Eggman
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Forwarded from a West Ham fan! But iv voted for as I agree!
Obviously its all about your opinions.
Please vote now if you haven't already. Forward this to anyone else you know who cares about football (And yes I've had enough of Bolton getting one over us)
Importance: High
Moore votes needed to block Nat's net bid
By Joe Bernstein, Evening Standard
27 November 2003
A fierce campaign is threatening to stop Bobby Moore being voted into
European football's official Hall of Fame.
On their website, the Football Association are allowing fans to choose
England's representative for the honour, but an orchestrated e-mail campaign
in the North West means 1966 World Cup-winning captain Moore currently
trails Bolton great Nat Lofthouse by a few hundred votes.
The FA poll is due to close at midday tomorrow and Lofthouse's leading
position is largely due to a campaign mounted by the Bolton Evening News.
Fans have responded in sufficient numbers to ensure that the man who scored
30 goals in 33 games for England in the 1950s has leapt to the top of the
poll. Although Lofthouse's double against Austria in 1952 earned him the
nickname The Lion of Vienna, Moore is forever associated with Wembley.
Over three years he lifted three trophies in a row there - the 1964 FA Cup
and 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup for West Ham and, of course, the World
Cup a year later. He died of cancer in 1993 at the age of 51.
Moore's former West Ham team-mate Harry Redknapp said today: "It's got to be
Bobby going into the Hall of Fame. No disrespect to Nat Lofthouse, who was a
great player, but there is no comparison.
"Bobby won the World Cup and was the ultimate England player."
UEFA are launching the Hall of Fame early next year to coincide with their
silver jubilee and each member country is allowed to nominate one player.
The FA's head of communications Paul Barber said: "This is the fans' vote
and it is a fantastic opportunity for them to have a say in such a major
honour. Their choice is the one we will be representing to UEFA."
* Fans can register their vote by e-mailing their choice to
bestenglandplayer@TheFA.com or logging on to TheFA.com. Voting closes at
noon tomorrow. The FA will reveal the identity of England's greatest at
3.30pm that day.
In pole position
Current top 10 voting
1 Nat Lofthouse
2 Bobby Moore
3 Bobby Charlton
4 David Beckham
5 Stanley Matthews
6 Gary Lineker
7 Alan Shearer
8 Michael Owen
9 Kevin Keegan
10 Tom Finney
Obviously its all about your opinions.
Please vote now if you haven't already. Forward this to anyone else you know who cares about football (And yes I've had enough of Bolton getting one over us)
Importance: High
Moore votes needed to block Nat's net bid
By Joe Bernstein, Evening Standard
27 November 2003
A fierce campaign is threatening to stop Bobby Moore being voted into
European football's official Hall of Fame.
On their website, the Football Association are allowing fans to choose
England's representative for the honour, but an orchestrated e-mail campaign
in the North West means 1966 World Cup-winning captain Moore currently
trails Bolton great Nat Lofthouse by a few hundred votes.
The FA poll is due to close at midday tomorrow and Lofthouse's leading
position is largely due to a campaign mounted by the Bolton Evening News.
Fans have responded in sufficient numbers to ensure that the man who scored
30 goals in 33 games for England in the 1950s has leapt to the top of the
poll. Although Lofthouse's double against Austria in 1952 earned him the
nickname The Lion of Vienna, Moore is forever associated with Wembley.
Over three years he lifted three trophies in a row there - the 1964 FA Cup
and 1965 European Cup Winners' Cup for West Ham and, of course, the World
Cup a year later. He died of cancer in 1993 at the age of 51.
Moore's former West Ham team-mate Harry Redknapp said today: "It's got to be
Bobby going into the Hall of Fame. No disrespect to Nat Lofthouse, who was a
great player, but there is no comparison.
"Bobby won the World Cup and was the ultimate England player."
UEFA are launching the Hall of Fame early next year to coincide with their
silver jubilee and each member country is allowed to nominate one player.
The FA's head of communications Paul Barber said: "This is the fans' vote
and it is a fantastic opportunity for them to have a say in such a major
honour. Their choice is the one we will be representing to UEFA."
* Fans can register their vote by e-mailing their choice to
bestenglandplayer@TheFA.com or logging on to TheFA.com. Voting closes at
noon tomorrow. The FA will reveal the identity of England's greatest at
3.30pm that day.
In pole position
Current top 10 voting
1 Nat Lofthouse
2 Bobby Moore
3 Bobby Charlton
4 David Beckham
5 Stanley Matthews
6 Gary Lineker
7 Alan Shearer
8 Michael Owen
9 Kevin Keegan
10 Tom Finney
