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Football's beauty compared to other sports comes from its orbit around emotion, around fans, moments that live with you forever, less corporate and more community.
That doesn't make it a sport without flaws and areas that can be improved upon, however.
One aspect is the absence of a hall of fame, a tangible place for legends to metaphorically reside.
The Premier League dropped a sponsor from their name in order to stand out as a brand more, like the NBA or NFL, and if they wish to continue this route, a first Hall of Fame in football would be another big step forward.
Think about it. You could have big ceremonies to celebrate the inductees, they could have big speeches, you could have fans or other legends handing out special awards and all sorts.
So, let's put this into practice - how would it work?
To set a precedent, we'll be using the basketball Hall of Fame's parameters to decide on inductees. Their criteria decrees that players must have retired for four seasons to be nominated for induction, while coaches must have been in management for 25 years or also be retired for four. For the sake of ease and eliminating pure nonsense, gimmicky stints after retirement will not count as coming out of it.
There's no limit on the amount of people inducted in a year as long as these criteria are met, so to make life easier here, we'll start inductions from 2005. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be picking apart the inclusions in each class, looking back on their great careers and arguing the case of why they should be in a Hall of Fame.
2005
Eric Cantona - Leeds United, Manchester United
Ian Wright - Arsenal, West Ham United
Paul McGrath - Aston Villa
By Robbie Copeland:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2005
2006
Lee Dixon - Arsenal
Gary McAllister - Leeds United, Coventry City, Liverpool
David Ginola - Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Everton
Chris Waddle - Sheffield Wednesday
Tony Adams - Arsenal
Mark Hughes - Manchester United, Chelsea, Southampton, Everton, Blackburn Rovers
By Jamie Spencer:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2006
2007
Peter Schmeichel - Manchester United, Aston Villa, Manchester City
Nigel Winterburn - Arsenal, West Ham United
Jurgen Klinsmann - Tottenham Hotspur
Matt Le Tissier - Southampton
Tim Flowers - Southampton, Blackburn Rovers
By Wilf Dutton:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2007
2008
By Sean Walsh:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2008
2009
By Jack Gallagher:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2009
2010
By Wilf Dutton
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2010
2011
By Gary Stringer
90m's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2011
2012
By Max Cooper:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2012
2013
By Adam Aladay:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2013
2014
By Ben Carter:
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2014
2015
By Ross Kennerley
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2015
2016
Ruud van Nistelrooy - Manchester United
Nwankwo Kanu - Arsenal, West Brom, Portsmouth
Sylvain Wiltord - Arsenal
By James Cormack
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2016
2017
Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United
By Tolga Akdeniz
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2017
2018
By Ed Alexander
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2018
2019
By Tom Gott
90min's Premier League Hall of Fame: Class of 2019
