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Centre Back Nominations

Colin Hendry 89 votes - 50.28%
Mike England 59 votes - 33.33%
Henning Berg 9 votes - 5.08%
Derek Fazackerley 6 votes - 3.39%
Kevin Moran 5 votes - 2.82%
Glenn Keeley 3 votes - 1.69%
Matt Woods 2 votes - 1.13%
David May 2 votes - 1.13%
Graham Hawkins 1 votes - 0.56%
Stephane Henchoz 1 votes - 0.56%
John McNamee 0 votes - 0.00%
Tony Gale 0 votes - 0.00%


The second vote:
Mike England 85 votes - 64.89%
Henning Berg 22 votes - 16.79%
Kevin Moran 12 votes - 9.16%
Derek Fazackerley 8 votes - 6.11%
Matt Woods 1 votes - 0.76%
David May 1 votes - 0.76%
Stephane Henchoz 1 votes - 0.76%
Tony Gale 1 votes - 0.76%
Glenn Keeley 0 votes - 0.00%
Graham Hawkins 0 votes - 0.00%
John McNamee 0 votes - 0.00%

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Blue blood - My first vote would go for the underrated Henning Berg, a modern player who unlike Hendry did not leave the club in such disappointing circumstances. To me Berg was part of a great back four when winning the championship and who continued to put in good performances even under Hartford's regime. I can remember Henning playing left back, right back and centre back within a matter of weeks under Hartford yet always managed to pull out some strong performances.

Perhaps more importantly is his contribution during his second spell at Ewood. It was little coincidence to me that we became a stronger prospect defensively when Henning signed during the promotion season which saw us stop conceeding so many silly goals. This also showed itself in the Premiership where for two seasons we were defensively very strong - resulting in the successes of 6th place and a league cup (where he was captainin the final.) Again, I think that the loss of Berg was a major contributory factor for the defence often engaging in suicide mode. Added to which he is our most capped international player and was a great ambassador for the club.

trooper - Henning Berg for me as he won the premiership with us, never parted from us under any cloud & has been the player most capped whilst playing for Blackburn Rovers.

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G: Brad Friedel
65 votes [40%]

RB: Bob Crompton
78 votes [49%]

CB: Mike England
85 votes [65%]

CB: Colin Hendry
59 votes [50%]

LB: Graeme Le Saux
73 votes [48%]

RM: Bryan Douglas
102 votes [67%]

CM: Ronnie Clayton
109 votes [67%]

CM: Jimmy Forrest
107 votes [54%]*

LM: Damien Duff
161 votes [75%]

S: Alan Shearer
179 votes [82%]

S: Simon Garner
109 votes [51%]

* after 'shootout'

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