The Top 100: Lists, politics and damned lies!

There's been but one issue discussed around water coolers, on radio phone-ins and on internet messageboards worldwide this week - the 2008 incarnation of FourFourTwoâÂÂs Top 100 Players in the World.

As weâÂÂre sure many of you will be aware, our December issue hit newsagents' shelves like Steven Gerrard hitting the deck in the box on Wednesday â and inside was the full run down of which world stars finished where in the race for world footballâÂÂs most prestigious individual award... handed out by a magazine... published in the UK.

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