The 50 Greatest Players of the Premier League
I hugely enjoyed putting together a list of the Greatest British Sportspeople of All Time - it was exhaustive, as well-researched as I could make it, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. However, it was very, very time-consuming, and there were obviously a few unsatisfactory elements - comparing across sports was, in a way, the whole point, but I often realised how tricky that was. Also, more than that, there were a fair few I never actually saw in action. That was hard too. And, you know, I think a list of 200 was too many. So, in choosing my next list, I'm on much safer ground. The Premier League has run since 1992, and I've watched all of it. I know every player of which I speak. Also, comparisons are mainly like for like. Not entirely, there are keepers and defenders and midfielders and strikers, there are players for top clubs and players for lesser clubs. But it's not boxer from 1901 against jockey from 1973. 50 rather than 200 too. It's harder and h...