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Danny Blanchflower

Initially Danny Blanchflower played for Irish side Glentoran. He began his career in England at Barnsley in 1949, soon finding himself at odds with the management. In 1951, he moved to Aston Villa, where his elegant style was somewhat out of place with Villa's physical approach. He made 155 appearances for the club before making his career-defining move to ‘Spurs. Blanchflower was captain of the ‘Spurs 1961 ‘double’ winning side, a feat not achieved since Aston Villa in 1897. Adding to his achievements in 1962, he helped Tottenham to win the FA Cup against Burnley, a game in which he scored a penalty. In 1958 and 1961 his performances were recognised as he received the accolade of Footballer of The Year, one of few players to receive the award twice. In 1963 he helped ‘Spurs to win the European Cup Winners' Cup – the first European victory by an English club.

The intellectual Ulsterman played 56 times for Northern Ireland, captaining the unfancied team to the World Cup quarterfinals in 1958. Blanchflower’s younger brother Jackie was also set feature in the campaign, until the Munich Air Disaster cut short his playing career earlier in the year. A combination of injury and age 38 forced Danny’s retirement in 1964.

Blanchflower was known for his exquisite vision and movement in the midfield playmaking role. He had an ability to dictate and change a game at an instant, linking up with the likes of Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones, and Bobby Smith. He brought guile and vision to any team he played for. Much of Blanchflower’s continuing allure is because he was a thinker as well a player though much of what he said would have landed him much more trouble in today’s game. Blanchflower made a mark wherever he went.

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Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard debuted for Chelsea on August 19, 2001 against Newcastle United, and was named in the 'PFA Team of the Year' in 2004.

He scored both the goals in Chelsea's 2-0 win against Bolton Wanderers, winning the Premier League title for the team and earning the 2005 'Footballer of the Year award' for himself. In the following season too, he helped Chelsea win the Premier League and assisted in the winning goal by Didier Drogba in the 2007 FA Cup Final.

He played only 40 matches in the next season due to injury, but still managed to win the 'UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year' honour. He became the highest-paid Premier League player after signing a £39.2 million deal with Chelsea on August 13, 2008.

He scored one of his best goals against Hull City in October 2008, for which he was praised by FIFA World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. He scored the winning goal in the FA Cup Final against Everton and was later named Chelsea's 'Player of the Year' for the third time

In October 2009, he was nominated for the 'FIFA World Player of the Year' award for the sixth consecutive year. He also helped his team win the Premier League title that season and the 2010 FA Cup.

After an injury-ridden 2010-11 season, he led his team to the 2012 UEFA Champions League final in the next season and lifted the trophy in their win against Bayern Munich in penalty shootout. He also played crucial role in their semi-final win against Barcelona, a match they were down by 2-0.

He captained his team in the UEFA Europa League final on May 15, 2013, a match they won against Benfica by 2-1. He left the club in 2014 and announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Major League Soccer team New York City FC.

Frank Lampard has helped Chelsea win many titles including three FA Premier Leagues, four FA Cups, two Football League Cups, one UEFA Champions League and one UEFA Europa League title.

Frank Lampard broke a lot of records during his career. He is Chelsea Football Club’s all-time leading goal scorer. Lampard scored a total of 211 goals and 150 assists in 648 appearances.

What’s even more impressive is that Lampard is a genuine box to box midfielder. He achieved all of his goals while also fulfilling his defensive duties for the team.

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Thierry Henry

Henry’s professional playing career first started at Monaco in 1996, under Arsene Wenger, under who he would later go on to be one of the best strikers in the world. In 1996, Henry became France's Young Player of the Year, and led the U-18 side to the European Championships two years later. His eye-catching performances in the competition earned him a place in France’s 1998 World Cup-winning squad, alongside legends like Viera, Petit, Zidane, and Pires.

After an unsuccessful year at Juventus following his move from Monaco, Henry was reunited with his former mentor, Arsene Wenger, at Arsenal, in the summer of 1999, for a modest £11m. It was here that his career skyrocketed, and the young French forward went on to become one of the Premier League’s greatest ever players.

Although he primarily played as a left-winger, Wenger converted Henry into a striker, where he gradually blossomed into one of the most lethal forwards English, or in fact, world football had ever seen. After a great first season, his second season in London was even more successful. He became the team's main goal scorer and led them to the FA Cup final, where they agonisingly lost out to Liverpool, at Wembley.

In the 2001/2002 season, Thierry Henry scored 24 goals in the league, winning the league's Golden Boot. He also led Arsenal to Premier League and the FA Cup double. The following year he scored another 32 goals for Arsenal in all competitions, inspiring the Gunners to another FA Cup trophy.  

In 2003/2004, Henry was once again the Premier League's top scorer with an amazing 30 goals, in a season where Arsenal won the title without losing a single match. The Invincibles, as they were subsequently nicknamed, were one of the greatest footballing squads, and Henry was the star of them all. The Frenchman also captained the North Londoners to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, where they lost to Barcelona, the same city he moved to a year later, for 24 million pounds.

He left Arsenal a legend, their record goal scorer with 228 goals, having won two FA Cups and two league titles at the club. Henry also won several personal accolades, including runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year twice, PFA Players' Player of the Year twice, and the FWA Footballer of the Year three times. By the time he left England, he was already considered perhaps the best player to play in the Premier League.

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Colin Bell

Colin Bell was one of the greatest players ever to have played for Manchester City, not to mention one of the finest English midfielders of his generation.

Known as ‘The King of the Kippax’ by City supporters, Bell was at the heart of one of the most successful sides in the club’s history during the 1960s and ’70s.

He made 492 appearances for the club over 13 seasons, scoring 152 goals, while also winning 48 caps for England, netting nine times – statistics which may have been even more impressive had injury not curtailed his career.

With the ability to make a tackle and pick a pass, as well as having bags of energy, with pace to match, Bell was the ultimate midfielder of his generation. Bell helped City win promotion in 1966 and was pivotal as they edged out Manchester United to win the First Division title two years later. An FA Cup winner’s medal followed in 1969, along with the League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1970.

He received the first of his 48 England caps in 1968 and was a member of the squad at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico with many considering him to be the natural replacement for Bobby Charlton. Somewhat ironically, Bell came on to replace Charlton in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final against West Germany with England leading 2-1, before eventually losing the game 3-2.

 In 1975 Bell was badly hurt following a tackle by Martin Buchan in a Manchester derby, an injury which would ultimately bring about the premature end to his playing career, though he never blamed the United defender, something which he always described as, “an accident.”

 Bell retired in August 1979 though attempted to revive his career a year later in the NASL with San Jose Earthquakes but lasted just five games.

 After hanging up his boots for good he held coaching roles with Manchester City’s youth and reserve teams and later became a club ambassador.

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Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool love affair first began in August 1966 when a 15-year-old Glaswegian travelled south of the border for a trial at Anfield in front of the legendary Bill Shankly.

Although the young forward’s first journey to Merseyside came to nothing, 11 years and 167 Celtic goals later, he was finally recruited by the Reds to replace a club legend in the form of the departing Kevin Keegan.

With the ball at his feet, he was a pure genius - a contention backed up by footage of just about every one of his 172 Liverpool goals in 515 games. Everyone has their own favourite but the one common denominator in all the above was the famous Kenny celebration: a quick turn with arms aloft and a beaming smile as wide as the Mersey.

A key figure in Paisleys Red army and later off the field as manager, during his Liverpool career Dalglish has amassed an unbelievable number of achievements and winners’ medals, namely 6 league titles, 4 league cups, 3 European cups and an FA cup for good measure.

As the manager of Liverpool between 1985-1991 he won 3 league titles and 2 Fa cups.

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Sir Bobby Charlton

Hi there, my name is Erkan and I am 20 years old, I have a passion for football for more than 10 years. Here I will be talking about the legend players that played at the 6 top clubs in England. Firstly, for this week we have the legend of Manchester United is three-time premier league winner Sir Bobby Charlton. Born on 11 October 1937 in Ashington, he was the person who once appointed as Old Trafford “Greater Theatre of Dreams”.

 He made his debut against Charlton Athletic at Old Trafford on 6th of October 1956. His talent was not among the best but his consistency in effectiveness through his career is marked as a spiritual athleticism. In his early years, he primarily performed as left-side midfielder before switched to his best position later that was attacking midfielder. He was a speedy withdrawn attacking midfielder with excellent close control, and he combined those attributes as a devastating dribbler in the open field and was known for his uncompromising attitude. He had considerable power with either foot and use it to score many spectacular goals and even had a high quality in defensive game.

Charlton was one of a few survivors from Munich Disaster in 1958 and incredibly recovered his condition in a short time.

He was the top goal scorer for Manchester United with 249 goals in 758 games until Wayne Rooney beat his record in 2017.

He won the World Cup in 1966 with England and in the same season he won the biggest award in a football season that is called Ballon'Dor.