TOP TEN IN FOOTBALL

Top 10 Best Referee 2008 IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statictics) version:

1.Roberto Rosetti (Italia) 204 point
2.Lubos Michel (Slovakia) 126 point
3.Frank De Bleeckere (Belgia) 61 point
4.Massimo Busacca (Swiss) 60 point
5.Herbert Fendel (Germany) 47 point
6.Peter Fröjdfeldt (Swedia) 42 point
7.Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzales (Spain) 27 point
8.Howard Webb (England) 26 point
9.Hector Baldassi (Argentina) 24 point
10.Markus Merk (Germany) 21 point


Top 10 Best League 2009 IFFHS version:

1.Premier League (England) 1192 point
2.Serie A (Italy) 1031 point
3.Primera Division (Argentina) 1020 point
4.La Liga (Spain) 952 point
5.Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazil) 942 point
6.Bundesliga (Germany) 922 point
7.Ligue 1 (France) 847 point
8.Primera Division de Mexico (Mexico) 683 point
9.Portuguese Liga (Portugal) 649,5 point
10.Ukraninian Premier League (Ukraine) 620 point


Top 10 Richest People in England Football
(based on Four Four Two magazine wednesday edition), all in poundsterling.

1.Syeikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan (Manchester City) 15 billion
2.Lakshmi Mittal and family (Queen's Park Rangers) 12,5 billion
3.Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) 7 billion
4.Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspurs) 2,5 billion
5.Bernie & Slavica Ecclestone (Queen's Park Rangers) 2,4 billion
6.Stanley Kroenke (ARSENAL) 2,24 billion
7.Alisher Usmanov (ARSENAL) 1,5 billion
8.Lord Grantchester & Moores Family (Everton) 1,2 billion
9.Dermot Desmond (Celtic) 1,2 billion
10.Lord Ashcroft (Watford) 1,1 billion & Malcom Glazer & Family (Man.United) 1,1 billion


Top 10 Richest England Footballers (their position in the list is in the bracket)

1.David Beckham (LA Galaxy) 125 million (38th)
2.Michael Owen (Newcastle United) 40 million (56th)
3.Wayne Rooney (Man.United) 35 million (61th)
4.Rio Ferdinand (Man.United) 28 million (69th)
5.Robbie Fowler (no club) 28 million (69th)
6.Sol Campbell (Portsmouth ) 28 million (69th)
7.Ryan Giggs (Man.United) 23 million (77th)
8.Michael Ballack (Chelsea) 20 million (80th)
9.Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 20 million (80th)
10.Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 19 million (86th)

Also in that list, Fabio Capello (25 million) in 73th position, MU's manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 78th with 22 million, and Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger in 92th position with 14 million poundsterling.

Source: Analisa Daily