Which footballers did you fancy back in the day?

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Current England team all young enough to be my son but back in the 1990s my friends were all football mad & our crushes included Trevor Sinclair, Jamie Redknapp, Graeme Le Saux, David Ginola, Ryan Giggs and loads more I can’t remember.

It was before mobile phones obviously so we used to cut pictures of our heart-throbs out the newspaper and stick them inside the back covers of our exercise books at school and get a bollocking from the teachers

Les Ferdinand. God I adored him.

Ginola was a handsome bugger.

Patrick Berger. 😍

Tim Flowers. He was gorgeous. And I dreamt I married Gary Linekar once.

John Barnes. Who would have thought Gary Lineker would age so well...

Mind you some of those Italians looked good

And the guy who came 2nd at Wimbledon....wow!!!!

Lee Sharpe. He sometimes pops into my local when he's visiting his parents. The crush is definitely gone now!

Zizou.

All day long.

The German goalkeeper, Khan?

Gary Lineker. Until he did the Walkers ads.

Ginola I once saw him IRL and he had the most gorgeous piercingly blue eyes and gorgeous smile….ultimate sex appeal (even better than in photos or on TV). I kiddied myself that he was looking and smiling at me which obviously wasn’t the case.

The Spanish goalie who kissed his girlfriend (think she was a journalist?) on the pitch after they won the World Cup!

David Ginola - any time, any place, anywhere
Gary Lineker
John Barnes
Les Ferdinand
Michael Owen 🙄

John Barnes, Freddie Ljungberg- both men were just beautiful

I had quite the thing for Steve Macmanaman. Also Cantona, though as a Liverpool supporter that should have been verboten.

Agree with pp about Lineker. He was gawky when he was on the pitch but he’s quite the salt-and-pepper fox now.

These days, for me, it’s still Ginola all day long. However, I wouldn’t mind dinner and dancing with Kasper Schmeichal and Simon Kjaer 👌🏻

Linekar- from about 1986 onwards

Ginola too

Gary Lineker was my first love when I was 6 (Mexico 86)
Much later.....
Lee Sharpe, Nesta & Maldini, Graeme Le Saux, Mark Bosnich

5 mins of fame - i once went on radio 5 with my fantasy fit footballers.... (not sure i was a good feminist in the 90's ☺)

Dean Saunders, curly perm and all

@GenuinelyItIs

The Spanish goalie who kissed his girlfriend (think she was a journalist?) on the pitch after they won the World Cup!

Casillas? Canizares?

Beckham, obvs

Brian Laudrup. Gorgeous then still gorgeous now. Can't believe he's 52!

Sad to say I don't think I've ever had a crush on a footballer, despite having numerous crushes elsewhere. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it actually!

Gary Mabbutt

Ian Wright