English Football Hall of Fame

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 held in the autumn, formerly at varying locations, but exclusively at the Museum itself following its move to Manchester's Urbis building in 2012.

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 football 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.

Selection panel

Members of the Hall of Fame are chosen by a panel. Initially, this 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 granted an additional place on the panel. Two players have been inducted as the 'Fans' Choice', following polls on the BBC Sport and Sky Sports websites.

Awards

Initially, there were three main categories of induction; a mass of 'Players' and 'Managers' from the men's game, together with one figure from the women's game. (Sir Alf Ramsey is noted as the only figure to date honoured in both of the main male categories.) To be considered for induction players must be either retired or at least 30 years of age. All inductees must also have played/managed for at least five years in England.

In 2007, two other regular categories were established. Chiefly, this was in recognition of football's central role in English culture, extending Hall of Fame honours to those who have contributed greatly to the English game outside the more obvious fields 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 has also commemorated great teams from history alongside its awarding of individual players and coaches. The criteria for a team's induction is that they must have played at least a quarter of a century prior. 2013 saw the first induction of a referee.

On occasional circumstances there will also be a presentation of a 'special award', usually to mark significant anniversaries. Jimmy Hill is to date the sole recipient of an honour styled as a Lifetime Achievement Award, in celebration of his unusual polymathic career in the game.

2002 Inaugural Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Managers

2003 Inductees

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Players

Women's Inductee

Managers

2004 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Managers

Special Category – Ambassador of Football

2005 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Managers

2006 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Managers

2007 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductees

Football Foundation Community Champion

FA Football for All Award

Manager

Special Award

2008 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Football Foundation Community Champion

FA Football for All Award

Manager

2008 Special Awards – European Hall of Fame

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

Managers

Teams

All-Time Great European Footballer

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

Players

Women's Inductee

Football Foundation Community Champion

FA Football for All Award

Managers

Teams

2010 Inductees

Players

Women's Inductee

Football Foundation Community Champion

FA Football for All Award

Manager

Team

Special Lifetime Achievement Award

2011 Inductees

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.

2013 Inductees[4]

Players

Peter Schmeichel also collected his Hall of Fame trophy, having missed his initial inauguration in 2003.

Women's Inductee

FA Football for All Award

Referee

Special Awards

2014 Inductees[5]

Players

Alan Shearer also collected his Hall of Fame trophy, having missed his initial inauguration in 2004.

Women's Inductee

FA Football for All Award

Team

Special Award

2015 Inductees[6]

Players

Ryan Giggs also collected his Hall of Fame trophy, having missed his initial inauguration in 2005.

Women's Inductee

FA Football for All Award

Special Award - Anglo-Chinese Football Ambassador

References

  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. ↑ Hall of Fame Inductees 2013 Announced, National Football Museum, May 2012 - http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/about-us/latest-news/2013/05/hall-of-fame-inductees-announced/
  5. ↑ http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/hall-of-fame/profiles/filter/category/1//
  6. ↑ "National Football Museum Hall Of Fame 2015 Inductees Announced".
  7. ↑ Pidd, Helen; Perraudin, Frances (23 October 2015). "Ex-Man City Chinese player's hall of fame honour 'a grubby little fix'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

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