* At least that's one British spillage the Americans won't be moaning about...

* Why is Robert Green like ITV HD? They both switch off at the crucial moment.

* What's the difference between Robert Green and Justin Bieber? Robert Green knows how to drop his balls.

* Kermit was right: It's not easy being Green.

* All these Rob Green jokes are getting out of hand. In fact they're crossing the line...

* The England lads had a get-together after the game and bought Robert Green a drink to commiserate. He spilled it.

* Steven Gerrard said: "The whole team is behind Rob Green." With hindsight, that's a good place to stand.

* Robert Green's bringing out his own South African trumpet. It's known as a boo-boozela

* Robert Green - a joke even Americans can understand.

* Yesterday at London Zoo one of the staff let a a Central American monkey slip out of his grasp. So Robert Green's not the only English keeper to drop a Howler.

* My computer's got the Robert Green virus. It can't save anything.

* Just bought a Robert Green condom. Extra slippery and you're guaranteed not to catch anything.

* Rob Green has injured himself.  Apparently, he put his head in his hands and immediately kneed himself in the face.

* What's the difference between a botanist with the flu and the England goalkeeper? One has Green fingers and can catch a cold...

* Before he got into football, Robert Green was a bus driver. But he got fired because he couldn't make any stops.

 “Whilst concerns remain about how an intruder barged his way into the England dressing room to offer unwanted advice, a spokesperson for David Beckham said he intends to continue this practice until England are safely on their way home”

 “I can’t believe we only managed a draw against a rubbish team we should have beaten easily, I’m ashamed to call myself an Algerian”

.....busy running teams and leaving commentary to others, however, I appreciate all the messages of support I receive about this website, but for this feedback I would have given up maintaining the website and truth be told, I am ready to give it up this year ~ anyone who wants to get involved just let me know.

Flash FC supports MLS and the Columbus Crew - for anything to do with the Crew, start with Nick White:

Go Crew!

Nick White email: nwhite@thecrew.com

Soccer Program Manager

Office –614-447-4153

Mobile – 513-319-3730

Columbus Crew Stadium

One Black andGold Blvd.

Columbus, OH 43211

  .............meanwhile, here's a musical selection, a few of my favorite musicians and songs ~ there are so many versions, find your own favorites!

why? on a soccer site? - well, coz I'm cool, man!

Cold Play

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel .."smile

Harley - Sebastian....

John Mellor ...aka Joe

RIP Joe Strummer

Al Stewart - Nostrodamus

Bob Dylan - ... dont think twice

Spirit doing Rolling Stone

Bob Marley-  Redemption here &-> ~ Redemption song & Stirring it up early

Van Morrison ...brown eyed girl

John Martyn - Solid Air - & more & my favorite "never...

Eric Clapton - my wedding song & one that make everyone cry for other reasons

Yusef - first singer I ever "heard" & a new version here - and Morning.... and Sing out

Speaking of singers, Bill Withers here

Knopfler - so many, but here's why & the week he made it to OGWT & Notting Hill

Zappa...as a handsome sonofabitch!

Seasick Steve - doghouse song

"Popular" stars from UK include these guys - Mick & the boys

Alan Clark/Hollies - Long tall woman...

Little Stevie W.... he aint blind! - Winwood at 16, Higher Love

These scousers did OK...Hey J...

Mark Bolan Riding a White Swan

Andy, Gordon and the yank on drums - moonwalking

UB40 - never filled one out! - Red Red Wine

and so many more to come....

The Boogie Woogie Twins - Jools & Dr. John

Love boogie? Try the Death Ray

Older they get, the better...Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah

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2009 - I'm taking a sabbatical from commenting on MLS, The Crew - and almost anything else, concentrating on my REAL job! - will continue to organize this football club so long as the players want me to - thanks for showing up!

CREW UPDATE 2008:

They win the whole shebang! - Bloody marvelous - Sigi, Frankie and all the boys get it done in LA, come home with a 'effing BIG CUP and deserve all the praise they get...and probably a lot more as "socker" is still MINOR LEAGUE to most Buckeyes...still, the scene at fado after the match was fantastic and led the news that nite, but now the lads are back and getting over hangovers the business of MLS will proceed and we'll have to wait and see what happens for next year - who wont be back? - I can see this team being dismantled...lets see what happens.

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I've got to hand it to The Crew, they've done a superb job this season of bringing respect to MLS... it's a shame the MLS powers-that-be couldn't be so successful...still, they're trying what with new teams coming on board...when we get a single table, relegation and do away with play-offs it'll look like real football! - could look more like real football now if they quit playing on those Throwball fields........

Sigi, Frankie & All The Boys have earned our respect..... best way to show it is to go to the Final!

guys... get your Crew tickets direct from our ticketmeister Nick White,  ...call or email Nick ANYTIME for details and deals...buying in advance is the best way to go!...

Nick A. White- nwhite@thecrew.com

Soccer Program Manager

Office - 614.447.4153

Mobile - 513.319.3730

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Terry's pre-2008 season and early season rants on MLS:

The Crew are winning games this year, and after the last two dismal seasons it's about time! - But attendance is down and they're having trouble getting excitment back into Crew Stadium - I for one have been disappointed with many things about professional soccer in the US and Columbus, you can see my open letter to the league below*-  In an attempt to right things The Crew held a roundtable of local soccer community people April 26th and Yours Truely was invited to contribute. I learned that there has already been efforts to bring the game into line with a more professional approach, including eliminating almost all announcements during games, the pre-game routine (they even had a moments silence this week, very Euro style), and if they work at some of the suggestions that came up we can hope to see more improvements to the game day experience - If you have suggestions or comments, please send them to me. Meanwhile, I encourage all fans, even luke warm ones, to register on the Crew website. - Return here for more news in the coming weeks and months! -

Please, write Terry with suggestions and in-put,. THANKS.

*Dear MLS & The Crew;

Please accept this letter in the spirit it is intended. This may be feedback from just one soccer fan, but it is intended to be objective and to open the eye’s of others who care about watching professional soccer.

I’ve attended nearly every home game of The Crew. I’ve been to several MLS cities for matches, watched scores, maybe hundreds, of televised MLS matches and been a supporter of MLS since its inception in 1986. A lifelong soccer fan, player and soccer club organizer I feel more than qualified to make observations and criticisms and suspect I’ve attended more MLS games than most MLS employees, players and fans.

To briefly summarize the problem: "MLS has completely failed to realize the hope and aspirations it started out with 12 years ago. No-one can seriously dispute this point and arguably the league is less interesting than when it started."

A litany of observations follow (take a deep breath!):

-        there were more well known players when the league incepted

-        the profile of MLS has not improved with the average American sports fan

-        major corporate sponsorship has waned

-        the League format still means nothing as no-one is punished for a terrible, under-achieving season (no relegation), most games are meaningless and the quality of effort this engenders is obvious to any knowledgeable soccer fan who watches a game

-        the regional conferences are meaningless

-        community out-reach efforts are not providing results; amateur soccer communities where obvious potential fans exist are not empowered to participate; few “stars” are making headlines in the communities

-        efforts to promote the game to “soccer-moms” and Hispanic communities have far outpaced the efforts to achieve acceptance with other, “real” soccer/football fans – this is absurd, there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of true soccer fans who completely ignore MLS due to the lack of attention to core elements of the game and match-day experience

 Core Elements of the Game and Match-Day experience – do not include:

-   team names, what is wrong with clubs named after their Cities?

-        fan prizes for yellow cards! (this is an abomination, it’s a disgusting concept and clearly shows a complete misunderstanding of the “beautiful game”)

-        music and the incredibly annoying promotional announcements “during” a match!! - ""this corner kick is brought to you by the Zippy's Teeth Rotting Soda Co"" No it aint! -  tell Zippy and the other advertisers they'll have to wait till half time, or after the game, to hear their name, there's a game on!!

-        artificial surfaces and other sports field-of-play markings

-        cheer leaders

-        Frisbee dogs

-        fireworks before every game

-        way overpriced concessions ($8:50 for a “minor league beer” in the Midwest, where they even age-card 86 year olds, is an outrage)

-        lieing in the press about attendance numbers

In 12 years fans have not learnt:

-        to be in their seat BEFORE kick-off

-        to stay and watch the game while it’s playing (sometimes crowds disappear even before the start of the 2^nd half!)

-        sing songs

-        do a decent ‘Mexican Wave’

-        understand what a foul is

-        to demand something better (the ones who know apparently have just stopped coming)

-        All-Star games are a waste of time!

 Not to say that there are not a number of good things about the match-day experience, but few appear to have come from MLS, it’s from a number of the die-hard fans:

-        supporters sections with drums, chants and the occasional smoke bomb
-        tailgating – Americas greatest contribution to a sports event!
-        play areas for little kids

Perhaps the biggest issue for the league is the quality of the players and coaches. While there has been a lot of attention to developing players this it hasn’t yet produced a significantly larger pool of talent. The overall quality of games has improved since the first few years, but it’s not changed much in last 5 years with the exception of a couple of teams.  Given the parity the league tries to create it's not showing up in the performances.

The college system holds back talented players, there should be a way to incorporate studying with a full time-time position at a Club where they can develop at a professional pace. Capable candidates should be encouraged to become professional soccer players as soon as a MLS club wants to offer them a job, and from age 16

What is the draft for? – Get rid of it!

Due to a lack of coaching schools and professional soccer development more foreign coaches should be encouraged until a US infrastructure starts to produce reliable candidates.

Problems with The Crew:

Perhaps there are worse organizations in MLS but the Columbus Crew epitomizes much of what is wrong with MLS.

The first team to develop a “made-for-soccer” stadium they’ve just ruined it by sticking a huge concert stage behind one goal (if it was needed at all it should have been at the other end of the stadium where the soccer seating is sparse and a giant screen above a stage would make sense!) – the stage robs Columbus of a prime supporter’s venue that has always been occupied by the only passionately loud supporters who attend every game and it is clearly a signal to local fans that the Crew’s days are numbered.

With the new season just about to start virtually no advertising, community out-reach or efforts to drum up new support appears to be happening. The last pre-season game, 7 days before the opening weekend, saw less than 250 Crew fans in attendance. A minor Central American team, whose annual payroll is probably less than a manager at Wendy’s earns, managed to garner more support than the home team. Surely everyone has to realize the writing is on the wall (is it to be The Cleveland Crew in 2009?? !) – And ask the 250, or was 50 who made it to the end of the game?, how were The Crew, inspiring? – far from it!

The turn-around in support staff at The Crew has been massive. Virtually no-one has left the organization with anything good to say about it. Not everyone who has worked there could have been a loser, but clearly they’ve failed to secure the services of talented people capable of making the Club grow, because it hasn’t!

The current Team Manager/Head Coach, Sigi Schmidt, came to The Crew with apparently the strongest credentials of any prior Manager. Despite the credentials his team’s results have been some of the most dismal in its history. The huge turn around in players engineered by Sigi has not produced a stronger first team squad, nor more depth, and no clear style of football has materialized. Two seasons with clearly a poor dressing room atmosphere has produced the inevitable, and it’s tough to see how 2008 will be any different.

I’m certain there are solutions for most that ails MLS and The Crew, but it’s tough to see them transpiring soon enough to save either. I’d rather be part of the solution than just another miserable, upset soccer fan who, because he can’t stop talking about a game he loves, will further the demise of the small support the league has right now.

If the League, and my home team, don’t do anything to make the experience any better for a people like me, they have no hope with the rest of the sports viewing world.

Sincerely

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Giving Back to The Game:

Say what you like about our Club and soccer, you can't ignore the passion, enthusiasm and fun it brings to our lives. And I for one am thankful for it all, especially the friends I've made through playing "football" - But no matter what you call it, you have to admit you only do it for what you get out of it, so here's an opportunity to give back something.

- Within our Club and network of soccer friends there are plenty of people involved with the development of the game. Whether it's coaching a kids club or recreational team, being a soccer mom or soccer dad, helping out school programs, maybe doing something through your work. We all know someone who does more than just show up to play in one of our adult rec games now and then, and these people often learn about or know of kids or communities where the chance to play soccer isn't perfect.  Our Club can help.

- We want to hear about situations where money or resources can make a real difference. Surely within the greater Columbus community there is potential to help, and maybe while no-one of us can solve a problem, together we can make a difference. Help us learn about people or situations where a little bit of love from soccer-nuts will make a difference in someone’s life. Bring it to the attention of your Team Manager. We're not trying to change the world, just help others enjoy the game as much as we do.

- Flash will help by collecting from Club members, seeking sponsors and marrying up resources. We have a lot of talented and good spirited people and, frankly, it's the least we can do to help promote the game we love, and make it more accessible for others. - THANKS - Terry -  and here is something for ytou to think about:

Just one reason why I believe we should try to make a difference:

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child

Then he told the following story:

Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' 

I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play,

The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning.I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt.

I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
 
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first! Run to first!'

Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted,  'Run to third! Shay, run to third!'

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to showing people we know about our true feelings, people hesitate.

This original message came from a log time friend, he lives in a wheelchair because he fell of a cliff, never lost his love of life, became a committed Christian (as an atheist I blame the brain trauma) but just having known him means I’ll never forget that humility and a respect for the inspiration of humanity is what makes us whole.

The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, especially from my crippled friend who loves porn, political innuendo and blatantly questionable humor, but his challenge to friends to look at social conundrums, despite his own, almost excusable, failings, mean we all can take that second thought to do the right thing.

If you're thinking about forwarding this story, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message.

Well, the person who’s showing you this believes that we ALL can make a difference. You just have to be inspired to try.

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At last, Culligan Man finally put his Boot in his Mouth, check, out his latest contributions .

English Premier League and Champions League football in a pub, doesn't get any better, join the fans for games at Fado, or Taf's pub at All-Stars, and watch the Worlds Greatest Sport in the Worlds Greatest Leagues! -

It's Toon Time - You can't make this stuff up; The Wit And Wisdom Of Kevin Keegan, the reinstalled Manager at Newcastle - what is it with you Geordies?, gluttons for punishment....The Britany Spears of Football!

To be honest, we hardly need much of an excuse to issue a reminder of the great things the Newcastle messiah has said...but check out this genius >>>

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different."

"Despite his white boots, he has real pace... "

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw... "

"He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted. "

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight. "

"...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength. "

"Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice. "

"I'm not disappointed - just disappointed. "

"The tide is very much in our court now. "

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose. "

"That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved. "

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different. "

"A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off. "

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game."

"The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today. "

"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong. "

"I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon. "

"Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries... "

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg. "

"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful. "

"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none. "

"It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney. "

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time. "

"It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me. "

"Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial. "

"Young Gareth Barry - he's young. "

"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America. "

"They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that."

"You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that matter."

"You're not just getting international football, you're getting world football."

"Kanu, a guy with a heart as big as he is."

"Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa."

"Football's always easier when you've got the ball."

"They don't come every three days, like they come after this one."

"I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection."

"The tide is very much in our court now."

"There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who definitely won't be playing tomorrow."

"We have spent three matches chasing a football."

"It's no longer an 11 man game."

"The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23."

"For some it's the ultimate job, for the others it's the last job."

"I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really."

"We managed to wrong a few rights."

"We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine."

"He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field."

"Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose."

"I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

"You need 88 points for the title and we've got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself."

"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half."

"He's got a heart as big as his size, which isn't big, but his heart's bigger than that'

"Well, if that's true then it would be a big surprise, but then nothing surprises me in football these days."

"You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison."

"Not many teams will come to Arsenal and get anything, home or away."

"Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for £23million and they built a training ground on him."

"As far as I'm concerned, Danny Tiatto doesn't exist."

"One team with destiny already decided..."

"Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...."

2008 Top 50 Salaries in Football

The figures (below) are based purely on salary, so don’t include endorsements and the like.

Some of the names on there will make you laugh (cough, Darren Bent) and some of the absentees will make you wonder (no Leo Messi for example.) No surprise that the Premier League and La Liga are the big spenders, with Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United paying the wages of over half of these 50 players.

The list is below, and then afterwards we’ve broken it down by nationality.

1.Ricardo Kaka (AC Milan) 9.000.000 €
2.Ronaldinho Gaucho (FC Barcelona) 8.520.000 €
3.Frank Lampard (Chelsea FC) 8.160.000 €
4.John Terry (Chelsea FC) 8.160.000 €
5.Fernando Torres (Liverpool FC) 7.920.000 €
6.Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea FC) 7.800.000 €
7.Michael Ballack (Chelsea FC) 7.800.000 €
8.Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd) 7.680.000 €
9.Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona) 7.680.000 €
10.Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC) 7.680.000 €
11.Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC) 7.380.000 €
12.Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd) 7.320.000 €
13.Iker Casillas (CF Real Madrid) 7.200.000 €
14.Michael Owen (Newcastle Utd) 6.720.000 €
15.Sol Campbell (Portsmouth) 6.600.000 €
16.Raul Gonzalez (CF Real Madrid) 6.420.000 €
17.Ruud Van Nistelrooy (CF Real Madrid) 6.420.000 €
18.Rio Ferdinand (Manchester Utd) 6.060.000 €
19.Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) 5.940.000 €
20.Carlos Tevez (Manchester Utd) 5.880.000 €
21.Fabio Cannavaro (CF Real Madrid) 5.880.000 €
22.Luca Toni (Bayern Munich) 5.520.000 €
23.Robinho (CF Real Madrid) 5.520.000 €
24.Francesco Totti (AS Roma) 5.460.000 €
25.Arjen Robben (CF Real Madrid) 5.340.000
26.Ryan Giggs (Manchester Utd) 5.220.000 €
27.Michael Essien (Chelsea FC) 5.040.000 €
28.Adriano (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €
29.Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €
30.Patrick Vieira (Internazionale) 5.004.000 €
31.Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC) 5.004.000 €
32.Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona) 5.004.000 €
33.Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona) 5.004.000 €
34.Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) 5.004.000 €
35.Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) 4.944.000 €
36.Edwin Van der Sar (Manchester Utd) 4.860.000 €
37.Fernando Morientes (Valência) 4.860.000 €
38.Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus FC) 4.800.000 €
39.Harry Kewell (Liverpool FC) 4.800.000 €
40.Djibril Cisse (O.Marseille) 4.800.000 €
41.Joe Cole (Chelsea FC) 4.680.000 €
42.Pedro Pauleta (Paris SG) 4.608.000 €
43.Juninho Pernanbucano (O.Lyon) 4.560.000 €
44.David Beckham (LA Galaxy) 4.500.000 €
45.David Trezeguet (Juventus FC) 4.500.000 €
46.Sidney Govou (O.Lyon) 4.500.000 €
47.Deco (FC Barcelona) 4.500.000 €
48.Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona) 4.500.000 €
49.Petr Cech (Chelsea FC) 4.320.000 €
50.Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria) 4.200.000 €