A hall of fame for footballers who were pretty good.
The Hall of Pretty Good celebrates professional footballers who had solid, memorable careers but never reached the elite tier.
They weren't the best in the world. They didn't win Ballon d'Ors. But they were reliable, consistent professionals who turned out hundreds of times for their clubs over long careers.
Think: dependable centre-backs, journeyman strikers, loyal club servants. The sort who got a nice round of applause on their testimonial day.
To be eligible, players must have:
Players are explicitly excluded if they won:
The sweet spot is players who had one or two good seasons at a big club, or spent a decade being very reliable at a mid-table club.
We started with a founding class of three members who embody what the Hall is about.
New members are inducted through community voting. Each week, a candidate is proposed and put to a vote. If they receive sufficient support, they're inducted.
You can also nominate players you think deserve consideration.
Football coverage focuses relentlessly on the very top. The GOATs, the record-breakers, the £100m signings.
But most professional footballers are none of those things. They're skilled professionals who had long, respectable careers without ever quite becoming household names.
This is for them.
Questions, suggestions, or complaints about who's in or out?
Get in touch: hello@hallofprettygood.com