Born: 4/3/1951 Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland Striker download video script Click images to enlarge Kenny Dalglish is a former footballer and manager, being highly successful at both and in both Scotland and England. A forward (striker) he played 102 times for Scotland with 30 goals (1971-1986) and at club level started with Celtic in 338 games,…

Born: 23/10/1940 Tres Coracoes, Brazil Died: 29/12/2022 Sao Paulo, Brazil download video script Click images to enlarge Real name: Edson Arantes do Nascimento. He is better known by his nickname Pelé.He was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward and has been widely regarded as the greatest player of all time. He appeared…

Born: 1/2/1915 Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England Died: 23/2/2000 Newcastle-under-Lyme, England Winger download video script Click images to enlarge Stan Matthews was a great English footballer, being played as an outside right (winger) and gaining 54 caps for England (12 goals) from 1934 until 1957, thus playing before and after WW2. In club football he began with…

Born: 11/9/1945 Munich, Germany Died: 7/1/2024 Salzburg, Austria download video script Click images to enlarge Franz (nicknamed ‘Der Kaiser’) was a very talented footballer, midfielder then defender and later manager, mainly in German football. He was elegant, stylish and also a great leader. He played 103 times for West Germany (1965-1977) and scored 14 goals.…

Born: 26/2/1946 Heselden, England Died: 5/1/2021 Midfield Player England, 48 Caps (1968 – 1975) download video script Click images to enlarge Colin was a skillful player who was capped 48 times (1968-1975) by England and though only scoring nine times, was a goal-maker from his midfield positions. He played 82 games (36 goals) for Bury…

Born: 20/10/1961 St Asaph, Denbighshire Forward download video script Click images to enlarge Though Ian Rush played 73 times for Wales, scoring 28 goals (1980-1996), he made his mark in football more outside the Principality. He became a legend in two spells with Liverpool, making in total 660 appearances and scoring 346 goals. He had…

Born: 14/3/1990, Carmarthen Midfield Player Wales 74 caps (2009-2022, 2 goals) download video script Click images to enlarge Joe was in October 2023 on the books of Swansea City, having announced his retirement from international football. Indeed, it had all begun for him at Swansea at that age of 17, when he came from Tenby…