Fan input: best players

Part one of three.

As is quite obvious now, I’m always interested in what other fans have to say – whether that be my fellow Bees, or supporters of League 2 in general. After having to do my greatest ever starting XI and subs for the programme last season (which you can of course read here), I was interested in seeing who others would include in theirs. The thing is, I think, trying to pick a squad of 11, which is a lot harder than just naming the best players you have seen play. So I decided upon removing a player from my initial line-up and asking others for their best 10 players of all time. To me, this was really interesting, as although I have been going to watch Barnet play since the age of four, there were so many names I had completely forgotten about (and others I couldn’t physically remember for being too young!).

I’m surprised with the response I got, which of course I am very grateful for. There were well over 50 players shortlisted and because of so many players tied with the same amount of votes, I’ve had to change the results to a ‘best 20’.

So, according to my fellow Barnet fans, the best ever 20 players to play for the club are:

1          Giuliano Grazioli

2          Dougie Freedman

=          Lee Harrison

4          Albert Adomah

=          Nicky Bailey

=          Gary Bull

=          Linvoy Primus

=          Jason Puncheon

=          Maik Taylor

10        Andy Clarke

=          Simon King

12        Darren Currie

=          Liam Hatch

=          Ian Hendon

=          Kenny Lowe

=          Gary Phillips

17        Sean Devine

=          Paul Showler

=          Dean Sinclair

20        Scott McGleish

Part two will continue tomorrow, and will see the ‘most popular’ players to put on the black and amber shirt.

I’d like to also say a massive thank you to everyone that helped me out with both posts.