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The National Football Museum honoured some of the all time greats of English football on Sunday 30th November. The Museum staged its second annual Hall of Fame at a star-studded Charity Dinner at Blackpool Winter Gardens.
Those who attended the event (inductees and guests) included amongst others: Sir Bobby Robson, Alan Ball, John Charles, Pat Jennings, Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Dave Mackay, David Moyes, Steve Hodge and Steve Bull.
The event was hosted by BBC Television's Ray Stubbs.
The Museum has again created an explosion of debate by inducting 9 great players and 4 managers at this year's Gala Celebration dinner.
Mark Bushell from the Museum said :
“We are really proud that the Hall of Fame has taken off in such a big way and looking at the Selection Panel's choice of Inductees this year, you couldn't really argue with their choice.”
Joining the Inaugural Inductees from 2002, who included the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Billy Wright and Nat Lofthouse are:
Alan Ball, Stan Mortensen, Tommy Lawton, Pat Jennings, Danny Blanchflower, Gary Lineker, Peter Schmeichel, Arthur Wharton, Sir Bobby Robson, Herbert Chapman , Stan Cullis, Bill Nicholson and Women's Inductee, Hope Powell.
Twenty of the game's greatest names agreed to deliberate, once again, over the 2003 Inductees into the Museum's ‘Hall of Fame' including, amongst others: Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson, Terry Venables, Mark Lawrenson and Brian Clough.
“These awards are now
English football's Oscars,” said Bushell. But he realises that not everyone
will agree with the Selection Panel's choices “It's a very emotive subject and
we will be taking calls for the next few months from people demanding to know
why their favourite player was not included. But this kind of open debate keeps
football's past in the public eye and for that we should be grateful.”
Overview of The National Football Museum Hall of
Fame