There's Maradona, Beckenbauer, Henry, Best and Baggio,
And Johann Cruyff and Passarella Zico Rush Jairzinho
And Rummenigge, Rossi, Raul, Rensenbrink and Radebe,
And Gerson, Garrincha, Ginola, Gary Speed and Baresi.

Eusebio, Butragueno, Di Stefano, Socrates
Hidetoshi Nakata but just because he's Japanese
And goal! Ronaldinho and Platini and Tony Adams (inhale)
And Bobby Moore and Maldini and Kennedy and Kaka.

There's Ronaldo and Desailly and Jug-eared Gary Lineker
That moron Robbie Savage and the Frenchman Eric Cantona
And Schmeichel and Stevie G and scouser Jamie Carragher,
And Bergkamp, Ballack, Darren Bent, and Brian Clough and Baptista.

Isn't that interesting? (Laughter.)
I hope you're all taking notes, because I've probably spelt all the names wrong.

There's Hasselbaink and Hierro and "hat-trick" Ibrahimovic
And Jimmy Greaves and Venables and Gary Speed and Stankovic
Mcmanaman and Michael Fish, Mourinho and Messi,
D'Allessandro Saviola and Cicinho and Heinze.

And Sir Alex Ferguson, and Mortensen and Pedersen,
David Platt and Michael Owen, Peter Shilton, Robinson, and
Totti, Trevor Francis and Milano's Gilardinho (inhale)
And Carrick, Crouch, Kempes, Kahn and Kromkamp, Cascarino.

There's Zinedine whose Frenchy skills cost Juventus a bundle
And also Martin Peters and Carvalho and Trundle
And Buffon, Lehmann, Friedel, Seaman, Yashin, Zoff and Shilton
And Barca's Maxi Lopez who has hair like Paris Hilton.

These are lots of footballers but some have been omitted,
I would have but in Pele but his name would not have fitted.