English Football Hall of Fame

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The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at the National Football Museum, in Manchester, England. The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of the all-time top English footballing talents, as well as non-English players and managers who have become significant figures in the history of the English game. New members are added each year, with an induction ceremony being held in the autumn, formerly at varying locations, but exclusively at the Museum itself following its move to Manchester's Urbis building in 2012. To be considered for induction players must be either retired or, if their careers are still ongoing, at least 30 years of age. All inductees must also have played/managed for at least five years in England.

Members of the Hall of Fame are selected by a panel. Initially, this panel comprised ex-players Jimmy Armfield, Sir Trevor Brooking, Jimmy Hill, Mark Lawrenson and Gordon Taylor, all of whom had become professional pundits and/or senior figures in the game after retiring. They have since been joined by former England manager Graham Taylor and a group of the country's most eminent football historians - Rob Galvin, Peter Holme, Dick Holt, John Hughson, Simon Inglis, Alexander Jackson, Graham Kelly, Tony Mason, Gail Newsham, Dave Russell, Matthew Taylor, John Walton and Jean Williams - whose role is to advise on the selection of players from the game's early days. All surviving inductees to the Hall are also granted an additional place on the panel.

The Hall is on permanent display at the Museum. An accompanying book, The Football Hall of Fame: The Official Guide to the Greatest Footballing Legends of All Time, was first published in October 2005 by Robson Books. Authored by the aforementioned historian Rob Galvin and the Museum's founding curator Mark Bushell, it is updated every year with the newest inductees, containing an in-depth profile about the career and reputation of each one, along with a select exhibit from the Museum which relates to their achievements.

In 2007, two other regular categories of induction were established alongside the main players, managers and women's categories. Chiefly, this was in recognition of football's central role in English culture, extending Hall of Fame honours to those whose main contribution to the English game has been outside the more obvious field of play. The Community Champion category – sponsored by the Football Foundation – honours professional players who have donated their spare time and money to the grassroots level of the sport, while the Football for All Award – sponsored by the Football Association – is presented to pioneers of the various forms of football played by disabled people.

Since 2009, the Museum now also commemorates whole teams alongside its awarding of individual players and coaches. The criteria for their induction is that they must have played at least a quarter of a century prior.

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2002 Inaugural Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Managers [edit]

2003 Inductees [edit]

Source:[2]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Managers [edit]

2004 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Managers [edit]

Special Category – Ambassador of Football [edit]

  • Switzerland Sepp Blatter – the president of FIFA was inducted to mark the world federation's centenary, becoming the first figure outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum.

2005 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Managers [edit]

2006 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Managers [edit]

2007 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductees [edit]

Football Foundation Community Champion [edit]

FA Football for All Award [edit]

  • England Stephen Daley – Northern Irish-born player whose professional career was ended by loss of vision at 18. Later became the captain of the partially sighted England national team.

Manager [edit]

Special Category – 150th Anniversary of the World's Oldest Club [edit]

2008 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Football Foundation Community Champion [edit]

FA Football for All Award [edit]

  • England Steve Johnson – a regular member of the England squad for amputee football and the leader of Everton's charity venture, Everton in the Community.

Manager [edit]

2008 Special Awards – European Hall of Fame [edit]

In 2008, the museum was invited to stage an additional awards dinner in Liverpool at the ACC Liverpool as part of the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations. This time, the selection panel deliberated to select the English game's greatest players and managers on the criteria of their performance for English clubs in European competitions and/or their successful periods with clubs on the Continent.

Also honoured were the 40th and 30th anniversaries of two of the earliest English successes in the European Cup tournament.

Players [edit]

Managers [edit]

Teams [edit]

All-Time Great European Footballer [edit]

  • France Michel Platini – the current UEFA president became the second figure outside the English game to be honoured by the Museum

In addition, fans of the host city's two major clubs – in conjunction with The Liverpool Echo – respectively picked their favourite performers from European games:

2009 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Football Foundation Community Champion [edit]

FA Football for All Award [edit]

Managers [edit]

Teams [edit]

2010 Inductees [edit]

Players [edit]

Women's Inductee [edit]

Football Foundation Community Champion [edit]

FA Football for All Award [edit]

  • England George Ferguson – long-time member of Everton's blind football team and secretary of the Visually Impaired Football League.

Manager [edit]

Team [edit]

Special Lifetime Achievement Award [edit]

2011 Inductees [edit]

With the museum's relocation to Manchester taking up nearly all available resources, 2011 (and 2012) did not see a full induction ceremony. However two special ceremonies were held in 2011. The first, in January, saw the re-induction of Thierry Henry, who had been unable to attend his initial inauguration in 2008. The second, in October, was to induct Aston Villa's 1982 European Cup winning side into the teams section. A return to full-scale inductions will take place on 25th September 2013. (The names of the inductees will be revealed on 21st May 2013.) [4]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "England football legend Sir Stanley Matthews sold goods on the black market during WWII". Daily Mail. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2012. 
  2. ^ "Robson joins Hall of Fame". BBC Sport. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2012. 
  3. ^ Pierce, Bill (4 October 2007). "Adams recalls Arsenal debut as traditions fade from game". The Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2012. 
  4. ^ http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/events/

External links [edit]
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