To celebrate the NBA annual All-Star weekend, I've decided to have a bit of fun and pick my Premier League stars using some unperfect science. I split the League into North v South and used Midlands teams as wild cards, who could play for either side. I picked a starting XI using a 4-3-3 formation - choosing the best performing players from this season. 

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing

 https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

https://www.instagram.com/euroelitesoccer/

To celebrate the NBA annual All-Star weekend, I've decided to have a bit of fun and pick my Premier League stars using some unperfect science. I split the League into North v South and used Midlands teams as wild cards, who could play for either side. I picked a starting XI using a 4-3-3 formation - choosing the best performing players from this season. 

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing

 https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

https://www.instagram.com/euroelitesoccer/

To celebrate the NBA annual All-Star weekend, I've decided to have a bit of fun and pick my Premier League stars using some unperfect science. I split the League into North v South and used Midlands teams as wild cards, who could play for either side. I picked a starting XI using a 4-3-3 formation - choosing the best performing players from this season. 

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing

 https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

https://www.instagram.com/euroelitesoccer/

A look back on what I believe was Sir Alex Ferguson greatest ever Manchester United side the 2007-08 team. They had leaders, winners, technical ability and goals.

Manager: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sir Alex Ferguson
Premier League: 1st (Champions)
FA Cup: Sixth-Round
League Cup: Third Round
FA Community Shield:  Champions
UEFA Champions League: Champions

Top goalscorer:
League: 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (31)
All: 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (42)

Season Awards
PFA Player of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo
FWA Player of the Year:  Cristiano Ronaldo
PFA Team of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic
Premier League Manager of the Season: Sir Alex Ferguson
LMA Manager of the Season: Sir Alex Ferguson 

Starting XI: 4-4-2 (Devastating in Transition and Counter-attacking with speed)
GK 🇳🇱 Edwin Van Der Sarr 
RB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Brown 
CB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rio Ferdinand 
CB 🇷🇸 Nemanja Vidic 
LB 🇫🇷 Patrice Evra 
RM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Giggs 
CM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Micheal Carrick 
CM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Scholes 
LM 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo 
CF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wayne Rooney 
CF 🇦🇷 Carlos Tevez 

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

A look back on what I believe was Sir Alex Ferguson greatest ever Manchester United side the 2007-08 team. They had leaders, winners, technical ability and goals.

Manager:

A look back on what I believe was Sir Alex Ferguson greatest ever Manchester United side the 2007-08 team. They had leaders, winners, technical ability and goals.

Manager:

The Aliens have come to earth ands are challenging us to game of football, the worlds biggest sport, for global supremacy. We must assemble a current World XI plus a manager and bench to beat them. With one big caveat; we can not pick Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo (it turns out there actually Aliens.)

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

If you enjoyed the podcast please give us a itunes rating and review! Pretty pretty please? 

The Aliens have come to earth ands are challenging us to game of football, the worlds biggest sport, for global supremacy. We must assemble a current World XI plus a manager and bench to beat them. With one big caveat; we can not pick Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo (it turns out there actually Aliens.)

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

If you enjoyed the podcast please give us a itunes rating and review! Pretty pretty please? 

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10224892)

The Aliens have come to earth ands are challenging us to game of football, the worlds biggest sport, for global supremacy. We must assemble a current World XI plus a manager and bench to beat them. With one big caveat; we can not pick Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo (it turns out there actually Aliens.)

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart

If you enjoyed the podcast please give us a itunes rating and review! Pretty pretty please? 

Today's podcast has a personal touch to it, as a Newcastle fan talking about Shearer can only be so rational. 

Date of Birth: 13 August 1970
Place of Birth: Gosforth
Clubs played for: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United

Individual Honours
Player of the season 1995
6x PFA Team of the Year
3x Premier League Golden Boot
4x Premier League player of the Month
Euro 1996 Top Scorer (5 goals)
Premier League All-Time record scorer (260 goals)
Newcastle All-Time record scorer (206 goals)

Team Honours
1994-95 Premier League 

Essential watching / reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmN8oMJ8Y5A - Greatest Premier League goals - including the strike against Everton I mention on the podcast.
https://theathletic.co.uk/2039387/2020/09/08/the-premier-league-60-no-2-alan-shearer/ - George Caulkin Premier League 60 piece on The Athletic
https://theathletic.co.uk/1697605/2020/04/03/newcastle-united-greatest-goals-alan-shearer-everton/ - piece on the Everton goal

Follow me on twitter for updates, future competitions and to read some of my freelance writing  https://twitter.com/SJStobbart