Britians greatest footballer: the final answer

Over the Hundred years of glorious football there have been a few bright sparks. Footballers with such blessed feet that the opponent can do nothing to stop them but foul them.
So who is the best footballer of all time to put on a shirt for the home countrys. I'm leaving this up to you vote in each heat and decide in the final showdown who is the best.

Heat one
Geoff Hurst
Billy Meredith

Heat two
Bobby Charlton
Ian Rush

Heat three
Dixie dean
Kenny daglish

Heat four
George Best
Jackie Milburn

Heat five
Tom finney
Stanley Matthews

Heat six
Jimmy Greaves
Bobby Moore

Heat seven
Dennis Law
Gordon Banks

Heat Eight
Kevin Keegan
Gary Lineker


The also rans (modern era players who the top 4 of whom will go into the next round)

Alan Shearer
Ryan Giggs
Paul Gascoigne
Roy Keane
Ian Wright
David Beckham
Graham Souness
Mark Hughes

Heat one

Geoff Hurst vs Billy meredith

Geoff hurst
http://www.planetworldcup.com/LEGENDS/Hurst.jpg
Over 400 games for west ham
Fa cup 1964
European cup winners cup 1965
Scored the winning goal in the 1966 world cup final
VS
Billy Meredith
http://united.no/data/images/history...y_meredith.jpg
"the welsh wizzard"
Played for 30 seasons 1984-1924
FA Cup 1904 1909
Championship 1911
48 caps for wales the last at 45 years old

I wouldn't mind this getting a sticky wicket. thanks

Hurst, because he's the only person in history to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, and I don't know alot about Meredith. And Hurst is English.

I hate you gokufusionss, you're making me choose between Gary and Kev later on, how could you....

ugh...Ian and Bobby....patriotism and club loyalty collide ach I can't take this anymore....*dies*

Round One...Geoff Hurst, purely for his World Cup heroics.

agreed the guy was a football saint he should be praised more but at that time ppl had bad memory and prefered smoking pot cow hugging and going hippy/rogue

well i'll leave this up for a while to get as many votes as possible.
Heat two will be on friday.