The search for Scottish football's top 100

The Away End has launched our search for the top 100 Scottish league players of all time.

 

Was it the great Dane Brian Laudrup? The 'King of Kings' Henrik Larsson? The Geordie genius Paul Gascoigne? Lubo Moravcik? Jinky Jimmy Johnstone? Davie Cooper?

 

Or are we looking too much at goals and skill? What about the midfield warriors? Men who lifted the European cup like Greame Souness or Paul Lambert?

 

Of course one of the challenges is how do you compare a striker to a defender? Surely Scotland's European trophy winning sides would not have done so without their great captains; Billy McNeil, John Greig and Willie Miller.

 

Is Andy Webster one of your picks? Photo by Gary McLaughlin

 

There's the players who didn't play for the bigger clubs and who put loyalty before silverware to star on a weekly basis at the one club. Such as Hearts hitman John Robertson, or Dundee United stalwart Maurice Malpas.

 

There are those who came for only a fleeting moment. Aberdeen's Zoltan Varga went on to replace the great Johann Cruyff at Ajax. Marco Negri was breaking records for half a season. George Best came to Scotland with his best days behind him but still dazzled at Easter Road.

 

Where do the main players in some of Scotland's greatest sides sit in the all time table? Rangers nine in a row era, Celtic's Lisbon Lions, Aberdeen's Gothenburg Greats, Dundee United's European marvels of the 80's, Hibs famous five, Hearts' Terrible Trio.

 

Not forgetting, where do current SPL managers Ally McCoist and Neil Lennon sit in the list?

 

It's not up to us to decide, we want your help.

 

There are a number of ways to put forward your nominations. You can either reply below, tweet us @theawayend, e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or fill in one of the surveys below.

 

Survey one - http://kwiksurveys.com?u=top100 - you nominate your greatest XI.

 

Survey two - http://kwiksurveys.com?u=Scot100 - you nominate your top five players from your own club, and the top five players who faced your side.

 

Or, you can send you top 10, top 20, or even submit your top 100 if you really want.

 

Or simply post below who you think is the best.

 

PLEASE include the team you support alongside your votes. This will be helpful when collating the votes.

 

We're sure most of you grasp the rules, but just to confirm - this is for players who have played for Scottish teams; whether Scottish Premier League, the old Premier Divsion, the lowers leagues, etc. The likes of Lionel Messi or Ronaldinho who have played in Scotland in a match do not count. Likewise, Denis Law, legend and great player that he was, never played for a senior Scottish side.

 

Likewise, try to consider in your votes how that player performed when playing in Scotland. ie Rino Gattuso, the De Boer brothers and George Best are considered to have played their best football outwith Scotland.

 

We will have awards for the top goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker. We will put together the greatest Scottish league XI, and of course, a definative list of the top 100 players with an overall winner.

 

The votes cast will determine who finishes from 100 to 21 in the table, and also who makes it into the top 20. From there, the placings of the top 20 will be determined by a panel of experts (not us obviously) who will make the agonising decision over who is the greatest player to have graced our precious league.

 

Get voting now.