- Ivan Sproule
Ivan Sproule (born February 18, 1981 in Castlederg, County Tyrone) is a professional footballer who is famed for his fast feet and pace and currently plays for Bristol City in the Championship. Sproule, a winger, came late to professional football. His career had been spent at Omagh Town and Institute - semi-professional clubs in the Irish Football League. He combined playing football with his full time career as an engineer.
- Colin Lee
Colin Lee (born 12 June 1956 in Torquay, Devon) is an English football manager and former footballer. He is currently Chief Executive of Conference National side Torquay United.
- Phil Starbuck
Phil Starbuck (born 24th November 1968 in Nottingham) is a former footballer and current manager of Hednesford Town. Playing as a winger and occasional forward, he started his career at Nottingham Forest and was loaned to League clubs three times before moving to Huddersfield Town on a free transfer in 1991. On 12 April 1993 he set the record for the fastest goal by a substitute when he netted against Wigan Athletic after just 3 seconds of play.
- John Ruddy
John Ruddy (born October 24, 1986) is an English footballer. Born in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, and having tried numerous positions at youth level, he eventually settled as a goalkeeper and it was in this position that he made his professional debut in the final game of the season at Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road stadium on the 8 May 2004, noticeable for a clean-sheet and penalty save. After starting his professional career at Cambridge United F.C., …
- Jim Brennan
James ("Jim") Brennan (born May 8, 1977 in East York, Ontario) is a professional Football (soccer) player from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada currently on the playing roster of Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. He is also one of only a handful of Canadian-born players to have ever played in the FA Premier League. A left-back defender who also has played the left side of the midfield, …
- Jamie McAllister
James Reynolds McAllister (born 26 April 1978, in Glasgow) is a professional footballer currently playing for Bristol City and has one cap for the Scottish national team. He is a left back noted for his forward play and crossing ability. Jamie began his career at Bellshill B.C before signing for Queen of the South.
- Leroy Rosenior
Leroy Rosenior (born August 24, 1964 in Clapham, London) is a football (soccer) coach, recently sacked by Torquay United after only ten minutes in the post, making this the shortest managerial tenure in English football history. He is a former professional footballer whose clubs included Fulham, Queens Park Rangers (for whom he appeared as a substitute in the 1986 Milk Cup Final), Bristol City and West Ham United. As one of the few black football managers in England, …
- Mike Hooper
Mike Hooper (born February 10 1964), was a goalkeeper for Liverpool, mainly operating as an understudy to Bruce Grobbelaar. He also played for Newcastle, before retiring early in 1995. Born in Bristol, England, Hooper attended Glenfrome Junior School. As goalkeeper for the school team, his towering height proved an imposing sight to the opposition. Hooper attended Lockleaze Comprehensive School and played as goalkeeper in the same school team as Gary Smart, …
- Shaun Goater
Leonardo Shaun Goater MBE (born 25 February 1970 in Hamilton, Bermuda) is a footballer who played as a striker for a number of English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s. Goater's first professional club was Manchester United, but he did not reach the first team, making his League debut in 1989 after moving to Rotherham. He played for Rotherham for seven years before moving to Bristol City in 1996. Two years later he moved to Manchester City for a fee of £400,000.
- Rob Newman
Robert (Rob) Newman is an English football coach currently assistant manager at Bournemouth. Newman signed for Bristol City as an apprentice in October 1981 and played 483 games for the club, serving as club captain before being sold to Norwich City for £600,000 in 1991. He was a member of the Norwich team that finished a club record third in the FA Premier League in 1992-93 and went on to play a part in the defeat of Bayern Munich in the following season's UEFA Cup.
- Craig Maskell
Craig Maskell (born 10 April 1968 in Aldershot) is a football Centre Forward currently playing for Staines Town and undertaking the role of assistant manager.
- Ade Akinbiyi
Adeola (Ade) Peter Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi (born October 10, 1974 in Hackney, London) is an England born Nigerian footballer. He is a striker for Burnley in the Championship.
- Steve McClaren
Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English former professional footballer and the current manager of the England national football team, having succeeded Sven-Göran Eriksson on 1 August2006. He is also a former professional footballer and former manager of English Premiership team Middlesbrough. At Middlesbrough he won them their only trophy to date, winning the 2004 Carling Cup, knocking out Arsenal over two legs in the semi-final, …
- Joe Royle
Joe Royle (born April 8, 1949 in Liverpool) is an English ex-footballer and current manager. In his club career, spanning from 1966 to 1982, he played for Everton (debuting at the age of 16), Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the England national team. Royle has managed Oldham, Everton, Manchester City, and Ipswich Town. In December 2006, Royle was appointed as a Patron of Trust Oldham, the official supporter's association of Oldham.
- Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire (born October 2, 1981 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie and is a regular for the Australian National Team. Wilkshire has also represented Australia at youth level earlier in his career, playing in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, and in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
- Phil Jevons
Phillip "Phil" Jevons is an English football player for Bristol City, playing the position of striker. He is a product of the Everton F.C. Academy and became one of the stars of their youth side, scoring 35 goals in 91 youth team games and winning the FA Youth Cup in 1998. He failed to make much impact on the first team however, and July 2001 he was sold to Grimsby for £250,000.
- Brian Tinnion
Brian Tinnion (born February 23, 1968) (nickname: "Tinman") is a British footballer and ex-manager. He currently plays for and coaches Southern League side Team Bath. He was player-manager (later retiring from playing) of Bristol City F.C. from June 5, 2004 until September 11, 2005. He started as a left-back but later became a goal-scoring left-sided midfielder.
- Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe (born 2 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Bristol City. McIndoe started his professional career at Luton Town making his debut in 1998. He played 39 games for the Hatters before moving on a free transfer to Hereford United in 2000. In 2001 he signed for Yeovil Town, making 91 appearances and scoring 22 league goals before signing for Doncaster Rovers in 2003.
- Gary Owers
Gary Owers (b. 3 October 1968 in Gateshead) is the former manager of Forest Green Rovers of the Nationwide Conference. Owers is an ex-Forest Green player, having featured for them from 2002 to 2003, at the end of a long professional career.
- Norman Hunter
Norman "Bite Yer Legs" Hunter (born October 29 1943 in Eighton Banks, Gateshead, England) was one of the more uncompromising members of the much respected and feared Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s.
- Paul Tisdale
Paul Tisdale (born January 14 1973 in Malta) is an ex-professional footballer, and the current manager of Exeter City.
- Darren Barnard
Darren Barnard (born 30 November 1971 in Rinteln, Germany) is a semi-professional footballer. He is a former Welsh international, playing 24 times for them between 1998 and 2004.
- Mark McCammon
Mark McCammon (born August 7, 1978 in Barnet, London) is an Barbados football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Doncaster Rovers and is a Barbados international. McCammon played four games for Cambridge United on a non-contract basis between August 1997 and March 1999. He signed for Charlton Athletic on 9 March 1999 and played with them until July 2000. He had a loan spell at Swindon Town between 2 January 2000 and 7 February 2000 while with Charlton.
- 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.
- Steve Brooker
Stephen Michael Lord Brooker is an English footballer. Brooker came through the youth system at Watford F.C. before joining Port Vale F.C., initially on loan, in January 2001, before signing permanently the following month for £15,000. In September 2004 He was sold to Bristol City F.C. and was both player of the season and top scorer in the 2005/06 season with 16 league goals. In addition, Brooker was appointed club captain in 2005.
- Billy Wedlock
William 'Billy' John Wedlock (October 28, 1880 - January 25, 1965) also known as "Fatty" or the "India Rubber Man" was a footballer who played for Bristol City in 1900-01 and from 1905 until his retirement in 1921. He was a centre-half whose skill outweighed his short and stout stature. He won twenty-six England caps between 1907 and 1914, his only rival for the centre-half position being Charlie Roberts of Manchester United.
- Steve Jones
Steve Jones is an English former professional footballer. Jones started his footballing career at non-league clubs Basildon United and then Billericay Town. He moved to West Ham United in November 1992 for £22,500, and made his first senior appearance for the East London club in a reserve fixture against Southampton on 17 November 1992. He made his first-team debut away to Cosenza in the Anglo-Italian Cup on 8 December 1992, …
- Scott Brown
Scott Brown (born 8 May 1985 in Liverpool, England) is an English football midfielder, currently playing for Cheltenham Town. He signed for Bristol City from 2004 after being released by Everton when Brian Tinnion offered him a trial and later went on to sign a 2 year deal with City. He was also voted the Professional Footballers' Association Fans' Player of the Month for September 2006. He joined Cheltenham Town, initially on a months loan, …
- Boaz Myhill
Glyn Oliver "Boaz" Myhill (born November 9 1982 in Modesto, California, United States), is an English footballer, currently playing for Hull City. The son of an American father and an English mother from Shropshire, Myhill moved to England at the age of one.
- Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins (born December 22, 1969 in Ashton Under Lyne, England) is currently manager at Rotherham United.
- David Howells
David Howells (born 15 December 1967 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English former professional footballer, who spent the majority of his career with Tottenham Hotspur. David Howells made his debut for Spurs as an 18-year-old in 1986, scoring in a 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday, before going on to spend 12 years at White Hart Lane, making over 250 appearances, including a winners' medal in the 1991 FA Cup Final.
- Richard Dryden
Richard Dryden (born 14 June, 1969 in Stroud, England) is an English former professional footballer. He currently plays in defence for Unibond League for Shepshed Dynamo.
- Kayode Odejayi
Olukayode "Kayode" Odejayi (born February 21, 1982) is a Nigerian professional footballer currently playing for Coca Cola Championship club Barnsley. Odejayi (Height: 188 cm (6ft 2") Weight: 12st 2lbs (77kg)), a forward, was at Bristol City as a trainee, before moving on to Conference side Forest Green Rovers in 2002. 2002-03 turned out to be Rovers' best ever season since their foundation in 1890, and Odejayi was a key figure, scoring 13 goals as the club finished ninth.
- Andy Cole
Andrew Alexander "Andy" Cole (born 15 October 1971 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premiership side Portsmouth, and is one of the highest scoring players in the game's history. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole (which he was universally known as in the 1990s) but in 2000 he asked to be known as Andrew Cole. Although ranked second in the all time scoring charts of the FA Premier League, …
- David Moyes
David William Moyes (b. April 25, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Everton F.C.. He has twice been named, in 2003 and 2005, as the 'League Managers' Association manager of the year', and is rated as one of the best young managers in English football. Moyes demands high fitness levels from all his players and is a talented motivator.
- Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson (born 9 May 1983) is an English footballer currently playing for Bristol City F.C. in Football League One. Wilson was born in Manchester and had previously played for Cheltenham Town F.C. and Stoke City F.C. He can play as a defender as well as a midfielder.
- Enoch Showunmi
Enoch Showunmi (born April 21, 1982, in Kilburn, London) is a Nigerian International footballer currently playing for Bristol City F.C. He previously played for Luton Town F.C. Showunmi entered the professional ranks relatively late, signing for his first professional club Luton Town at the age of 21 from non-League team Willesden Constantine, having first completed a Business degree at London South Bank University. A tall and bustling striker who also possesses pace, …
- Marcus Stewart
Marcus Stewart (born 7 November 1972) is an English football centre forward currently at Yeovil Town. Formerly with Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town and Sunderland, Stewart has over 200 career goals to his name. He was the Premiership's second top goalscorer during 2000-01 with 19 goals for Ipswich Town, who finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.
- Bobby Gould
Robert "Bobby" Gould (born 12 June 1946 in Coventry) is a former English football player and manager.
- Raymond Atteveld
Raymond Atteveld (born September 8, 1966 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch footballer who could play as a full back or in midfield. Atteveld played for HFC Haarlem before moving to England to join Everton. He made his debut for Everton on December 21989 against Coventry City in a 2-0 home win for Everton. During his career at Everton he made 41 league appearances from the outset and a further 10 as a substitute, scoring only one goal.