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English Top Tier: Best holding midfielders by decade
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English Top Tier: Best holding midfielders by decade

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1890s
(since 1888)

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:ENG: Ernest Needham
:IRL: :ENG: Jack Reynolds
:SCO: Bob Kelso
:ENG: Jimmy Crabtree
:ENG: Jimmy Forrest
:SCO: Hugh Wilson
:ENG: Alf Shelton
:ENG: Frank Forman
:SCO: Billy Dunlop (1869)
:SCO: Willie Groves

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Reserves
:ENG: George Kinsey
:ENG: Albert Fletcher
:ENG: Jimmy Turner
:ENG: John Cox
:SCO: Dickie Boyle
:SCO: Billy Stewart
:SCO: Will Gibson
:ENG: Tom Perry
:SCO: Johnny Graham
:SCO: George Drummond
:SCO: Alec Stewart
:ENG: John Barton
:ENG: Hill Griffiths
:SCO: Harry Brandon
:ENG: Kelly Houlker
:ENG: Billy Owen
:ENG: Charlie Bramley
:SCO: Alex Paton
:SCO: Bob Blyth
:IRL: Jack Taggart
:ENG: Arthur Lowder
:ENG: Jack Banks
:ENG: Ezra Horton
:ENG: George Timmins
:ENG: Jimmy Jamieson
:SCO: Bob Petrie
:WAL: George Farmer
:ENG: Jack Dungworth


1900s

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:ENG: Colin Veitch
:ENG: Ben Warren
:SCO: Andy Aitken
:WAL: Maurice Parry
:SCO: Peter McWilliam
:ENG: Harry Johnson
:ENG: Harry Makepeace
:ENG: Harry Ruddlesdin
:SCO: Alex Bell
:ENG: Dick Duckworth

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Reserves
:ENG: Ernest Needham
:SCO: Bob Ferrier
:SCO: Billy Farquhar
:ENG: James Bradley
:ENG: Walter Abbott
:ENG: Frank Forman
:ENG: Albert Wilkes
:ENG: Kelly Houlker
:ENG: Sam Wolstenholme
:ENG: Sammy Frost
:ENG: George Richards
:ENG: William Goldie
:ENG: George Ross
:ENG: John Johnston
:ENG: Johnny May
:ENG: George Tranter
:ENG: Dicky Johnson
:ENG: Alf Wood
:ENG: Billy Bartlett
:ENG: Matthew Ferguson
:NIR: Val Harris
:ENG: Joe Pearson
:SCO: Billy Bradshaw
:SCO: Harry Low
:SCO: Jock Cameron
:ENG: George Baddeley
:SCO: Tommy Tait
:SCO: Alex Downie
:ENG: Tom Brittleton
:ENG: Albert Walmsley
:ENG: Albert Sturgess
:ENG: Sammy Timmins
:ENG: Andy Ducat
:SCO: Billy Lyon
:ENG: Jimmy McLean
:ENG: Pat Hanlin
:ENG: Arthur Spear
:ENG: Ruben Marr
:SCO: James Buchan
:ENG: Billy Annis


1910s

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:ENG: Billy Bradshaw
:ENG: Francis Cuggy
:SCO: Harry Low
:ENG: Tom Brittleton
:ENG: Albert Walmsley
:ENG: Billy Watson (1890)
:ENG: Bobby McNeal
:ENG: Andy Ducat
:ENG: Albert Sturgess
:ENG: George Utley

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Reserves
:ENG: Colin Veitch
:ENG: Dick Duckworth
:SCO: Alex Bell
:ENG: Ben Warren
:ENG: Tommy Boyle
:ENG: George Halley
:SCO: David Wilson
:NIR: Val Harris
:ENG: Harry Makepeace
:ENG: George Tranter
:SCO: Jimmy Campell
:ENG: Hugh Moffat
:SCO: Jimmy McDonald
:ENG: George Robinson
:NIR: Bill Lacey
:SCO: Donald McKinlay
:SCO: Jock Finlay
:SCO: Stewart Davidson
:ENG: Tommy Barber
:ENG: Jimmy Leach
:ENG: Ruben Marr
:ENG: Alan Grenyer
:ENG: George Malcolm
:ENG: David Willis
:ENG: Fred Taylor


1920s

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:SCO: Jimmy McMullan
:ENG: Tom Bromilow
:ENG: Arthur Grimsdell
:SCO: David Steele
:ENG: George Green
:ENG: Billy Marsden
:SCO: Jock McNab
:ENG: Harry Nuttall
:ENG: Frank Moss
:ENG: Tommy Magee

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Reserves
:ENG: Willis Edwards
:WAL: Billy Jennings
:ENG: Alf Strange
:ENG: Austen Campbell
:ENG: Bert Smith
:ENG: Billy Watson (1893)
:ENG: Billy Watson (1890)
:ENG: Joe Peacock
:ENG: Sid Bishop
:SCO: Joe Harris
:WAL: Billy Hardy
:ENG: Harry Pantling
:ENG: Jack Tresadern
:ENG: Tommy Meehan
:ENG: George Halley
:ENG: Bobby McNeal
:WAL: Fred Keenor
:ENG: George Blackburn
:SCO: William Brown (1897)
:SCO: Charlie Pringle
:SCO: Hunter Hart
:IRL: Mickey Hamill
:SCO: Bert McIntosh
:SCO: William Clunas
:SCO: Willie Gibson
:ENG: Peter Mooney
:ENG: Jack Bamber
:ENG: Charlie Parker
:ENG: Arthur Andrews
:WAL: Bob John
:ENG: Albert Barrett
:ENG: Alf Baker
:SCO: Johnny McIntyre
:ENG: Harry Wake
:ENG: Billy Kingdon
:ENG: Joe Tate
:SCO: Stewart Davidson
:ENG: Sammy Richardson
:ENG: George Ritchie
:ENG: Sammy Sharp


1930s

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:ENG: Wilf Copping
:WAL: Bob John
:ENG: Alf Strange
:ENG: Cliff Britton
:ENG: Jackie Bray
:ENG: Jack Crayston
:SCO: Matt Busby
:SCO: Bill Shankly
:SCO: Jock Thomson
:ENG: Ken Willingham

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Reserves
:SCO: Alex Hastings
:SCO: Charlie Thomson
:ENG: Austen Campbell
:ENG: Horace Burrows
:ENG: Eric Keen
:SCO: Jimmy McDougall
:SCO: Galvin Malloch
:ENG: Don Welsh
:ENG: Sam Weaver
:SCO: Jimmy Milne
:ENG: Joe Mercer
:ENG: Thomas Smalley
:ENG: Cliff Bastin
:SCO: Jimmy Nichol
:SCO: David Thackeray
:WAL: Charlie Jones
:ENG: Joe Tate
:SCO: Frank Hill
:WAL: Jimmy Murphy
:ENG: Jimmy Edwards
:ENG: George Male
:ENG: Ernest Jackson
:SCO: Jimmy Guthrie
:ENG: Guy Wharton
:ENG: Joe Gardiner
:WAL: Dai Richards
:ENG: Jack Nicholas
:ENG: Ralph Hann
:SCO: Sandy McNab
:ENG: Bob Batey
:ENG: Billy Kingdon
:SCO: Roddie McKenzie
:ENG: Joe Jobling
:SCO: Archie McPherson


1940s

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:ENG: Jimmy Dickinson
:ENG: Henry Cockburn
:ENG: Joe Mercer
:ENG: Billy Wright
:ENG: Bob Baisley
:SCO: Archie Macaulay
:SCO: Alex Forbes
:ENG: Willie Watson
:ENG: George Bray
:ENG: Reg Attwell

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Reserves
:ENG: Reg Flewin
:ENG: Harry Johnston
:ENG: Bill Jones
:ENG: Arthur Wright
:ENG: Allenby Chilton
:ENG: Eric Hayward
:SCO: Hugh Kelly
:SCO: Jimmy Scoular
:ENG: Billy Crook
:ENG: Alan Brown
:ENG: Ken Armstrong
:ENG: Eddie Boot
:ENG: Jack Froggatt
:ENG: Tim Ward
:ENG: Walter Musson
:ENG: Joe Harvey
:ENG: Leon Leuty
:ENG: Jack Nicholas
:ENG: Bert Johnson
:ENG: Harold Phipps
:ENG: Bill Whittaker


1950s

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:ENG: Duncan Edwards
:SCO: Jimmy Scoular
:ENG: Harry Johnston
:ENG: Bill Slater
:ENG: Ronnie Clayton
:WAL: Ron Burgess
:WAL: Roy Paul
:ENG: Joe Harvey
:SCO: Tommy Docherty
:SCO: Hugh Kelly

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Reserves
:ENG: Billy Wright
:ENG: Jimmy Dickinson
:ENG: Henry Cockburn
:ENG: Joe Mercer
:ENG: Ray Barlow
:NIR: Danny Blanchflower
:NIR: Tommy Casey
:IRL: Pat Saward
:ENG: Eddie Clamp
:ENG: Willie Watson
:ENG: Bill McGarry
:ENG: Bill Nicholson
:ENG: Johnny Wheeler
:ENG: Eddie Colman
:ENG: Ken Armstrong
:ENG: Jeff Whitefoot
:WAL: Dave Bowen
:SCO: Alex Forbes
:SCO: Jimmy Dudley
:ENG: Derek Saunders
:ENG: Ken Barnes
:ENG: Jack Burkitt
:ENG: Eric Hayward
:ENG: Bill Jones
:ENG: Tony Marchi
:ENG: Len Boyd
:ENG: Roy Warhurst


1960s

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:ENG: Nobby Stiles
:SCO: Dave Mackay
:NIR: Danny Blanchflower
:IRL: Johnny Giles
:SCO: Pat Crerand
:ENG: Ron Flowers
:ENG: Alan Mullery
:ENG: Alan Oakes
:ENG: Gordon Milne
:ENG: John Hollins

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Reserves
:ENG: Collin Harvey
:ENG: Howard Kendall
:SCO: Billy Bremner
:SCO: Jimmy Gabriel
:ENG: Brian Miller
:ENG: Mike Bailey
:SCO: Willie Stevenson
:ENG: Bobby Robson
:SCO: Billy Baxter
:WAL: John Elsworthy
:ENG: Jimmy Adamson
:ENG: Bobby Moore
:ENG: Geoff Strong
:ENG: Tony Kay
:ENG: Brian Harris
:ENG: Jeff Whitefoot
:SCO: Frank McLintock
:SCO: John Boyle
:ENG: Tony Marchi
:ENG: Graham Lovett
:ENG: Collin Appleton
:ENG: Eddie Bovington
:ENG: Gerry Young
:ENG: Peter Eustace
:ENG: John Barnwell
:ENG: Henry Newton
:ENG: Bobby Kerr
:SCO: Ian Porterfield


1970s

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:SCO: Billy Bremner
:SCO: John McGovern
:ENG: Mike Bailey
:ENG: Steve Perryman
:WAL: Terry Yorath
:ENG: Billy Bonds
:ENG: Nick Holmes
:ENG: Ian Bowyer
:ENG: Peter Storey
:ENG: Brian Talbot

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Reserves
:IRL: Johnny Giles
:ENG: Dennis Mortimer
:ENG: John Hollins
:SCO: Peter Cormack
:ENG: Alan Oakes
:ENG: Colin Bell
:ENG: Emlyn Hughes
:ENG: Martin Dobson
:ENG: Graham Paddon
:ENG: Henry Newton
:NIR: Bryan Hamilton
:SCO: Don Masson
:WAL: John Mahoney
:ENG: Mike Doyle
:ENG: Paul Madeley
:ENG: Tony Towers
:ENG: Colin Viljoen
:NIR: Tommy Cassidy
:NIR: Dave Clements
:ENG: Gary Owen
:ENG: Mick Leach
:ENG: Bobby Kerr
:ENG: Martin Dobson
:ENG: Mick Buckley
:SCO: David Hay
:SCO: Eddie Kelly


1980s

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:SCO: Graeme Souness
:ENG: Peter Reid
:ENG: Dennis Mortimer
:ARG: Osvaldo Ardiles
:DEN: Jan Mølby
:ENG: Steve McMahon
:ENG: Paul Davis
:ENG: Michael Thomas
:ENG: Ray Wilkins
:NET: Frans Thijssen

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Reserves
:ENG: Bryan Robson
:ENG: Paul Bracewell
:SCO: Des Bremner
:IRL: Ronnie Whelan
:ENG: Steve Perryman
:SCO: Nigel Spackman
:ENG: Billy Bonds
:NIR: David McCreery
:ENG: Nick Holmes
:WAL: Kenny Jackett
:ENG: Steve Williams
:ENG: Les Taylor
:ENG: Paul Allen
:ENG: Geoff Pike
:ENG: Paul Ince
:ENG: Remi Moses
:ENG: Graham Roberts
:ENG: Mick Mills
:NIR: Danny Wilson
:ENG: Brian Talbot
:ENG: Lloyd McGrath
:ENG: David Phillips
:ENG: Steve Sedgley
:ENG: Gary Owen
:SCO: John Bumpstead


1990s

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:IRL: Roy Keane
:ENG: Paul Ince
:ENG: Dennis Wise
:ENG: David Batty
:ENG: Nicky Butt
:FRA: Emmanuel Petit
:ENG: Tim Sherwood
:ENG: Carlton Palmer
:ITA: Roberto Di Matteo
:WAL: Vinie Jones

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Reserves
:FRA: Patrik Vieira
:ENG: Ray Parlour
:ENG: Jamie Redknapp
:ENG: David Hillier
:ENG: Eddie Newton
:ENG: Paul Davis
:ENG: Kevin Richardson
:NIR: Neil Lennon
:DEN: Allan Nielsen
:IRL: Andy Townsend
:ENG: Rob Lee
:GER: Steffen Freund
:WAL: Barry Horne
:ENG: Ian Taylor
:NOR: Ronny Johnsen
:ENG: Garry Flitcroft
:ENG: Steve Sedgley
:ENG: Mark Draper
:ENG: Robbie Mustoe
:DEN: John Jensen
:WAL: Robbie Savage
:ENG: Graham Hyde
:ENG: Lee Carsley
:ENG: Gareth Southgate
:ENG: Michael Thomas
:ENG: Paul Allen
:ENG: Mike Milligan


2000s

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:FRA: Patrik Vieira
:FRA: Claude Makélélé
:BRA: Gilberto Silva
:SPA: Xabi Alonso
:GHA: Michael Essien
:ENG: Michael Carrick
:GER: Dietmar Hamann
:TUR: Tugay Kerimoğlu
:ENG: Scott Parker
:ARG: Javier Mascherano

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Reserves
:IRL: Roy Keane
:ENG: Paul Scholes
:COT: Didier Zokora
:ENG: Gareth Barry
:ENG: Ray Parlour
:ENG: Phil Neville
:ENG: Nicky Butt
:FRA: Mathieu Flamini
:CZE: Igor Bišćan
:FRA: Mohamed Sissoko
:SCO: Darren Fletcher
:BUL: Stiliyan Petrov
:GER: Steffen Freund
:NIG: John Obi Mikel
:ENG: Danny Murphy
:ENG: Lee Cattermole
:SEN: Papa Bouba Diop
:NET: George Boateng
:IRL: John O'Shea
:IRL: Lee Carsley
:ENG: Garry Flitcroft
:DEN: Thomas Gravesen
:CAM: Alex Song
:FRA: Abou Diaby
:ENG: Tom Huddlestone
:ENG: Joey Barton
:WAL: Robbie Savage
:SOU: Aaron Mokoena
:BRA: Edu


2010s

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:FRA: N'Golo Kanté
:BRA: Fabinho
:ENG: Jordan Henderson
:ENG: Gareth Barry
:BRA: Fernandinho
:SER: Nemanja Matić
:NIG: John Obi Mikel
:BRA: Lucas Leiva
:SPA: Ander Herrera
:SWI: Granit Xhaka

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Reserves
:ENG: Frank Lampard
:ENG: Steven Gerrard
:SPA: Cesc Fàbregas
:COT: Yaya Touré
:SCO: Darren Fletcher
:ENG: Michael Carrick
:SPA: Mikel Arteta
:ENG: Scott Parker
:FRA: Mathieu Flamini
:SCO: Charlie Adam
:ITA: Jorginho
:CRO: Mateo Kovačić
:BEL: Marouane Fellaini
:GUI: Naby Keïta
:POR: Raul Meireles
:NET: Nigel de Jong
:WAL: Joe Allen
:GER: Emre Can
:FRA: Morgan Schneiderlin
:COT: Cheick Tioté
:ENG: Danny Drinkwater
:ENG: Danny Murphy
:CAM: Alex Song
:BEL: Mousa Dembélé
:NIG: Wilfred Ndidi
:SEN: Cheikhou Kouyaté
:SEN: Idrissa Gueye
:FRA: Moussa Sissoko
:ENG: Tom Huddlestone
:ENG: Lee Cattermole
:BRA: Fred
:GER: Pascal Gross
:SPA: Javi García
:ENG: Eric Dier
:ENG: Harry Winks
:ENG: Jonjo Shelvey
:ENG: Mark Noble
:ENG: James Ward-Prowse
:KEN: Victor Wanyama
:EGY: Mohamed Elneny


2020s
(Til summer 2025)

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:SPA: Rodri
:ENG: Declan Rice
:ITA: Jorginho
:CRO: Mateo Kovačić
:CZE: Tomáš Souček
:BRA: Bruno Guimarães
:ECU: Moisés Caicedo
:ARG: Alexis Mac Allister
:ARG: Enzo Fernández
:ENG: Kalvin Phillips

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Reserves
:FRA: N'Golo Kanté
:DEN: Piere-Emile Hojbjerg
:SCO: Scott McTominay
:BRA: Douglas Luiz
:BRA: Casemiro
:GHA: Thomas Partey
:COT: Yves Bissouma
:NET: Ryan Gravenberch
:BRA: Fred
:ENG: John Stones
:SWI: Manuel Akanji
:NIG: Wilfred Ndidi
:SPA: Thiago
:SEN: Cheikhou Kouyaté
:SEN: Idrissa Gueye
:GER: Pascal Gross
:JAP: Wataru Endō
:POR: André Gomes
:GUI: Naby Keïta
:FRA: Boubakary Soumaré
:GAB: Mario Lemina
:URU: Rodrigo Bentacur
:COL: Jefferson Lerma
:ENG: Harry Winks
:ENG: Ryan Yates


Acknowledgement & Criteria:
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- A holding midfielder who is in the main list of one certain decade, can only be in the reserves of all other decades.
- The main list of each decade is a group of the most notable holding midfielders of that decade. The order is not a ranking system, however the first midfielder of each decade is considered as the most representative of that decade.
- A holding or deep-lying midfielder stays close to their team's defence, while other midfielders may move forward to attack. The holding midfielder may also have responsibilities when their team has the ball. This player will make mostly short and simple passes to more attacking members of their team but may try some more difficult passes depending on the team's strategy. Writer Jonathan Wilson has identified three different types of holding midfielder, namely the destroyer, the creator, and the carrier. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midfielder
- Team (clubs & national teams) & Individual achievements when playing for certain English 1st-tier clubs
- Appearances & Goals
- National caps
Author:  James9408 [ Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: English 1st Tier: The best holding midfielders by decade
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