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Johan Cruyff signed memorabilia
Name: Hendrick Johannes 'Johan' Cryuff
DoB: 25 April 1947
Nationality: Dutch
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
Cryuff won the Ballon d,Or three times in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten. Cruyff was the most famous exponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. After his retirement from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly successful as manager of Ajax and later Barcelona he remains an influential advisor to both clubs. His son Jordi has also gone on to play football professionally. In 1999, Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century in an election held by the IFFHS, and came second behind Pele in their World Player of the Century poll. He came third in a vote organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d,Or winners to elect their Football Player of the Century. On 2 November 2009, Cruyff was named as manager of the Catalonian national team in place of Pere Gratacos. This is his first coaching job in thirteen years
Eric Cantona signed memorabilia
Name: Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona
DoB: 24 May 1966
Nationality: French
Current team: Retired
Position: Midfield
He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona's first football club was Auxerre, where he spent two years in the youth team before making his debut on 5 November 1983. After playing in France for some time Cantona began to get himself in trouble over football and got several match bans, some for as long as a month. For Cantona this all became too much and he announced he was retiring from football in 1991. The French national team coach Michel Platini was a fan of Cantona, and persuaded him to make a comeback because he admired his talent. So Cantona eventually moved to England to start his comeback.
In January 1992 Cantona joined Leeds United but then left Leeds for Manchester United for £1.2 million in November 1992. In 1994 Cantona was awarded PFA Players Player Of The Year. Cantona in 2001 was voted Manchester Uniteds player of the century, and to this day united fans refer to him as "King Eric". When at United Cantona had appeared 185 times and scored 82 premier league goals.
Gianfranco Zola signed memorabilia
Name: Gianfranco Zola
DoB: 5 July 1966
Nationality: Italian
Current Club: Retired
Position: Forward
He spent the first decade of his career playing in Italy with club Napoli, alongside the legendary Argentinean Diego Maradona before moving to English side Chelsea in 1996 for a fee of £4.5 million, where he was voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997 and Chelsea's greatest ever player. When at Chelsea Zola was a key player to the team and has scored some terrific goals which ended up in him being voted as FWA player of the year. In his playing career, Zola played 634 games and scored 202 goals. Zola decided to leave and retire from football just a week before he turned 39.
Ian Wright signed memorabilia
Name: Ian Edward Wright
DoB: 3 November 1963
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
Ian Wright became a professional footballer at the age of 21 when he signed for London club Crystal Palace in 1985. Wright had scored an amazing 117 goals in 253 appearances in all competitions in six seasons for Palace. In 1991 Wright signed for another London club being Arsenal for £2.5 million. He scored on his debut in a league cup tie. He also won the golden boot in his first season. Ian Wright became Arsenals top goal scorer, scoring 185 goals in 288 appearances. On 15 July 2008 Wright finished 4th in 50 Greatest Gunners list. Ian Wright later on went to play for West Ham for a short while and also had short spells at Celtic and Burnley before he retired in 2000.
Henrik Larsson signed memorabilia
Name: Henrik Edward Larsson, MBE
DoB: 20 September 1971
Nationality: Swedish
Current team: Landskrona Bois
Position: Manager
Larsson began his career with Hogaborgs BK as a youth player. As a senior, he moved to Helsingborgs IF, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before leaving for Celtic in 1997. He won four league titles in seven years with Celtic, scoring 242 goals in 315 competitive matches, before moving to Barcelona, where he won two league titles and the Champions League, with a world class performance in the UEFA Champions League Final in a 2 to 1 win against Arsenal, assisting both of Barcelona's goals. Following the expiration of his contract at Barcelona, Larsson returned to his hometown club of Helsingborgs, and joined Manchester United on a brief loan spell between January and March 2007. He has announced his retirement from domestic football on 20 October 2009. Prior to his retirement from international football in 2006, Larsson had won 93 caps for Sweden, scoring 36 goals. On 13 May 2008, it was announced that Larsson would once again play for Sweden at the Euro 2008 championships in Austria and Switzerland. He was the captain of the Swedish national team. Larsson ended his international career with 37 goals in 106 matches. Larsson has hinted he will make a move into professional floorball in Sweden, having already turned out for Helsingborg in the Swedish floorball league, but this is unlikely due to his recent appointment as Landskrona manager.
Diego Maradona signed memorabilia
Name: Diego Armando Maradona
DoB: 30 October 1960
Nationality: Argentinian
Current team: Argentinian national team
Position: Manager
He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players of all time.
On 20 October 1976, Maradona made his professional debut with Argentinos Juniors before making a £ 1 million move to Boca Juniors. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli. At Napoli, Maradona reached the peak of his professional career. He quickly became an adored star among the clubs fans. When at Napoli Maradona had appeared 188 times scoring 115 goals. From the mid-1980s until 2004 Diego Maradona was addicted to cocaine which began to interfere with his ability to play football. Maradona retired from professional football in 2000. Maradona continued to stay in touch with football as he became a sports vice president in 2001. On October 29, 2008, Maradona would be named the head coach of the national side Argentina from December 2008.
Tony Adams signed memorabilia
Name: Tony Alexander Adams
DoB: 10 October 1966
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Central defender
Adams spent his entire football career of 22 years at Arsenal and is considered one of the club's greatest players of all time by the fans. He is also included in the football league 100 legends. Tony Adams signed for Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1980 and made his debut on November 5th 1983. He quickly became a regular player for Arsenal in the 1985-86 season and in 1988 he became club captain at the age of 21. In the mid 1980s Adams had a battle with alcohol and got into much trouble because of it. Finally in 1996 Adams admitted to being an alcoholic and was seeking treatment to solve this problem. In 2002 just before the start of the 2002-03 season Tony Adams retired from football appearing for Arsenal 669 times and scoring 48 goals and was the most successful captain in the clubs history.
Alan Shearer Signed Memorabilia
Name: Alan Shearer
DoB: 13 August 1970
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
He played as a striker for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is widely considered as one of the greatest English strikers of all time.
Shearer made his professional debut with English club Southampton in 1988. Shearer done well at Southampton as he became the youngest player to score a hat-trick at the age of 17. During his time with Southampton shearer got a place in the England under 21s squad where he rose to national fame. Shearer played for Southampton for four years appearing 158 times and scoring 43 goals. It was in 1992 that shearer made a move to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £ 3.3 million. When at Blackburn shearer helped the club snatch the premier league title from Manchester united in the 1994/95 season. His efforts for the club earned him the award of player of the year in 1995. In 1996 shearer eventually signed for his home club Newcastle for a record fee of £15 million. Shearer made his debut for the club in August 1996 and was in tremendous form finishing as the premier league top scorer for the third season. When playing for Newcastle shearer suffered numerous injuries which restricted his game time. In 2000 shearer retired from international football and then eventually retired in the summer of 2005 from league football. Through his footballing career shearer has scored a grand total of 379 goals for clubs and country. Shearer was inducted into the English hall of fame in 2004.
Phil Thompson signed memorabilia
Name: Philip Bernard Thompson
DoB: 21 January 1954
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Defence
Thompson signed a professional contract with Liverpool in 1971 and made his debut a year later. In 1976 Thompson was called up to play for England and appeared for his national team 44 times. In 1979 Thompson was appointed captain for Liverpool. Since playing for Liverpool Thompson scored 13 goals and played 477 games, and was a key role in there rock defence. In 1985 Thompson retired from football at the early age of 31 due to a move to Sheffield United where he couldn't settle. But after retiring from football physically he was then recruited by Liverpool in 1986-1992 as there reserve team coach, and again in 1998-2004 as there assistant manager
George Best signed memorabilia
Name: George Best
DoB: 22 May 1946
Nationality: Irish
Current team: n/a
Position: Forward
He was a winger whose game combined
pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goal scoring and
the ability to beat defenders. In 1968 George won European
Footballer of the year when Manchester United lifted the European
Cup. In 1999, he was voted 11th at the IFFHS European Player
of the Century election, and 16th in the World Player of the Century
election. Pelé named him as one of the 125 best living footballers in
his 2004 FIFA 100 list and Best was named 19th. George Best had
an outstanding medal career which included Football League First
Division winners medal, 1965 & 1967 and UEFA European Cup
winners medal 1968 for Manchester United and for his personal
recognition he won European Footballer of the Year 1968, Football
Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1968, Professional
Footballers Association: ALL STAR Award Winner Division 2
Fulham 1977, Freeman of Castlereagh 2002, Inaugural inductee
into the English Football Hall of Fame, 2002, Honorary doctorate
from Queen's University Belfast 2001 and PFA Special Merit Award
for his services to football 2006. George passed away on the 25th
November 2005. George will always be remembered by a quote from
the Irish locals "Maradona good, Pele better but George Best."
Paul Gascoigne signed memorabilia
Name: Paul John Gascoigne
DoB: 27 May 1967
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Midfield
Nickname: Gazza
Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesborough and Everton.
Paul Gascoigne began his football career at Newcastle United in 1980 playing through their youth team until 1985 when he made it to the first team. Gascoignes career was rising when he made it into the Newcastle first team but Gascoigne was constantly getting into trouble which didnt help him with his football. At the end of the 1997/98 season Gascoigne was named player of the year and also received transfer offers from Manchester United and Tottenham. Gascoigne eventually made a move to Tottenham Hotspurs in 1988. Gascoigne also played at many other teams being Lazio, Rangers and Everton. He did exceptionally well at Rangers scoring 30 goals in 74 appearances. Gascoigne also played for his national team England from 1988 to 1998. In 2005 Gascoigne was appointed manager of Kettering Town but he only lasted 39 days due to alcohol problems.
Pele signed memorabilia
Name: Edison Arantes do Nascimento aka Pele
DoB: 23 October 1940
Nationality: Brazilian
Current Club: Retired
Position: Forward
Nickname: Pele
He was given the title "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee and in 1999 Time Magazine named Pele one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century.
Pele began playing professional football for Santos in 1956 at age 15 and his national team at age 16, and won his first World Cup at age 17. Pele stayed with Santos for almost two decades until 1974 when he moved to play for New York Cosmos for three seasons. Pele played in the role of playmaker putting his excellent dribbling passing and heading skills to good use. Pele retired from professional football in 1977 and is now a worldwide ambassador for football.
Lee Sharpe signed memorabilia
Name: Lee SHARPE
DoB: 27 May 1971
Nationality: English
Current Club: Retired
Position: Midfield
Sharpe once played for Manchester United between the years of 1988 and 1996, Playing 193 games and scoring 21 goals, but his career went into rapid decline while he was still in his twenties. Sharpe made his debut for Manchester United on 24 September 1988 in a 2-0 win over West Ham United. In June 2003 he announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 32.
Kenny Dalglish signed memorabilia
Name: Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish, MBE
DoB: 4 March 1951
Nationality: Scottish
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
Dalglish made his debut in the season opener at Wembley, on the 13 August 1977 against Manchester United. He scored his first goal in his league debut on the 20th August v's Middlesbrough.
Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool and guided them to the club's first ever "double" by the end of his first season in charge, 1985–86. He resigned as manager of Liverpool on 22 February 1991. Dalglish's Liverpool record ended with, 515 appearances, 172 goals, 307 as manager, 8 League Championships, 2 FA Cup wins, 3 European Cup wins, 4 League Cup wins, 1 European Super Cup win, and 5 Charity Shield wins.
Dennis Bergkamp signed memorabilia
Name: Dennis BERGKAMP
DoB: 10 May 1969
Nationality: Dutch
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
Bergkamp made his Arsenal debut against Middlesbrough on the 19th August 1995. Bergkamp officially retired from competitive football on the 17th of May 2006 after the 2006 Champions League final game against FC Barcelona. The last game he played for Arsenal was also the last game at Highbury, against Wigan Athletic on 7 May 2006 the final Premier League game of that season. Bergkamp scored 120 goals for Arsenal in 424 appearances. Bergkamp also set up a 166 goals in his Arsenal career.
Sir Bobby Robson signed memorabilia
Name: Sir Robert William 'Bobby' Robson, CBE
DoB: 18 February 1933
Nationality: English
Current team: n/a
Position: Manager
Sir Robert William Robson CBE was born, 18th of February 1933, and passed away on the 31th of July 2009. He was an English footballer and, after retirement, manager of seven European clubs and the England national team. He played as a forward and spanned nearly 20 years, during which he played for three clubs, Fulham, West Brom, and for a short spell Vancouver. He also made 20 appearances for England. After retiring from professional football he found success as both a club and international manager, winning league championships in, Netherlands and Portugal, earning trophies in England and Spain, and taking England to the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup.
Robson was created a Knight Bachelor in 2002,and was inducted as a member of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003. On the 7th of July 1982, two days after England were knocked out of the 1982 World Cup, he succeeded Ron Greenwood as coach of the English national team, selecting former West Bromwich team-mate Don Howe as his chief coach. Robson moved to Newcastle United in September 1999 following the resignation of Ruud Gullit.
He held the Newcastle post until 30 August 2004, when he was dismissed by Freddy Shepherd, after a poor start to the Premier League season.
John Barnes signed memorabilia
Name: John Charles Bryan Barnes, MBE
DoB: 7 November 1963
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Midfield
John Charles Byran Barnes MBE born 7 November 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica. aged 46, is a Jamaican-born English football manager and former player. His most recent managerial post was at English League One club, Tranmere Rovers. During his playing career, he had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980's and 1990's, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times, then a record for a black player. He ended his playing career at Charlton Athletic in 1999. After retiring as a player, he became Head-coach of Celtic for a short time, working alongside Kenny Dalglish. Barnes took over as manager of the Jamaica national team on 1 November 2008 but resigned six months
later to take over at Tranmere. He was sacked by Tranmere on 9 October 2009 after a series of poor results. Over 19 years in top flight football John made a total of 588 appearances with 5 clubs and scored a total of 155 goals. Johns honors over his career with Liverpool were amazing and are listed here with wins starting 1987/88 League Championship Division 1,
1988/89 Charity Shield, 1988/89 FA Cup, 1989/90 Charity Shield, 1989/90 League Championship Division 1, 1990/91 Charity Shield Shared, 1991/92 FA Cup and 1994/95 League Cup.
Charlie George signed memorabilia
Name: Frederick Charles 'Charlie' GEORGE
DoB: 10 October 1950
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
George played as a forward in the Football League (notably for Arsenal and Derby County) and he was also capped by England. Arsenal Born in Islington, London, Charlie George supported Arsenal as a boy and played for Islington Schoolboys before joining his favoured club in May 1966. He turned professional in 1968 and made his first-team debut for the club on 9 August 1969 against Everton, on the first day of the 1969-70 Season Arsenal lost 1 nil. He became a regular in the side that season, playing 39 times, including in Arsenals 1969,70 Inter Cities Fairs Cup campaign; he scored goals against Dinamo Bacau and Ajax, as well as playing in both legs of the final against RSC Anderlecht, which Arsenal won 4,3 on aggregate. George broke his ankle at the start of the following season following a collision with Everton goalkeeper Gordon West, but returned after being out for five months and played a significant part in Arsenals run in to the 1970,71 Division One title, scoring five times in 17 appearances in the League. However, the highlight of his season came in the FA Cup, he scored in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds as well as proving the difference in the Final against Liverpool. The game was locked at 1,1 in extra time, Arsenal having been 1 nil down before Eddie Kellys equaliser in the 111th minute George latched onto John Radfords square ball and scored a spectacular winner from 20 yards to win the match. He famously celebrated by lying flat on his back with arms aloft. With that Cup win, Arsenal completed their first Double win. George played four more seasons at Highbury, also playing in the 1972 FA Cup Final, which Arsenal lost to Leeds United. However the latter stages of his career with Arsenal were hampered with injuries and a rebellious streak at odds with the clubs management during the 1971,72 season he was disciplined by the club twice, first after head butting Liverpools Kevin Keegan, and then for flicking a V-sign at Derby County's fans after scoring away at the Baseball Ground. As the Double-winning side were gradually broken up Arsenal began to descend down the table, and although George hit eleven goals in both 1971,72 and 1972,73 his form declined alongside Arsenal's he only scored five times in 28 matches in 1973,74 and he was dropped from the first team in 1974,75 after falling out with manager Bertie Mee. By Christmas 1974 he had been transfer listed, and he moved to Derby County in July 1975 for 100,000 pounds. In total he played 179 times for Arsenal and scored 49 goals.
Kevin Keegan signed memorabilia
Name: Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE
DoB: 14 February 1951
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Midfield
A former international footballer, and former manager of several English clubs, including Newcastle United where he acquired his nicknames 'King Kev' and 'The Geordie Messiah.' Keegan has also managed the England national football team. He began his playing career at Scunthorpe United in 1968, before moving to Liverpool of Division One in 1971. At Liverpool, Keegan won three First Division titles, two UEFA Cups, one FA Cup and the European Cup. He also gained his first England cap in 1972, and moved to German top-flight club Hamburger SV in the summer of 1977. At Hamburg he was crowned European Footballer of the Year in both 1978 and 1979, won the Bundesliga title in 1978–79, and reached the European Cup final the following year. Keegan moved to Southampton that summer, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to second-tier Newcastle United in 1982. He helped Newcastle to promotion in his second season, and retired from football in 1984, having been capped 63 times for England, scoring 21 goals. He moved into management at Newcastle in 1992, again returning the club to the top-flight, as Second Division champions. After promotion, Keegan's Newcastle finished second in the Premier League in 1995–96, after leading the table most of the season. After a spell at Fulham, he took charge of the England team in 1999 but resigned in the autumn of 2000, following a loss against Germany in World Cup qualification this was also the last game at the old Wembley Stadium. He then became manager of Manchester City in 2001 and spent four years at the club before resigning in 2005. He had been out of football for almost three years when he returned to Newcastle United for a second spell as manager in January 2008. This spell lasted only eight months, however, as Keegan resigned on 4 September 2008 following days of speculation regarding a dispute with the club directors.
Julian Dicks signed memorabilia
Name: Julian Andrew Dicks
DoB: 8 August 1968
Nationality: English
Current team: Grays Athletic
Position: Manager
He played left-back for Birmingham City, West Ham twice, Liverpool and Canvey Island. He was known as a hard man his nickname was The Terminator and tough tackler in possession of a cultured left foot and a fierce shot in regular demand as a penalty and free-kick taker. He scored 10 goals for West Ham in the 1995-96 Season, which is the best return for a defender in the Premier League. He was voted West Hams player of the year four times between 1990 and 1997. Another knee injury resulted in him missing the entire 1997-98 season. He did return to action in the 1998-99 season and West Ham finished fifth to qualify for the UEFA Cup, but his injury problems failed to go away and he was restricted to just nine Premier League games. West Ham then terminated his contract and he retired from professional football after a 14 year career, 11 years of which had been spent at West Ham. In two spells at West Ham, he had played 315 competitive games and scored 64 goals, many of them penalties. His final appearance for the club came against Arsenal on 6 February 1999, with his final goal coming in the FA Cup against Swansea City on 2 January 1999. After retiring as a footballer, Dicks took up golf and soon turned professional, but was forced to give this career up due to his knee injury. He does, however, still play golf recreationally. In 2001 he made a brief return to football after signing for non League Canvey Island, but played only four matches..
Billy Bonds signed memorabilia
Name: William Arthur 'Billy' BONDS, MBE
DoB: 17 September 1946
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Defence
Most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player a Born in Woolwich, south-east London, Bonds grew up in nearby Eltham, where he played for a Sunday boys team, Moatbridge, and Kent Schoolboys and joined the groundstaff at Charlton Athletic after leaving school at 15. He played in the youth and A team and occasionally in the reserves before joining the playing staff shortly before his 18th birthday in September 1964. He played 793 first-team games for West Ham in a career spanning 21 seasons. Bonds was noted for his physical strength and fitness, for his committed, tough tackling, combative style of play while using the ball intelligently and effectively, and making surging runs forward, initially as an overlapping right-back early in his career, then from midfield where he balanced the skills of Trevor Brooking, and later as a centre-back bringing the ball out of defence. His inspirational and leadership qualities, where he led by example and always gave 100% on the football field, saw him appointed as club captain at West Ham from 1974 to 1984
Sir Trevor Brooking signed memorabilia
Name: Sir Trevor David Brooking, CBE
DoB: 2 October 1948
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
A football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator. Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels. He was one of the most intelligent and cerebral footballers of his generation and had a very clean disciplinary record. Directly following the Bobby Moore, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst era, he was the player who best exemplified West Ham's traditional commitment to attractive, entertaining football even if this style of play did not bring consistent successes. He was awarded the MBE in 1981, the CBE in 1999 and the KBE in 2004. Since retiring from playing, he has taken up a number of positions in broadcasting and administration. He is chiefly associated with West Ham United, having played as an attacking midfield player and centre forward between 1967 and 1984, making 636 appearances and scoring 103 times, wearing the number 10 jersey. He won the FA Cup twice, in 1975 and 1980 in the latter, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Arsenal with a header.
Jack Charlton signed memorabilia
Name: John "Jack" Charlton, OBE DL
DoB: 8 May 1935
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Defence
Former footballer and football manager who played for Leeds United in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and who was part of the England team who won the 1966 World Cup. He later became a manager of both domestic and international sides, and is particularly well known for his time as manager of the Republic of Ireland
Colin Hendry signed memorabilia
Edward Colin Hendry (born 7 December 1965) is a retired Scottish footballer and manager, who played as a defender. Hendry started his career with Dundee in 1983 and spent spells at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Rangers, Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool. He was part of the Blackburn squad that won the Premiership in 1995 and the Rangers squad that won the domestic treble in 1999. His most recent stint in football was as manager of Scottish First Division side Clyde, from June 2007 until January 2008, when he chose to resign for family reasons.
Gary Lineker signed memorabilia
Name: Gary Winston Lineker, OBE
DoB: 30 November 1960
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC and Eredivisie Live. He remains England's top scorer in the FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 goals. Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984,85 and earning his first England cap. He moved to Everton where he remained a clinical finisher, scoring 38 goals in 52 games. His first team honours came at Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989. He returned to England in 1989, joining Tottenham Hotspur, and over three seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup. Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight and he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side. Lineker made his England debut in 1984 and over the following eight years earned 80 caps and scored 48 goals, finishing as England's all time second highest scorer behind Bobby Charlton. His international goals to games ratio remains one of the best for the country and he is regarded as one of the all time best English strikers. He was top scorer in the 1986 World Cup and received the Golden Boot, the only time an Englishman has achieved this feat. He is also the only player to have won the English golden boot with 3 different clubs Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. Lineker is noted for never having been cautioned or sent off by a referee during his professional career. After his retirement from football he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. He moved in to broadcasting, working at the BBC, firstly working as a pundit on Match of the Day before he went on to present the flagship show. Lineker also worked on other programmes at the BBC. He led a consortium that invested in his old club Leicester, saving it from bankruptcy, and was appointed honorary vice president. Since 1994, Lineker has featured in several television commercials for Walkers Crisps. He has four sons with his exwife Michelle and is now married to model Danielle Lineker. In 2009, Leicester City fans voted him as the club's greatest ever player in a poll by Sky Sports. He received 37% of votes; more than double that of his closest competitor, legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks
Ian Rush signed memorabilia
Name: Ian James Rush, MBE
DoB: 20 October 1961
Nationality: Welsh
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
Ian James Rush, MBE, born 20 October 1961 is a retired football player from Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic, and made 73 appearances for the Welsh national football team. Since retiring as a player in 1999, Rush has had a stint as manager of Chester City 2004,5, and has worked as a television football pundit.
Dave Mackay signed memorabilia
Name: David Craig Mackay
DoB: 14 November 1934
Nationality: Scottish
Current team: Retired
Position: Left Winger/Sweeper
David Craig Mackay born 14 November 1934 is a Scottish former football player and manager. Mackay is best remembered for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, and winning the league with Derby County both as a player and as a manager. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. Mackay tied with Tony Book of Manchester City for the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award in 1969 and was later listed by The Football League in their 100 Legends.
Peter Shilton signed memorabilia
Name: Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE
DoB: 18 September 1949
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Goalkeeper
His international career earned him 125 caps, making him England's most capped player. In a 30-year career, which included eleven different clubs, three World Cups, two European Cup finals and more than 1,000 competitive matches, Shilton emerged as one of the English game's genuine legends. He has the rare distinction of having played over 100 league games for 5 different clubs. Shilton did not make his World Cup finals debut until the age of 32 but he played in 17 finals matches and shares the record 10 clean sheets for most World Cup finals clean sheets with French keeper Fabien Barthez. During his time at Nottingham Forest he won two European Cups, a European Super Cup, the First Division championship, the League Cup and many other honours. Shilton also holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football.
Sir Bobby Charlton signed memorabilia
Name: Sir Robert 'Bobby' Charlton, CBE
DoB: 11 October 1937
Nationality: English
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
English former professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot. His elder brother Jack, who was also in the World Cup-winning team, was a former defender for Leeds United and coach. He began to play for United's first team in 1956, and over the next two seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he survived the Munich air disaster of 1958. After helping United to win the Football League in 1965, he won a World Cup medal with England in 1966 and another Football League title with United the following year. In 1968, he captained the Manchester United team that won the European Cup, scoring two goals in the final to help his team be the first English side to win the competition. He has scored more goals for England and United than any other player. He had made more appearances for Manchester United than any other player 758, a record superseded by Ryan Giggs at the Champions League Final in Moscow on 21 May 2008. However, Charlton still owns the club record for most league appearances with 606, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest English players of all time. At the time of his retirement from the England team in 1970, he was the nation's most capped player, having turned out 106 times at the highest level. This record has since been eclipsed by Bobby Moore, Peter Shilton and then David Beckham. He left Manchester United in 1973, becoming player-manager of Preston North End, but decided management was not for him and left after one season. After assuming the post of the director at Wigan Athletic for some time, he became a member of Manchester United's board of directors in 1984 and remains one as of November 2009. He set goal scoring records for both the England team and Manchester United, with both records remaining intact some 35 years after the end of his playing career. He was knighted in 1994.
Archie Gemmill signed memorabilia
Name: Archibold 'Archie' GEMMILL
DoB: 24 March 1947
Nationality: Scottish
Current team: Retired
Position: Forward
A Scottish former footballer, most famous for a goal he scored against the Netherlands in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The goal is so famous that it overshadows a successful career in which he won three English league titles and captained his national side. Gemmill's early career at St Mirren was ruined by a succession of injuries, not least a broken ankle in early 1966. He was sent on to replace Jim Clunie on 13 August 1966 in a Scottish League Cup tie at Shawfield to become the first tactical substitute in Scottish football history. Gemmill was sold for 13,000 pounds to Preston North End, where he came to the attention of Peter Taylor, Derby County's assistant manager, who then told Brian Clough, the manager of Derby County, about Gemmill, who had been considering signing for the reigning champions Everton. Gemmill played 43 times and scored 8 goals for Scotland. He captained the national side on no fewer than 22 occasions. Gemmill's most celebrated moment was his goal against the Netherlands in a Group D fixture at the 1978 World Cup. Scotland needed to win the game by three goals to qualify for the next stage of the tournament, having had very poor results in their first two games. With his team leading 2 goals to 1 in the 68th minute, Archie scored the best goal of his career winning the game but unfortunately not proceeding through to the next round due to goal difference, final score 3-2.
Brazilian Ronaldo signed memorabilia
Name: Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Limaborn
DoB: 22 September 1976
Nationality: Brazilian
Current team: Corinthians
Position: Forward
A Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Corinthians and was one of the most prolific scorers in the 1990s and in the early 21st century. Ronaldo won his first Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year in 1997 and again in 2002. He is also one of only two men to have won the FIFA Player of the Year award three times, along with French footballer Zinedine Zidane. In 2007, he was named as one of the best starting eleven of all-time by France Football and was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the greatest footballers compiled by fellow countryman pele. In 2010, he was voted Goal.com's Player Of The Decade by an online poll, gathering 43.63 percent of all votes and was also included as Centre Forward in The Team Of The Decade. On February 23th 2010, Ronaldo announced that he will retire after the 2011 season, signing a two-year contract extension with the Corinthians at the same time Ronaldo has played for Brazil in 97 international matches, amassing 62 goals. He was a part of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994, and 2002 World Cups. During the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo became the highest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup with his fifteenth goal, surpassing Gerd Muller's previous record of 14.
