The Football History Boys

In February 2013 up in the attic bedroom of our student house, Football History Boys  Gareth Thomas  and  Ben Jones , with the help on contributor  Ollie Jackson , decided it was time we did something about the question, 'Who is the best player in the World?'. Housemate Liam suggested setting out to find the greatest 50 players of all time, this swiftly grew to 100, 150 and 200 before we settled on 250. Our original website  www.top250.webs.com  is still there to answer the debate but we furthered our work to blogging about the beautiful game starting up  www.thefootballhistoryboys.blogspot.com . Missed the last installment?  Here it is! Without further ado here is the winner of our public poll, TFHB's number 1! 1. Zinedine ZIDANE POSITION: Midfielder; NATION: France (108/31); CLUB(s): Cannes (FRA), Bordeaux (FRA), Juventus (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP) CLUB HONOURS: 2x UEFA Intertoto Cup, 2x Serie A, 1x Supercoppa Italiana, 2x UEFA Super

In February 2013 up in the attic bedroom of our student house, Football History Boys  Gareth Thomas  and  Ben Jones , with the help on contributor  Ollie Jackson , decided it was time we did something about the question, 'Who is the best player in the World?'. Housemate Liam suggested setting out to find the greatest 50 players of all time, this swiftly grew to 100, 150 and 200 before we settled on 250. Our original website  www.top250.webs.com  is still there to answer the debate but we furthered our work to blogging about the beautiful game starting up  www.thefootballhistoryboys.blogspot.com . Missed the last installment?  Here it is! Without further ado here is the TOP 10! 10. RONALDO  POSITION: Striker NATION: Brazil (98/62) CLUB(s): Cruzeiro (BRA), PSV (NED), Barcelona (ESP), Inter (ITA), Real Madrid (ESP), Milan (ITA), Corinthians (BRA); CLUB HONOURS: 1x Campeonato Mineio, 2x Copa do Brasil, 1x KNVB Cup, 1x Johan Cruijff-Schaal, 1x Copa Del R