England's Best Ever Player

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  • @hetsbets579
    @hetsbets579 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    I tried to sign him as a wonderkid in FM 1895
    Actually it was called Championship manager 1895 back then

    • @martijnkosters9024
      @martijnkosters9024 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      North Essex Div 2 Manager 1895

    • @alehlete830
      @alehlete830 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      William Ralph "Dixie" Dean

    • @gezblair
      @gezblair ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big Sam will try to tap him up for Leeds

    • @Hartley_Hare
      @Hartley_Hare ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Football Association Challenge Cup Manager 1895 (postal entries only).

    • @paulleach3612
      @paulleach3612 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, but the extra serf needed to work the Babbage engine was a big outlay just so I could play the latest season update.

  • @mattieclose4659
    @mattieclose4659 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    Vivian Woodward what a player man. Loved watching him as a kid.

    • @minichalvo9818
      @minichalvo9818 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Back in the good ol days

    • @cv_luka
      @cv_luka ปีที่แล้ว +76

      As Vivian's father, is very nice to hear this words from a great sir like you. Wish you and your family the best.

    • @hetsbets579
      @hetsbets579 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I tried to sign him back in fm1901

    • @cv_luka
      @cv_luka ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hetsbets579 what did you offer? chickens, cows, bricks?

    • @hetsbets579
      @hetsbets579 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cv_luka Actually I offered a MacDonalds cheeseburger and a coupon for apple worth 0.50£

  • @reverendroar
    @reverendroar ปีที่แล้ว +50

    There was a petition by the public back in 2015 (or 2016 can’t remember- it was around the WW1 centenary) given to the FA to recognise his goal tally and records but they just ignored it. It’s a huge shame because he is Britain’s best footballer of all time!

    • @nopls2078
      @nopls2078 ปีที่แล้ว

      no he isnt he played before professionalism was standardised

  • @Teddy-kv1bf
    @Teddy-kv1bf ปีที่แล้ว +169

    video on dixie dean would be great considering all the people raving about haland breaking the record.....

    • @LUFC273
      @LUFC273 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haaland has broken the record, Dixie dean never played in the premier league

    • @LUFC273
      @LUFC273 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Back when Dixie dean played there were also 22 teams in the league giving him and extra 4 games than anyone today

    • @m33446
      @m33446 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Also football was only invented in the early 90s by sky

    • @josephc4722
      @josephc4722 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @callumredfearn1777 he only played 39 games in the season he scored 60 though 🤷‍♂️

    • @DrZaius3141
      @DrZaius3141 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@LUFC273 Because if next year they decided that the EPL isn't enough and found the Super Duper Premier League, that would completely invalidate what Haaland did this season. But sure, give Haaland 4 more games and he will reach 60...

  • @edamski8882
    @edamski8882 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Zea, your delivery of the ending to his story hit me right in the feels. Well done.

  • @martinslvsten428
    @martinslvsten428 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The mentions of that times "kick and rush" playstyle made me remember the whole foundation that danish football is built on. A scottish team, regarded as the best team at the time, Queens Park came to Copenhagen in the year 1898 to play vs an unofficial danish national team twice. Football wasn't developed alot at the time in Denmark. Queens park won 8-1 and 6-1, however the important part was their playing style. It wasn't kick and rush at all, but based on short passing and more resembled tiki-taka today. People were in awe watching them play and it catapulted the developement of football in the entire country. A former player from Rangers. who played there for 10 years and won the scottish championship, David Mitchell amongst others was appointed to help develope the game in our country after those matches. That later resulted in the 17-1 victory vs France mentioned here and the technical side of football has since then been a foundation of danish football to the day.

    • @victorkreig6089
      @victorkreig6089 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Danish football is extremely cozy and far more entertaining than most leagues

  • @NotReallyChefGregggo
    @NotReallyChefGregggo ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Time to start a Clacton Town save in FM…

  • @planetsam1022
    @planetsam1022 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Awesome video, Spurs legend! shame he didn't appear in the 1901 FA cup final, he was probably drawing a shed or something.

  • @eduardvandenbrink5694
    @eduardvandenbrink5694 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Many Danes still think fondly of that 17-1

  • @m33446
    @m33446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes Clacton town! I once had a kickabout in there at 4am after a night on the jack and jills

  • @DAMMO23
    @DAMMO23 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    ngl Z this type of content is next level! great vid mate! keep it up- Those stats make it hard to arguer he is one of the best that played for england

    • @alehlete830
      @alehlete830 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Ralph "Dixie" Dean

  • @hugoashley9223
    @hugoashley9223 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    According to transfer market Woodward stood at 1.89m (6ft2). at the time he was playing, the average height in the UK was 5ft5 so he was a giant.

  • @AndiiRL
    @AndiiRL ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I would love a video explaining the strategies of the 1900s, what does "kick-and-rush" type football entail?

    • @slack37
      @slack37 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, first you kick. And then... rush?

    • @Cellblock1138
      @Cellblock1138 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sounds like the "soccer" I played in high school. Blast the ball forward, and try to out run the defense. All break away attacks, no triangles, no wall passes, no strategy. Just like it sounds kick-and-chase.

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch videos of Wimbledon or Sheffield Utd back in the 90s, you’ll pick it up, it isn’t actually yet far of what some teams like Liverpool play today

    • @alehlete830
      @alehlete830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      William Ralph "Dixie" Dean

    • @sebmadraszek2976
      @sebmadraszek2976 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not entirely sure if this is the same but I know some amateur teams of the 1800s considered passing 'unmanly' and maybe even unstylish football; instead they would dribble up the field with players following them and waiting to do the same when it bounced off a tackle. This is from Inverting the Pyramid.

  • @rocklucas14
    @rocklucas14 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has been a great video altogether, keep up the great work!

  • @gezblair
    @gezblair ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sadly am old enough to remember British Home Championship. Bit of a World of Sport Saturday knockabout after the wrestling

  • @neilfound3506
    @neilfound3506 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Woodward, Kane, Greaves Tottenham don’t do too bad for strikers

    • @samscholfield5720
      @samscholfield5720 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Son, Klinsman, berbatov, Defoe, Keane, sheringham, lineker plenty more where that kane* from

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah it’s just winning trophies with them they struggle with

  • @willrichardson1809
    @willrichardson1809 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great work Z. Would love you to do one on West Auckland FC the team to win the “The First World Cup” as they called it in 1909. There was a film about it called "A Captain’s Tale". Briefly in 1908 4 teams were invited to a tournament in Turin Italian, Germand, French and Swiss, but it was seen as lacking prestige without an English team, so 1909 cue a team of miners.

  • @yt8co
    @yt8co ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I was certain this video was going to be about Dixie Dean

    • @meowwww9275
      @meowwww9275 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hardly forgotten mate, he has a statue outside goodison and the best suite we offer is also named after him inside. He also has a bar named after him and several other nods, including our season awards having been called the "dixies" in the past. Long gone but never forgotten on the blue (and white of Tranmere) parts of Merseyside.

    • @stevedaytona
      @stevedaytona ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Incredibly Dixie Dean only played 16 times for England - scored 18 goals though. Suffered from the same problem mentioned in this video - that England often only played the Home Championships each year.

    • @yt8co
      @yt8co ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meowwww9275 his record is being forgotten at the moment though

  • @reneskovgaardmadsen4692
    @reneskovgaardmadsen4692 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Denmark's 17-1 win over France would stand as the record for the biggest win for a national side in an official match for almost 100 years. Sofus "krølben" Nielsen (krølben translates to curly legs) scored 10 goals in that match.

  • @Jaybale3
    @Jaybale3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a spurs fan who has delved into our history a lot I didn’t even know he played for spurs and didn’t know anything about his career. I’d only heard his name mentioned when Kane broke the England record and the list of top scorers was going around on socials.
    Quite insane to think spurs have had some of the greatest goal-scorers this country has seen. Vivian woodward with everything mentioned in this video. Jimmy greaves who is the top scorer in English top flight history. Last but not least Harry Kane, current spurs and england top scorer and soon to be top scorer in premier league history.
    Another weird/cool thing that links these 3 players, (depending on Kane’s transfer rumours to Chelsea) they could all have played for both spurs and Chelsea. Vivian moving to spurs and later to Chelsea. Jimmy greaves who come through Chelsea’s academy, then moved to ac Milan for a year before coming back to England and joining spurs. Kane who came through spurs’ academy and could move to Chelsea if rumours are true.

  • @artpluggg
    @artpluggg ปีที่แล้ว

    love the addition of the little animations zealand. good shit

  • @silenceisloud8418
    @silenceisloud8418 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant story z thank you

  • @benwoodward7415
    @benwoodward7415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    According to my family his is a relative to me but apparently there’s a chance someone just adopted him as family further up the line just cause he had the same name always known him to have many goals for England without any talk about him in record scoring or anything

  • @lucaspereiramartins1485
    @lucaspereiramartins1485 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a journalist here in Brazil called Ubiratan Leal. An excellent football historian and here would fit one of his theories: Football needs a division of eras. It would make it easier to understand how times are, how ideas are, how competitions are, etc. etc. From understanding comes preservation. From preservation comes the continuity of these stories. And so it goes.

  • @gm2407
    @gm2407 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well that is sad, a career that should have been celebrated for decades longer not remembered due to politicing. Good video Z.

    • @alehlete830
      @alehlete830 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Ralph "Dixie" Dean

  • @honestjohn7513
    @honestjohn7513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Video on Frank soo & all he faced would be a good watch

  • @emilfrederiksen.1622
    @emilfrederiksen.1622 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back when James Milner was still a wonderkid.

  • @armoredsponge
    @armoredsponge ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Olympics was the trophy to win as the world cup didnt start till 1930, visit impressive.FA give him is goals

    • @bionicgeekgrrl
      @bionicgeekgrrl ปีที่แล้ว

      Even if they don't give him his caps and goals, they should at least hold him in higher regard for the Olympics wins, given that England has never won it since.

  • @bionicgeekgrrl
    @bionicgeekgrrl ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A fascinating story of a English football star who should be more widly remembered and should have been better treated by players and others in his final years. Lets not forget also a WW1 war verteran, that alone deserves recognitian by the FA.

  • @MiningPros
    @MiningPros ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why would you add 13:47? Just to make me sad and cry?

  • @Brunix7000
    @Brunix7000 ปีที่แล้ว

    vivian woodward what an icon, loved his handbags

  • @Asendra01
    @Asendra01 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:31 N'golo Kanté: "Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!"

  • @ratzinger3814
    @ratzinger3814 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tesla invented the radio

  • @mattjames6349
    @mattjames6349 ปีที่แล้ว

    human chain of lightening is the best description ever!

  • @Starkweather133
    @Starkweather133 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yo Clacton is one of the worst places in Essex lol

    • @m33446
      @m33446 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably quite nice in 1890s though haha

    • @Starkweather133
      @Starkweather133 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@m33446 well it'd be hard to be worse than it is now lol

  • @mikelz_31
    @mikelz_31 ปีที่แล้ว

    this would be a banging idea for a movie, england's forgotten legend

  • @saoirsedeltufo7436
    @saoirsedeltufo7436 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Worth noting with you mentioning Northern Ireland that at the point he played, all of Ireland was still under British colonial control - his last game for England was before even the Easter Rising

  • @ikorraks
    @ikorraks ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seems nuts to me considering how many professional players were in the country that England was calling up Amateurs and non-league players up to the 1930s because some people could make more money doing a normal job than by playing football.
    1. Imagine the average person earning more than a footballer even at league 2 level now, just seems a world away
    2. England call up players that don't even play (Maguire, Phillips) over players playing regularly and in form. This guy and people like Edgar Kail scored in debuts and rare outings, would be interesting to see what would happen if the team was picked based purely on form for one international break

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah in those days footballers lived in the your street and drank in your local boozer, then got the bus to play in front of 80 000 people, seems like better times

    • @carlosimotti3933
      @carlosimotti3933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amateurism was over in England by the 1880's already, and followed an era of hidden payments called "shamateurism" in the 1870's. The very league championship was pushed and founded by the first declared professional teams. The average player salary was higher than the average worker but not that higher. Most professionals kept a side job, and was advised to do so.
      Still amateurs kept existing, Vivian Woodward was an architect from a wealthy family and didn't need nor want to be payed

  • @leewitney5863
    @leewitney5863 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live about 40 mins from Clacton. A little mad to see Essex mentioned in these videos lol

  • @denisjuznic160
    @denisjuznic160 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Guglielmo Marconi didn't invent the radio. Nikola Tesla did. Marconi just stole the patent, which was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 1943. Spread the word.

    • @Kimera794
      @Kimera794 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep

    • @BawdyBadger
      @BawdyBadger ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I was going to comment about this too

    • @honestjohn7513
      @honestjohn7513 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That history major has served him well

  • @hetsbets579
    @hetsbets579 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Zealand!
    You should talk about GreNoLi.

  • @TheGordybear
    @TheGordybear ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Northern Ireland still hold the British Championships.
    Scotland only recognise 1 cap per season back until the 50s but only if they played in a Home Championship match, otherwise no dice
    Plus Ireland were one country prior to 1918, with the introduction of the Irish Free State

    • @BawdyBadger
      @BawdyBadger ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes the Irish Football Association that now covers only Northern Ireland was the original Association. Founded mostly by Belfast clubs. The fourth oldest association in the world.
      The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) was created after partition. Mainly due to the reneging on a promise to play a replay of the Irish Cup in Dublin during the war of independence after Glentoran of Belfast drawing in Belfast against Shelbourne in Dublin.

  • @1989Brolly1989
    @1989Brolly1989 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should make a vide about Dixie Dean

  • @wtfamiactuallyright1823
    @wtfamiactuallyright1823 ปีที่แล้ว

    A different breed back then.

  • @davidrichards613
    @davidrichards613 ปีที่แล้ว

    Clacton... he was a Sea, Sea, Seasider!

  • @beachgaara
    @beachgaara ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Max Woosnam is another fascinating sportsman of that era. Allegedly beat Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife. Played some of the football too.

    • @alehlete830
      @alehlete830 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Ralph "Dixie" Dean

    • @beachgaara
      @beachgaara ปีที่แล้ว

      What about him?

  • @yeetmaster9010
    @yeetmaster9010 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was expecting a Micky Higginson video.

  • @hestvenn
    @hestvenn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vivian was around 5ft 10-11in

  • @autokid311
    @autokid311 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another video you should do is a video on a player even maradona considered better than him. His name was Jorge “Magico” Gonzalez and he’s a player from El Salvador from the 1982 World Cup squad.

    • @lucaspereiramartins1485
      @lucaspereiramartins1485 ปีที่แล้ว

      And, to add to the queue, in recent weeks we have had the death of Carlos Carvajal. Mexican goalkeeper and first man to participate in five World Cups.

  • @LordWay
    @LordWay ปีที่แล้ว

    FA not recognising his games is frustrating

  • @nizarnafti3575
    @nizarnafti3575 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can see a series in this

  • @the_taron971
    @the_taron971 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey, just wanted to note that goals in the olympics obviously wouldnt count towards the england goal tally as its the Great Britain team, not England. Was a little misleading.

  • @Danstraightedge
    @Danstraightedge ปีที่แล้ว

    Wouldn't mind a video on Dixie Dean as I am related to him on my mothers side.

  • @indyprosandcons329
    @indyprosandcons329 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why does he look like James Milner though 😭😭😭

    • @GK-ne5uf
      @GK-ne5uf ปีที่แล้ว +4

      nah he IS James milner bro. just went through a name change

    • @emilfrederiksen.1622
      @emilfrederiksen.1622 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is James Milner

  • @ngeneedgarofficial
    @ngeneedgarofficial ปีที่แล้ว +21

    So u found a way to discredit Spurs top striker, we have suffered this season enough 😅

    • @VillaFanDan92
      @VillaFanDan92 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This guy was also Spurs' top striker.

    • @jordyvangraven5915
      @jordyvangraven5915 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@VillaFanDan92 ye lol, he should be happy Zealand covers a guy found by the spurs, who promoted with them and became an absolute legend, no?

    • @EstariaValens
      @EstariaValens ปีที่แล้ว

      The existence of another top striker doesn't discredit what Kane has done.

    • @bionicgeekgrrl
      @bionicgeekgrrl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just remember this season you could be Chelsea...

    • @ngeneedgarofficial
      @ngeneedgarofficial ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bionicgeekgrrl dats a positive 😂

  • @drew_peabawlz
    @drew_peabawlz ปีที่แล้ว

    Not forgotten you just learned of him

  • @Jose-qu9qk
    @Jose-qu9qk ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hey Zealand
    So, you're American and I'm Salvadoran. Both from Concacaf. I was wondering if you've heard of a football player by the name of Jorge "Mágico" González?
    I've been following you for a while and I've noticed that you frequently cover stories of players that are forgotten such as the North Korean wonderkid, so I was wondering if you'd be interested in reading a little bit about him?
    He is a legend at Cádiz and arguably the best CONCACAF player to ever play, even Maradona himself said that El Mágico was "the best player in the world" and that "he was the one player better than him". And I'm pretty sure we all know how huge Maradona's ego is.
    A little fun fact, Scaloni (yes, the Scaloni that just won the World Cup) came to El Salvador to praise El Mágico and even took pictures with him because "he was a valued player in all of Spain".
    El Mágico even had a trial with Barcelona but he didn't sign for them because he'd rather be a party guy and not treat football like a job, rumours even say they didn't sign him because there was a fire alarm in the hotel they were staying at and they weren't able to find him, and when they found him, he was just chilling in his room with one of the waitresses
    Lastly, to quote Maradona himself; "During training we all tried to imitate him, but we couldn't"

    • @Jose-qu9qk
      @Jose-qu9qk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also forgot to mention that he was part of the infamous 10-1 Hungarian demolition of El Salvador

    • @chivasluis1
      @chivasluis1 ปีที่แล้ว

      👎

  • @m1j1browning
    @m1j1browning ปีที่แล้ว

    “So he could score as many goals as possible just by saying they went in”.
    Nah you’re thinking of Pele.

  • @CaevanAllen
    @CaevanAllen ปีที่แล้ว

    talking about amateurs, what about the first pro Fergus Sutor. im from blackburn and live in darwen and he has streets named after him here

  • @markmorris7123
    @markmorris7123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wayne ronney a great player,, but his goal scoring record is misleading.. He hardly scored any goals at actual tournaments. My fave English striker is Jimmy Greaves

  • @Zedvais
    @Zedvais ปีที่แล้ว

    Ofc they won’t recognize it. It makes no player will ever break that tally. If they can’t break it over 100 years what makes you think they will break it soon? It will take england a real next cr7 or leo Messi kind of talent to break that tally. And we probably know those two are one of a kind.

  • @daberg3266
    @daberg3266 ปีที่แล้ว

    Think its time The FA change the stats

  • @rolo951
    @rolo951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video, check out Steve Bloomer if you fancy another forgotten English hero 😊

  • @haydenbennett4578
    @haydenbennett4578 ปีที่แล้ว

    so ur basically telling me that Vivian Woodward is HIM

  • @treasuren
    @treasuren ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss the FM content 🥲

  • @ganaed
    @ganaed ปีที่แล้ว

    Lacking hair, but that head is full of great ideas for content. Nice

  • @trevorkirk413
    @trevorkirk413 ปีที่แล้ว

    F.A. means F*** A**, 'nough said!

  • @wesleysmith7431
    @wesleysmith7431 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go Hokies!!

  • @cantthink3012
    @cantthink3012 ปีที่แล้ว

    He was doing it against farmers stop it..
    Jk but in all seriousness he was probably a farmer too so its fair game

  • @gift_realg
    @gift_realg ปีที่แล้ว

    😂

  • @OPSAMIHFFARMY
    @OPSAMIHFFARMY ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ferst

    • @bp3366
      @bp3366 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Darn tootin yer ferst

  • @thegoat5375
    @thegoat5375 ปีที่แล้ว

    you was really reaching with this video

  • @HF-sj9lm
    @HF-sj9lm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    different era, not comparable at all

    • @m33446
      @m33446 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Buzz Killington, arbiter of what's relevant and what isn't

    • @n1troni
      @n1troni ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Then they should make top scorer in each decade if every era is non comparable right?

    • @StoutProper
      @StoutProper ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s football, it’s all comparable

    • @HF-sj9lm
      @HF-sj9lm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StoutProper was not the same 'football' at all back in that day

    • @HF-sj9lm
      @HF-sj9lm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@n1troni each decade is not a new era. This is coming from a time when the sport was so different to nowadays