The top thirteen 'One-Club Footballer' ever to play under the English Premier League – Part 3
Continued from part 2 of the article.
Jimmy Armfield
James Christopher Jimmy Armfield is a retired English professional footballer and manager from Denton, England. The 75-year-old currently works in BBC Radio 5 Live as a football pundit. Jimmy is one of the few gems who dedicated their entire lives playing
for only one club. A product of Blackpool FC, Jimmy was deployed mostly as a right-back in the team.
The brilliant football player was an essential part of the English club during his seventeen-year stint in the side. He made a whopping 569 appearances, with kicking in a total of six goals. Jimmy was crowned as the club’s captain, a post that lasted a good
ten years. He also captained the England national team fifteen times and setting an example as one of the finest leaders in the British history.
After retiring from professional playing football in 1971 the player tried his skills as a football manager and the same year he was recruited to be the Bolton Wanderer’s manager.
Jimmy Armfield stayed at the post for the next three years before moving to Leeds United in 1974 for another four years and then he took his leave from the world of soccer in 1978.
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard is an English captain of the Premier League club, Liverpool FC. He is also a key player in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 national football team and has earned an impressive number of eighty-nine caps for the side. An epitome of versatility, Gerrard is
deployed as central mid-fielder but is also capable of playing as a second striker and a right-winger.
The thirty-year-old is extensively considered by many, as one of the best football players in the world. He has scored in a plethora of cup finals, including the UEFA Champions League Final in 2005 and the FA Cup Final in 2006. He is widely regarded by many
as one of the best football players in the entire cosmos.
Most critics and football pundits believe it to be a fact that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 but the player has displayed his loyalties to the Reds very clear and shows no intention of ever moving away from Anfeild.
Paul Scholes
Paul Aaron Scholes is a professional football player from Salford, England. The thirty-six-year-old has spent his entire career playing for Manchester United. His dedication to the Red Devils has earned him the reputation of the club’s most trusted officials.
Scholes is positioned as a mid-fielder on the field.
After making his team debut for Manchester United in the 1994–95 season, Scholes cemented his status as the club’s regular player. He was an integral part of the Red Devil’s Treble-winning team. The scintillating mid-field player has won nine Premier League
medals and a second UEFA Champions League so far, with over six hundred appearances for the club.
Paul Scholes is a beloved personality at old Trafford and this is often accompanied by his fans making chants about him, a very famous one that is usually sung repeatedly in his games is that “He is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394, and he Scores goals.”
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