Football's Greatest

Football's Greatest is a TV series that started on 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 on Sky Sports for the World Cup. There are 26 shows in total all narrated by Richard Keys, 25 featuring one footballer for each show. The first episode, The Contenders, is about players that did not make the following shows, though are still notable.

The series was then followed by Football's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format. This series was narrated by Gabriel Clarke and features shows for José Mourinho, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.

Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams: West Germany (1972–1974), Netherlands (1974 and 1988), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982), France (1984 and 1998–2000), Hungary (1954) and Spain (2008–2012).

Sixteen for Football's Greatest Teams: Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid (1954–1966 and 1996–2003), Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade and Nottingham Forest.

Eight for Football's Greatest International Rivalries: England v Scotland, Holland v Germany, Brazil v Argentina, England v Germany, Italy v France & Yugoslavia, England v Argentina & Czech Republic v Slovenia, Portugal v Spain & Uruguay v Argentina and Turkey v Greece & Sweden v Denmark.

The first episode, The Contenders, featured Ryan Giggs, Paolo Rossi, Gheorghe Hagi, Luís Figo, Denis Law, Roberto Baggio, Emilio Butragueño, Thierry Henry, Bobby Moore, George Weah, Kaká, Dino Zoff, Lothar Matthäus, Eric Cantona, Hugo Sánchez, Hristo Stoichkov, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Franco Baresi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Lionel Messi, Sócrates, David Beckham and Romário.