The Stars
Were Out As The National Football Museum Celebrated the 2004 Hall of Fame Award
Ceremony
The National Football
Museum has once again honoured the great names that have made a lasting and
outstanding contribution to English football.
Now in its third year, the Hall of Fame has grown in stature and is now firmly
established as a premier occasion in the English Football calendar.
A further 10 names were inducted into the Hall of Fame at a star studded ceremony
at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium on the 4th November.
The 2004 Hall of Fame Inductees were announced
as: Don Revie, Dario Gradi, Sue Lopez, Wilf Mannion, Billy Bremner, Sir Geoff
Hurst, Viv Anderson, Tony Adams, Alan Shearer and Roy Keane.
Richard Cuthbert, Museum Spokesman said: "The annual Hall of Fame event
is eagerly anticipated as a wonderful opportunity for the Museum to honour those
players and managers whose careers have brought so much joy to so many."
The event was hosted by BBC television's Ray Stubbs and was attended by several
of the new intake of inductees and Hall of Famers from previous years. Also
in attendance at the ceremony were a number of families of inductees sadly no
longer with us. Their support of the Hall of Fame, as a forum for remembering
the great names of yesteryear, ensured an emotive evening was enjoyed by all.
Guests on the night included: Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Tom Finney, Roy Keane,
Viv Anderson, David Moyes, Dario Gradi, Dave Mackay, Steve Hodge, Hope Powell,
Sue Lopez and Mark Lawrenson. Also in attendance were the families of the late
Dixie Dean, Stan Cullis, Bill Shankly, John Charles, Billy Wright, Bobby Moore,
Stan Mortensen, Sir Stanley Matthews, Billy Bremner, Don Revie and Wilf Mannion.
The Museum once again assembled a superlative selection panel to deliberate
over who should be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. The inimitable group
comprised amongst others: Sir Trevor Brooking, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Alex
Ferguson, Sir Tom Finney and Sir Bobby Robson.
Richard Cuthbert from the Museum said: "I am sure in making the decisions
many wonderful memories were rekindled for the selection panel of some of the
game's greatest characters, players, managers and moments. It is exactly these
memories that the Hall of Fame seeks to preserve for future generations to learn
about the history of football."
