Who was the greatest athlete in English footballing history? There’s still time to have your say. Paul Scholes was a clear winner in yesterday’s vote for the England player with the best vision but today’s poll at thetimes.co.uk/sport - the penultimate in our six-part series - is proving a lot harder to decide. Matt Dickinson, our chief sports writer, got the ball rolling this morning in the newspaper, where he cited Bryan Robson’s “warrior spirit” and “his almost reckless eagerness to risk his wellbeing for the team” as reasons for his nomination. There were Liverpool games that I watched when Steven Gerrard was the best defender, the best midfielder and the best attacker on the field all at onceSpeaking on talkSPORT earlier Dickinson pointed to the…

Source: The Times October 10, 2016 16:02 UTC