World Soccer - UK (2022-01)

FAREWELL TO...

ColinBell
The“KingoftheKippax”was
thestarof theManchester Citysidethat
wontheleaguetitle,FACup,twoLeague
CupsandtheEuropeanCupWinners’Cup.

GustavoPena
Mexicodefenderwhocaptained
hiscountryonhomesoilatthe 1 970
WorldCup,andwentontowin 82 caps.

PeterSwan
Won 19 Englandcapsatcentre-half,
yetinfamously missedoutonthe
1966 WorldCupafterreceivingan
eight-yearbanfromfootball in 1962.

LutonShelton
With 35 goals,SheltonisJamaica’sall-
timetopscorer. Anomadiccareersaw
himplay in Jamaica,Sweden,England,
Norway,Denmark,TurkeyandRussia.

Jozef Venglos
Becamethefirstnon-Britishor Irish
persontotakechargeofanEnglishtop-
flightclubafter takingtheAstonVilla job,
aswellasthefirst-everSlovakiacoach
after theirindependencein 19 93.

TonyCollins
Thefirst-everblackmanagerin
thehistoryofEnglishleaguefootball,
havingtakenchargeof Rochdalein 19 59.
Later workedasa scoutfor England.

GlennRoeder
AnEnglandcoachunder GlennHoddle,
RoederwentontomanageWestHam
andNewcastleinthePremierLeague.

IanSt John
Oneof themostsignificantplayersin
Liverpool’s risefromtheSecondDivision
inthe 1960s,havingscoredthegoalsthat
firedthemtopromotionandthentheFirst
Divisiontitle.Hison-fieldpartnershipwith
RogerHuntwasprolific,beforeforming
anotherfamouspartnershipafter retiring,
hostingtheSaintandGreavsieshow.

PeterLorimer
LeedsUnited’s recordscorerinall comps

• with 238 goalsin 705 games–anda
  mainstay inthesidethatwontwoleague
  titles,anFACup,LeagueCupandtwo
  FairsCupsbetween 1968 and 1 974.

FrankWorthington

Agiftedfootballerwhocrammedover

800 appearancesacross 22 consecutive

Football Leagueseasons from 1966 to

1987. WoneightEnglandcapsandthe

First DivisionGoldenBootin 19 78- 7 9.

WillyvanderKuijlen

TheEredivisie’sall-timetopscorerwith

311 goals,startingwithfiveonhisPSV

debutaged17.Won 22 Netherlandscaps

andhasa statueoutsidePSV’s stadium.

GeorgiDimitrov

ABulgarialegendwhowon 77 caps,

including 56 ascaptain,andledthe

sidetothelast 16 of Mexico’86.

TarcisioBurgnich

Amainstayof theIntersidethatwon

back-to-backEuropeanCupsunder

HelenioHerrera’sCatenacciosystem,

theItalydefenderalsowonEuro’ 68

andplayedat threeWorldCups.

PaulMariner

Scoredfor IpswichTownintheirUEFA

Cupfinalwinin 1981 , andnetted 1 3 goals

in 35 gamesforEngland,appearingat

Euro’ 80 andthe 1982 WorldCup.

Terry Cooper

Widelyconsideredthebestleft-back

intheworldatthe 1 970 WorldCup,and

anintegral memberoftheLeedsUnited

sideofthesameera.Withoutbreaking

hislegaged 26 hewouldhavewon

manymorethan 20 Englandcaps.

GerdMuller

AlegendforbothGermany (having

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scoredinthevictorious 1974 WorldCup

final)andBayernMunich,for whomhe

isstilltheall-timeleadinggoalscorer.

Jimmy Greaves

Quitepossiblythefinestgoalscorer

Englishfootball hasevery produced.

RemainsthehighestscorerinEnglish

top-flighthistory, with 357 goals,aswell

asTottenham’s recordmarksman.Struck

44 goalsfrom 57 Englandcaps,butwas

injuredforthe 1966 WorldCupfinal.

Wilfriedvan Moer

Knownas the“LittleGeneral”,hewon

theBelgianGoldenShoethreetimes

and 57 internationalcaps,starringinthe

teamthatreachedtheEuro’ 80 final.

Jean-Pierre Adams

TheFrancedefenderwon 22 caps,but

hiscareerwas broughttoa tragicend

bya traineeanaesthetist,whocaused

hisbraintobestarvedofoxygenduring

kneesurgery.Adamssubsequentlyspent

thelast 39 yearsofhislifeina coma.

Roger Hunt

England’s topscorerinthe 1 966 World

Cupgroupstage, HuntledAlf Ramsey’s

attackfor everyminuteof thevictorious

campaign.RemainsLiverpool’s record

scorerintheleaguewith 244 goals.

BernardTapie

ThechairmanbehindMarseille’ssuccess

ofthelate’80sandearly’90s, winning

fourleaguetitles,twoFrenchCupsand

theChampionsLeaguebeforebeing

foundguiltyof attemptedmatch-fixing.

WalterSmith

Legendary Rangersmanager, leading

theclubtotentop-flightleaguetitles,

fiveScottishCupsandsixLeague

Cupsacrosstwospellsat theclub.

GeraldSinstadt

Oneof thedefiningvoicesofBritishsport

inthe 2 0thcentury,whocommentated

atfourWorldCupsfrom 1970 to 1982.

RonFlowers

Anon-playingmember of England’s

1966 WorldCup-winningsquad,earning

49 capsfor theThreeLions,aswell

asplaying 515 gamesforWolves.

P E O PL EO FT H EYE A R

Jimmy Greaves...

goalmachine

GerdMuller...

“Derbomber”