The 2016-17 season was the 25th of the Premier League era, but no single individual player has contributed as much to the popularity of football in England that effected the breakaway from the old Football League as Paul Gascoigne and his performances at the 1990 World Cup.
For those of a certain age, Pavarotti's performance of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma" can only be accompanied by an image of a tearful Gazza, bereft after receiving a yellow card that meant he would miss the final -- though England lost their Turin semi on penalties to West Germany anyway.
That July night made him the nation's favourite son, admired for his brilliance with the ball at his feet, though more so for a hyperactive form of English eccentricity that led to mentor Sir Bobby Robson's definitive description of him as "daft as a brush.