Players and coaches were asked to name their Greatest Ever XI.

Here’s what a few of the players said about me.

Tommy Baldwin: “Between them I’d say Alan and Cookie set up at least 75 per cent of my goals for Chelsea. Huddy was a big, strong player, deceptively quick with great vision. Sometimes you’d have to wait for Charlie to pass the ball, but Alan would ping it in first time. For a forward he was great to play with.”

Bobby Campbell: “Huddy was an outstanding footballer, a player before his time. He was one of the best midfield players in the country, and when you think you had Alan Ball, Billy Bremner, Johnny Giles, Tony Currie, Colin Bell, Marti Peters and Bobby Charlton, and Huddy was just 18, you realise how good he was.”

Mick Harford: “He was a special player. I had the pleasure of playing against him when he was at Stoke and he had an excellent range of short and long passing. He could win games. He was also one of the great characters that we don’t seem to have anymore. He must have been magnificent in the dressing room.”

Marvin Hinton: “A superb player, up and down, box to box, made goals, scored goals – he should have won many more England caps.”

Chris Hutchings: “A great footballer. I was lucky enough to play with him at the end of his career, early in mine, and he showed the great value of getting on the ball, passing it, keeping it in the team, protecting it.”

Steve Kember: “Huddy! One of the most gifted players who wasn’t allowed to do himself justice in playing for England. He was another all-rounder: he could pass, dribble, run, score. A great player!”

Tommy Langley: “Great ability. A silky midfielder. Great to watch in the 70s alongside his workhorse, John Hollins. He didn’t have a long England career like Ray Wilkins, but I’ve gone with Huddy over other contenders like Ray, just for that special talent.”

Colin Lee: “The way Hudson played the game in his time here was top quality. When you look back he was in front of himself in years, more forward thinking than Ray Wilkins and others that followed.”

Ray Lewington: “For me, when I was growing up, Alan was the best player in the world. He had everything you wanted in a midfield player. His passing is well known, but Alan was quick, really quick, and I don’t think most people noticed. Over the first two or three yards he could get away from opponents.”

Mick McGiven: “My central midfielder. Absolutely brilliant on the ball, he could score goals and his passing was fantastic.”

Peter Osgood: “What a class act! Probably the best player I actually played with at Chelsea. He could get the game by the scruff of its neck and take complete control of it. Great passing, great dribbling, great engine.”

Colin Pates: “My hero from when I was a kid at Chelsea. He did things with the ball that absolutely mesmerised me. He had everything – and could drink for England! He taught me everything on the pitch as well as off it!”

Peter Shreeves: “A cult player at Chelsea when he was in the team, he had the magic touch. A great passer with great vision.”

Mickey Thomas: “The best dribbler, passer and creator of all. You name it, he had it. The most gifted footballer. Way ahead of his time.”

Clive Walker: “Something special. When I was a kid at Chelsea and Huddy was in his first spell at Stamford Bridge we used to watch him and know that here was a player who was a bit out of the ordinary. Plus he was a real pleasure to play with.”

Steve Wicks: “Frank Lampard would make an ideal blend with Alan Hudson. Alan was one of the finest midfielders I’ve seen in my life. He started in the Chelsea team around 18, had the ability to beat players and his passing was fantastic.”