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| Steve Bruce |
The captain of the first legendary Manchester Utd team under Sir Alex Ferguson, Steve Bruce was arguably part of the best defensive pairing the Premier League has ever seen. Bought for £800,000 from Norwich in 1987, he and partner Gary Pallister formed the rigid backbone of a United side that ended a 26 year wait for the league title. Ever dependable and unmovable, they soaked up enormous pressure, which allowed the likes of Cantona, Giggs, Scholes and Beckham to work their magic further up field. Bruce went on to make over 400 appearances for the Red Devils and notched up an impressive 51 goals in that time. Yet, even as Pallister and the rest of that great United team were duly given their international call ups, the phone never rang for Bruce. Graham Taylor, Terry Venables and even fellow Tyneside legend Bobby Robson all left the post of England manager without having named the captain of England‘s champions in a single squad. As classic an English centre half as you’re ever likely to see, it remains a mystery to this day why Steve Bruce never set foot in an England dressing room. Only those mangers and selectors know the answer and hopefully one day they’ll enlighten us.
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