We select players who have made a significant mark on the English game, including four Dutchmen and a Georgian
Few figures in the history of English football – European or otherwise – lived a more extraordinary life than Trautmann. He was the Nazi soldier who arrived in
England as a prisoner of war and became a
Manchester City icon after making two crucial saves in their 1956 FA Cup final victory over Birmingham City while playing with a broken neck. Although his past never entirely left him, the German, who died in 2013 at the age of 89, ultimately became a symbol of truth and reconciliation following his work in promoting Anglo-German post-war relations, for which he received an honorary OBE.