Top five players you've ever seen play live?

[gru mpy]

My top five Argyle:-

Paul Mariner
TommyTynan
Ernie Machin
Colin Sullivan
John Matthews

 

[bringonthemilkman]

George Best
Butragueno
Gascoigne
Van Basten
Aediles

Oh forgot Pele

 

[memory man]

My memory has never forgotten these five players

Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards
Tommy Taylor
Bobby Charlton

I watched them on Feb 1st 1958....days later four of them were dead.

Ok I've seen players that were probably better then some in that list.....Stanley Matthews...Dennis Law...George Best...Gordon Banks... Peter Shilton the list could go on.

But as an 18 year old I suddenly realized that life was not guaranteed.

But those five Man U players were etched into my memory for a long time and one still is.

Future Argyle man Ken Maloy was also at that match at Highbury (and Jimmy Bloomfield played for the home side). Ken told me when I met him in 2011 that he often wondered had the crash not happened what it would have been like to see those Busby Babes against the Spurs 1961 double winners. Some game I would think!

 

[Stiffler]

In no particular order.

Lothar Matthaus
Andres Iniesta
Ronaldo (Brazil)
Roberto Baggio
Gheorghe Hagi

Notable mentions for P Schmeichel, Figo, Gazza, Bergkamp, Gullit and Zidane.

 

[Dreamgreen]

Top 5 Argyle …

Paul Mariner
Graham Carey
Barry Silkman
Ernie Machin
Norman Piper

 

[LeonTheGreen]

Frank Lampard
Gareth Bale
Robin Van Persie
Coutinho
Unsure on the 5th!

 

[Princerock]

My memory has never forgotten these five players

Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards
Tommy Taylor
Bobby Charlton

I watched them on Feb 1st 1958....days later four of them were dead.

Ok I've seen players that were probably better then some in that list.....Stanley Matthews...Dennis Law...George Best...Gordon Banks... Peter Shilton the list could go on.

But as an 18 year old I suddenly realized that life was not guaranteed.

But those five Man U players were etched into my memory for a long time and one still is.

Future Argyle man Ken Maloy was also at that match at Highbury (and Jimmy Bloomfield played for the home side). Ken told me when I met him in 2011 that he often wondered had the crash not happened what it would have been like to see those Busby Babes against the Spurs 1961 double winners. Some game I would think!

Arsenal 4.....J Kelsey...S Charlton...D Evans...G Ward...J Fotheringham...D Bowen...V Groves...D Tapscott (1)...D Herd (1)...J Bloomfield (2)...G Nutt.

Man U 5.....H Gregg...B Faulks...R Byrne...E Colman...M Jones...D Edwards (1)...K Morgan...B Charlton (1)...T Taylor (2)...D Viollet (1)...A Scanlon.

My one disappointment...My mum cleared out my bedroom whilst I was away doing national service and my match programme disappeared in the clear out....priceless.

 

[memory man]

My memory has never forgotten these five players

Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards
Tommy Taylor
Bobby Charlton

I watched them on Feb 1st 1958....days later four of them were dead.

Ok I've seen players that were probably better then some in that list.....Stanley Matthews...Dennis Law...George Best...Gordon Banks... Peter Shilton the list could go on.

But as an 18 year old I suddenly realized that life was not guaranteed.

But those five Man U players were etched into my memory for a long time and one still is.

Future Argyle man Ken Maloy was also at that match at Highbury (and Jimmy Bloomfield played for the home side). Ken told me when I met him in 2011 that he often wondered had the crash not happened what it would have been like to see those Busby Babes against the Spurs 1961 double winners. Some game I would think!

Arsenal 4.....J Kelsey...S Charlton...D Evans...G Ward...J Fotheringham...D Bowen...V Groves...D Tapscott (1)...D Herd (1)...J Bloomfield (2)...G Nutt.

Man U 5.....H Gregg...B Faulks...R Byrne...E Colman...M Jones...D Edwards (1)...K Morgan...B Charlton (1)...T Taylor (2)...D Viollet (1)...A Scanlon.

My one disappointment...My mum cleared out my bedroom whilst I was away doing national service and my match programme disappeared in the clear out....priceless.

Ouch!

 

[ihe]

My old man
My two sons
My two grandsons
Simples

 

[Pilgrimfather]

Bobby Moore
Karl Heinz Rumenigge
George Best
Ian Rush
Paulo di Canio

 

[esmer]

Messi
Iniesta
George Best
Johan Cruyff
Bugsy Maloy

 

[Monster Green]

Messi
Iniesta
Owen
Bergkamp
Alan Shearer

 

[Cult Of Personality]

Scholes
Xabi alonso
Sheringham
Ronaldinho
Schmeichel

 

[Lousy Pint]

If there was a 5-a-side tournament featuring all these players in their prime, who do you think would finish runners up to 'my' team (Beckenbauer, Pele, Maradonna, Hoddle, Jennings)?

I think it would be ihe's team

 

[andyr1963]

All seen on the pitch at Home Park.

Bobby Charlton
George Best
Bobby Moore
Alan Shearer
Pele

Not one of the underperforming gits did anything to............................ :greensmile: