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class="vector-toc-text"> 8.4 Orders </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orders-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autobiography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Autobiography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Autobiography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Autobiography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 See also </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 References </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only 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Available in 49 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-49" aria-hidden="true" > 49 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3" title="ستانلي ماثيوس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ستانلي ماثيوس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aymar aru</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3" title="استنلی ماتیوس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="استنلی ماتیوس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8E%D1%81" title="Стенли Матюс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Стенли Матюс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8A_%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82" title="Στάνλεϊ Μάθιους – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Στάνλεϊ Μάθιους" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews_(futbolista)" title="Stanley Matthews (futbolista) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Stanley Matthews (futbolista)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3" title="استنلی ماتیوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استنلی ماتیوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%A0%EB%A6%AC_%EB%A7%A4%EC%8A%88%EC%8A%A4" title="스탠리 매슈스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스탠리 매슈스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A6" title="Սթենլի Մեթյուզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սթենլի Մեթյուզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1" title="סטנלי מתיוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סטנלי מתיוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%96%E1%83%98" title="სტენლი მეთიუზი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სტენლი მეთიუზი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenlijs_Metj%C5%ABss" title="Stenlijs Metjūss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Stenlijs Metjūss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews_(labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3)" title="Stanley Matthews (labdarúgó) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Stanley Matthews (labdarúgó)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3" title="ستانلى ماثيوس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ستانلى ماثيوس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA" title="スタンリー・マシューズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="スタンリー・マシューズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Stanley Matthews" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Sir</a> Stanley Matthews <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <a href="/wiki/File:Stanley_Matthews(1953_FA_Cup_Final).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Stanley_Matthews%281953_FA_Cup_Final%29.jpg/220px-Stanley_Matthews%281953_FA_Cup_Final%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Stanley_Matthews%281953_FA_Cup_Final%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="330" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Matthews with <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a>, lifting his <a href="/wiki/1953_FA_Cup_final" title="1953 FA Cup final">1953 FA Cup final</a> winner's medal to <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">the sky</a>, so that his deceased father could see it<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Stanley Matthews<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> (1915-02-01)1 February 1915<a href="#cite_note-Intro-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a>, Stoke-on-Trent, England<a href="#cite_note-page_607-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 23 February 2000(2000-02-23) (aged 85)<a href="#cite_note-Intro-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data deathplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">Outside right</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1930–1932</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Team</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1932–1947</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 259</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (51)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1947–1961</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 379</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (17)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1961</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> → <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City" title="Toronto City">Toronto City</a> (loan)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 14</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1961–1965</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 59</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1965</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> → <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City" title="Toronto City">Toronto City</a> (loan)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 6</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 717</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (71)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1929</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/English_Schools%27_Football_Association" title="English Schools' Football Association">England Schoolboys</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 1</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1934–1956</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League_XI" title="The Football League XI">The Football League XI</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 13</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1934–1957</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 54</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (11)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1947–1965</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_football_team" title="United Kingdom national football team">United Kingdom</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Managerial career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1967–1968</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> Sir Stanley Matthews <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a> (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who played as an <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">outside right</a>. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time,<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> he is the only player to have been <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the <a href="/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">European Footballer of the Year</a> and the <a href="/wiki/FWA_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="FWA Footballer of the Year">Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year</a> awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".<a href="#cite_note-The_Wizard_of_Dribble-6">[6]</a> Matthews kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50. He was also the oldest player to play in England's top football division (50 years and 5 days) and the oldest to represent the country (42 years and 104 days). He was an inaugural inductee to the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2002 to honour his contribution to the English game.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Matthews spent 19 years with <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>, playing for the Potters from 1932 to 1947 and again from 1961 to 1965. He helped Stoke to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> title in <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_in_English_football" title="1932–33 in English football">1932–33</a> and <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_in_English_football" title="1962–63 in English football">1962–63</a>. Between his two spells at Stoke, he spent 14 years with <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a>, where, after being on the losing side in the <a href="/wiki/1948_FA_Cup_final" title="1948 FA Cup final">1948</a> and <a href="/wiki/1951_FA_Cup_final" title="1951 FA Cup final">1951</a> <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> finals, he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "<a href="/wiki/Matthews_final" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthews final">Matthews final</a>" of 1953. In 1956, he was named the winner of the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or</a>, a prize given to the best European footballer each year. Between 1934 and 1957, he won 54 <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a> for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, playing in the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950</a> and <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a>, and winning nine <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a> titles. Following an unsuccessful stint as <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>'s general manager between 1965 and 1968, he travelled around the world, coaching enthusiastic amateurs. His experiences included coaching in South Africa, where despite the harsh <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> laws of the time he established an all-black team in 1975 in <a href="/wiki/Soweto" title="Soweto">Soweto</a> known as "Stan's Men". <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_early_life">Family and early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family and early life">edit</a>]</div> Stanley Matthews was born on 1 February 1915 in a terraced house in Seymour Street, <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, Staffordshire. He was the third of four sons born to Jack Matthews,<a href="#cite_note-ODNB-8">[8]</a> a local <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxer</a> known as the "Fighting Barber of Hanley". In the summer of 1921, Jack Matthews took six-year-old Stanley to the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>, home of the local club <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a>, for an open race for boys under the age of 14, with a staggered start according to age. His father placed a bet on his son winning, and he did.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Matthews attended Hanley's Wellington Road School and later described himself as "in many respects a model pupil".<a href="#cite_note-page_7-10">[10]</a> He also said the kickabout games the children played helped to improve his <a href="/wiki/Dribbling" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> and prepared the children for future life by giving them "a focus, a purpose, discipline, and in many respects an escape".<a href="#cite_note-page_8-11">[11]</a> At home he also spent "countless hours" practising dribbling around kitchen chairs he placed in his backyard.<a href="#cite_note-page_8-11">[11]</a> Though he would later become indelibly associated with Stoke City, Matthews grew up supporting that club's <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">local rivals</a> <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_7-10">[10]</a> His father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a boxer, but Stanley decided at the age of 13 that he wanted to be a footballer.<a href="#cite_note-page_7-10">[10]</a> After a rigorous training session that made Matthews vomit, his mother, Elizabeth, stood firm and made Jack realise that his son, who had one more year at school, should follow his passion for football.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> His father conceded that should he be picked for <a href="/wiki/English_Schools%27_Football_Association" title="English Schools' Football Association">England Schoolboys</a> then he could continue his footballing career; around this time his school football master picked Matthews as an <a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)#Outside_forward" title="Forward (association football)">outside-right</a>, rather than as his then-preferred position of <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">centre-half</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Matthews played for England Schoolboys against Wales in 1929, in front of around 20,000 spectators at <a href="/wiki/Dean_Court" title="Dean Court">Dean Court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stoke_City">Stoke City</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stoke City">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wills_card_matthews.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wills_card_matthews.jpg/220px-Wills_card_matthews.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="383" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Wills_card_matthews.jpg/330px-Wills_card_matthews.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Wills_card_matthews.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="714" /></a><figcaption>Matthews on a football card in 1939</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> were all rumoured to be interested in Matthews in the wake of his appearance for <a href="/wiki/English_Schools%27_Football_Association" title="English Schools' Football Association">England Schoolboys</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page24-15">[15]</a> The Stoke City <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mather" title="Tom Mather">Tom Mather</a> persuaded Matthews' father to allow Stanley to join his club's staff as an office boy on his 15th birthday for pay of <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>1-a-week.<a href="#cite_note-page24-15">[15]</a> Matthews played for Stoke's <a href="/wiki/Reserve_team" title="Reserve team">reserve team</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1930%E2%80%9331_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1930–31 Stoke City F.C. season">1930–31</a> season, coming up first against <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a>. After the game, his father gave his usual realist assessment: "I've seen you play better and I've seen you play worse".<a href="#cite_note-page_31-16">[16]</a> Matthews played 22 reserve games in <a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1931–32 Stoke City F.C. season">1931–32</a>, shunning the social scene to focus on improving his game.<a href="#cite_note-page_31-16">[16]</a> In one of these games, against <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>, he attempted to run at the left-back and take him on with a deft swerve as the defender committed himself to a challenge, rather than follow the accepted wisdom of the day which was first to wait for the defender to run at the attacker – his new technique "worked a treat".<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The national press were already predicting a bright future for the teenager, and though he could have then joined any club in the country, he signed as a professional with Stoke on his 17th birthday.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Paid the <a href="/wiki/Maximum_wage" title="Maximum wage">maximum wage</a> of £5-a-week (£3 in the summer break), he was on the same wage as seasoned professionals before he even kicked a ball. Despite this, his father insisted that Matthews save this money and only spend any winning bonus money he earned.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> He made his first-team debut against <a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> at <a href="/wiki/Gigg_Lane" title="Gigg Lane">Gigg Lane</a> on 19 March 1932; the "Potters" won the game 1–0 and Matthews learned how physical and dirty opponents could be – and get away with it.<a href="#cite_note-page_44-20">[20]</a> After spending the <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1932–33 Stoke City F.C. season">1932–33</a> pre-season training intensely by himself (as opposed to playing golf with his teammates), Mather selected Matthews in 15 games, enough to earn him in a winners medal after Stoke were crowned <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> champions, one point ahead of <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_44-20">[20]</a> On 4 March 1933 he scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 win over <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">local rivals</a> Port Vale at <a href="/wiki/The_Old_Recreation_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="The Old Recreation Ground">The Old Recreation Ground</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_44-20">[20]</a> He played 29 <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> games in <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1933–34 Stoke City F.C. season">1933–34</a>, as Stoke secured their top-flight status with a 12th-place finish.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Matthews added a <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Senior_Cup" title="Staffordshire Senior Cup">Staffordshire Senior Cup</a> winners' medal in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-Rochester-22">[22]</a> He continued to progress in the <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1934–35 Stoke City F.C. season">1934–35</a> campaign and was selected by <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a> for an Inter-League game with <a href="/wiki/Irish_League_representative_team" title="Irish League representative team">the Irish League</a> at <a href="/wiki/The_Oval_(Belfast)" title="The Oval (Belfast)">The Oval</a>, which finished 6–1 to the English.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> His England debut followed, and so did a further game for the Football League against the Scottish League.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Stoke finished the season in 10th place. In <a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season">1935–36</a> Matthews continued to improve, adding the double body swerve technique to his increasing arsenal of tricks.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Largely out of the international picture, he put in 45 games for the "Potters" as Stoke finished fourth under <a href="/wiki/Bob_McGrory" title="Bob McGrory">Bob McGrory</a> – the club's best finish. He played 42 games in <a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Stoke_City_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Stoke City F.C. records and statistics">club's record</a> 10–3 win over West Brom at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> At the end of the season, he was paid a loyalty bonus of £650, though the Stoke board initially insisted he was only due £500 as he had spent his first two years at the club as an amateur – this attitude left a sour taste in Matthews' mouth.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Stoke slipped down the league in an extremely tight <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a> season, and, annoyed by rumours circulating the city of resentment in the dressing room against him for his England success, Matthews requested a <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfer</a> in February; his request was denied.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> His request became public knowledge, and, disturbed by the attention and harassment he was receiving from Stoke supporters urging him to stay, Matthews decided to take a few days off from the club to relax in <a href="/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool">Blackpool</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Finding no peace there either, Stoke chairman Albert Booth told Matthews he would not be allowed to leave the club, and 3,000 City supporters organised a meeting to make their feelings known – they too demanded that he stay.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Touched by their strength of feeling and worn out by the attention he was receiving, Matthews agreed to stay.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Despite playing regularly for the national side, Matthews put in 38 games for Stoke in <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Stoke City F.C. season">1938–39</a>, helping them to a seventh-place finish – there would not be another full season of Football League action until 1946. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wartime_career">Wartime career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wartime career">edit</a>]</div> The war cost Matthews his professional career from the age of 24 to the age of 30. He instead joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and was based just outside Blackpool, with <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Powell" title="Ivor Powell">Ivor Powell</a> his <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> He rose to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Corporal#United_Kingdom" title="Corporal">corporal</a>, though he admitted to being one of the most lenient and easy-going NCOs in the forces.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> He played 69 <a href="/wiki/Wartime_League" title="Wartime League">Wartime League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_League_War_Cup" title="Football League War Cup">Cup</a> games for Stoke and also made 87 guest appearances for <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_607-4">[4]</a> In addition to these, he also played a handful of games for Scottish sides <a href="/wiki/Airdrieonians_F.C._(1878)" title="Airdrieonians F.C. (1878)">Airdrieonians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenock_Morton_F.C." title="Greenock Morton F.C.">Morton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a>,<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> where he collected a <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Merchants_Charity_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup">Charity Cup</a> winners' medal,<a href="#cite_note-post-35">[35]</a> and also played for an unofficial <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> XI<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> against <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">FC Dynamo Moscow</a> in extremely thick fog.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> He also played 29 times for <a href="/wiki/Association_football_during_World_War_II#England_2" title="Association football during World War II">England</a>, though no <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a> were awarded as these were unofficial games.<a href="#cite_note-page_607-4">[4]</a> One of the last games of the period was an <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> Sixth Round second-leg tie clash between Stoke and <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>; the match ended in tragedy in what would be known as the <a href="/wiki/Burnden_Park_disaster" title="Burnden Park disaster">Burnden Park disaster</a> – 33 people died and 500 were injured.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Matthews sent £30 to the disaster fund and could not bring himself to train for several days afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Matthews' father died in 1945. From his deathbed, he made his son promise him two things: to look after his mother and to win an <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_final" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup final">FA Cup final</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_resumption_with_Stoke">Post-war resumption with Stoke</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war resumption with Stoke">edit</a>]</div> The regular Football League returned in time for the <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season">1946–47</a> season, during which Matthews played 23 league games and contributed to 30 of the club's 41 league goals.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Stoke matched their record finish of fourth in the league, finishing just two points shy of champions <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> after losing to <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a> on the final day of the season. However, in February, Matthews was returning from a knee injury when manager McGrory told him he was not in the first XI for the game against Arsenal; the press reported this as a bust-up.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Relations between McGrory, the Stoke City board, and Matthews had indeed always been sour – though once again a story that the players sided against Matthews were untrue.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Recalled against <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a>, only after the game did he find out that this was only because he was a last-minute replacement for an injured <a href="/wiki/Bert_Mitchell" title="Bert Mitchell">Bert Mitchell</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Matthews put in a second transfer request, which the Stoke board eventually accepted.<a href="#cite_note-page_248-45">[45]</a> He selected Blackpool as his next club as he still lived in the area following his service in the RAF; the Stoke board sanctioned the move on the condition that the deal was to remain a secret until the end of the season, not to disrupt the club's title bid.<a href="#cite_note-page_248-45">[45]</a> The secret was revealed in a matter of hours, as an unknown person informed the press.<a href="#cite_note-page_248-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blackpool">Blackpool</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Blackpool">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StanMatthewsJersey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/StanMatthewsJersey.jpg/220px-StanMatthewsJersey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/StanMatthewsJersey.jpg/330px-StanMatthewsJersey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/StanMatthewsJersey.jpg/440px-StanMatthewsJersey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Matthews's jersey for <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> final 1953</figcaption></figure> On 10 May 1947, immediately after a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_national_football_team" title="United Kingdom national football team">Great Britain</a> versus <a href="/wiki/Europe_XI" title="Europe XI">Rest of Europe</a> match in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> (Britain won 6–1),<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> he made the move for £11,500, at the age of 32.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> The match raised £30,000 for the four Home Nations Football Associations, and since the eleven British players received £14 each, Matthews questioned where exactly this money ended up – he doubted that much of it ended up as funding for grass-roots football.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> <dl><dd>"You're 32, do you think you can make it for another couple of years?" – Blackpool manager <a href="/wiki/Joe_Smith_(football_forward,_born_1889)" title="Joe Smith (football forward, born 1889)">Joe Smith</a> in 1947.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></dd></dl> Smith told Matthews, "There are no shackles here ... express yourself ... play your own game and whatever you do on the <a href="/wiki/Football_pitch" title="Football pitch">pitch</a>, do it in the knowledge that you have my full support."<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> He assembled a talented frontline in Matthews, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Stan Mortensen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIntosh" title="Jimmy McIntosh">Jimmy McIntosh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Munro_(footballer,_born_1912)" title="Alex Munro (footballer, born 1912)">Alex Munro</a>; with an emphasis on entertaining football.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> The Seasiders finished in ninth place and reached the <a href="/wiki/1948_FA_Cup_final" title="1948 FA Cup final">1948 FA Cup final</a>. On 23 April 1948, the eve of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_final" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup final">final</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> Matthews won the inaugural <a href="/wiki/FWA_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="FWA Footballer of the Year">Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award</a>. Despite taking the lead twice in the match, Blackpool lost out 4–2 to <a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Matt Busby</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> in the final, with Matthews assisting Mortensen for Blackpool's second.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Injury limited him to only 28 appearances in <a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Blackpool F.C. season">1948–49</a>, as Blackpool struggled to a 16th-place finish. He spent the summer touring theatres in a variety act with his brother Ronnie, though he was troubled by an ankle injury he picked up in a charity game.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Blackpool finished seventh in <a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1949–50 Blackpool F.C. season">1949–50</a>, and though they were never title contenders, vast crowds still turned out home and away to witness the entertaining football they displayed.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> At this time he received the <a href="/wiki/Maximum_wage" title="Maximum wage">maximum wage</a> allowed for a professional player – £12 a week.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Blackpool F.C. season">1950–51</a> Blackpool stormed to a third-place finish, and Matthews played 44 games in league and cup. He cited his highlights of the season as a 2–0 win at <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>, a 4–4 draw at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, and a 4–2 defeat at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> They also reached the <a href="/wiki/1951_FA_Cup_final" title="1951 FA Cup final">1951 FA Cup final</a>, where they were favourites to beat opponents Newcastle; However, Matthews ended up with a second runners-up medal thanks to a brace from <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Jackie Milburn</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> After picking up an ankle injury in November, he missed most of the <a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Blackpool F.C. season">1951–52</a> campaign and was forced to spend most of his time instead working at the hotel he and his wife ran.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> It was during this time that he cut red meat from his diet to begin his new near-vegetarian diet.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> At this point new Stoke manager <a href="/wiki/Frank_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1916)" title="Frank Taylor (footballer, born 1916)">Frank Taylor</a> enquired as to whether he might bring Matthews back to the club; all parties agreed to the idea in principle until Joe Smith put his foot down to ensure he stayed, with an inspirational speech he promised Matthews that an FA Cup winners medal was still possible, telling him that "a lot of people think I'm mad, but even though you're 37, I believe your best football is still to come."<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Despite spending some three months of the season out with a muscle injury,<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> the <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Blackpool F.C. season">1952–53</a> campaign proved Smith's words to be accurate, as a 38-year-old Matthews won an FA Cup winners medal in a match which was, despite Mortensen's <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick" title="Hat-trick">hat-trick</a>, subsequently dubbed the "<a href="/wiki/1953_FA_Cup_final" title="1953 FA Cup final">Matthews final</a>".<a href="#cite_note-pages_417-40-62">[62]</a> Bolton were leading 3–1 with 35 minutes to go, but Matthews had "the game of his life" in "the greatest ever FA Cup final" and spurred his team on to a last gasp 4–3 victory.<a href="#cite_note-pages_417-40-62">[62]</a> He always credited the team and especially Mortensen for the victory and never accepted the nickname of the "Matthews final".<a href="#cite_note-pages_417-40-62">[62]</a> He helped the Tangerines to record a sixth-place finish in <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Blackpool F.C. season">1953–54</a>, though hopes of retaining their FA Cup title were ended with a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> in the Fifth Round.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Matthews missed just eight league games in <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Blackpool F.C. season">1954–55</a>, though journalists were keen to write him off with every occasional off-performance and missed game – "it was all balderdash", he replied.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Despite his age, and more pertinently the media's constant references to his age, Arsenal manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Whittaker_(footballer)" title="Tom Whittaker (footballer)">Tom Whittaker</a> tried, unsuccessfully, to lure Matthews to <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">Highbury</a> with a lucrative, if somewhat illegal approach.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> As Smith began to establish a new side with talents such as <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Jackie Mudie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Jimmy Armfield</a>, Blackpool posted a second-place finish in <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1955–56 Blackpool F.C. season">1955–56</a>. However, they ended up some 11 points behind champions Manchester United. Matthews believed that the performance he gave in a 3–1 win over Arsenal on the season's opening day was the finest he ever gave.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> At the end of the campaign, Matthews was named the winner of the <a href="/wiki/1956_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1956 Ballon d'Or">inaugural European Footballer of the Year award</a>, having narrowly defeated <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano" title="Alfredo Di Stéfano">Alfredo Di Stéfano</a> 47 to 44 in the poll. Remaining a key first-team member in <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1956–57 Blackpool F.C. season">1956–57</a>, injury restricted him to 25 league appearances, though Blackpool claimed a creditable fourth-place finish.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Matthews scored his 18th and final goal for Blackpool in a 4–1 league victory over <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Road" title="Bloomfield Road">Bloomfield Road</a> on 3 September 1956.<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> Blackpool finished seventh in <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1957–58 Blackpool F.C. season">1957–58</a>, after which Joe Smith left the club. In 1957, at the age of 42, Matthews travelled to <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> to play some <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibition games</a> for Ghanaian club <a href="/wiki/Accra_Hearts_of_Oak_S.C." title="Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.">Hearts of Oak</a>. On 26 May 1957, Matthews made his 'debut' for Hearts of Oak at <a href="/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium" title="Accra Sports Stadium">Accra Sports Stadium</a> against <a href="/wiki/Asante_Kotoko_S.C." title="Asante Kotoko S.C.">Asante Kotoko</a> in front of 20,000 spectators. Similar attendances were recorded for Matthews' next two games against <a href="/wiki/Sekondi_Hasaacas_F.C." title="Sekondi Hasaacas F.C.">Sekondi Hasaacas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornerstones_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Cornerstones F.C.">Kumasi Cornerstone</a>. As a result of Matthews' visit to the country, he was installed as a "soccerhene" (soccer chief). Matthews' visit to Ghana also convinced Ghana's first prime minister <a href="/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah" title="Kwame Nkrumah">Kwame Nkrumah</a> that sport could help the development of Ghanaian football, as well as push the ideals of <a href="/wiki/Pan-Africanism" title="Pan-Africanism">Pan-Africanism</a>. Ghana won their first <a href="/wiki/Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Africa Cup of Nations">Africa Cup of Nations</a> six years later in <a href="/wiki/1963_African_Cup_of_Nations" title="1963 African Cup of Nations">1963</a> under the management of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gyamfi" title="Charles Gyamfi">Charles Gyamfi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Back in England, Smith's replacement was <a href="/wiki/Ron_Suart" title="Ron Suart">Ron Suart</a>, who wanted Matthews to stay out wide and did not value his contribution as Smith did.<a href="#cite_note-page_486-69">[69]</a> Suart limited Matthews to 19 league appearances in <a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Blackpool F.C. season">1958–59</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_486-69">[69]</a> Matthews was then used just 15 times in <a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Blackpool F.C. season">1959–60</a>, as Suart signed <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kaye" title="Arthur Kaye">Arthur Kaye</a> to take his place. Local lad <a href="/wiki/Steve_Hill_(footballer)" title="Steve Hill (footballer)">Steve Hill</a> also vied for the outside-right position.<a href="#cite_note-page_486-69">[69]</a> He enjoyed more games in <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Blackpool F.C. season">1960–61</a>, playing 27 league games as the club narrowly avoided <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegation</a> by the odd point. In 1961, during the English off-season, he played abroad in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canada_Professional_Soccer_League" title="Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League">Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League</a> with <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City" title="Toronto City">Toronto City</a>, appearing in 14 matches.<a href="#cite_note-:0-70">[70]</a> He returned for the 1965 season, playing in another five matches for Toronto City.<a href="#cite_note-:0-70">[70]</a> He started the <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Blackpool F.C. season">1961–62</a> season behind Hill in the pecking order, only getting his place back in time for a 4–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> after Hill picked up an injury.<a href="#cite_note-page_505-71">[71]</a> He made his 440th and final appearance in a Blackpool shirt in a 3–0 defeat at Arsenal on 7 October 1961.<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> It was a fitting final bow as he always enjoyed playing against Arsenal. He had "so many wonderful memories" at Highbury.<a href="#cite_note-page_505-71">[71]</a> With former teammate and close friend Jackie Mudie at Stoke City, and with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Waddington" title="Tony Waddington">Tony Waddington</a> keen to welcome Matthews back to the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>, his return to his home-town club was sealed.<a href="#cite_note-page_506–08-72">[72]</a> However, Matthews was not impressed when the Blackpool board demanded a £3,500 transfer fee, with one director being so bold as to tell him "You forget. As a player, we made you."<a href="#cite_note-page_506–08-72">[72]</a> Having kept secret from Stoke a niggling knee injury Matthews had been carrying, Blackpool got their £3,500 for the player.<a href="#cite_note-page_506–08-72">[72]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Stoke">Return to Stoke</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Return to Stoke">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanley_Matthews_1962_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg/220px-Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg/330px-Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg/440px-Stanley_Matthews_1962_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1206" data-file-height="1550" /></a><figcaption>Matthews in 1962</figcaption></figure> At Stoke, Matthews played <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> football for the first time in 28 years. Despite Stoke being strapped for cash, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Waddington" title="Tony Waddington">Tony Waddington</a> gave him a two-year <a href="/wiki/Association_football_contracts" title="Association football contracts">contract</a> at £50-a-week – this was double the wages he received at Blackpool.<a href="#cite_note-page_506–08-72">[72]</a> The signing was broadcast live on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sportsview&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sportsview (page does not exist)">Sportsview</a>, as Waddington whispered in his ear "Welcome home, Stan. For years this club has been going nowhere. Now we're on our way".<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Waddington delayed his return debut until 24 October 1961, when Stoke played <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Ground" title="Victoria Ground">Victoria Ground</a>, the attendance was 35,974 – more than treble the previous home game – and Matthews set up one of City's goals in a 3–0 win.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> He went on to score three goals in 21 games in the rest of the <a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season">1961–62</a> campaign. Waddington signed hardman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Clamp" title="Eddie Clamp">Eddie Clamp</a> to protect Matthews in the <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1962–63 Stoke City F.C. season">1962–63</a> season, and the two would also become close friends off the pitch.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Along with veteran teammates <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Jackie Mudie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_O%27Neill_(footballer,_born_1931)" title="Jimmy O'Neill (footballer, born 1931)">Jimmy O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Stuart" title="Eddie Stuart">Eddie Stuart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Ratcliffe" title="Don Ratcliffe">Don Ratcliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Viollet" title="Dennis Viollet">Dennis Viollet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">Jimmy McIlroy</a>, Stoke had the oldest team in <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> Matthews scored his only goal of the season in the final home game of the campaign, as <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town</a> were beaten 2–0, the result ensured Stoke gained <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to the top flight.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Stoke went up as Second Division champions. Matthews was voted FWA Footballer of the Year for the second time in his career, 15 years after he was made the award's inaugural winner. When he was 48, he picked up this award, and he became the oldest award winner by a wide margin, which remains so more than half a century later. After picking up an injury, he missed January onwards of the <a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season">1963–64</a> campaign and thereby missed the <a href="/wiki/1964_Football_League_Cup_final" title="1964 Football League Cup final">1964 Football League Cup final</a> defeat to <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a>, playing in just nine of Stoke's 42 First Division matches that season. Discovering that niggling injuries, which would have cost him one day out of action, now required more than two weeks' worth of rest to recover from, Matthews decided to retire after one more season, taking his playing career into his 50th year.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> He spent the <a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season">1964–65</a> season playing for the reserve side. On 1 January 1965, he became the only footballer to ever be <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> (for services to football) whilst still an active professional player. However, he never thought himself worthy of such an honour.<a href="#cite_note-page_537-80">[80]</a> His only first-team appearance of the season was also the last Football League game of his career; it came on 6 February 1965, just after his 50th birthday, and was necessitated by injuries to both <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dobing" title="Peter Dobing">Peter Dobing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Bridgwood" title="Gerry Bridgwood">Gerry Bridgwood</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_537-80">[80]</a> The opponents that day were <a href="/wiki/Fulham_F.C." title="Fulham F.C.">Fulham</a>, and Stoke won the game 3–1.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Though he felt he had retired too early and could have carried on playing for another two years, this brought an end to his 35-year professional career.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Stoke City arranged a <a href="/wiki/Testimonial_match" title="Testimonial match">testimonial match</a> in honour of Matthews; it was much needed as he had spent most of his career constricted to the tight <a href="/wiki/Maximum_wage" title="Maximum wage">maximum wage</a> that had been enforced upon the English game and only abolished a few years before his retirement.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> The game was played at the Victoria Ground on 28 April 1965. By that time, Matthews had decided to retire as a player,<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> and the pre-match entertainment consisted of another match of two veteran teams featuring many legends of the game. <a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(footballer,_born_1919)" title="Harry Johnston (footballer, born 1919)">Harry Johnston</a> led out a team consisting of <a href="/wiki/Bert_Trautmann" title="Bert Trautmann">Bert Trautmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Ward_(footballer)" title="Tim Ward (footballer)">Tim Ward</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Hardwick" title="George Hardwick">George Hardwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hill" title="Jimmy Hill">Jimmy Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Franklin" title="Neil Franklin">Neil Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Don Revie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Stan Mortensen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Nat Lofthouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Hagan" title="Jimmy Hagan">Jimmy Hagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Finney" title="Tom Finney">Tom Finney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bowyer" title="Frank Bowyer">Frank Bowyer</a> (reserve). <a href="/wiki/Walley_Barnes" title="Walley Barnes">Walley Barnes</a> led out an opposing team consisting of Jimmy O'Neill, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Scoular" title="Jimmy Scoular">Jimmy Scoular</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower" title="Danny Blanchflower">Danny Blanchflower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Dickinson" title="Jimmy Dickinson">Jimmy Dickinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Kelly" title="Hughie Kelly">Hughie Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_McGarry" title="Bill McGarry">Bill McGarry</a>, Jackie Mudie, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Jackie Milburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jock_Dodds" title="Jock Dodds">Jock Dodds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Barnes_(English_footballer)" title="Ken Barnes (English footballer)">Ken Barnes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rowley" title="Arthur Rowley">Arthur Rowley</a> (reserve).<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> In the main game itself, two teams of legends were formed, a Stan's XI (consisting of Football League players) and an International XI (including <a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Pusk%C3%A1s" title="Ferenc Puskás">Ferenc Puskás</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Di_Stefano" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfredo Di Stefano">Alfredo Di Stefano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josef_Masopust" title="Josef Masopust">Josef Masopust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lev_Yashin" title="Lev Yashin">Lev Yashin</a>). The International side won 6–4, and Matthews was carried shoulder-high from the field at full time by Puskás and Yashin.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England_international_career">England international career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: England international career">edit</a>]</div> After playing for <a href="/wiki/English_Schools%27_Football_Association" title="English Schools' Football Association">England Schoolboys</a>, playing in a trial at <a href="/wiki/Roker_Park" title="Roker Park">Roker Park</a> in front of the England selectors, and representing <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">The Football League</a>, Matthews was given his <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> debut at <a href="/wiki/Ninian_Park" title="Ninian Park">Ninian Park</a> in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Matthews scored the third goal as England beat <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">the Welsh</a> 4–0.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> His second game would be the infamous <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Highbury" title="Battle of Highbury">Battle of Highbury</a>, where he set up <a href="/wiki/Eric_Brook" title="Eric Brook">Eric Brook</a> for the first goal of a 3–2 win over world champions <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The Italians turned the match into a "bloodbath", and it ended up as the most violent match that Matthews would ever be involved in.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> His third cap came in a 3–0 over <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a> at <a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a> on 4 December 1935, after <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Birkett" title="Ralph Birkett">Ralph Birkett</a> was unable to play due to injury; Matthews was outplayed by his opposite number <a href="/wiki/Reinhold_M%C3%BCnzenberg" title="Reinhold Münzenberg">Reinhold Münzenberg</a> in both attack and defence.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Matthews was jeered by England supporters and condemned by the press.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> He would have to wait until 17 April 1937 for another chance in an England shirt, when he was selected to play in front of 149,000 spectators against the <a href="/wiki/England%E2%80%93Scotland_football_rivalry" title="England–Scotland football rivalry">auld enemy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hampden_Park" title="Hampden Park">Hampden Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> He was physically sick before the match, as he would be before any big game.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The "Hampden Roar" a big factor; the Scots won 3–1 despite a good English performance.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> After another game against Wales, Matthews scored a hat-trick in a 5–4 win against <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In 1938 he played eight games for England, starting with defeat to a Scotland team containing a young <a href="/wiki/Bill_Shankly" title="Bill Shankly">Bill Shankly</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> He then travelled to Berlin for another encounter with Münzenberg, where pre-match he witnessed first hand the foreboding devotion the people showed the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BChrer" title="Führer">Führer</a> when his motorcade drove past a café the England team were dining in.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> The game became infamous as <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The FA</a>, themselves under instruction from the British government, informed the England team that they had to perform the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_salute" title="Nazi salute">Nazi salute</a> as part of the strategy of <a href="/wiki/Appeasement" title="Appeasement">appeasement</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> England won 6–3 with Matthews himself getting on the scoreboard having got the better of Münzenberg this time.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> The next game was a shock 2–1 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a>,<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> which in turn was followed by a 4–2 win over <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a> in Paris.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Following the conclusion of this summer tour of the continent, Matthews scored in a 4–2 defeat to Wales in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, and then played in England's 3–0 win over a <a href="/wiki/Europe_XI" title="Europe XI">Europe XI</a> at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">Highbury</a>, their 4–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Norway_national_football_team" title="Norway national football team">Norway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a>, and their 7–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> On 15 April 1939, he returned to a muddy Hampden Park with England to claim a 2–1 victory in front of 142,000 rain-soaked supporters; he set up <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lawton" title="Tommy Lawton">Tommy Lawton</a> for the winner with seconds to spare.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> That summer was the last time England would tour Europe before <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Hitler</a>'s Nazis were defeated. The first game was against Italy, who gave the English a warm reception despite <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>'s breast-beating and the bad blood of five years previous.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Again the World Champions, the Italians managed to salvage a 2–2 draw at the <a href="/wiki/San_Siro" title="San Siro">San Siro</a> after scoring with a clear handball; this time Matthews left the field with a chipped hip bone for his efforts.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> The next game was a 2–1 loss to <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_national_football_team" title="Yugoslavia national football team">Yugoslavia</a>, with Matthews and <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hapgood" title="Eddie Hapgood">Eddie Hapgood</a> passengers in the game after picking up early injuries; this injury forced him to sit out the following encounter with <a href="/wiki/Romania_national_football_team" title="Romania national football team">Romania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">war</a>, his return for England came against Scotland on 12 April 1947 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>, in a match which finished as a 1–1 draw.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> In the summer he took part in England's tour of Switzerland and <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a>. Following a surprise defeat to the Swiss, England cantered to a 10–0 win over the Portuguese, with Matthews scoring the 10th.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In September, he put in one of his finest performances in an England shirt as he set up all of England's five goals in a 5–2 victory over <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Matthews_2000_295-111">[111]</a> In April 1948, he once again travelled with England to Hampden Park, helping his country to a 2–0 victory. However, after the match, he was the subject of an FA inquiry after he claimed tea and scones on his expenses (at the cost of sixpence).<a href="#cite_note-Matthews_2000_295-111">[111]</a> Regardless of this treatment by the FA, the next month he helped England record a 4–0 victory over Italy in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> Folklore said that he beat <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Eliani" title="Alberto Eliani">Alberto Eliani</a> only to have the audacity to then pull a comb from his <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">shorts</a> pocket and comb his hair; the reality was that he used his hand to wipe his sweating brow in the beating Italian sun.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> However, the legend would follow him around the world in later life, and spectators in the crowd were convinced that they had witnessed it.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> Later in the year, he played in a goalless draw with <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a>, a 6–2 win over <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a>, a 1–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>, and a 6–0 triumph over Switzerland.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> Manager <a href="/wiki/Walter_Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Walter Winterbottom</a> began to look for a more defensive winger, and so used Matthews just once in 1949 – a 3–1 defeat to Scotland in the <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Only after impressing in an FA tour of Canada was he named as a last-minute inclusion in the England squad for the <a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950 FIFA World Cup</a> in Brazil.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> He did not play in the win over <a href="/wiki/Chile_national_football_team" title="Chile national football team">Chile</a> or in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_v_England_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)">infamous defeat</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="United States men's national soccer team">United States</a>, but played just once, in the 1–0 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain men's national football team">Spain</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Maracan%C3%A3_Stadium" title="Maracanã Stadium">Maracanã Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> The preparation was not ideal as the FA did not take the competition seriously, and the hotel had "unpalatable" food and no training facilities.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> After playing only in two further games, a 4–4 draw with a Europe XI and a 3–1 win over Northern Ireland, he found himself back on the international scene following his heroics in the <a href="/wiki/1953_FA_Cup_final" title="1953 FA Cup final">1953 FA Cup final</a>.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> He was selected to play <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Golden_Team" title="Golden Team">Golden Team</a> on 25 November 1953, in a 6–3 defeat that became known as the "<a href="/wiki/Match_of_the_Century_(1953_England_v_Hungary_football_match)" title="Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match)">Match of the Century</a>".<a href="#cite_note-page_443-47-121">[121]</a> He blamed the FA and the selectors for the heavy loss, though he had great admiration for the Hungarians, particularly <a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Pusk%C3%A1s" title="Ferenc Puskás">Ferenc Puskás</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_443-47-121">[121]</a> He did not play in England's <a href="/wiki/Hungary_7%E2%80%931_England_(1954_association_football_friendly)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungary 7–1 England (1954 association football friendly)">7–1 defeat</a> to Hungary in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> in May 1954. However, he was in the squad for the <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954 FIFA World Cup</a> in Switzerland. Matthews helped England to a 4–4 draw with <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a>,<a href="#cite_note-page_450-53-122">[122]</a> though was left out of a win over Switzerland before he returned to the first XI as England crashed out of the competition with a 4–2 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a> at the <a href="/wiki/St._Jakob_Stadium" title="St. Jakob Stadium">St. Jakob Stadium</a> after mistakes from goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Gil_Merrick" title="Gil Merrick">Gil Merrick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_450-53-122">[122]</a> His third match of the year was a 2–0 win over Northern Ireland at <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park" title="Windsor Park">Windsor Park</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_British_Home_Championship" title="1954–55 British Home Championship">1954–55 British Home Championship</a>, though on the pitch he did not gel well with <a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Don Revie</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Matthews then put in a superb performance in a 2–0 win over the Welsh before he helped England to record a 3–1 victory over World Champions West Germany, though only three of the Germans used at Wembley had been in the first XI in the <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1954 FIFA World Cup final">World Cup final</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> England beat Scotland 7–2 in April 1955, and this time, Matthews linked up much better with Revie and 40-year-old Matthews was largely credited for the outstanding margin of victory.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> In this game, <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Edwards" title="Duncan Edwards">Duncan Edwards</a> was making his England debut; when Matthews made his, Edwards had not even been born. Matthews went on England's unsuccessful tour of the continent in 1955, as the selectors erratic choices helped to ensure a 1–0 defeat to France, a 1–1 draw with <a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain men's national football team">Spain</a>, and a 3–1 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> Left out against Denmark, he was back in the team in October for a 1–1 draw with Wales.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Having been awarded the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or</a> in <a href="/wiki/1956_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1956 Ballon d'Or">1956</a>,<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> that May he was recalled to the England front line for an encounter against <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> in a crowded Wembley in what was the first <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">friendly</a> match played by both teams.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> England won the match 4–2, though the Brazilians would later become world champions in <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_final" title="1958 FIFA World Cup final">1958</a>.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> He then refused to take part in that summer's European tour, having already committed himself to his second summer of coaching in South Africa.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> In his next international game, against Northern Ireland on 6 October 1956, aged 41 years and 248 days, he became the oldest England player ever to score an international goal.<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> He played three of England's four <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA_%E2%80%93_Group_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 1)">qualification</a> games for the <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958 FIFA World Cup</a>: a 5–1 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a>, and the 5–2 and 4–1 wins over Denmark. On 15 May 1957, Matthews became the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team_records_and_statistics" title="England national football team records and statistics">oldest player ever to represent England</a>, when at 42 years and 104 days old he turned out for the victory over the Danes in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gillatt-46">[46]</a> Despite calls by the press for him to be included in the 1958 World Cup squad, this time the selectors did not bow to the pressure.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Yet after 23 years, nobody would ever enjoy a longer career with the England team. He was the subject of <a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)" title="This Is Your Life (British TV series)">This Is Your Life</a> in 1956 when he was surprised by <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews" title="Eamonn Andrews">Eamonn Andrews</a> at the BBC Television Theatre.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] He was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing "the policy of apartheid" in international sport and defending "the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownHogsbjerg202016-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style_of_play">Style of play</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Style of play">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Franz Beckenbauer</a> said that the speed and skill Matthews possessed meant that "almost no one in the game could stop him".<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">John Charles</a> noted that "he was the best <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crosser</a> I've ever seen – and he had to contend with the old heavy ball".<a href="#cite_note-page_601-135">[135]</a> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Giles" title="Johnny Giles">Johnny Giles</a> said that "he had everything – good close control, great <a href="/wiki/Dribbling" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> ability. He was lightning quick. He was also an intelligent player, who knew how to <a href="/wiki/Passing_(association_football)" title="Passing (association football)">pass</a> the ball".<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Despite his great talents, he rarely tackled opponents and was not adept at <a href="/wiki/Header_(association_football)" title="Header (association football)">heading</a> the ball or using his left foot.<a href="#cite_note-101_greats-137">[137]</a> An outside right, before <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a> he had scored 43 goals in four seasons, and full-backs began to mark him more tightly; because of this, he decided to drop deeper to collect the ball and aim to play pinpoint crosses as opposed to going for glory himself.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Though he would never again score more than six goals in a season, this made him a more effective team player and a greater threat to the opposition. His daughter Jean Gough told how Matthews would wear lead in his shoes walking to the ground so that "when he put his football boots on, they felt like ballerina shoes."<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a> Having trained to a level of fitness few other players would reach, by the mid-1950s he was able to cut back on his intense training as his level of fitness was by then ingrained in his body.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> He never <a href="/wiki/Smoking" title="Smoking">smoked</a>; instead, he was very conscious of every item of food and drink he consumed, and he maintained a rigid daily training regime from childhood up until his old age.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> In an interview with the FA he said, "I had some very good advice and started to eat more salads and fruit, and every Monday I had no food. Just one day, on a Monday, but I felt better."<a href="#cite_note-The_Wizard_of_Dribble-6">[6]</a> The only time he knowingly consumed <a href="/wiki/Alcohol_(drug)" title="Alcohol (drug)">alcohol</a> was when drinking champagne out of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/1953_FA_Cup_final" title="1953 FA Cup final">1953</a>.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> In addition to his attention to detail in diet and fitness, he also afforded scrutiny to his kit. <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Blackpool F.C. season">1950–51</a> he struck a boot sponsorship deal with the <a href="/wiki/The_Co-operative_Group" title="The Co-operative Group">Co-op</a>, though he instead began wearing a more lightweight pair of boots he had discovered on show at the World Cup – at the time they were not available to buy in England.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> He would wear the customised boots until his retirement, though they were so delicate that he got through countless pairs every season.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> An avid student of the game, in the <a href="/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1950 FIFA World Cup">1950 FIFA World Cup</a> Matthews stayed on to watch teams such as <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a> compete in the tournament after England's elimination – the English FA, manager and media all returned home to, as Matthews said, "bury their heads in the sand."<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> Matthews regularly condemned the "blazer brigade" at the FA in his autobiography, slating them as "conservative" and stressing that many of them were <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Old Etonians</a>; in his view they treated players and supporters poorly, demonstrated arrogance by ignoring competitions they did not control (the World Cup and European domestic competitions), and viewed innovations with excessive suspicion (for example the FA sanctioned only the use of <a href="/wiki/Floodlight" title="Floodlight">floodlights</a> in 1952 despite artificial lighting having been experimented with as far back as 1878, and for years insisted on using outdated kit such as heavy "reinforced" boots).<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Writing about the fact that the FA allocated only 12,000 of the 100,000 available tickets for the 1953 FA Cup final to Blackpool supporters, Matthews wrote: "I couldn't make my mind up whether they were dunderheads or simply didn't care about the genuine supporters who were the lifeblood of the game".<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> He was never booked or <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">sent off</a> throughout his entire career,<a href="#cite_note-page_596-148">[148]</a> and teammate <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Jimmy Armfield</a> noted that Matthews would never retaliate to the many extremely physical challenges opponents would often make to try and take him out of the game.<a href="#cite_note-page_599-149">[149]</a> Indeed, he ran the full gauntlet of emotions that all footballers run, but always retained a level head on the pitch, never losing his temper or allowing his emotions to affect his game.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_and_management_career">Coaching and management career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coaching and management career">edit</a>]</div> Matthews was appointed general manager at Stoke's <a href="/wiki/Potteries_derby" title="Potteries derby">rivals</a> <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> in July 1965, alongside good friend <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Jackie Mudie</a>; Matthews was unpaid, though was given expenses.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> The pair had a plan of bringing through talented schoolboys and selling one or two off every so often to improve the club's bleak financial picture whilst at the same time advancing through the leagues; in his autobiography he said that what <a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a> later achieved at <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a> is what he had in mind for the Vale.<a href="#cite_note-page_551–53-152">[152]</a> Matthews concentrated his search in <a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Centre_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre of Scotland">Central Scotland</a>, where he discovered talented striker <a href="/wiki/Mick_Cullerton" title="Mick Cullerton">Mick Cullerton</a>, though overlooked a teenage <a href="/wiki/Ray_Kennedy" title="Ray Kennedy">Ray Kennedy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_551–53-152">[152]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg/290px-Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg/435px-Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg/580px-Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Port_Vale_Manager.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1781" /></a><figcaption>Matthews as Port Vale manager with youth players</figcaption></figure> Following Mudie's resignation in May 1967, Handed complete managerial control, Matthews could not guide the club to success. Instead, Port Vale were fined £4,000 in February/March 1968 and expelled from the Football League for financial irregularities.<a href="#cite_note-Kent-153">[153]</a> He was forced to use his name to plead with the other Football League clubs to re-elect the Vale, which they duly did.<a href="#cite_note-page_555-154">[154]</a> He stood down as manager in May 1968 and, despite being owed £9,000 in salary and expenses, agreed to stay at <a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a> to continue his work with the <a href="/wiki/Youth_system" title="Youth system">youth team</a>. A "final settlement" was reached in December 1970, and Matthews was given £3,300, with the other £7,000 he was owed to be written off.<a href="#cite_note-Kent-153">[153]</a> Player <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sproson" title="Roy Sproson">Roy Sproson</a> later said that "he [Matthews] trusted people who should never have been trusted and people took advantage of him. I am convinced a lot of people sponged off him and, all the while, the club were sliding."<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> The experience "left a sour taste" in his mouth, and was enough to convince him never to try his hand as management in English football again.<a href="#cite_note-page_555-154">[154]</a> Matthews gave up his summers every year between 1953 and 1978 to coach poor children in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> In South Africa in 1975, he ignored <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> to form a team of black schoolboys in <a href="/wiki/Soweto" title="Soweto">Soweto</a> called "Stan's Men".<a href="#cite_note-whiteface-157">[157]</a> The members of his team told him that it was their dream to play in Brazil, so Matthews organised a trip there; they were the first black team ever to tour outside of South Africa.<a href="#cite_note-page_566–68-158">[158]</a> He did not have the money to fund the trip himself, though used his connections (for the only time other than when he used them to save Port Vale in 1968) to arrange sponsorship from <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Johannesburg_Sunday_Times&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johannesburg Sunday Times (page does not exist)">Johannesburg Sunday Times</a> newspaper.<a href="#cite_note-page_566–68-158">[158]</a> The South African authorities did not want to cause an international incident, so did not prevent Stan's Men from getting on the plane to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, where they would meet legendary player <a href="/wiki/Zico_(footballer)" title="Zico (footballer)">Zico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-page_566–68-158">[158]</a> On the way back from the trip, the Stan's Men captain Gilbert Moiloa called Matthews "black man with the white face".<a href="#cite_note-page_566–68-158">[158]</a> In a 2017 documentary film on his life, <a href="/wiki/Matthews_(film)" title="Matthews (film)">Matthews</a>, the film crew traveled to Soweto to interview Stan's Men about their memories with Matthews.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> He played his final game of football for an England Veterans XI against a Brazil Veterans XI in Brazil in 1985 at the age of 70; the English lost 6–1 to the likes of <a href="/wiki/Amarildo_Tavares_da_Silveira" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarildo Tavares da Silveira">Amarildo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tost%C3%A3o" title="Tostão">Tostão</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jairzinho" title="Jairzinho">Jairzinho</a>.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> He damaged his <a href="/wiki/Cartilage" title="Cartilage">cartilage</a> during the match: "a promising career cut tragically short", he wrote in his autobiography.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement_and_death">Retirement and death</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Retirement and death">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg/220px-Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="388" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg/330px-Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg/440px-Stanley_Matthews_statue1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1314" data-file-height="2320" /></a><figcaption>The statue of Matthews at <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a> town centre</figcaption></figure> Having toured the world coaching in Australia, the United States, Canada and especially in Africa, Matthews returned to <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> with wife Mila in 1989.<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> The couple moved to The Views in <a href="/wiki/Penkhull" title="Penkhull">Penkhull</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a> which was the birthplace of Sir <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Lodge" title="Oliver Lodge">Oliver Lodge</a>.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> He later served as president of <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> and honorary vice-president of <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> Matthews remained physically fit into his seventies and eighties. He undertook early-morning runs, had never smoked and was a vegetarian for years, fasting for one day a week. He suffered a heart attack in May 1997.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> He died in North Staffordshire Nuffield Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a> on 23 February 2000, aged 85,<a href="#cite_note-ODNB-8">[8]</a> after suffering a fall at his holiday home in <a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a>.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> Mila had died the previous year.<a href="#cite_note-post-35">[35]</a> His death was announced on the radio just before starting an <a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93England_football_rivalry" title="Argentina–England football rivalry">England v Argentina</a> friendly match. He was <a href="/wiki/Cremation" title="Cremation">cremated</a> following a funeral service in Stoke on 3 March 2000. His funeral was attended by many of his fellow footballers, such as <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Bobby Charlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">Jack Charlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Gordon Banks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Nat Lofthouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Finney" title="Tom Finney">Tom Finney</a>. His ashes were buried beneath the centre circle of Stoke City's <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannia Stadium">Britannia Stadium</a>, which he had officially opened in August 1997.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> After his death, more than 100,000 people lined the streets of Stoke-on-Trent to pay tribute.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> After his death, dozens of footballing legends paid tribute to him, and his autobiography's epilogue contains several quotations. <a href="/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a> said he was "the man who taught us the way football should be played",<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a> added that "he was a true gentleman and we shall never see his like again".<a href="#cite_note-page_601-135">[135]</a> Former England goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Gordon Banks</a> said: "I don't think anyone since had a name so synonymous with football in England",<a href="#cite_note-page_599-149">[149]</a> whilst World Cup winning German defender <a href="/wiki/Berti_Vogts" title="Berti Vogts">Berti Vogts</a> commented that "It is not just in England where his name is famous. All over the world he is regarded as a true football genius".<a href="#cite_note-Matthews_2000_606-169">[169]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> Stanley Matthews was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Ontario Sports Hall of Fame">Ontario Sports Hall of Fame</a> in 1995.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> Matthews was made an inaugural inductee of the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2002 in recognition of his talents. The <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Football_History_%26_Statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="International Federation of Football History & Statistics">International Federation of Football History & Statistics</a> voted him the 11th greatest footballer of the 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> Matthews was placed 17th in <a href="/wiki/World_Soccer_(magazine)" title="World Soccer (magazine)">World Soccer</a> magazine's "100 Greatest Players of the 20th Century" list, published in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C.#Hall_of_Fame" title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool F.C. Hall of Fame</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bloomfield_Road" title="Bloomfield Road">Bloomfield Road</a> when it was officially opened by <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Jimmy Armfield</a> in April 2006.<a href="#cite_note-legends-30-173">[173]</a> Organised by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Matthews is in the 1950s.<a href="#cite_note-bsa50-174">[174]</a> The West Stand at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road is named in his honour. He was also inducted into the Stoke-on-Trent Hall of Fame when it was opened in January 2011.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> There is a statue of Matthews outside Stoke City's Britannia Stadium and another in the centre of <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a>. The dedication on the former reads: "His name is symbolic of the beauty of the game, his fame timeless and international, his sportsmanship and modesty universally acclaimed. A magical player, of the people, for the people." The Stanley Matthews Collection is held by the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Museum" title="National Football Museum">National Football Museum</a>. In February 2010, the boots worn by Matthews in the <a href="/wiki/1953_FA_Cup_final" title="1953 FA Cup final">1953 FA Cup final</a> were auctioned at <a href="/wiki/Bonhams" title="Bonhams">Bonhams</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> for £38,400 to an undisclosed buyer.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> Sierra Leonean football club <a href="/wiki/Mighty_Blackpool_F.C." title="Mighty Blackpool F.C.">Mighty Blackpool F.C.</a>, based in the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Freetown" title="Freetown">Freetown</a>, changed their name from Socro United in 1954 because of their admiration for Matthews.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ormiston_Sir_Stanley_Matthews_Academy" title="Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy">Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy</a> is a secondary school in <a href="/wiki/Blurton" title="Blurton">Blurton</a>, Stoke-on-Trent, named after him. In 2017 a documentary film was made about Matthews' life entitled <a href="/wiki/Matthews_(film)" title="Matthews (film)">Matthews</a> with son <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews_(tennis)" title="Stanley Matthews (tennis)">Stanley Jr.</a> as Executive Producer.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> In November 1985 a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3" title="British Rail Mark 3">British Rail Mark 3</a> carriage was named Sir Stanley Matthews by <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a>.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> On 19 August 1935<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eaglesham" title="Eaglesham">Eaglesham</a>, Scotland, Matthews married Betty Vallance, daughter of Stoke City trainer Jimmy, whom he first met on his 15th birthday in 1930 on his first day as office boy at the Victoria Ground.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> The couple had two children together: Jean (born 1 January 1939) and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews_(tennis)" title="Stanley Matthews (tennis)">Stanley Jr</a> (born 20 November 1945). Stanley Jr went on to become a tennis player under the tutelage of <a href="/wiki/John_Barrett_(tennis)" title="John Barrett (tennis)">John Barrett</a>.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> He became <a href="/wiki/List_of_Wimbledon_Open_Era_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Wimbledon Open Era champions">Wimbledon</a> Boys' Champion in 1962<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> making him the last English player to do so until <a href="/wiki/Henry_Searle_(tennis)" title="Henry Searle (tennis)">Henry Searle</a> in 2023.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> He never translated his success into the senior game, though, and instead moved to the United States to run the Four Seasons Racquet Club in <a href="/wiki/Wilton,_Connecticut" title="Wilton, Connecticut">Wilton, Connecticut</a>.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> Jean married Robert Gough, whom she had met at their tennis club. In 1965, Matthews became a grandfather after Jean gave birth to a son, Matthew Gough. She would have two other children — daughters Samantha and Amanda.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a> Gough made Matthews a great-grandfather in 1999 when he and his wife had a son, Cameron. Matthews had six other great-grandchildren.<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> In 1967, while on a tour of <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> with Port Vale, Matthews met 44-year-old Mila, the group's interpreter.<a href="#cite_note-page_557–-189">[189]</a> Matthews was still married to Betty, but as he was convinced he had found the true love of his life in Mila, he and Betty divorced. He and Mila spent the ensuing years living at various times in Malta (specifically <a href="/wiki/Marsaxlokk" title="Marsaxlokk">Marsaxlokk</a>),<a href="#cite_note-times_of_malta-190">[190]</a> South Africa and <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Ontario" title="Burlington, Ontario">Burlington, Ontario</a>. They also travelled extensively as Matthews's coaching jobs and guest appearances dictated. After Mila died on 5 May 1999 at the age of 76,<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a> according to Les Scott (who helped Matthews write his autobiography), Matthews "was never the same person".<a href="#cite_note-page_596-148">[148]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">"Self-willed, strong-minded, humorous, generous of spirit and, for all his fame, as down to earth as the folk who once adorned the terraces in the hope of seeing him sparkle gold dust onto their harsh working lives."<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Les Scott describing Matthews' personality in the epilogue to his autobiography.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Career statistics">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Club">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<a href="#cite_note-enfa-193">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-Matthews_2000_606-169">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-70">[70]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1931%E2%80%9332_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1931–32 Stoke City F.C. season">1931–32</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1932–33 Stoke City F.C. season">1932–33</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1933–34 Stoke City F.C. season">1933–34</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> </td> <td>29</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>33</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1934–35 Stoke City F.C. season">1934–35</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>36</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>37</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1935%E2%80%9336_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1935–36 Stoke City F.C. season">1935–36</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>40</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>45</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1936–37 Stoke City F.C. season">1936–37</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>40</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>42</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1937–38 Stoke City F.C. season">1937–38</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>38</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>41</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1938–39 Stoke City F.C. season">1938–39</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>36</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>38</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9340_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1939–40 Stoke City F.C. season">1939–40</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>3<a href="#cite_note-194">[a]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1945–46 Stoke City F.C. season">1945–46</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_North_and_South" title="Football League North and South">Football League North</a> </td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1946–47 Stoke City F.C. season">1946–47</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>23</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>28</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>259</th> <th>51</th> <th>30</th> <th>6</th> <th>289</th> <th>57 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="16"><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1947–48 Blackpool F.C. season">1947–48</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>33</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>39</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1948–49 Blackpool F.C. season">1948–49</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>28</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1949%E2%80%9350_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1949–50 Blackpool F.C. season">1949–50</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>31</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>34</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1950–51 Blackpool F.C. season">1950–51</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>36</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>44</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1951–52 Blackpool F.C. season">1951–52</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>19</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1952–53 Blackpool F.C. season">1952–53</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>20</td> <td>4</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>27</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1953–54 Blackpool F.C. season">1953–54</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>30</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1954–55 Blackpool F.C. season">1954–55</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>35</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1955–56 Blackpool F.C. season">1955–56</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>36</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1956–57 Blackpool F.C. season">1956–57</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1957–58 Blackpool F.C. season">1957–58</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1958–59 Blackpool F.C. season">1958–59</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>19</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>25</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1959–60 Blackpool F.C. season">1959–60</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1960–61 Blackpool F.C. season">1960–61</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>27</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>28</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Blackpool_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Blackpool F.C. season">1961–62</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>379</th> <th>17</th> <th>49</th> <th>1</th> <th>428</th> <th>18 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">Stoke City </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1961–62 Stoke City F.C. season">1961–62</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>21</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1962–63 Stoke City F.C. season">1962–63</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>31</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1963–64 Stoke City F.C. season">1963–64</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>13</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_Stoke_City_F.C._season" title="1964–65 Stoke City F.C. season">1964–65</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>59</th> <th>3</th> <th>7</th> <th>2</th> <th>66</th> <th>5 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_City" title="Toronto City">Toronto City</a> (loan) </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canada_Professional_Soccer_League" title="Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League">Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League</a> </td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>14</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td>Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>20</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>20</th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>717</th> <th>71</th> <th>86</th> <th>9</th> <th>803</th> <th>80 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-194"><a href="#cite_ref-194">^</a> These three matches were played before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> and are not included in the total </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: International">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by national team and year </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>National team</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="24"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> </td> <td>1934</td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td>3</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td>8</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td>5</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>54</th> <th>11 </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthews goal.</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of international goals scored by Stanley Matthews </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Score </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Competition </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>29 September 1934</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ninian_Park" title="Ninian Park">Ninian Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Wales</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">4–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_British_Home_Championship" title="1934–35 British Home Championship">1934–35 British Home Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>17 November 1937</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayresome_Park" title="Ayresome Park">Ayresome Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough" title="Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a>, England</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">2–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_British_Home_Championship" title="1937–38 British Home Championship">1937–38 British Home Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td rowspan="3">1 December 1937</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/White_Hart_Lane" title="White Hart Lane">White Hart Lane</a>, London, England</td> <td rowspan="3"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center">5–4</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Friendly_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendly (association football)">Friendly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6</td> <td>14 May 1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olympiastadion_(Berlin)" title="Olympiastadion (Berlin)">Olympiastadion</a>, Berlin, Germany</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">Germany</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">6–3</td> <td>Friendly </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7</td> <td>22 October 1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ninian_Park" title="Ninian Park">Ninian Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Wales</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281807%E2%80%931953%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="498" /> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">2–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_British_Home_Championship" title="1938–39 British Home Championship">1938–39 British Home Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8</td> <td>18 November 1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a>, Manchester, England</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">7–0</td> <td>1938–39 British Home Championship </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9</td> <td>25 May 1947</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_Nacional" title="Estádio Nacional">Estádio Nacional</a>, Lisbon, Portugal</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">10–0</td> <td>Friendly </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10</td> <td>9 October 1948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park" title="Windsor Park">Windsor Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, Northern Ireland</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">6–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948%E2%80%9349_British_Home_Championship" title="1948–49 British Home Championship">1948–49 British Home Championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11</td> <td>6 October 1956</td> <td>Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland</a></td> <td></td> <td align="center">1–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_British_Home_Championship" title="1956–57 British Home Championship">1956–57 British Home Championship</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managerial_statistics">Managerial statistics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Managerial statistics">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <caption>Managerial record by team and tenure </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th rowspan="2">From </th> <th rowspan="2">To </th> <th colspan="5">Record </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Matches played">P</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Matches won">W</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Matches drawn">D</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Matches lost">L</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Win percentage">Win %</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a> </td> <td align="left">31 May 1967 </td> <td align="left">31 May 1968 </td> <td style="text-align:center">49 </td> <td style="text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center">026.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total<a href="#cite_note-enfa-193">[193]</a> </th> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center">49 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center">13 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center">15 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center">21 </td> <td style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;text-align:center">026.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player">Player</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Player">edit</a>]</div> Stoke City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>: <a href="/wiki/1932%E2%80%9333_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1932–33 Football League Second Division">1932–33</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_Football_League_Second_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1962–63 Football League Second Division">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Senior_Cup" title="Staffordshire Senior Cup">Staffordshire Senior Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1933%E2%80%9334_in_English_football" title="1933–34 in English football">1933–34</a><a href="#cite_note-Rochester-22">[22]</a></li></ul> Rangers <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Merchants_Charity_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup">Glasgow Charity Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1940%E2%80%9341_in_Scottish_football" title="1940–41 in Scottish football">1940–41</a><a href="#cite_note-post-35">[35]</a></li></ul> Blackpool <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1952%E2%80%9353_FA_Cup" title="1952–53 FA Cup">1952–53</a>;<a href="#cite_note-196">[195]</a> runner-up: <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_FA_Cup" title="1947–48 FA Cup">1947–48</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FACRU-197">[196]</a> <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_FA_Cup" title="1950–51 FA Cup">1950–51</a><a href="#cite_note-FACRU-197">[196]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_War_Cup" title="Football League War Cup">Football League War Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9343_in_English_football" title="1942–43 in English football">1942–43</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[197]</a></li></ul> England <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335_British_Home_Championship" title="1934–35 British Home Championship">1935</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#endnote_shared">[a]</a>, <a href="/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338_British_Home_Championship" title="1937–38 British Home Championship">1938</a>, <a href="/wiki/1938%E2%80%9339_British_Home_Championship" title="1938–39 British Home Championship">1939</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#endnote_shared">[a]</a>, <a href="/wiki/1946%E2%80%9347_British_Home_Championship" title="1946–47 British Home Championship">1947</a>, <a href="/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348_British_Home_Championship" title="1947–48 British Home Championship">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_British_Home_Championship" title="1953–54 British Home Championship">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_British_Home_Championship" title="1954–55 British Home Championship">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_British_Home_Championship" title="1955–56 British Home Championship">1956</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#endnote_shared">[a]</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956%E2%80%9357_British_Home_Championship" title="1956–57 British Home Championship">1957</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>a. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_shared">^</a> The Championship was shared with Scotland in 1935, with Wales and Scotland in 1939, and with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1956.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manager">Manager</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Manager">edit</a>]</div> Hibernians <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_FA_Trophy" title="Maltese FA Trophy">Maltese FA Trophy</a>: 1970–71<a href="#cite_note-times-199">[198]</a></li> <li>Independence Cup: 1970–71<a href="#cite_note-times-199">[198]</a></li> <li>Sons of Malta Cup: 1970–71<a href="#cite_note-times-199">[198]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual">Individual</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Individual">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FWA_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="FWA Footballer of the Year">FWA Footballer of the Year</a>: 1948, 1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or" title="Ballon d'Or">Ballon d'Or</a>: <a href="/wiki/1956_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1956 Ballon d'Or">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin" title="Pierre de Coubertin">Pierre de Coubertin</a> World Trophy: 1986<a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Merit_Award" title="PFA Merit Award">PFA Merit Award</a>: 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Order_of_Merit" title="FIFA Order of Merit">FIFA Gold Order of Merit</a>: 1992<a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FWA_Tribute_Award" title="FWA Tribute Award">FWA Tribute Award</a>: 1995<a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Ontario Sports Hall of Fame">Ontario Sports Hall of Fame</a>: 1995 (Honorary member)<a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_100_Legends" title="Football League 100 Legends">Football League 100 Legends</a>: 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a>: 2002</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">PFA</a> Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007<a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Football_History_%26_Statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="International Federation of Football History & Statistics">IFFHS</a> Legends<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS">IFFHS men's All Time England dream team</a><a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS">IFFHS England Player of the Century</a>: #2<a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS">IFFHS European Player of the Century</a>: #8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFFHS" title="IFFHS">IFFHS World Player of the Century</a>: #11</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orders">Orders</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Orders">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a>: 1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a>: 1965</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Autobiography">edit</a>]</div> Matthews' autobiography, The Way It Was, was released by Headline in 2000. The book is dedicated to his wife Mila, who died the year before its publication.<a href="#cite_note-Intro-3">[3]</a> Matthews, then 84, collaborated with Les Scott, his friend of 10 years, in the writing of the book over an 18-month period on an almost daily basis. "Stan, as he had been all his life, was an early riser", wrote Scott in the <a href="/wiki/Epilogue" title="Epilogue">epilogue</a>. "Our collaborations were over by eleven in the morning and, without fail, took place in his <a href="/wiki/Den_(room)" title="Den (room)">den</a>. He loved working on his book and, after I had left him, he would give the morning's session more applied thought — more often than not ringing me at home to provide additional thoughts or anecdotes."<a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a> Matthews also wrote an earlier autobiography entitled Feet First. This was published by Ewen And Dale in 1948. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthews_(film)" title="Matthews (film)">Matthews (film)</a> – a 2017 documentary film about Stanley Matthews</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_the_most_official_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="List of men's footballers with the most official appearances">List of men's footballers with the most official appearances</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Matthews&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFMatthews2000">Matthews 2000</a>, p. 433 </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/13342">"Stanley Matthews"</a>. 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<li>17 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Mullen_(footballer,_born_1923)" title="Jimmy Mullen (footballer, born 1923)">Mullen</a></li> <li>18 <a href="/wiki/Allenby_Chilton" title="Allenby Chilton">Chilton</a></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Ken_Armstrong_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Ken Armstrong (footballer, born 1924)">Armstrong</a></li> <li>20 <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Jezzard" title="Bedford Jezzard">Jezzard</a></li> <li>21 <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Haynes" title="Johnny Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li>22 <a href="/wiki/Harry_Hooper_(footballer,_born_1933)" title="Harry Hooper (footballer, born 1933)">Hooper</a></li> <li>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Winterbottom</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/50px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" 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team"><img alt="England national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/15px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1957 Ballon d'Or">1957</a>: <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team"><img alt="Spain national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano" title="Alfredo Di Stéfano">Di Stéfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1958 Ballon d'Or">1958</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/15px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/30px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Kopa" title="Raymond Kopa">Kopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1959 Ballon d'Or">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team"><img alt="Spain national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Di_St%C3%A9fano" title="Alfredo Di Stéfano">Di Stéfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1960 Ballon d'Or">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team"><img alt="Spain national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Luis_Su%C3%A1rez_(footballer,_born_1935)" title="Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)">Suárez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1961 Ballon d'Or">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team"><img alt="Italy national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/15px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Omar_S%C3%ADvori" title="Omar Sívori">Sívori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1962 Ballon d'Or">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team"><img alt="Czechoslovakia national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Josef_Masopust" title="Josef Masopust">Masopust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1963 Ballon d'Or">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team"><img alt="Soviet Union national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lev_Yashin" title="Lev Yashin">Yashin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1964 Ballon d'Or">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Scotland_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Scotland men's national football team"><img alt="Scotland men's national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/15px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1965 Ballon d'Or">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Eus%C3%A9bio" title="Eusébio">Eusébio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1966 Ballon d'Or">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team"><img alt="England national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/15px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1967 Ballon d'Or">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team"><img alt="Hungary national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/15px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/30px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%B3ri%C3%A1n_Albert" title="Flórián Albert">Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1968 Ballon d'Or">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team"><img alt="Northern Ireland national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> <a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1969 Ballon d'Or">1969</a>: <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team"><img alt="Italy national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/15px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Gianni_Rivera" title="Gianni Rivera">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1970 Ballon d'Or">1970</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Gerd_M%C3%BCller" title="Gerd Müller">Müller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1971 Ballon d'Or">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff" title="Johan Cruyff">Cruyff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1972 Ballon d'Or">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1973 Ballon d'Or">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff" title="Johan Cruyff">Cruyff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1974 Ballon d'Or">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff" title="Johan Cruyff">Cruyff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1975 Ballon d'Or">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team"><img alt="Soviet Union national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Blokhin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1976 Ballon d'Or">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1977 Ballon d'Or">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team"><img alt="Denmark national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/15px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/23px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/30px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Simonsen" title="Allan Simonsen">Simonsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1978 Ballon d'Or">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team"><img alt="England national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/15px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1979 Ballon d'Or">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team"><img alt="England national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/15px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1980 Ballon d'Or">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Rummenigge" title="Karl-Heinz Rummenigge">Rummenigge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1981 Ballon d'Or">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Rummenigge" title="Karl-Heinz Rummenigge">Rummenigge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1982 Ballon d'Or">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team"><img alt="Italy national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/15px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Rossi" title="Paolo Rossi">Rossi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1983 Ballon d'Or">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Platini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1984 Ballon d'Or">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Platini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1985 Ballon d'Or">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Platini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1986 Ballon d'Or">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team"><img alt="Soviet Union national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Igor_Belanov" title="Igor Belanov">Belanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1987 Ballon d'Or">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ruud_Gullit" title="Ruud Gullit">Gullit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1988 Ballon d'Or">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Marco_van_Basten" title="Marco van Basten">van Basten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1989 Ballon d'Or">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Marco_van_Basten" title="Marco van Basten">van Basten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1990 Ballon d'Or">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lothar_Matth%C3%A4us" title="Lothar Matthäus">Matthäus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1991 Ballon d'Or">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Papin" title="Jean-Pierre Papin">Papin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1992 Ballon d'Or">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team"><img alt="Netherlands national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Marco_van_Basten" title="Marco van Basten">van Basten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1993 Ballon d'Or">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team"><img alt="Italy national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/15px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Baggio" title="Roberto Baggio">Baggio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1994 Ballon d'Or">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_national_football_team" title="Bulgaria national football team"><img alt="Bulgaria national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/15px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/30px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Hristo_Stoichkov" title="Hristo Stoichkov">Stoichkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1995 Ballon d'Or">1995</a>: <a href="/wiki/Liberia_national_football_team" title="Liberia national football team"><img alt="Liberia national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/George_Weah" title="George Weah">Weah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1996 Ballon d'Or">1996</a>: <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team"><img alt="Germany national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Matthias_Sammer" title="Matthias Sammer">Sammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1997 Ballon d'Or">1997</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team"><img alt="Brazil national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/15px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/30px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1998 Ballon d'Or">1998</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zidane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Ballon_d%27Or" title="1999 Ballon d'Or">1999</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team"><img alt="Brazil national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/15px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/30px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Rivaldo" title="Rivaldo">Rivaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2000 Ballon d'Or">2000</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo" title="Luís Figo">Figo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2001 Ballon d'Or">2001</a>: <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team"><img alt="England national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/15px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/30px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2002 Ballon d'Or">2002</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team"><img alt="Brazil national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/15px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/30px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2003 Ballon d'Or">2003</a>: <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_football_team" title="Czech Republic national football team"><img alt="Czech Republic national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Nedv%C4%9Bd" title="Pavel Nedvěd">Nedvěd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2004 Ballon d'Or">2004</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team"><img alt="Ukraine national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/15px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/30px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Andriy_Shevchenko" title="Andriy Shevchenko">Shevchenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2005 Ballon d'Or">2005</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team"><img alt="Brazil national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/15px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/30px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Ronaldinho" title="Ronaldinho">Ronaldinho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2006 Ballon d'Or">2006</a>: <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team"><img alt="Italy national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/15px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/30px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Fabio_Cannavaro" title="Fabio Cannavaro">Cannavaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2007 Ballon d'Or">2007</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team"><img alt="Brazil national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/15px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/30px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kak%C3%A1" title="Kaká">Kaká</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2008 Ballon d'Or">2008</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2009 Ballon d'Or">2009</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="FIFA Ballon d'Or">FIFA Ballon d'Or</a> (2010–2015)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2010</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2011</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2014</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or">2015</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: gold;;width:1%">Ballon d'Or (2016–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2016 Ballon d'Or">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2017 Ballon d'Or">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team"><img alt="Portugal national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/15px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" title="Cristiano Ronaldo">C. Ronaldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2018 Ballon d'Or">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team"><img alt="Croatia national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" title="Luka Modrić">Modrić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2019 Ballon d'Or">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li>2020: not awarded</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2021 Ballon d'Or">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2022 Ballon d'Or">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team"><img alt="France national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/15px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/30px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Karim_Benzema" title="Karim Benzema">Benzema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2023 Ballon d'Or">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team"><img alt="Argentina national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/15px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/30px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Messi" title="Lionel Messi">Messi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Ballon_d%27Or" title="2024 Ballon d'Or">2024</a>: <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team"><img alt="Spain national football team" 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href="/wiki/Bobby_Collins_(footballer)" title="Bobby Collins (footballer)">Collins</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">B. Charlton</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">J. Charlton</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Book" title="Tony Book">Book</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Bremner</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Banks</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Callaghan" title="Ian Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Mullery" title="Alan Mullery">Mullery</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burns" title="Kenny Burns">Burns</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Dalglish</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Terry_McDermott" title="Terry McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Frans_Thijssen" title="Frans Thijssen">Thijssen</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Perryman" title="Steve Perryman">Perryman</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Dalglish</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Rush</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Southall</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Clive_Allen" title="Clive Allen">Allen</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nicol" title="Steve Nicol">Nicol</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Strachan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Waddle" title="Chris Waddle">Waddle</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Klinsmann" title="Jürgen Klinsmann">Klinsmann</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Zola</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/David_Ginola" title="David Ginola">Ginola</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Sheringham</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pires" title="Robert Pires">Pires</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Henry</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Henry</a></li> <li>2005: <a 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title="Bobby Robson">Bo. 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(footballer, born 1869)">Jack Parkinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F68712;color:white;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Brown_(footballer,_born_1926)" title="Allan Brown (footballer, born 1926)">Allan Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(footballer,_born_1919)" title="Harry Johnston (footballer, born 1919)">Harry Johnston</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stanley Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Stan Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Perry_(footballer)" title="Bill Perry (footballer)">Bill Perry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F68712;color:white;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px 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title="Alan Wright">Alan Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F68712;color:white;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bamber" title="Dave Bamber">Dave Bamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Clarkson" title="Phil Clarkson">Phil Clarkson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Ellis" title="Tony Ellis">Tony Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Morrison" title="Andy Morrison">Andy Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Sinclair" title="Trevor Sinclair">Trevor Sinclair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F68712;color:white;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Adams" title="Tony Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Allchurch" title="Ivor Allchurch">Allchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viv_Anderson" title="Viv Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osvaldo_Ardiles" title="Osvaldo Ardiles">Ardiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Armfield" title="Jimmy Armfield">Armfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_Jr." title="Alan Ball Jr.">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bastin" title="Cliff Bastin">Bastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendon_Batson" title="Brendon Batson">Batson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Beardsley" title="Peter Beardsley">Beardsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Bell_(footballer,_born_1946)" title="Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower" title="Danny Blanchflower">Blanchflower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bloomer" title="Steve Bloomer">Bloomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Bremner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Brooking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Buchan" title="Charlie Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Butcher" title="Terry Butcher">Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Callaghan" title="Ian Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raich_Carter" title="Raich Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">B. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">J. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Clemence" title="Ray Clemence">Clemence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cohen" title="George Cohen">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Crompton" title="Bob Crompton">Crompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Dalglish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Dean" title="Dixie Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Doherty_(footballer)" title="Peter Doherty (footballer)">Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Edwards" title="Duncan Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Fashanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand">Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Finney" title="Tom Finney">Finney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Francis" title="Trevor Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Gallacher" title="Hughie Gallacher">Gallacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Gascoigne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Gerrard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Giggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Giles" title="Johnny Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gray_(footballer,_born_1948)" title="Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Greaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Hansen" title="Alan Hansen">Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Haynes" title="Johnny Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Hoddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">E. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">M. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hunt" title="Roger Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Hunter_(footballer)" title="Norman Hunter (footballer)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Ince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Irwin" title="Denis Irwin">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(footballer)" title="Alex James (footballer)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Jones_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Kompany" title="Vincent Kompany">Kompany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Lampard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lawrenson" title="Mark Lawrenson">Lawrenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lawton" title="Tommy Lawton">Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lee_(footballer)" title="Francis Lee (footballer)">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Leslie_(English_footballer)" title="Jack Leslie (English footballer)">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier" title="Matt Le Tissier">Le Tissier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Liddell" title="Billy Liddell">Liddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Lofthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilf_Mannion" title="Wilf Mannion">Mannion</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">McIlroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meredith" title="Billy Meredith">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Milburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mullery" title="Alan Mullery">Mullery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Pearce" title="Stuart Pearce">Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Peters" title="Martin Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrille_Regis" title="Cyrille Regis">Regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer,_born_1953)" title="John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Br. Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Rush" title="Ian Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel" title="Peter Schmeichel">Schmeichel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Scholes" title="Paul Scholes">Scholes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Seaman" title="David Seaman">Seaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Shackleton" title="Len Shackleton">Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Shearer" title="Alan Shearer">Shearer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Sheringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shilton" title="Peter Shilton">Shilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Souness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Southall" title="Neville Southall">Southall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Speed" title="Gary Speed">Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clem_Stephenson" title="Clem Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobby_Stiles" title="Nobby Stiles">Stiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Strachan" title="Gordon Strachan">Strachan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Summerbee" title="Mike Summerbee">Summerbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Swift" title="Frank Swift">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Trautmann" title="Bert Trautmann">Trautmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Tull" title="Walter Tull">Tull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Vieira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wharton" title="Arthur Wharton">Wharton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilkins" title="Ray Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1941)" title="Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941)">B. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilson_(English_footballer)" title="Ray Wilson (English footballer)">R. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer,_born_1924)" title="Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)">B. Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wright" title="Ian Wright">I. Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianfranco_Zola" title="Gianfranco Zola">Zola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Bampton" title="Debbie Bampton">Bampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Brown-Finnis" title="Rachel Brown-Finnis">Brown-Finnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Carney" title="Karen Carney">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Cope" title="Pauline Cope">Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Coultard" title="Gillian Coultard">Coultard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Davis" title="Kerry Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Gore" title="Sylvia Gore">Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Lopez" title="Sue Lopez">Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Parker" title="Sheila Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Parr" title="Lily Parr">Parr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Powell" title="Hope Powell">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Scott_(footballer,_born_1984)" title="Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)">A. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Scott_(footballer)" title="Jill Scott (footballer)">J. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Sempare" title="Brenda Sempare">Sempare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marieanne_Spacey" title="Marieanne Spacey">Spacey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Smith" title="Kelly Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Thomas" title="Carol Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Unitt" title="Rachel Unitt">Unitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Walker_(footballer)" title="Karen Walker (footballer)">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Whalley_(footballer)" title="Joan Whalley (footballer)">Whalley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faye_White" title="Faye White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Yankey" title="Rachel Yankey">Yankey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Allison" title="Malcolm Allison">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Busby" title="Matt Busby">Busby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Catterick" title="Harry Catterick">Catterick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Chapman" title="Herbert Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Clough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Cullis" title="Stan Cullis">Cullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Gradi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Greenwood" title="Ron Greenwood">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Kendall" title="Howard Kendall">Kendall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_Mee" title="Bertie Mee">Mee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Mercer" title="Joe Mercer">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nicholson_(footballer)" title="Bill Nicholson (footballer)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Paisley" title="Bob Paisley">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Revie" title="Don Revie">Revie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Robson" title="Bobby Robson">Bo. Robson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shankly" title="Bill Shankly">Shankly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Venables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Wenger" title="Arsène Wenger">Wenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Winterbottom" title="Walter Winterbottom">Winterbottom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center; background:white; color:#CE1124; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0B0B3F, inset -2px -2px 0 #0B0B3F;;width:1%">Referees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Taylor_(referee)" title="Jack Taylor (referee)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Welch" title="Rebecca Welch">Welch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Bennion">Bennion</a> (1906–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Myatt" title="Harry Myatt">Myatt</a> (1913–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Holford" title="Tom Holford">Holford</a> (1914–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Cameron_(footballer)" title="Jock Cameron (footballer)">Cameron</a> (1918–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schofield" title="Joe Schofield">Schofield</a> (1919–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Tom Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> (1929–32)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Holford" title="Tom Holford">Holford</a> (1932–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warney_Cresswell" title="Warney Cresswell">Cresswell</a> (1936–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Tom Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a> (1937–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Diffin" title="Jack Diffin">Diffin</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Pratt_(footballer)" title="David Pratt (footballer)">Pratt</a> (1944–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Frith" title="Billy Frith">Frith</a> (1945–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Hodgson" title="Gordon Hodgson">Hodgson</a> (1946–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Powell" title="Ivor Powell">Powell</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Fish" title="Ken Fish">Fish</a>c (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (1951–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Low" title="Norman Low">Low</a> (1957–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Steele_(footballer)" title="Freddie Steele (footballer)">Steele</a> (1962–65)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mudie" title="Jackie Mudie">Mudie</a> (1965–67)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matthews</a> (1967–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lee_(footballer)" title="Gordon Lee (footballer)">Lee</a> (1968–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Sproson" title="Roy Sproson">Sproson</a> (1974–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Harper_(footballer)" title="Colin Harper (footballer)">Harper</a>c (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Smith_(footballer,_born_1944)" title="Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944)">Smith</a> (1977–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Butler" title="Dennis Butler">Butler</a> (1978–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bloor" title="Alan Bloor">Bloor</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bentley_(footballer)" title="Bill Bentley (footballer)">Bentley</a>c (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGrath_(footballer,_born_1938)" title="John McGrath (footballer, born 1938)">McGrath</a> (1979–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rudge" title="John Rudge">Rudge</a> (1983–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Horton" title="Brian Horton">Horton</a> (1999–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Foyle" title="Martin Foyle">Foyle</a> (2004–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Glover</a>c (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Sinnott" title="Lee Sinnott">Sinnott</a> (2007–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Glover</a> & <a href="/wiki/Andy_Porter_(footballer,_born_1968)" title="Andy Porter (footballer, born 1968)">Porter</a>c (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Glover" title="Dean Glover">Glover</a> (2008–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Adams</a> (2009–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Grew" title="Mark Grew">Grew</a> & <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Horsfield" title="Geoff Horsfield">Horsfield</a>c (2010–11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gannon" title="Jim Gannon">Gannon</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Grew" title="Mark Grew">Grew</a>c (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micky_Adams" title="Micky Adams">Adams</a> (2011–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Page" title="Rob Page">Page</a> (2014–16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Ribeiro" title="Bruno Ribeiro">Ribeiro</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brown_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Michael Brown (footballer, born 1977)">Brown</a> (2016–17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kelly_(association_footballer)" title="David Kelly (association footballer)">Kelly</a> & <a href="/wiki/Chris_Morgan_(footballer)" title="Chris Morgan (footballer)">Morgan</a>c (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Aspin" title="Neil Aspin">Aspin</a> (2017–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Askey" title="John Askey">Askey</a> (2019–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Pugh" title="Danny Pugh">Pugh</a>c (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Clarke</a> (2021–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Crosby" title="Andy Crosby">Crosby</a>a (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Clarke" title="Darrell Clarke">Clarke</a> (2022–23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Crosby" title="Andy Crosby">Crosby</a> (2023–24)</li> <li>Ryder, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Done" title="Matt Done">Done</a> & Lloydc (2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Moore" title="Darren Moore">Moore</a> (2024–)</li></ul> </div> (a) = acting in regular manager's absence; (c) = <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_manager" title="Caretaker manager">caretaker / interim manager</a>; 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