- Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard, Jr., (born 20 June 1978) is an English football player currently at Chelsea and previously with West Ham United and Swansea City. He is a central midfielder known for his powerful long-range shots and prolific goalscoring abilities from midfield. Lampard was born in Romford, Havering, England. He is the son of Frank Lampard Sr., the former England full back and two-time FA Cup winner with West Ham United.
- Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth, Tyne and Wear) is an English former professional footballer who played for the English national team and three English Premiership clubs: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. During his career he enjoyed successes at both club and international level and also in his personal life, becoming one of the most prolific strikers of all time. In total he scored 422 goals for club and country, …
- Michael Owen
Michael James Owen (born December 14, 1979, in Chester, Cheshire) is an English football player currently with Newcastle United. He has also played for Liverpool (1996–2004) and Real Madrid (2004-05). He plays as a striker and has enjoyed a hugely successful and high-profile career at both club and international level and was the European Footballer of the Year in 2001. Owen is currently England's 4th highest scorer of all time, with 37 goals in 82 games for his country, …
- Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the England national team and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC. He is also known for appearing in adverts for the Walkers crisp brand. It was his sense of positioning and tap-ins that made him one of England's most prolific strikers of all-time, …
- David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury. He was awarded the MBE in 1997 for services to the sport.
- Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch (born January 30 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire) is an English international football player. He currently plays for the English club Liverpool as a striker. His height of 2.01 m / 6 ft 7 in makes him the tallest man ever to play for either Liverpool or the England national team, as well as the tallest player currently in the Premiership. He is also known for his robotic dancing goal celebration, …
- Tony Adams
Tony Alexander Adams MBE (born 10 October 1966) is a former English football player who is currently assistant manager of Portsmouth. He spent his entire playing career of 22 years at Arsenal, and is considered one of the club's greatest players of all time by the club's own fans. He wore the number 6 shirt for Arsenal and 5 for England.
- Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is a former professional footballer and current television and radio personality.
- Robbie Fowler
Robert Bernard 'Robbie' Fowler, born 9 April 1975, and commonly known as "God" by Liverpool F.C. supporters, is a respected English footballer who is currently linked with a move to a number of clubs having been released by Liverpool FC. Fowler's career began with Liverpool, with whom he made his debut in 1993. Fowler scored 120 premiership goals for Liverpool in an eight year period. He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City F.C., …
- Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle (born October 27, 1957 in Hayes, London) is a football manager and former player for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He has had spells as manager of Swindon Town, Chelsea, England, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and most recently Wolverhampton Wanderers. Although he has only enjoyed mixed success as a manager, he is arguably one of the finest British players his era, …
- Owen Hargreaves
Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a professional football midfielder. He plays for Manchester United in the Premier League and at international level for England.
- David James
David Benjamin James (born 1 August 1970, Welwyn Garden City, England) is a English professional footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Premier League. He has played as a goalkeeper for a number of English clubs, and most notably won the 1995 League Cup with Liverpool.
- Paul Gascoigne
Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May, 1967 in Gateshead, England), often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English football player who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation. He has also had spells as a manager and coach, most recently at Kettering Town in 2005. Playing in the position of midfield, his career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, …
- Chris Sutton
Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973 in Nottingham, England) is an English former footballer. In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham and Aston Villa. He has also been capped once by England. Sutton played in either defence, midfield or attack, although usually in the latter role.
- Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born January 11, 1957) is a former England, West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester United footballer who also captained his country. He is the current manager of Sheffield United. He was born and brought up in Witton Gilbert, County Durham. The family moved to the nearby town of Chester-le-Street when he was six. Where he began playing football and supporting Newcastle United.
- Joe Cole
Joseph "Joe" John Cole (born November 8, 1981 in Romford, London Borough of Havering) is a professional footballer who plays for Chelsea of the English Premier League and the England national team.
- Tony Woodcock
Anthony Stewart "Tony" Woodcock (born December 6, 1955) is an English former football player, who played as a striker. Born in Nottingham, Woodcock started his career at his hometown club, Nottingham Forest. After loan spells at Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers, Woodcock broke into the Forest first team in 1976-77, helping the team to promotion to the First Division.
- Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon (born April 16, 1987 in Chapeltown, Leeds) is an English footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Alan Smith
Alan Smith (born 28 October 1980 in Rothwell, West Yorkshire) is an English professional football player,. He has played centre-forward for most of his career. He formerly played for Leeds United, and now plays for Manchester United.
- Viv Anderson
Vivian Alexander Anderson MBE (born 29 August, 1956 in Nottingham, England) was the first black football player to represent England in a full international match. The groundbreaking night for Anderson, a right full back, came on November 29 1978 when he stepped out at Wembley to play for England against Czechoslovakia.
- David Platt
David Andrew Platt (born June 10 1966 in Chadderton, near Oldham, in Lancashire) is a former English footballer, who played in midfield.
- Dennis Wise
Dennis Frank Wise (born December 16, 1966 in Kensington) is an English football manager and former footballer, currently manager of Leeds United. Wise won 21 caps for England and scored 1 goal, on his debut against Turkey. He played for England in all three group games at Euro 2000.
- Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London) is an English footballer of Saint Lucian and Dominican descent. He is a striker who plays club football for Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League.
- Phil Thompson
Philip 'Phil' Bernard Thompson (born Liverpool, 21 January 1954) was a cultured defender in the dominant Liverpool team of the 1970s and 1980s who later returned to the club as first team coach.
- Tony Dorigo
Anthony Robert Dorigo is a retired football (soccer) player who played for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and the England national side as a left-back. He is now a football pundit and appears on satellite television channel, Bravo, as part of their Serie A coverage. He signed for Chelsea from Aston Villa for £475,000 and he won the club's player of the year award in his first season, though they were also relegated.
- Chris Fairclough
Courtney "Chris" Fairclough (born 12 April 1964, Nottingham) is a retired footballer most notable for playing for Nottingham Forest and Leeds United. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur, Bolton Wanderers, Notts County and York City.
- Emile Heskey
Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey (born January 11 1978 in Leicester, England) is an English footballer. Known for his pace and strength, he is a striker currently playing for Premier League side Wigan Athletic. He also has the versatility to play down the left flank. Heskey started his career with Leicester City in 1996. He then made a £11 million move to Liverpool in 2000, which was a record transfer fee paid by the club.
- Steve McMahon
Stephen McMahon (born August 20, 1961 in Liverpool) was one of the toughest midfield football players of his generation who galvanised the Liverpool team of the late 1980s.
- Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger Bruce (born December 31 1960, in Corbridge, near Hexham in England) is a English football manager currently in charge of Birmingham City. As a player Bruce started as a midfielder but translated into a powerful and dependable centre-back who many described as the best player of the 80s and 90s never to appear for England, although he captained the England 'B' team in a 1987 match against Malta.
- Kieron Dyer
Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich) is an English footballer currently playing for Newcastle United. Known for his speed, dribbling and cool finishing, Dyer is a regular for the England squad but has failed to win a regular place in the starting line-up. He is of Antiguan descent via his mother.
- 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, …
- Brian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is a former English footballer. Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8-1 victory against Skegness Town. His first league goal came in the Third Division in the opening game of the season against Reading but his hero status did not really start until September 17, when both he and Tony Agana hit hat-tricks in a 6-1 victory over Chester City.
- Jermaine Jenas
Jermaine Anthony Jenas (born 18 February 1983 in Nottingham) is an English football midfielder currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, in the English Premiership.
- Jamie Carragher
James Carragher (born January 28, 1978 in Bootle, Merseyside) is an English international footballer playing his club football at Liverpool where he is at present vice-captain, behind teammate and fellow Liverpudlian Steven Gerrard. His determination and attitude on the pitch, his humble nature off it and his professionalism has forever endeared him to the Liverpool faithful. This was proved when he was voted 7th in liverpoolfc.tv's "100 Players Who Shook The Kop", …
- Richard Money
Richard Money (born on 13 October 1955 in Lowestoft, England) is current manager of the English League 2 side Walsall. Prior to managing Walsall, he was manager of the Australian football club the Newcastle United Jets in the inaugural season of the A-League. He played as a defender for Liverpool and Fulham among others, during the 70's and 80's and was capped by the England B-team. He has also managed Scunthorpe United in the early 1990s, …
- Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967 in Ilford, London) is a football player who won numerous honours with Manchester United and became the first black player to captain the England team. His career saw him play for seven English clubs and Italian side, Inter Milan. He is currently the manager of Milton Keynes Dons.
- Glenn Roeder
Glenn Victor Roeder (born December 13 1955 in Woodford, Essex) is an English football manager and former player. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions.
- Mel Sterland
Mel Sterland is an English former professional football player. Mel Sterland’s career is distinctly in two halves: 10 successful years with Sheffield Wednesday and 4 equally successful years with Leeds United split by 4 months at Rangers. In 1989 Sterland won his only England cap in a friendly against Saudi Arabia.
- Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBE (21 March, 1935 – 20 September, 2004) was a successful footballer and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest.
- David Batty
David Batty (born December 2, 1968 in Leeds, England) was a professional football (soccer) player who played in a defensive midfield position. He is most famed for playing for Leeds United F.C, as well as being capped for the England national football team.