	Wark, JohnJohn Wark	MF	1975-1984 1988-1990 1991-1997
Kidderminster Harriers	Casey, KimKim Casey	FW	1985-1990 1995
Leeds United	Bremner, BillyBilly Bremner	MF	1959-1976
Leicester City	Walsh, SteveSteve Walsh	CB	1986-2000
Leyton Orient	Cunningham, LaurieLaurie Cunningham	FW	1974-1977
Lincoln City	Graver, AndyAndy Graver	FW	1950-1954 1955 1958-1961
Liverpool	Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish	FW	1977-1990
Luton Town	Harford, MickMick Harford	FW	1984-1990 1991-1992
Macclesfield Town	Askey, JohnJohn Askey	FW	1986-2003
Manchester City	Trautmann, BertBert Trautmann	GK	1949-1964
Manchester United	Edwards, DuncanDuncan Edwards	HB	1953-1958
Mansfield Town	Wagstaff, KenKen Wagstaff	FW	1960-1964
Middlesbrough	Juninho, Juninho	MF	1995-1997 1999-2000 2002-2004
Millwall	Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham	FW	1982-1991
Newcastle United	Shearer, AlanAlan Shearer	FW	1996-2006
Northampton Town	Kiernan, JoeJoe Kiernan	CB	1963-1972
Norwich City	Keelan, KevinKevin Keelan	GK	1963-1980
Nottingham Forest	Pearce, StuartStuart Pearce	LB	1985-1987
Notts County	Masson, DonDon Masson	MF	1968-1974
Oldham Athletic	Lister, BertBert Lister	FW	1960-1965
Oxford United	Aldridge, JohnJohn Aldridge	FW	1984-1987
Peterborough United	Bly, TerryTerry Bly	FW	1960-1962
Plymouth Argyle	Tynan, TommyTommy Tynan	FW	1983-1985 1986-1990
Port Vale	Earle, RobbieRobbie Earle	MF	1982-1991
Portsmouth	Dickinson, JimmyJimmy Dickinson	HB	1946-1965
Preston North End	Finney, TomTom Finney	RW	1946-1960
Queens Park Rangers	Bowles, StanStan Bowles	MF	1972-1979
Reading	Friday, RobinRobin Friday	FW	1973-1976
Rochdale	Jenkins, RegReg Jenkins	FW	1964-1973
Rotherham United	Moore, RonnieRonnie Moore	FW	1980-1983
Rushden & Diamonds	Underwood, PaulPaul Underwood	LB	1997-2004
Scunthorpe United	Brownsword, JackJack Brownsword	FB	1947-1965
Sheffield United	Currie, TonyTony Currie	MF	1968-1976
Sheffield Wednesday	Waddle, ChrisChris Waddle	LW	1992-1996
Shrewsbury Town	Rowley, ArthurArthur Rowley	FW	1958-1965
Southampton	Le Tissier, MatthewMatthew Le Tissier	MF	1986-2002
Southend United	Tilson, SteveSteve Tilson	MF	1988-1998 2002-2004
Southport	Redrobe, EricEric Redrobe	FW	1966-1972
Stockport County	Beckett, LukeLuke Beckett	FW	2002-2004
Stoke City	Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews	RW	1932-1947
Sunderland	Hurley, CharlieCharlie Hurley	CB	1957-1969
Swansea City	Allchurch, IvorIvor Allchurch	MF	1947-1958 1965-1968
Swindon Town	Rogers, DonDon Rogers	LW	1962-1972 1976-1977
Torquay United	Stubbs, RobinRobin Stubbs	FW	1963-1969 1972-1973
Tottenham Hotspur	Greaves, JimmyJimmy Greaves	FW	1961-1970
Tranmere Rovers	Muir, IanIan Muir	FW	1985-1995
Walsall	Buckley, AlanAlan Buckley	FW	1973-1978 1979-1984
Watford	Barnes, JohnJohn Barnes	MF	1981-1987
West Bromwich Albion	Brown, TonyTony Brown	MF	1963-1981
West Ham United	Moore, BobbyBobby Moore	CB	1958-1974
Wigan Athletic	de Zeeuw, ArjanArjan de Zeeuw	CB	1999-2002
Wimbledon	Beasant, DaveDave Beasant	GK	1979-1987
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bull, SteveSteve Bull	FW	1986-1999
Wrexham	Jones, JoeyJoey Jones	LB	1973-1975 1978-1982 1987-1992
Wycombe Wanderers	Carroll, DaveDave Carroll	MF	1988-2002
Yeovil Town	Skiverton, TerryTerry Skiverton	CB	1999-
York City	Jackson, BarryBarry Jackson	CB	1956-1970

[edit] Key

• GK — Goalkeeper
• RB — Right back
• FB — Full back
• LB — Left back
• CB — Centre back
• CH — Centre half
• HB — Half back
• MF — Midfielder
• RW — Right winger
• LW — Left winger
• FW — Forward

[edit] References