Boys from Brazil beat ’Pool in ‘greats’ poll

BRAZIL’S 1970 World Cup-winning team are the greatest side in sport, according to BBC Radio Five Live listeners.

Pele and his superstars were narrowly ahead of Liverpool's triple-European Cup winners in the BBC poll.

England's victorious 1966 World Cup side were beaten into fourth place by Real Madrid's formidable five-times European Cup winners of the 1950s.

The top non-footballing team England's rugby World Cup winners of 2003 came in seventh place.

Five Live listeners ranked their top five teams from a list of 32 selected by a panel of experts.

1 Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning side

2 Liverpool's side that won three European Cups in five years (1977, 1978, 1981)

3 Real Madrid's side that won five consecutive European Cups (1956-60)

4 England's World Cup-winning side of 1966

5 Celtic's European Cup-winning side of 1967

6 Manchester United's Treble-winning side of 1999

7 England's rugby World Cup-winning side of 2003

8 Arsenal's unbeaten side of 2003/2004

9 Australian cricket side of 1995-2005

10 England's Ashes-winning side of 2005

11 Great Britain's gold medal-winning coxless fours of the 2000 Sydney Olympics

12 West Indies side of the 1980s

13 France side that won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000

14 All Blacks of 1980s

15 Wales rugby side of the 1970s

16 Nottingham Forest side that won back-to-back European Cups

17 US Postal Tour de France-winning team of 2004 0

18 Manchester United's European Cup-winning side of 1968

19 Hungary's 'Magical Magyars' team of the 1950s

20 Ferrari team of 2003