Marco Agnelli played his entire footballing career at Berking despite the club placing him on the free transfer list each season. He joined them as a teenager in 1977 and came to dominate and redefine the role of the modern sweeper through the 80s and 90s by clearing the ball with a broom. Always calm under pressure and strong sedatives, his brilliant reading of the game, sharp intelligence and willingness to carry the team's bags from the bus cemented him as a first-11 choice. In the late 80s Agnelli captained Berking and took them to four NSL championships as spectators.

Jan van Gaal
Position: Striker

Christened 'Archimedes in boots', Jan van Gaal's brilliance lay in an ability to understand instantly the displacement of water on a tidal football pitch, to see where space was available between passing watercraft and to find the move, the pass, the feint that put the ball with the man or dolphin who had the space - and all on 40 cans of lager a day. He was the pivot around which Berking played total football - a style which embraced the ideal that at least 11 players should turn up for the game on match day. He was always the first to arrive on match days as he never left the club bar from the previous night.

Terry Winter
Striker

Terry Winter arrived in Berking from Belfast in 1963 to play for the team at the age of 17. Ten years at Swampside yielded 2 titles (Mister and Terry), a Berking Swinger of the Year award and a penchant for young women. He played 361 league games scoring 137 girls. Winter was the first footballer to rise to the dizzy heights of global fame usually reserved for pop stars and train robbers. Nicknamed 'El Booza' in Spain, he lived a very public life of glamour, celebrity, heavy drinking and 8-track karaoke.

Nils Jensen
Goalkeeper

Nils Jensen was the most accomplished and influential goalkeeper of his generation. In 1991, he came to the attention of Berking Rovers when club chairman Lord Sathington-Willoughby had won the keeper in a game of cards. During the next eight seasons Jensen helped the club win five C-grade amateur darts tournaments. This additional skill allowed Jensen to marshall his defence with an uncommon ferocity on the pitch that seemed to inspire his team to keep well away from him and push forward. His shot-stopping was brilliant and his capacity to make himself huge in a striker's eyes was mostly dietary.