The 2000s
This Danish midfielder played 5 seasons in the Premier League before his transfer to Real Madrid in 2005. He represented Denmark at Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 and ended his career as a Celtic player.
Thomas Gravesen
This player has received 25 red cards and has the most in La Liga history (20). He also has the highest number of red cards in El Clasico with five dismissals.
Sergio Ramos
This clubs away kit was famously worn in the FA Cup semi final replay and had "Sharp Viewcam" on the front. This club went on to win the FA Cup vs Newcastle.
Manchester United
The Old Lady
Juventus
Juventus are the oldest and most successful club in Italy, and the club’s nickname La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady) reflects this.
This player was selected for the PFA Team of the Year for 6 consecutive years. He won 4 Premier League Golden Boots and has won the Premier League 2 times. He has won a World Cup and a EURO.
Thierry Henry
This Irish midfielder had over 400 appearances in the Premier League and was renowned for having had one of the longest and most feared throw-ins in football; his throws, noted by Martin O'Neill as equivalent to "a corner or a free kick", often ranged 30–40 metres
Rory Delap
This player was signed to a Premier League club from Parma in August 2003. He received a 7 month ban for testing positive for cocaine. He left the club to return to Italy
Adrian Mutu
A classic umbro kit that was adorned with the "Crown Paints" sponsorship and saw this club have one of the most successful seasons in the history of European football.
Liverpool Football Club 1983/84
The Tangerines
Blackpool FC
This player twice broke a transfer record in 2000 and 2002, both transfers in the Premier League. He captained a club under David O'Leary and has won 6 Premier League titles and 1 Champions League
Rio Ferdinand
This Nigerian midfielder joined a premier club on a free transfer after leaving PSG in the summer of 2002 after the FIFA World Cup. We was 6 time Nigerian Footballer of the Year and was named player of the year for his premier league club for the 04/05 season.
Jay Jay Okocha
This player scored a penalty against Everton in the Merseyside derby, kneeled down, put a finger to his left nostril and crawled along the byline while pretending to sniff it, like he was snorting a line of cocaine.
Robbie Fowler
This club wore a an iconic kit with the "Mars" sponsor in the 88/89 season when they won their first ever European trophy after winning the UEFA cup, defeating Stuttgart 4-5 on aggregate led by one of the best players to play the game.
S.S.C. Napoli
The Jam Tarts or Jambos
Heart of Midlothian
Born in Suriname this player represented the Netherlands 29 times and started his second stint in England when he transferred from Atletico Madrid in May of 2000 to a London club where picked up the golden boot in his first season.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
This midfielder played for English side Blackburn Rovers between 2004 and 2013. He scored 35 goals in 288 matches for Blackburn Rovers and has been capped more than 80 times, and scored 17 goals, for Norway.
Morten Gamst Pederson
This former goalkeeper was imprisoned in 1993 after getting involved in a kidnapping. Acting as a go-between for the drug barons Pablo Escobar and Carlos Molina, he was largely responsible for securing the release of Molina's daughter by delivering the ransom money.
Rene Higuita
This club celebrated their hundred year anniversary with a NIKE half and half jersey, the club badge in the center of the chest and 1899 on one side and 1999 on the other. No sponsor on the front. They finished the league as runners up which is disappointing considering the coaching staff this club had.
FC Barcelona
The Loons
Minnesota United
Chris Coleman named this player captain in 2005 after 4 years with the club. He has 28 caps for Portugal and won a Premier League title in 97/98.
Luis Boa Morte
His performances in the 02–03 UCL for Maccabi Haifa earned him a move to club Portsmouth in 2003. He has appeared in over 250 Premier League matches for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers, and is the second highest African goalscorer in Premier League history with 96 goals.
Yakubu Ayegbeni
This former FIFA ExCo member admitted to conspiring with other executives to accept bribes in conjunction with the South Africa World Cup bid 2010. His admissions came during testimony given at a sealed sentencing proceeding in a New York federal court and led to the raid of the FIFA headquarters.
Chuck Blazer
Gabriel Batistuta wore the best kit in the history of kits ( biased, maybe) A white kit, with a color patter across the chest and shoulders and a 7-Up sponsor on the front.
AC Fiorentina
Los Colchoneros (the mattress makers)
Atletico Madrid
The Spanish club is known as Los Colchoneros (the mattress makers) because their shirts resemble a traditional pattern on Spanish mattresses.
This player made the move from Boca Juniors to the Premier League, becoming the first player from his country to play in England. He played over 300 matches in the PL scoring 40 goals. He is also an accomplished trumpet player and has set up his own Salsa band, The Geordie Latinos.
Nolberto Solano