A list of the Goalhanger's favourite footballers from the 1970's.
We're not saying that they're all necessarily the best footballers from the 70's, but they're the ones we liked for some reason or other.
It's entirely possible that we only remembered them favourably because they had a terrible haircut, or a decent beard,
or because they once scored a cracking goal in a World Cup or a European Championship.
But it still made us remember them...
So here's a list of our favourites from the 1970's, including the club(s) they were playing at when we really liked them...
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Argentina
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Ramón Díaz | River Plate | |
| Diego Maradona | Argentinos Juniors | |
| Osvaldo Ardiles | Spurs | |
| Mario Kempes | Rosario Central , Valencia | |
| Daniel Passarella | River Plate | |
| Ricardo Villa | Spurs | |
| Alberto Tarantini | Boca Juniors, Birmingham City | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Austria
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Hans Krankl | Rapid Vienna, Barcelona | |
| Bruno Pezzey | FC Wacker Innsbruck, Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Herbert Prohaska | Austria Vienna | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Belgium
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | Beveren | |
| Jan Ceulemans | Club Brugge | |
| Julien Cools | Club Brugge | Quality name. And quality striker for the great Club Brugge team of the 1970's. |
| Eric Gerets | Standard Liege | |
| François Van Der Elst | Anderlecht | |
| Erwin Vandenbergh | Lierse | |
| Franky Vercauteren | Anderlecht, Nantes | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Brazil
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Sócrates | Corinthians | |
| Zico | Flamengo | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Czechoslovakia
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Antonín Panenka | Bohemians Praha | Well, obviously for 'that' penalty back in 1976. |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Denmark
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Allan Simonsen | Borussia Mönchengladbach, Barcelona | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from England
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Laurie Cunningham | West Brom, Real Madrid | |
| Alan Devonshire | West Ham | |
| Trevor Francis | Birmingham City, Notts Forest | |
| Vince Hilaire | Crystal Palace | |
| Glenn Hoddle | Spurs | |
| Kevin Keegan | Liverpool, Hamburger SV | |
| Bryan Robson | West Brom | |
| Kenny Sabella | Sheffield Utd | |
| Kenny Sansom | Crystal Palace | |
| Tony Woodcock | Notts Forest, 1. FC Köln | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from France
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Dominique Rocheteau | St Etienne | France |
| Michel Platini | Nancy, St Etienne | France |
| Didier Six | Valenciennes, Marseille | France |
| Maxime Bossis | Nantes | France |
| Alain Giresse | Bordeaux | France |
| Jean-François Larios | St Etienne | France |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Hungary
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| László Kiss | Vasas | |
| Tibor Nyilasi | Ferencvaros, Austria Vienna | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Italy
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Giancarlo Antognoni | Fiorentina | |
| Antonio Cabrini | Juventus | |
| Marco Tardelli | Juventus | |
| Dino Zoff | Juventus | |
| Claudio Gentile | Juventus | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from the Netherlands
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Zico | Flamengo | |
| Frans Thijssen | FC Twente, Ipswich Town | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Scotland
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Steve Archibald | Aberdeen | |
| Davie Cooper | Rangers | |
| Kenny Dalglish | Celtic, Liverpool | |
| Alan Hansen | Liverpool | |
| Graeme Souness | Middlesborough, Liverpool | |
| Paul Sturrock | Dudee Utd | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Spain
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Luis Arconada | Real Sociedad | |
| José Antonio Camacho | Real Madrid | |
| Juanito | Real Madrid | |
| Roberto López Ufarte | Real Sociedad | |
| Quini | Sporting Gijón | |
| Santillana | Real Madrid | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from Yugoslavia
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Safet Sušic | FK Sarajevo | |
Favourite Footballers of the 1970's from West Germany
| Player | Favourite Club(s) in the 1970s | Why ? |
| Hans-Peter Briegel | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Manfred Kaltz | Hamburger SV | One of our all-time favourites. There was no better sight than 'Manni' getting forward from right back and bending in one of his famous "Bananenflanken" (banana crosses). |
| Pierre Littbarski | 1. FC Köln | |
| Felix Magath | Hamburger SV | |
| Hansi Müller | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Harald Schumacher | 1. FC Köln | Like him or loathe him for 'that challenge', there's no doubting that Schumacher was a top keeper. |
| Bernd Schuster | 1. FC Köln | |
| Uli Stielike | Borussia Mönchengladbach, Real Madrid | |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich | |