Player
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Team
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Country
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GK
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Leigh Richmond Roose
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Stoke
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Wales
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It was reading about Roose's selection for the World v Another Planet in 1905 that gave me the idea for this series. A playboy maverick shamateur Roose represented 7 clubs in the Football League as well as Celtic.
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RB
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Bob Crompton
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Blackburn
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England
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I'd pick Bob Crompton on looks alone- his appearance is imperious, He also clocked up a remarkable 41 international appearances and 600 plus games for Blackburn Rovers.
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LB
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Jimmy Watson
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Sunderland
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Scotland
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Daddy Long Legs was a key member of Sunderland's championship winning side of 1902.
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RH
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Andy "Daddler" Aitken
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Newcastle United
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Scotland
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Aitken played over 300 League games for Newcastle United and represented Scotland 14 times.
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CH
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Charlie Roberts
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Manchester United
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England
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The mobile pivot was the inspiration for Pozzo's metodo.
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LH
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Ernest Needham
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Sheffield United
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England
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The industrious and cerebral half back who was a 'box to box' player.
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OR
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Billy Meredith
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Manchester City
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Wales
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The original Welsh Wizard of dribble who played top class football for 30 years.
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IR
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Bobby Walker
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Heart of Midlothian
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Scotland
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Considered by many contemporaries to have been the greatest player to date and a man who inspired the development of the inside forward as a midfield playmaker.
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CF
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Vivian Woodward
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Tottenham Hotspur
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England
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Woodward was not all about smashing in hatfuls of goals against inept foreign teams- he scored 14 goals in 16 Home Internationals and 103 goals in 238 League appearances.
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IL
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Colin Veitch
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Newcastle United
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England
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A fascinating man who could haver been a succesful politician and was an accomplished dramatist, Veitch was a versatile player and successful club captain.
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OL
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Bobby Templeton
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Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Woolwich Arsenal Celtic, Kilmarnock
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Scotland
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Templeton possessed dazzling skills and was known as the Prince of Dribblers
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