English Football Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of top British Footballers and Footballers who have played in British Teams. New members are added each year, with a ceremony described as the Oscars of Football being held in October.

Members of the Hall of Fame are selected by a panel made up of some of the biggest names in the game including Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton and Gary Lineker. To be considered for induction players/managers must be 30 years of age or older and have played/managed for at least 5 years in England. The only exception to this rule is Duncan Edwards, who died at the age of 21 in the Munich air disaster (but had played for 5 years with Manchester United).

The Hall honours many top footballers from history and is on permanent display at the National Football Museum. A book, "Hall of Fame, Football’s Greatest Heroes: The National Football Museum Hall Of Fame", was published in October 2005 by Robson Books.

2002 Inaugural Inductees

Players

*flagicon|England Gordon Banks
*flagicon|Northern Ireland George Best
*flagicon|France Eric Cantona
*flagicon|Wales John Charles
*flagicon|England Sir Bobby Charlton
*flagicon|England William "Dixie" Dean
*flagicon|Scotland Kenny Dalglish
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Peter Doherty
*flagicon|England Duncan Edwards
*flagicon|England Sir Tom Finney
*flagicon|England Paul Gascoigne
*flagicon|England Jimmy Greaves
*flagicon|England Johnny Haynes
*flagicon|England Kevin Keegan
*flagicon|Scotland Denis Law
*flagicon|England Nat Lofthouse
*flagicon|Scotland Dave Mackay
*flagicon|England Sir Stanley Matthews
*flagicon|England Bobby Moore
*flagicon|England Bryan Robson
*flagicon|England Billy Wright
*flagicon|England Peter Shilton

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Lily Parr

Managers

*flagicon|Scotland Sir Matt Busby
*flagicon|England Brian Clough
*flagicon|Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
*flagicon|England Bob Paisley
*flagicon|England Sir Alf Ramsey
*flagicon|Scotland Bill Shankly

2003 Inductees

Players

*flagicon|England Alan Ball
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Danny Blanchflower
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
*flagicon|England Tommy Lawton
*flagicon|England Gary Lineker
*flagicon|England Stan Mortensen
*flagicon|Denmark Peter Schmeichel
*flagicon|England Arthur Wharton

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Hope Powell

Managers

*flagicon|England Herbert Chapman
*flagicon|England Stan Cullis
*flagicon|England Bill Nicholson
*flagicon|England Sir Bobby Robson

2004 Inductees

Players

*flagicon|England Tony Adams
*flagicon|Scotland Billy Bremner
*flagicon|England Viv Anderson
*flagicon|England Sir Geoff Hurst
*flagicon|Ireland Roy Keane
*flagicon|England Wilf Mannion
*flagicon|England Alan Shearer

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Sue Lopez

Managers

*flagicon|Italy Dario Gradi
*flagicon|England Don Revie

2005 Inductees

Players

*flagicon|England John Barnes
*flagicon|England Colin Bell
*flagicon|England Jack Charlton
*flagicon|Wales Ryan Giggs
*flagicon|Scotland Alex James
*flagicon|Germany Bert Trautmann
*flagicon|England Ian Wright

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Debbie Bampton

Managers

*flagicon|England Howard Kendall
*flagicon|England Sir Walter Winterbottom

2006 Inductees

Players

*flagicon|Ireland Liam Brady
*flagicon|Scotland Alan Hansen
*flagicon|England Roger Hunt
*flagicon|England Jackie Milburn
*flagicon|England Martin Peters
*flagicon|Wales Ian Rush
*flagicon|Italy Gianfranco Zola

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Gillian Coultard

Managers

*flagicon|England Ron Greenwood
*flagicon|France Arsène Wenger

2007 Inductees

Players

*flagicon|Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp

*flagicon|England Glenn Hoddle
*flagicon|Wales Mark Hughes
*flagicon|Wales Billy Meredith
*flagicon|Scotland Graeme Souness
*flagicon|England Nobby Stiles

Football Foundation Community Champion

*flagicon|Ireland Niall Quinn

Women's Inductees

*flagicon|England Karen Walker
*flagicon|England Joan Whalley

pecial Category-Ambassador of Football

*flagicon|Switzerland Sepp Blatter

Manager

*flagicon|England Terry Venables

2008 Inductees

The National Football Museum Hall of Fame 2008 awards dinner will take place on Thursday 18th September at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel in London. This is the first time that the event will go to the capital city and is expected to be the biggest date.

Players

*flagicon|England Jimmy Armfield
*flagicon|England David Beckham
*flagicon|England Steve Bloomer
*flagicon|France Thierry Henry
*flagicon|England Emlyn Hughes
*flagicon|England Paul Scholes
*flagicon|England Ray Wilson

Women's Inductee

*flagicon|England Pauline Cope

Managers

*flagicon|England Bertie Mee

As an indication of the growing awareness of the importance of the Hall of Fame, the National Football Museum has been invited to stage an additional Hall of Fame awards dinner this year in Liverpool at ACC Liverpool on Wednesday 8th October as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations. The Selection Panel have deliberated to select the greatest players and managers of all time in the game based on performance in Europe.

Players

*flagicon|Northern Ireland George Best
*flagicon|Wales John Charles
*flagicon|England Sir Bobby Charlton
*flagicon|Scotland Kenny Dalglish
*flagicon|England Kevin Keegan

Managers

*flagicon|Scotland Sir Matt Busby
*flagicon|England Brian Clough
*flagicon|Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
*flagicon|England Bob Paisley
*flagicon|England Sir Bobby Robson

External links

Official website

* [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame.htm The National Football Museum Hall of Fame Pages]