Genre Sport Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 26 | Created by Pitch International Original language(s) English | |
Executive producer(s) Paul McGrath
Jon Owen
Hans Duikersloot | ||
Football's Greatest was a TV series that started on the 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 on Sky Sports for the World Cup. There were 26 shows in total all narrated by Richard Keys, 25 featuring one footballer for each show. The first episode, The Contenders, was about players that did not make the following shows, though are still notable, including Bobby Moore, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lothar Matthäus, Gheorghe Hagi, Romário, Dennis Bergkamp, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Eric Cantona, Denis Law, David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Paolo Rossi, Sócrates, Steven Gerrard, Hristo Stoichkov, Ryan Giggs, Hugo Sánchez, Dino Zoff, Emilio Butragueño, Kaká, Roberto Baggio, Luís Figo and Lionel Messi.
The series was then followed by Football's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format. This series was narrated by Gabriel Clarke and features shows for José Mourinho, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.
There were additional episodes created of Football's Greatest created in 2014, Andrés Iniesta, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luís Figo and Clarence Seedorf.
Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams; West Germany (1972/1974), Netherlands (1974 and 1988), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982), France (1984 and 1998/2000), Hungary (1954), Spain (2008/2012).
Sixteen for Football's Greatest Club Teams; Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade, Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid (1954–1966 and 1996–2003).