Category: Five Live; Sport
Date: 17.11.2005
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91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live is on the hunt for the greatest sports team of all time. In its annual Christmas vote, Five Live listeners have been asked to pick their top team from a shortlist of 32 that spans seven decades and 12 sports.
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From today (17 November), listeners can go to the Five Live website, bbc.co.uk/fivelive, to rank their top five teams of all time and explain the reasons for choosing their team.
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There will be audio commentary to help with the decision and everyone who votes will be entered into a competition to win a Five Live Sporting Yearbook.
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Voting closes on Thursday 1 December.
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The vote launches this evening on Sport on Five with a panel of sporting legends hosted by Mark Saggers.
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Former Lions and Wales winger JJ Williams; former England football captain Jimmy Armfield; Olympic, world and Commonwealth medal-winning athlete Kriss Akabusi; and Todd Woodbridge, one half of the most successful tennis doubles partnership ever, all join the show.
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On Christmas Eve, Mark Saggers will run down the final 20 from midday, revealing the greatest team of all time as voted by Five Live listeners.
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Athletics
1. GB Mens' 4x400m World Championship Gold Medallists of 1991
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Cricket
2. England's Ashes-winning side of 2005
3. The Australian Invincibles of 1948
4. The West Indies side of the Eighties
5. The Australian side of the Nineties
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Cycling
6. The US Postal Tour de France-winning team of 2004
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Football
7. Brazil's World Cup-winning side of 1970
8. England's World Cup-winning side of 1966
9. Celtic's European Cup-winning side of 1967
10. Manchester United's European Cup-winning side of 1968
11. Manchester United's Treble-winning side of 1999
12. The Real Madrid side that won five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960
13. Tottenham Hotspurs' double-winning side of 1961
14. Arsenal's unbeaten side of 2003/2004
15. The Liverpool side that won three European Cups in five years: 1977, 1978 and 1981
16. The Nottingham Forest side that won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980
17. The French side of the Eighties
18. The Hungary 'Magical Magyars' team of the Fifties
19. The Rangers side that won nine Scottish League titles between 1989 and 1997
20. The France side that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000
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Golf
21. Europe's Ryder Cup-winning side of 1987
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Horse Racing
22. Red Rum, Ginger McCain, Brian Fletcher and Tommy Stack at The Grand National between 1973 and 1977
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Ice Skating
23. Torvill and Dean's Olympic Gold Medal of 1984
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Motor Racing
24. The Ferrari team of 2003
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Rowing
25. GB's Olympic Gold Medal-winning Coxless Four of 2000.
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Rugby League
26. The dominant Wigan side of the Eighties
27. The touring Australian Invincibles of 1982
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Rugby Union
28. The Wales side of the Seventies
29. The British Lions side of 1971
30. England's World Cup-winning side of 2003.
31. The New Zealand All Blacks side of the Eighties
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Tennis
33. The Doubles Partnership of Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge
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