‘Match Of The Century’? – PFA Centenary Match
As a celebration of the PFA’s Centenary the City of Manchester stadium will host a England Legends versus the Rest of the World XI on 2nd December which aims to raise £1m for charity.Alan Shearer will captain an England Legends side including Des Walker, Peter Beardsley, Steve McManaman and Paul Gasgoigne (full squads below) against a Rest of the World XI which includes Marcel Desailly, Jay Jay Okocha, Andrei Kanchelskis, Gianfranco Zola and Ruud Gullitt.
Are there any obvious exclusions that you would have included? Could Zola and Shearer have futures in our national team? Have your say below or on the main site http://peterevans.wordpress.com and vote for your next England boss
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THE ENGLAND LEGENDS
Woods, Beasant, Barton, Parker, Anderson, Walker, Watson, Mabbutt, Pallister, Le Saux, Winterburn, Redknapp, Ince, Wise, Lee, Sharpe, Hodge, Waddle, McManaman, Gascoigne, Shearer, Wright, Ferdinand, Walsh, Beardsley, Regis.
THE REST OF THE WORLD SQUAD
Southall, Thorstvedt, Neilson, Desailly, Vierchowod, Amaruso, Gough,Numan, Irwin, Okocha, Di Matteo, Benarbia, Kanchelskis, Limpar, McAllister, Lennon, Poyet, Collins, Alenichev, Zola ,Gullitt, Rush, Signori, Quinn, McCoist, Goater, Yuran
A couple of notable ommissions from the squad, both former captains…
Stuart Pearce, probably one of the most passionate England players of all time.
And although he’s not high up on my list of favourite people, David Platt.
P.S. Thanks for the feedback Peter, I shall return the favour!