25.7.09

The King


Sometimes here we will feature some of the all time greats from the game of football. Debates will always go on about who is the greatest- it's the same in any sport, the sort of thing that people get very passionate about. Maybe here we can enjoy similar debates as time goes by.
But I will set out my stall right away.
In terms of skill and the threat that his very presence on the park posed to any opposition in a carer of twenty years, a career of over 1,200 goals, the great Pele has no rival for the title of the greatest footballer of all time.
(By the way, by English speakers Pele is usually pronounced Pe- lay, but strictly speaking it is Pe- lai, the lai as in lair.)