By Ollie Irish
The most annoying people working in the football media in Britain today:
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Townsend epitomises banal football punditry, laced with the lack of imagination that permeates
British football. And bizarrely, he seems to be no better at his job now than he was when he
started with ITV
And the top 10 back in 2006, when we first published it (when it was limited to TV
'personalities' TV only):
10.
With the amount of simulation in the modern game, one would think that many footballers would do
quite well as actors. But as the following list shows, very few have made the transition into film
and the results, to be generous, have been mixed. From Pele to David Beckham, we profile some of
the more memorable moments when footballers have featured on the silver screen.