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English Football Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame in Manchester, England
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 develop significant figures in the history of the English game.
Novel 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
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 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 choose exhibit from the Museum which relates to their achievements.
Selection panel
Members of the Hall of Fame are chosen by a panel. Initially, this consisted of 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 football after retiring.
In subsequent years, former England national team manager Graham Taylor and former England international Steve Hodge have also served stints on the panel, though it is now chiefly a grouping of eminent football historians.
Britain has produced some of the most talented football players to ever grace a football pitch. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all seen incredibly gifted players proceed on to have wonderful careers in the beautiful game. Three of those nations have produced Ballon d'Or winners after all. From George Best to Kenny Dalglish, there are so many unique and brilliant players ot have hailed from these football fanatic nations.The current panel features Neil Carter, Tony Collins, Jeffrey Hill, Peter Holme, Dick Holt, John Hughson, Simon Inglis, Alexander Jackson, Gary James, Graham Kelly, Tony Mason, Kevin Moore, Martin Polley, Dil Porter, Dave Russell, Matthew Taylor, Jean Williams and John Williams.
All surviving inductees to the Hall are granted an additional place on the panel. Two players hold been inducted as the 'Fans' Choice', following polls on the BBC Sport and Sky Sports websites.
History
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.
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In , 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 engage.
The Community Champion category – sponsored by the Football Foundation – honours professional players who have donated their spare period 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 , 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. saw the first induction of a referee (Jack Taylor),[1] while saw the first induction of a figure from the football media.
Adilson Angel Abreu de Almeida Gomes born 31 August is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille and the England national team. A versatile player, he has been deployed as an attacking midfieldercentral midfielder and wide midfielder in his career. Joining Manchester United at the age of six, Gomes made his first-team debut for the club in May and became the first player born in the s to play in the Premier League. After 10 appearances for the team, he was released at the end of his contract inOn occasional circumstances there will also be a presentation of a 'special award', usually to mark significant anniversaries. Jimmy Hill is to spend time the sole recipient of an honour styled as a Lifetime Achievement Award, in celebration of his unusual polymathic career in the game.
On 27 February the Premier League announced plans to officially launch its Hall of Fame, with plans to induct its first two players on 19 March For one to be inducted in the Premier League Hall of Fame,[2] it is a requirement that the player must be a retiree of the Premier League and only the player's Premier League career will be used for consideration for their candidacy.[3][4]