When it comes to English football icons a man who played 53 times for the Three Lions, won a plethora of individual and team honours and went on to manage two of England's biggest club sides, as well as the national team, is right up there.
It helps that he's one of my heroes too. As a staunch Tottenham fan, Glenn Hoddle is one of the true legends in the white half of north London. I may never have been able to truly enjoy Hoddle in his prime playing days due to my age, but you knew, growing up, how special he was, how influential he was and how much of a star he had been.
It mattered little, during his managerial days, that he took charge at Chelsea. It also mattered little that his spell in charge at White Hart Lane did not exactly go to plan and he only lasted two years in the hotseat. That is the high regard in which he is held in N17.
