Newcastle United Greatest All-Time Team

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969

Please also see my All-Time World Cup Team Index.

England
North East England, NorthWest England,Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal,
Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Everton, Ipswich
Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, 
Leeds United, Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers

This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for Newcastle United.  The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League.

The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, ever since.  They have won four League Championship titles, six FA Cups and a Charity Shield, as well as the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Newcastle United has the ninth highest total of trophies won by an English club.

Newcastle has a local rivalry with Sunderland, with whom they have contested the Tyne–Wear derby since 1898. The club's traditional kit colours are black and white striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. Their crest has elements of the city coat of arms, which features two grey seahorses. Before each home game, the team enters the field to "Local Hero", and "Blaydon Races" is also sung during games.

1955 FA Cup Winner

Team
GK: Shay Given (Ireland)
Shay Given started his career with Celtic in Scotland, but made his professional debut with Blackburn Rovers.  He was remembered for playing with Newcastle United from 1997 to 2009.  He was voted into PFA Team of the Year twice, 2001-2002 and 2005-2006.  He later played for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough F.C. and Stoke.  He earned 126 caps for Ireland. He played in the 2002 World Cup Finals and the European Championship in 2010 and 2016.

Shay Given

GK:  Ronnie Simpson (Scotland)
Ronnie Simpson was one of the "Lisbon Lions" who won the European Cup in 1967.  He also played for Queen's Park, Third Lanark and Hibernian. From 1951 to 1960, he played for Newcastle United. He represented Great Britain at the 1948 Olympics, but he did not play for Scotland until 1966.  He set a new record for being the oldest player to make his Scotland debut, aged 36 years and 196 days.  He was considered to be Celtics' best ever keeper.

GK: Jimmy Lawrence (Scotland)
Born in Glasgow, Lawrence's first club was Partick Athletic, from where he moved to Glasgow Perthshire. Although still connected to Glasgow Perthshire, he sporadically played for Edinburgh side Hibernian. He played with Newcastle for eighteen years after joining the Tyneside club in 1904 and still holds the record for making the most appearances for them, 496 matches in total.  Capped once.

RB: Billy McCracken (Northern Ireland)
He was one of the most successful defender of his time.  McCracken played for the English club Newcastle United from 1904 to 1924, helping them win three League titles and the FA Cup. He was known for setting the offside trap for the attackers.  The offside rule was changed because of him. He was a part of Ireland(IFA) that became the co-champion of the 1903 British Home Championship, the first time the tournament was not won by England or Scotland.

RB: David Craig (Northern Ireland)
David Craig joined Newcastle United in 1962 and went on to make 412 appearances for the club, scoring 12 goals. He left the club in 1978 after retiring from the game, and remains seventh-highest appearance-maker for the club. Frank Clark played on the other side. He played 25 times for Northern Ireland, fighting a position with Arsenal's Pat Rice at the time.

CB: Bobby Moncur (Scotland)

Bobby Moncur played a total of 296 times for Newcastle United, scoring three goals – all in the two-legged final of the 1969 Fairs Cup. He also played 16 times for Scotland between 1968 and 1972. In 1974 after Captaining Newcastle in the FA Cup final, he was transferred to Sunderland, moving again to Carlisle United in 1976, where he ended his playing career.

CB: Philippe Albert (Belgium)
Philippe Albert made 41 appearances for Belgium from 1987 to 1997, and represented his country at the 1990 and 1994 World Cup Finals.   He played for Charleroi, KV Mechelen and Anderlecht in his native Belgium, and for English clubs Newcastle United and Fulham. He was known as an attack-minded centre-back for his forward runs from defence in the team dubbed as "the Entertainers"

Philippe Albert

CB: Frank Brennan (Scotland)
Brennan was a tough centre half who moved to Newcastle United from Airdrieonians for £7,500 in 1946.  He appeared on 351 occasions for the Magpies between 1946 and 1956.  He was a part of Newcastle United's victory at the FA Cup in 1951 and 1952. He was indicted into Newcastle Hall of Fame. He was capped 8 times for Scotland.

CB: Brian Kilcline (England)

Kilcline captained Coventry City in the 1987 FA Cup Final at Wembley.  He played briefly for Oldham Athletic before joining Newcastle United in 1992, Keegan later remarked that Kilcline was "the most important signing" he had ever made for the club. During the 1993–94 season, he briefly played for Swindon Town in the Premier League.

LB: Frank Hudspeth (England) 
Hudspeth spent nineteen seasons at Newcastle, from 1910 to 1929. This makes him the joint longest servant for the club along with Billy McCracken. During his time at the club he became a popular figure amongst the fans and gained the nickname 'Old Surefoot' for his reliability. He captained the team from 1923 to 1926.

LB: John Beresford (England)
As a player, Beresford was a left back who notably played in the Premier League with Newcastle United and Southampton. His time at St James' Park saw him win the Football League First Division title in 1993, finishing runners-up in two Premier League seasons, as well as appearing in the 1998 FA Cup final.  he was called up by England, but never earned a cap.  He played twice England B in 1994.

DM: Joe Harvey (England)
Joe Harvey played briefly for different clubs and then, joined Newcastle in 1945, where he stayed until his retirement in 1953.  He spent much of his career at Newcastle United. He was the club's longest serving captain.  He captained the team to two successive FA Cup victories in 1951 and 1952.  Later, he became Newcastle's most successful manager, and as of the 2014–15 season, the last to win a major trophy. Harvey was a member of Newcastle United's Hall of Fame.

Joe Harvey with the 1951 FA Cup

CB/CM/DM: Colin Veitch (England)

Veitch appeared for Rutherford College team, regarded at the time as one of the finest amateur teams in North East England, where he attracted the attention of Newcastle United. Veitch captained the successful United side which won League Championships in 1905, 1907 and 1909, the FA Cup in 1910 and were FA Cup finalists in 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1911. He left the club because of the War. He also represented England on six occasions. 

CM/WH/DM: Jimmy Scoular (Scotland)  

Scoular signed for Portsmouth in 1945 from Gosport Borough.  After helping the club to consecutive league titles in 1948–49 and 1949–50, he joined Newcastle United in 1953. He captained Newcastle to victory in the 1955 FA Cup Final.  He stayed there until 1960. He later played as a player-manager for Bradford Park Avenue.  He played 9 times for Scotland,

CM: Rob Lee (England)

Rob Lee came through the academy of Charlton Athletic and established himself in the first team by the 1984–85 season.  He was sold after the start of 1992–93 season to Newcastle United.  He was on the PFA Team of the Year (Premier League) in 1996. He played for England between 1994 and 1998, scoring twice in 21 appearances. He was in the squad for the 1998 World Cup under Glenn Hoddle. 

AM/LM/CN/LB: Gary Speed (Wales)
Gary Speed played for Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United.  At one point, he held the record for the most appearances in the Premier League until surpassed by David James.  He was best remembered for winning the English league title in 1992 with Leeds United.  He made the PFA Team of the year in 1993. From 19988 to 2004, he played for Newcastle United. He was capped 85 times for Wales and served as the captain.

Gary Speed

RW: Jock Rutherford  (England)
Rutherford was known for his longevity; he played nearly six hundred Football League and FA Cup matches, despite four seasons of football being cancelled due to World War I. He started his career at Newcastle United. Nicknamed "the Newcastle flyer", he spent ten seasons at the "Magpies", picked up three First Division medals, and played in five FA Cup finals (1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1911). Won 11 caps.

RW/AM: Nolberto Solano (Peru)
In 1998, Nolberto Solano became the first Peruvian to play in the Premier League when he joined Newcastle United from Boca Juniors. He played 15 seasons in England.  He also played for Aston Villa, West Ham and Leicester City. At home, he is associated with Sporting Cristal. He earned 95 caps for Peru.  He made his debut as a 18 years old in 1994.

LW: Bobby Mitchell (Scotland)
Mitchell started his career with Third Lanark in 1942 before joining Newcastle United in 1949. He played for the Magpies from 1949 to 1961, becoming something of a cult hero amongst supporters who nicknamed him "Bobby Dazzler". He was an instrumental part of the team that won three FA Cups in a five-year period. Mitchell won two caps for Scotland national team, and scored on his debut against Denmark in 1951.

LW: David Ginola (France)
For the national team, David Ginola only played17 times.  He was blamed for the goal against Bulgaria that eliminated France for the 1994 World Cup qualification.  He moved to England shortly afterward.  Ginola became a big star at the English Preimer League in the late 1990's.  In England, he played for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspurs, Aston Villa and Everton.  He won both PFA and FWA Player of the Year in 1998-1999.

David Ginola

AM: Paul Gascoigne (England)
Gazza was the most gifted player of his generation, but his career was marked controversy and injuries.  He played for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Lazio.   In 1995, he joined Rangers with a club record fee. He had a successful career at Rangers, but he left in 1998 and went to play for many clubs all over the world.  For England, he earned 57 times.  He was remembered for the tears in his eyes as he received his yellow card against West Germany in the semi-final.

FW/WF/AM: Peter Beardsley (England)
Peter Beardsley was one of the few players i history to have played for Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United and Manchester City. His first successes came in the early 1980's while playing for Newcastle United.  In 1987, he joined Liverpool as the most expensive player in England's history.  Together with John Barnes, they formed one of the best English sides of the later 1980's. He had 56 caps for England.

CF: Jackie Milburn (England)
Jackie Milburn was best remembered for his career with Newcastle United and was considered legend there.  He was also known as Wor Jackie (particularly in North East England, a Geordie dialectal version of 'Our Jackie'). He won three FA Cup titles in 5 years during the 1950's. He was a second cousin to Jack and Bobby Charlton.  He had 13 caps for England.  He went to the World Cup finals in 1950, which was England's first ever appearance in the Finals.

Jackie Milburn

ST: Les Ferdinand (England)
Les Ferdinand's playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers, Beşiktaş, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford during which period he earned 17 caps for England. Ferdinand is the eighth highest scorer in the Premier League with 149 goals.  He was also the PFA Players' Player of the Year in the 1995–96 season.  He is Rio Ferdinand's cousin.

ST: Hughie Gallacher (Scotland)
Hughie Gallacher is one of the greatest British footballers in the pre-war generation. He scored 463 goals, playing senior league football for Airdrieonians, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Derby County, Notts County, Grimsby Town and Gateshead. Prior to his he also played and scored for then non-league Queen of the South. For Scotland,  he scored 23 goals in 20 games for Scotland.  He was also a member of "Wembley Wizards", the Scottish team that beat England 5-1 in 1928.

ST: Alan Shearer (England)
Shearer is the all-time leading top-scorer for the Premiership.  In 1992, he joined Blackburn Rovers from Southampton in a record transfer. He won the Premiership for 1994-1995 season.  In 1996, he joined his home town club, Newcastle United for a world record transfer fees. He was FWA Player of the Year in 1994, and PFA Player of the Year in 1995 and 1997.  For England, he earned 63 caps. IN 1996, he led England to the semi-final of Euro 1996 at home, winning the Golden boot award. He also played the 1998 WC Finals and Euro 2000.

Alan Sheaer

Honorable Mention
Pavel Srníček (Czech Republic), Willie McFaul (N. Ireland), Tim Krul (Netherlands), Mike Mahoney (England), Steve Harper (England), Nick Pope (England), Steven Taylor (England), Jamaal Lascelles (England), John McGrath (Republic of Ireland), John McNamee (Scotland), Glenn Roeder (England), Ollie Burton (Wales), Steve Howey (England), Nikos Dabizas (Greece), Jonathan Woodgate (England), Daren Peacock (England), Fabricio Coloccini (Argentina), Steve Howey (England),  Steve Watson (England), Aaron Hughes (N.Ireland), Warren Barton (England), Kieran Trippier (England), Irving Nattrass (England), Bobby Cowell (England), Frank Clark (England), Alf McMichael (N.Ireland) Alan Kennedy (England), David Fairhurst (England), James Howie (Scotland), Bruno Guimarães (Brazil), Sandro Tonali (Italy), David Batty (England), Stan Seymour (Scotland), Keith Gillespie (N.Ireland), Terry Hibbitt (England), Faustino Asprilla (Colombia), Chris Waddle (England), Laurent Robert (France), Shola Ameobi (Nigeria), Kelvin Nolan (England), Kieron Dyer (England), Malcolm McDonald (England), Andy Cole (England), Kevin Keegan (England),  Jorge "George" Robledo (Chile/England), Mirandinha (Brazil), Len White (England), Wyn Davies (Wales), Micky Quinn (England), Alexander Isak (Sweden).

Squad Explanation

-- The original team was created in 2016.  I redid it in July 2025.

-- Alan Shearer is probably Newcastle United's greatest player.  Hughie Gallacher, Shay Given and Jackie Milburn were also undisputed selection for the club.

-- Newcastle won the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, but only two players made my team (David Craig and Bobby Moncur). Jim Scott who scored one of the goals in the Final only played two seasons at St James Park.
-- Kevin Keegan's "the Entertainers" were one of Newcastle United's greatest sides.  They just fell short of winning the Premiership in the 1995-1996 season. I selected Philippe Albert, John Beresford, Rob Lee, Les Ferdinand, David Ginola and Peter Beardsley.   Brian Kilcline also played under manager Kevin Keegan, but he left before the club became a top team.  Alan Shearer joined the club after the 1995-1996 season. 

-- In 2023, Fourfourtwo ranked Newcastle United's Top Ten greatest players.  They were: 1) Alan Shearer, 2) Jackie Milburn, 3) Hughie Gallacher, 4) Peter Beardsley, 5) Bobby Moncur, 6) Kevin Keegan, 7) Shay Given, 8) Rob Lee, 9) Paul Gascoigne and 10) Malcolm MacDonald.

-- In 2017, the fans voted for Newcastle United's All-Time Best XI on their official website in conjunction with Evening Chronicle for 125th year anniversary. The results: Shay Given, David Craig, John Beresford, Bob Moncur, Phillipe Albert, Peter Beardsley, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Alan Shearer and Jackie Milburn.  

-- The 1SPORTS1 created for Newcastle United's All-Time Best XI.  Their team was followed: Jimmy Lawrence, Bill McCracken, Phillipe Albert, Bobby Moncur, Frank Hudspeth, Rob Lee, Joe Harvey, Peter Beardsley, Jackie Milburn, Hughie Gallacher and Alan Shearer.

-- The 90min.com came up their 10 greatest footballers for Newcastle United, but the list was unranked.  The 10 players were: Alan Shearer, Jackie Milburn, Jock Rutherford, Shay Given, Hughie Gallacher, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Peter Beardsley, Kevin Keegan and Paul Gascoigne. 

Goalkeepers

-- Shay Given spent 12 seasons with the club. He was almost the undisputed number one for the club. Jimmy Lawrence played over 500 games for the club. He is the record holder for the most competitive appearances in a Newcastle shirt. He also won 3 League titles and won the FA Cup with the Magpies.
-- Ronnie Simpson was known for his career with Celtic because of their European Cup victory.  He actually spent 9 seasons with Newcastle United from 1951 to 1960 before returning to Scotland. He won the FA Cup twice with Newcastle. He would join Celtic in 1964. 

-- Pavel Srníček was my 4th choice.  He was a fan favorite.  He also made a sensational return at the end of his career to cover an injured Shay Given.  Since 2022, Nick Pope is making a name, but it would be a long time before he would be considered.

-- The other notable goalkeepers included Willie McFaul, Tim Krul, Mike Mahoney and Steve Harper.

Defenders

-- Bobby Moncur and Phillipe Albert were voted by the fans as the two greatest centerbacks of the club for the Newcastle United official 125th anniversary team.  Moncur was consistently rated as one of the club's greatest players.  In the 1968 Fairs Cup Final, he scored all three out of the six goals by Newcastle as they lifted the trophy. Albert brought a new attacking style to the club's defense during his time here.  He was an important part of Kevin Keegan's "Entertainers".

Bobby Moncur

-- Frank Brennan was nicknamed "The Rock of Tyneside".  He was a part of Newcastle United's victory at the FA Cup in 1951 and 1952. I was fairly certain that he was the third central defender for this team.

-- I narrowed down of my choices of the fourth central defender to Daren Peacock or Brian Kilcline.  Fabricio Coloccini, Nikos Dabizas, Steve Howey and perhaps Jonathan Woodgate followed close behind.
-- Daren Peacock won the Newcastle Player of the Year for the 1994-1995 season after they finished second in the league.  That season, Les Ferdinand won the PFA Player of the Year while David Gionla was a star at the club.  It said something about Peacock's impact to the club.   Nicknamed "The Killer," Brian Kilcline spent just two seasons at the club, but his impact was significant. He became the first signing made by Kevin Keegan during a critical period when the team was battling relegation to the Third Division in its centenary year. Many credited Kilcline's leadership with playing a pivotal role in helping the club avoid the drop, laying the foundation for the successes that followed after his departure. Some said that the club would go bankrupt without him.  So, I decided to go with him over Peacock.

-- Fabricio Coloccini's career never stood out, but with Newcastle United, he finally fulfilled his potential. He was on the PFA Team of the Year in 2011-2012 season.  Nikos Dabizas also received plenty of mentions among the greatest central defenders. Jonathan Woodgate who was injury prone only played a handful of games for the Magpies. Steve Howey started as a striker but quickly converted into a central defender.  He was an important member of Kevin Keegan's side in the 1990's.  They all made honorable mentions.

-- Steven Taylor, Jamaal Lascelles, John McGrath, John McNamee and Glenn Roeder also made honorable mentions.

-- David Craig was an undisputed selection as the rightback on this team.  Aaron Hughes sometimes rated as the second-best rightback in Magpies' history.  He was known to be one of manager Bobby Robson's unsung heros.  However, I went with Billy McCracken.  He was so skilled at executing offside traps against opponents that the offside law was eventually changed because of his impact. I considered this historical important. He also spent 19 years at Newcastle.

David Craig

-- In 1995, Warren Barton became the most expensive defender in English football when he moved to Newcastle United for £4 million.  At the time of writing, Kieran Trippier is also making a name.  I also looked into Steve Watson, Irving Nattrass and Bobby Cowell. None of them could be considered ahead Craig and McCracken.

-- Frank Hudspeth spent 20 seasons over here.  He should be my first choice leftback.  And I also took John Beresford who was voted as the club's greatest leftback in the 2017 poll.  The younger fans knew him more because he was played duirng "Entertainers" generation. Frank Clark was a part of the Fairs Cup winning team in 1969.  Alf McMichael (Northern Ireland) played over 400 times for Newcastle United between 1950 and 1963.  He won the 1952 FA Cup. At one point he was considered the best left-back in Britain and was a popular player amongst Newcastle United supporters. Alan Kennedy played here before making a name with Liverpool. I also looked into David Fairhurst.  I put them on honorable mentions.

Midfielders/Wingers

-- Joe Harvey captained the club to their two FA Cup victories in 1951 and 1952 .  He was voted into 1SPORTS1's Newcastle United's All-Time Best XI.  He was sometimes listed as one of the club's greatest defensive players.  Rob Lee was voted by FourFourtwo as one of Newcastle United's 10 greatest footballers.  He was an all-rounder type of midfielder.  Ideally, this team needed more defensive midfielder or deep players. In 2025, I added Colin Veitch and Jimmy Scoular to the team. 

-- Colin Veitch would be a defensive midfielder in the modern era.  I found an article describing him as Newcastle United's greatest player. He was nominated on the poll for the official Newcastle United All-Time Best Xi.  The poll described him as an all-round midfielder. As the captain of the club, he won the League Title in 1905, 1907 and 1909, making Newcastle United the first team to win three titles. Being a hometown hero and Geordie also made him a great candidate for this team. 

-- Jimmy Scoular captained Newcastle to victory in the 1955 FA Cup Final as they beat Manchester City 3–1.   The club waited another 70 years before winning the EFL cup in 2025.  He was known as one of the best tacklers in his time.

-- Bruno Guimarães and Sandro Tonali helped Newcastle to win the 2025 EFL Cup, their first major trophy in 70 years.  Both played in the center of the pitch.  They only made honorable mention alongside David Batty.  Batty was a part of the great side in the 1994-1995 season, but he only spent a few seasons here.  His best stints were also with Leeds United or Blackburn Rovers.

-- Gary Speed could play in various positions, including left midfield, central midfield, and left-back.  I could also use him in the center of the pitch.

-- Jock Rutherford became the club's youngest ever scorer and youngest ever debutant at the age of 17. He began as a centre forward but switched to the right wing as the 1903/04 season began.  He also won three league titles and a FA Cup with the Magpies. Nolberto Solano was a big fan favourite at his time, but he only spent a short time here. However, he was their All-Time assist leader in the Premier era. Peter Beardsley who also played as a right-sdie wing-forward would serve as the backup wide player on the right. 

-- On the left, I easily selected David Ginola who won both PFA and FWA Player of the Year in 1998-1999.  He was one of the star players of the "Entertainers".  Then, I added Bobby Mitchell. He won three FA Cups.  They kept Stan Seymour known as "Mr.Newcastle" off the team.

-- I also could not select Chris Waddle on the left because I already had David Ginola and Bobby Mitchell while Gary Speed could also operate on the left side.  I also took Paul Gascoigne over him as an attack midfielder.  Gascoigne is a homegrown player. He was named as the PFA Young Player of the Year and listed on the PFA Team of the Year in the 1987–88 season.  

Paul Gascoigne 

Forwards

-- Alan Shearer or Jackie Mulburn was considered two of Newcastle players.  Shearer turned down some of the greatest clubs in the world to join Newcastle united, a club he supported since childhood.  Over here, he won one of his two PFA Player of the Year awards. Bobby and Jack Charlton's mother Cissie was related to Jackie Milburn.  Some sites suggested that they were brother and sister, but others said that she was his cousin.  Her meridian name was Milburn.

-- Many put Peter Beardsley among the greatest ever player for Newcastle United.  In his first stint with the club, he formed a deadly attack line with Kevin Keegan and Chris Waddle.  He returned to Newcastle United for his second stint under Keegan who was the manager at that point in the summer of 1993 as a "has-been player".  However, he revitalised his career here.  He helped Andy Cole to become the top scorer of the Premiership in the 1993-1994 season.  Peter Beardsley was on the PFA Team of the Year.  

-- Hughie Gallacher holds the record for the highest number of "league" goals scored in a season with 36.  He is consistently selected into All-Time teams as well as ranking among the greatest players for the club.  He was also an undisputed selection at foward.

Hughie Gallacher

-- The final striker position was between Les Ferdinand and Andy Cole. Cole played for the club from 1993 to 1995, scoring 68 goals in 86 appearances. Both players scored a lot of goals, and only spent two seasons there in the Premiership (Cole spent one more season in Division One). Cole scored 40 goals in his first season, which was a record for the club in all competition for a single season.   However, I selected Ferdinand because his team came second twice in the league in his only two seasons. He was also the PFA Players' Player of the Year in the 1995–96 season.  He formed a successful strike partnership with Alan Shearer.  The fans gave him the nickname "Sir Les".  Cole on the other hand might have a better strike ratio than Ferdinand, but he was only a young player on the rise over here. Ferdinand was more established, I felt.

 -- Jorge "George" Robledo made honorable mention because he broke a historical milestone.  He was the first non-British to be the top scorer in England.  He was known to be the striker partner of Jackie Milburn.  For nearly 50 years, he was the highest scoring (non-Irish) overseas player in the English topflight. 

-- Kevin Keegan only played two seasons with Newcastle, but he helped them to gain promotion from the second division.  The promotion itself was a historical moment for the club.  I have rewarded players on other teams who helped their club for historical moment.  For Newcastle, that player happened to be Keegan.  

-- Len White often got overlooked because he played with jackie Milburn.  He is the club's all-time third highest goalscorer behind Milburn and Alan Shearer.  Malcolm McDonald also missed out because of thge players ahead of them.  He was a member of Newcastle Hall of Flame.

-- In 1987, Mirandinha became the first Brazilian to play in England, but his career was not too good in England. He does not make my all-time team, but I put him on Honorable Mention for his historical role.

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