Ryan Giggs 20 year anniversary

S

Stickfigure

Honorary Master
Joined
Sep 30, 2008
Messages
10,074
Reaction score
658
Location
/\/¯¯¯¯¯\/\
So today, the 2nd of March marks the 20 year debut of Ryan Giggs. Yes I know he playes for Manchester United but everyone can admit that he is a living legend and one of the greatest players to play the game in terms of trophies and caps. Just thought I'd post some articles

Gallery of Giggs through the years

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2011/Mar/Giggs-20-years-in-pictures.aspx#

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/pictur...s-ryan-giggs-equals-united-record/1?ITO=SPORT

http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine...s-20-years-man-united-welsh-wizard-ryan-giggs

Two decades at the top makes Ryan Giggs a freak of the modern game. Even when casting back through the English game's history, there are none whose careers have lasted so long at such a high level. Sir Stanley Matthews may have been playing at 50 but was not a stranger to the Second Division.

At Manchester United, Giggs is already by far the longest-serving player in the club's history. Munich survivors Bill Foulkes and Bobby Charlton both played just under 17 years for the club while Billy Meredith, United's first "Welsh Wizard", may have played for fully 30 years from 1894 to 1924, but spent much of that time in the colours of Manchester City. Giggs has remained a singular player in the English game, and is similarly admired across Europe too. He thanks an inherited physiology and the right advice for a longevity that is enhanced in focus by casting back the mind to the club whose first-team he first lined up for on March 2, 1991. Giggs and Alex Ferguson, as he was then, may remain, but Manchester United is a very different beast indeed. Indeed, March 1991 was a time when the club were preparing to float on the Stock Exchange and were majority-owned by a local clan in the Edwards family, formerly involved in the butchery business.
Click to expand...

Continued http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/887639/rewind-to-1991:-enter-ryan-giggs?cc=3888
 
I heard he's got about 860 apps in all competions. Thats about 43 games a season average. Not bad.
 
Yep - well done Giggsy.
His equalled the number of appearances by Sir Bobby Charlton now iirc.
 
Stickfigure said:
Indeed. If he had played on the left wing for England during the 90's and early 2000's, he'd be even more legendary.
Click to expand...

Or not.....

He could have gotten injured playing for England.

Gotta give credit to Fergie for managing him well....

and also to Wales for being pretty poor themselves....
 
Agree! He has been of of Uniteds great players & has a great attribute that sets himself apart from his team mates.
He doesn't play DIRTY!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X