Can be very few complaints with this – he was a quality operator.
Ashley Cole has become the first 2024 inductee to the Premier League Hall of Fame, and the 20th overall since it was launched in 2021.
The former Arsenal and Chelsea stars becomes only the fourth defender to make it to the league’s hall of fame. He played 385 Premier League games over 15 seasons and won the league on three different occasions (twice with Arsenal, once with Chelsea).
Cole, who retired in 2019 after finishing out his career with Roma, LA Galaxy and under Frank Lampard at Derby County, played 107 times for England. He was included on four PFA Premier League Team XI selections, over the course of his career.
Previous Premier League Hall of Fame inductees
There is still no place in the hall of fame for players such as Ryan Giggs (13 Premier League titles), Gary Neville (8), Denis Irwin (7), John Terry (5) or David Silva (4), to name just five players that have since moved away from the league or retired.
This is the fourth year in which players have been inducted to the Premier League Hall of Fame. Here are the previous inductees:
2021
- Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United)
- Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- Eric Cantona (Leeds United, Manchester United)
- Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest, Manchester United)
- Frank Lampard (West Ham, Chelsea, Manchester City)
- Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
- David Beckham (Manchester United)
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
2022
- Wayne Rooney (Everton, Manchester United)
- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
- Ian Wright (Arsenal, West Ham)
- Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United, Aston Villa, Manchester City)
- Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
- Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
- Vincent Kompany (Manchester City)
- Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
2023
- Rio Ferdinand (West Ham, Leeds United, Manchester United, QPR)
- Petr Cech (Chelsea, Arsenal)
- Tony Adams (Arsenal)
