The First Arena Tournament - Favourite Footballer (Soccer) - Winner Announced!

Welcome to the First Arena Tournament, which celebrates the world game - Football, also known as Soccer.

Much like other tournaments across the boards, there are a few rules which need to be explained

Remember, that this is a favourite tournament. Therefore, you should vote for your favourite, not that of anyone else

If you're unsure about an option, take the time to click on the player link, which will direct you to a wiki page on the player. This helps participants make informed decisions and, therefore, makes the tournament better.

To vote, simply look for the most recent vote announcement, and vote according to the match-ups shown by picing one of the pair. You do not have to vote on all pairs in a round however.

Rounds will last, on average, 24 hours. At the end of the voting period, the winners will be announced and the next round posted. New rounds will also be signalled by a change in the thread title

Be sure you're voting for the right round. Any vote-posts that relate to previous or future rounds will be ignored

Discussion is allowed, and encouraged, especially on why you voted for a player. Remember to keep to the TOS when doing so however

Voting with socks is not allowed and will result in the purpetrator being barred from participating in the rest of the tournament

The second post of the thread contains all the nominations and regions. If you wish to see who is remaining and who has been eliminated (will be highlighted at the end of each round), check there

Have fun guys

 

Bayern Munich

Bryan Robson
Ferenc Puskas
Roberto Baggio
Mark Schwarzer
Neville Southall
Johnny Warren
George Best
Helmut Rahn

Real Madrid

Dennis Bergkamp
Dixie Dean
Andrei Kanchelskis
Michael Ballack
Peter Schmeichel
Steve Sidwell
Cristiano Ronaldo
Bobby Moore

Inter Milan

Harry Kewell
Ryan Giggs
Wayne Rooney
Patrick Vieira
Matthias Sammer
Michel Platini
Duncan Ferguson
Eric Cantona


Manchester United

Franz Beckenbauer
Jürgen Klinsmann
Stanley Matthews
Vince Grella
Thierry Henry
Philipp Lahm
Tim Cahill
Jens Lehmann


Melbourne Victory

Alan Shearer
Bobby Convey
Bobby Charlton
John Terry
John Aloisi
Mia Hamm
Ronaldinho
Song Chong-Gug

Los Angeles Galaxy

David Beckham
Eusébio
Otto Orf
Diego Maradonna
Patrick Kluivert
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Marcus Stewart
Steven Gerrard

Liverpool FC

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Bayern Munich

Bryan Robson
vs.
Ferenc Puskas

Roberto Baggio
vs.
Mark Schwarzer

Neville Southall
vs.
Johnny Warren

George Best
vs.
Helmut Rahn

 

Ferenc Puskas

Mark Schwarzer
? Hehe, bias maybe, but I'll always remember him in Australia's awesome World Cup battle.

Johnny Warren
? He was actually the cousin of my friend's father. That may sound like a stretch, but when you think about it that's closer than you think. I heard a lot about him.

Helmut Rahn

 

Bryan Robson
vs.
Ferenc Puskas

Bryan Robson - I have heard much about Puskas, but as an Englishman Robson must win.


Roberto Baggio
vs.
Mark Schwarzer

Roberto Baggio - Purely because although Schwarzer is a good keeper there are at least 5 more in the Premier League currently that I rate higher than him.


Neville Southall
vs.
Johnny Warren

Neville Southall - One of the all time greatest.


George Best
vs.
Helmut Rahn

George Best - can anyone really vote otherwise.

 

Puskas, Baggio, Southall, Best

 

Abstain

Schwarzer

Warren

Best



I'll give this round another 24-48 hours to see if participation picks up, hopefully when the next MS update goes up.

 

Robson, Baggio, Southall, Best

 

Robson
Baggio
Southall
Best

 

abstain

abstain

abstin

Helmut Rahn

 

Ferenc Puskas

Roberto Baggio

abstain

Helmut Rahn

 

Bayern Munich

Ferenc Puskas

Abstain

Abstain

Helmut Rahn

 

Ok, we have a tie on the Best/Rahn Match. So I just need one more vote to break the tie.

 

Bayern Munich

Bryan Robson - 3
vs.
Ferenc Puskas - 4 Winner

Roberto Baggio - 5 Winner
vs.
Mark Schwarzer - 2

Neville Southall - 4 Winner
vs.
Johnny Warren - 2

George Best - 4
vs.
Helmut Rahn - 5 Winner

 

Real Madrid

Dennis Bergkamp
vs
Dixie Dean

Andrei Kanchelskis
vs
Michael Ballack

Peter Schmeichel
vs
Steve Sidwell

Cristiano Ronaldo
vs
Bobby Moore

 

Dennis Bergkamp

Michael Ballack

Peter Schmeichel

Bobby Moore

 

Real Madrid

Dixie Dean

Andrei Kanchelskis


Peter Schmeichel


Cristiano Ronaldo

Maybe if I pick Ronaldo as one of my favorite footballers in this tournament, he'll choose to sign for Real.

 

Dennis Bergkamp
vs
Dixie Dean

Andrei Kanchelskis
vs
Michael Ballack

Peter Schmeichel
vs
]Steve Sidwell

Cristiano Ronaldo
vs
Bobby Moore

 

Bergkamp

Ballack

Schmiechel

Moore


*sigh* this isn't going as well as I'd hoped

 

I don't know who any of these people are.

 

If this were "best" and not "favorite" there would probably be more debate and stuff. You can't really argue favorite.

 

Dennis Bergkamp


Andrei Kanchelskis


Peter Schmeichel


Bobby Moore

 

That's pretty much my problem.

Maybe the people who know who they are can enlighten the rest of us when they vote. And not just by stuff that's in Wiki, but by stuff that makes you say "wow".