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

’My eternal love is Eric Cantona’

Yes.

Ryan Giggs..what was I thinking

Petit was gorgeous then
I always liked Gabriel Batistuta
Thierry Henry
also Ginola (popular choice!)

As some others have already mentioned, Paulo Maldini. OMG, those eyes 😍😍

Peter Schmeichel. Sigh.

I was just about to add Maldini! But then got distracted going through Serie A players of the 90s. A golden era, indeed.

Gosh you are all young! Mine would be George Best

Patrick Kluivert
Boudewijn Zenden
Patrick Berger
Thierry Henry

Never fancied any of the England players much though.

He's been mentioned already but I still think John Barnes was absolutely beautiful. Wasn't my generation, but as soon as I saw the world in motion video, sigh....

Dennis Wise 🤦‍♀️

Peter Ward.

It was the 70s, bubble perms were in

Gary Lineker in the world cup 1986. I was 16 and he was so adorable with his boyish good looks.
I think he got married that summer. I was so sad.

Mine were Duncan Ferguson and Gary Speed

So many of us liked macmanamanaman! He had a fairly safe indie boy look at the time, so maybe that was it.

For full fwoarr, for me though it was Zidane. Then Cantona. Then Henry.

Thierry Henry was lovely but, Arsenal.

My best mate and I adored Jamie Redknapp and Rio Ferdinand. Oh to be 14 again 🤣

Linekar and Shearer.

marco tardelli
hansi muller

Alan Shearer circa euro 96 😍

Oh that’s just wrong misssunshine4040

@Ghosttile

Oh that’s just wrong misssunshine4040

Hahah I thought he was gorgeous, now not so much .. 🤣

Gary Lineker, Mexico 86! I was a pre-teen but all the boys at school were talking about this player and I would see his picture on their desk and have a mini swoon.

My all-time and ongoing footballer crush is…Steven Gerard. I literally have dreams about him.

Ally McCoist

@BoysTownGang

Bob Latchford….Everton And he’s aged really well,, Nice guy, too, by all accounts👌 I’m definitely the oldest on here!😁

Ally McCoist twinkly eyes, lovely accent
David Ginola (the early years)
Paul Mariner (RIP) beautiful hair!,

No you're not! I met Bob Latchford back in the day, very handsome 😉 I was in love with Trevor Francis then but that was based more on his football skills than his looks. I've also met David Ginola - swooooon!