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The August 7th, 1999, edition of Shoot!, the football magazine that people of my generation read when they were young (and still do in my case) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the magazine's publication. In the build up, readers were asked to vote for their top player of the last 30 years. I, of course, voted for Billy Bremner ... here's how everyone else voted.

N. B. 1970-71 'World of Soccer Stars' players are in larger print. Click the underlined players names to find out more about the player.

100. Tony Currie

99. Jim Leighton

98. Steve Bull

97. David Wetherall

96. Paul Lambert

95. Nigel Martyn

94. Emmanuel Petit

93. Tore Andre Flo

92. Matt Le Tissier

91. Julian Jocachim

90. Davie Cooper

89. Andrei Kanchelskis

88. Stuart McCall

87. Paul Jones (Southampton)

86. Rodney Marsh

85. Tony Yeboah

84. Norman Whiteside

83. Peter Reid

82. Gianluca Vialli

81. Marc Overmars

80. Andy Goram

79. Paul Scholes

78. Denis Irwin

77. Paolo Di Canio

76. Rio Ferdinand

75. Jurgen Klinsmann

74. Dion Dublin

73. Charlie George

72. Patrick Viera

71. Peter Lorimer

70. Dave Beasant

69. Paul McGrath

68. Duncan Ferguson

67. Emlyn Hughes

66. Faustino Asprilla

65. Arnold Muehran

64. Gordon Strachen

65. Ruud Guillit

62. Richard Gough

61. David Platt

60. Brian Laudrup

59. Jimmy Johnstone

58. Allan Clarke

57. Jackie Charlton

56. Henrik Larsson

55. Kevin Phillips

54. Mark Hughes

53. Ray Clemence

52. Steve McManaman

51. Jamie Redknapp

50. Norman Hunter

49. Teddy Sherringham

48. Andy Cole

47. Trevor Francis

46. Peter Beardsley

45. Ossie Ardiles

44. Paul McStay

43. Geoff Hurst

42. Nicolas Anelka

41. Trevor Brooking

40. Sol Cambell

39. Malcolm McDonald

38. Joan Collins (o.k., John really)

37. John Barnes

36. Roy Keane

35. Robbie Fowler

34. Alan Hansen

33. Neville Southall

32. David Seaman

31. Pat Jennings

(Isn't this exciting ..... !)

30. Peter Osgood

29. Jimmy Greaves

28. David Ginola

27. Gianfranco Zola

26. Tony Adams

25. Ian Wright

24. Liam Brady

23. Dennis Law

22. Dwight Yorke

21. Billy Bremner

(Well, I think it is....)

20. Bryan Robson

19. Paul Gascoigne

18. Glenn Hoddle

17. Dennis Bergkamp

16. Peter Shilton

15. Ally McCoist

14. Alan Shearer

13. Gordon Banks

12. Ryan Giggs

11. Peter Schmeichel

(Begin the drumroll....)

10. Gary Lineker

9. Ian Rush

8. David Beckham

7. Bobby Moore

6. Bobby Charlton

5. Eric Cantona

4. Kevin Keegan

3. Kenny Dalglish

2. Michael Owen

(And the winner is .....)

1. George Best

Well done George, have a drink to celebr... ahh! Maybe not, eh ?!

So, how well did the 1970 -71 'World of Soccer Stars' players do ?

There is 21 players in the top 100,

8 featured by the magazine for being in the top 30,

and 3 in the top 10 including the no.1.

The 1970-71 season generally (i.e. including players not in the World of Soccer Stars album) has 26 players including 5 of the top 7 !

The list also included the sons of three 1970-71 stars: Michael Owen son of Terry Owen (Bradford), Jamie Redknapp son of Harry Redknapp, and Brian Laudrup son of Finn Laudrup (Wieiner Sportklub)

1970-71 'World of Soccer Stars' players listed as being just outside the list are ...

Mick Channon

Francis Lee.

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