- Idan Tal
Idan Tal (born September 13, 1975 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for English Premier League (Barclays Premiership) club Bolton Wanderers in season 2006-07. Idan Tal started his career at Maccabi Petah Tikva during the 1996-97 season and played 71 games until his move to Hapoel Tel Aviv in December 1999. He played 14 games until the end of the season before moving on again, …
- Sammy Lee
Samuel "Sammy" Lee (born February 7 1959 in Liverpool) was a diminutive but skilful midfield player in the great Liverpool team of the early 1980s, who played for England 14 times. He is currently the manager of Premier League side Bolton Wanderers following the resignation of Sam Allardyce on April 29, 2007.
- Mikel Alonso
Mikel Alonso Olano, commonly known as Mikel Alonso is a Spanish (Basque) football midfielder who currently plays for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Real Sociedad. He is the son of Real Sociedad legend Periko Alonso and the older brother of Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso. His first match in Primera División was in 22 April 2001, against Real Valladolid. In 2005-06 season (with José Mari Bakero being Real's manager), …
- Jared Borgetti
Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría also known as "El Zorro del Desierto" is a Mexican football striker of Italian descent, currently playing in Cruz Azul in the Primera División de México. He is currently the leading scorer of the Mexican national team with 43 goals
- Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson (born 27 November 1942) was a speedy, exciting winger who was part of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s.
- Kevin Davies
Kevin Davies (born March 26, 1977 in Sheffield, England) is an English football player who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers as a striker.
- Kevin Nolan
Kevin Nolan (born June 24 1982 in Liverpool) is a former England Under-21 international footballer who currently captains Bolton Wanderers of the FA Premier League.
- Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor in Chertsey, is an English professional footballer currently playing for Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Taylor started his professional career at Millwall where he played 28 games before being signed by Bolton for £150,000 in March 1996. Taylor failed to break into the Bolton side and, after loan spells at Rotherham and Blackpool, signed for Tranmere in October 1998 for a fee of £350,000.
- Phil Neal
Philip ("Phil") George Neal (born February 20 1951 in Irchester, Northants) is a much-decorated former footballer who is the only player to have appeared in the first five of Liverpool's European Cup finals, winning four of them. He was a dependable full back. His son, Ashley Neal, also had a footballing career, albeit short-lived.
- Tal ben Haim
Tal Ben Haim (born March 31, 1982 in Rishon LeZion, Israel) is an Israeli professional football player. Ben Haim plays both centre back and right back, and is currently contracted to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League and is a member of the Israel national football team.
- Jlloyd Samuel
Jlloyd Samuel (born March 29 1981 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago) is an English football defender of Trinidadian descent, who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers.
- Florent Laville
Florent Laville was a French football defender. He represnted France at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He spent 10 years of his career with Olympique Lyonnais, and helped them win the Ligue 1 in 2002 and 2003 as well as the Trophée des Champions in 2002. He later spent two years in English football with Bolton Wanderers and Coventry City before returning to France, at SC Bastia where he joined his Bolton teammate, Pierre-Yves Andre.
- Gary Speed
Gary Speed is a Welsh footballer, who plays in midfield. He is currently the player/coach for Bolton Wanderers, after a £750,000 switch from Newcastle United in July 2004. He was also captain for the Welsh national team until he retired from international football in 2004 after the side's 3-2 defeat to Poland in a World Cup qualifier. As a child, he went to Hawarden High School. Speed began his career with Leeds United, winning the title with them in 1992.
- Martin Djetou
Martin Djetou, is an Ivorian-French football player. He is currently without a club after being released by the English Premier League team Bolton Wanderers in January 2006. Currently having trial with Leeds United F.C. Prior to his brief spell at Bolton, his only other experience in English football came by the way of a two year loan spell at Fulham where he amassed over half a century of appearances but a permanent deal could not be agreed with Italian club A.C. Parma.
- Mark Patterson
Mark Patterson (born 24 May 1965 in Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English former footballer and the former manager of Scarborough FC in the Nationwide Conference North. Patterson used to be a midfielder playing for a number of clubs over a long career including: Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, Bury, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Southend, Blackpool, Accrington Stanley, Rossendale and Scarborough.
- Iván Campo
Iván Campo Ramos (born February 21, 1974 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) is a football player, who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers in the FA Premier League. He was originally a central defender but now more often plays a defensive midfield role. Campo started his playing career at Spanish side Deportivo Alavés. He stayed there for two seasons until midway through his third, …
- Radhi Jaïdi
Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi (born August 30, 1975 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian football player who currently plays for Birmingham City as a defender after signing from Bolton Wanderers. Jaïdi signed for Bolton on a free transfer in July 2004 from Esperance de Tunis, who won the Tunisian league title the previous season. He had previously been in the Tunisia 2004 African Nations Cup winning squad, and in the 2002 World Cup.
- Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Anelka, or Abdul-Salam Bilal (born March 14, 1979 in Versailles, France) is a French footballer, preferring to play in the forward position. He plays for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. He won the 1998-99 PFA Young Player of the Year award after making his name at Arsenal, and has since changed clubs many times. Anelka is the son of two parents from Martinique, Marguerite and Jean-Philippe, who emigrated to Metropolitan France in 1974.
- Jay-Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha (born August 14, 1973 in Enugu) is a Nigerian football midfielder who currently plays in the Qatar league for Qatar SC, a move that was completed in July 2006.
- Sam Allardyce
Samuel "Sam" Allardyce (born October 19 1954 in Dudley, West Midlands) is an English former professional football player and current football manager. He is currently the manager of Newcastle United of the English Premier League. He was manager of Bolton Wanderers between 1999 and 2007, leading them to a League Cup final and guiding them to UEFA Cup qualification for the first time in their history. He is often referred to by the nickname "Big Sam".
- Peter Reid
Peter Reid (born June 20, 1956 in Whiston, Knowsley, Lancashire (Now Merseyside) is an English former professional football player, manager and pundit. In his playing career Reid played for Bolton Wanderers, Everton and QPR, as well as representing his country, after which he managed Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds and Coventry. He currently works as a TV pundit and as a football agent.
- Frank Worthington
Frank Stewart Worthington (born November 23, 1948 in Shelf near Halifax, Yorkshire) is a former English footballer. Frank was born into a footballing family. Both of his parents had played the game and his two older brothers, Dave and Bob, became professional footballers, both began their careers with Halifax Town.
- Per Frandsen
Per Frandsen (born February 6, 1970) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England. Frandsen played 23 matches for the Denmark national football team between 1990 and 2003, and he represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
- George Kay
George Kay (1891-1954) was an English football player and manager of Luton Town, Southampton and Liverpool.
- Roger Hunt
Roger Hunt MBE (born 20 July 1938 in Golborne, Lancashire) was a footballer whose predatory instincts made him one of the English game's most feared and respected strikers.
- Owen Coyle
Owen Columba Coyle (born July 14, 1966 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish-born footballer who played international football for the Republic of Ireland, and a football manager. He is currently player-manager of St. Johnstone in the Scottish Football League First Division. Despite being born in Scotland he was never picked by that country, so he played for the Republic of Ireland, earning one international cap, against Holland in a friendly in Tilburg in April 1994.
- El Hadji Diouf
El-Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese footballer. He plays for Bolton Wanderers and Senegal.
- Hasney Aljofree
Hasney Aljofree (born July 11 1978) is a defender for the English league club Swindon Town.
- Barry Fry
Barry Fry (born April 7 1945) is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger (his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton, Luton and Leyton Orient), who retired prematurely due to injury. He has managed Dunstable Town F.C., Bedford Town F.C., Maidstone United F.C., Southend United F.C., Barnet, Birmingham City and Peterborough United. In 1973, Dunstable Town received the financial backing of Keith Cheesman.
- Paul Warhurst
Paul Warhurst (born 26 September 1969, Stockport) is an English football player. He plays primarily as a defender, but has also played in midfield or as a striker at various points in his career. Having played for 15 different clubs through his career, Warhurst is regarded as one of the quintessential journeymen of English football. He began his career as a trainee at Manchester City in 1988, before signing professional terms with Oldham.
- Danny Guthrie
Daniel "Danny" Guthrie (born April 18 1987 in Shrewsbury) is a young central midfielder with Bolton Wanderers. He signed for Liverpool as a 15 year old after being released by Manchester United. His displays in Liverpool's Academy side earned him a call-up to the England schoolboy side. As a regular member of the reserve squad he has moved to Melwood to join training with the senior team. He was a regular captain of the reserve squad.
- Carsten Fredgaard
Carsten Fredgaard (born May 20, 1976) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Randers FC in the Danish Superliga. His position is on the left, mainly as midfielder, but can also act both as a back and wing. He has played a single game for the Danish national team, and has represented his country 13 times on the various national youth squads.
- Simon Charlton
Simon Thomas Charlton (born October 25, 1971 in Huddersfield) is an English footballer, who is currently without a club after being released by Oldham Athletic. He is a left-back who can also play as a left-sided central defender or occasionally in midfield. Charlton began his career at his home-town club Huddersfield Town where he became a firm fans' favourite and played over a hundred games for the Terriers before moving to Premiership side Southampton for £250,000.
- Steve Banks
Steven Banks is an English goalkeeper currently playing for Scottish club Hearts. Born in Hillingdon, London, Banks began his career as a trainee with West Ham United. He made just one first team appearance for West Ham before joining Gillingham on a free transfer in March 1993. He was a regular for the remainder of the season and his form the following season led to a £60,000 move to Blackpool in August 1995.
- Ephraim Longworth
Ephraim Longworth, (born 2 October 1887 died 1968), was an England international footballer for Liverpool in the early part of the twentieth century.
- Mike Brolly
Michael Joseph Brolly (born 6 October 1954 in Kilmarnock) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Chelsea, Bristol City, Grimsby Town, Derby County, Scunthorpe United, Boston United, Scarborough and Goole.
- Ted Vizard
Edward 'Ted' Vizard (born Cogan, Penarth, Wales 7 June, 1889 died Wolverhampton 25 December, 1973) was a former Welsh footballer and manager.
- Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers F.C. in the English Premiership. Jääskeläinen made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996 he moved to VPS Vaasa where he spent two seasons. Jääskeläinen was bought by Bolton of the then First Division in 1997. He soon made himself the number one between the sticks, …
- Darren Holloway
Darren Holloway (born 3 October 1977 in Bishop Auckland) is a professional footballer, currently with Darlington F.C.. His former clubs include Bradford City A.F.C., Wimbledon F.C. and Sunderland A.F.C..
- John Thomas
Born Wednesbury, West Midlands, August 8 1958 John Thomas was an English professional footballer who plied his trade in the lower reaches of the Football League.