Who are the best team ever?

[Andrew]

For me it has to be England in the 60s, ive seen videos of them in action, and they were great, never be the same again imo

 

[Don Quixote]

Brighton and Hove Albion in 2009

 

[Dave the OAP]

Huddersfield Town in teh 1920's

Dominated english football


:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

 

[Andrew]

Brighton and Hove Albion in 2009

agreed


:yahoo:

 

[Mackenzie]

The A-Team, surely.

 

[champion7]

AC Milan in the late 80's.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

The 60's England were solid & efficient but Sir Alf's Wingless Wonders had nowhere near the flair of the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup.

Dig that out and take a look, some of the things they did were quite stunning and all seemed to be at a casual pace.

I also really liked the Dutch team or the 74-78 period.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Manchester United.


Most sucessful team ever, aren't they?

 

[Taybha]

Leeds

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

The 60's England were solid & efficient but Sir Alf's Wingless Wonders had nowhere near the flair of the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup.

Dig that out and take a look, some of the things they did were quite stunning and all seemed to be at a casual pace.

I also really liked the Dutch team or the 74-78 period.

Agreed. At club level, I think the Ajax team of 1972 was incredible, especially the way they pinned Inter Milan in their own penalty area for almost the whole of the European Cup Final that year.

 

[Scotty Mac]

rotherham united from 2000-2004

pollitt between the sticks, martin mcintosh and chris swailes were GIANTS at the back, chris sedgwick and andy monkhouse RAMPAGING down the wings, and a front two comprising of either the man who kept alex ferguson in a job in mark robins, darren byfield, richie barker, or of course, alan lee

and all masterminded over by the fabulous ronnie moore. brings a tear to the eye just thinking about it

 

[Braders]

not an Arsenal fan but you've got to take your hat off to them the "unbeatable" era .. some of the skill there was unbelievable

 

[Pablo]

Real Madrid from 56 - 60. Di Stefano and Puskas helped them dominate Europe winning 5 european cups in a row

 

[Buffalo Seagull]

Agreed. At club level, I think the Ajax team of 1972 was incredible, especially the way they pinned Inter Milan in their own penalty area for almost the whole of the European Cup Final that year.

I'm not old enough to remember that...but the 95 Ajax side played the most attractive football I've ever seen

 

[Gully]

I would say in World terms it has to be the Brazil side from the 70's, although the Dutch team mentioned above pushes them pretty close. In club terms, I would say the Arsenal team just before they left Highbury with Henry at his best, their brand of fast flowing football could take the breath away at times with its beauty.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

srnicek

barton
howey
albert
beresford

gillespie
batty
lee
ginola

asprilla
ferdinand

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Nottingham Forest c1979/80

 

[Uter]

The Hungarian side from the 1950s took some beating. Between 1952 and 1956 they lost one match, the 1954 world cup final, surrendering a two goal lead to West Germany, despite having beaten them 8-3 in the group stages earlier in the tournament. During this run they also famously best England 6-3 at Wembley and then 7-1 the following year in Budapest (England's heaviest ever defeat). Puskas scored 84 in 85.

Brazil 1958 - 1970. I think I'm right in saying Brazil never lost a single match when Pele and Garrincha played together.

Real Madrid 1956 - 1960. Five consecutive European Cups says it all.

The current Barcelona side is pretty special I think, but clearly yet to achieve anything that could allow anyone to claim them to be the world's best ever side.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Really pleased to see the Arsenal side of 2004 and Hungarians of 1950s mentioned here. I hated them at the time when I was at school, but the Liverpool side of 1988 was awesome, probably their best ever.

 

[Trufflehound]

The Double Deckers