- Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce MBE (born April 24, 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football coach, a former manager of Manchester City and currently the England Under 21s, having been appointed as permanent manager of the former after a period as caretaker following the retirement of Kevin Keegan. On May 14 2007, he was sacked as manager of Manchester City because of a 'disappointing season'. As a player, Pearce had a long and distinguished career, …
- Steven Taylor
Steven Vincent Taylor (born January 23, 1986 in Greenwich, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Newcastle United. He is a central defender who can also play at right back and sometimes left back. Despite being born in London, his family moved to Whitley Bay, North Tyneside when Taylor was just two weeks old, and he grew up as a Newcastle supporter.
- David Bentley
David Michael Bentley (born August 27 1984 in Peterborough) is an English football player who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He can play in several positions across the midfield, but he has been utilised most effectively as a wide midfielder. Bentley started his career with Arsenal F.C., but saw his playing opportunities limited by a strong senior squad. He spent several seasons on loan with Norwich City F.C. and Blackburn, …
- Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Huddlestone is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur. He can play either in defence or midfield, with the latter being the position considered his best. The North London club acquired his services from Derby County in July 2005 for an initial fee of £600,000 with possible add-ons taking the fee to around £2M, rumoured to be around £2.5 million.
- Kieran Richardson
Kieran Edward Richardson (born 21 October 1984 in Greenwich, London) is an English footballer currently playing for Sunderland. He is a left-sided midfielder who is also comfortable playing in central midfield. He has also played at left back during Manchester United's 2006-07 injury crisis.
- Glen Johnson
Glen McLeod Johnson is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League and has won 5 caps for England. He is a defender in the right back position, and can also play at centre-back or in midfield. In summer 2003 London-born Johnson was bought by Claudio Ranieri from West Ham United for £6 million, having had a loan spell at Millwall. The first purchase of the Abramovich era at Chelsea, …
- Nigel Reo-Coker
Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker is an English professional footballer. He is a midfielder, currently playing for Aston Villa.. He is known for being a powerful midfielder with excellent attaking and defensive qualities.
- Ben Alnwick
Benjamin Robert "Ben" Alnwick (born January 1, 1987 in Prudhoe, England) is a football goalkeeper currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. He made a name for himself at the climax of Sunderland AFC's (2004-05) Football League Championship-winning season, replacing the injured Thomas Myhre for Sunderland's last three games. His performances against Leicester City and West Ham, the games that won Sunderland promotion to the Premiership and Championship win respectively, …
- Nedum Onuoha
Nedum Onuoha (born in Warri, Nigeria on November 12, 1986 and brought up in Manchester, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City as a defender. Although most comfortable at centre back, he can also play at right-back or left-back. =Biography= An outstanding junior sprinter, he finished in second place in the final of the 2001 English School's Athletics Association Junior 100 metres contest, …
- Leroy Lita
Leroy Halirou Lita (born 28 December 1984 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) is an English U21 international footballer, currently playing for Reading in the English Premier League.
- Tom Soares
Thomas "Tom" Soares (born July 10 1986 in Reading) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 19 shirt and is a midfielder. His brother Louie is also a footballer, playing for Conference side Aldershot Town. Tom Soares is acknowledged to be an exciting midfield talent amongst many football managers and pundits and has now also made his debut for the England U21 side.
- Cameron Jerome
Cameron Zishan Jerome (born October 14, 1986 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is an English footballer He plays for Birmingham City in the position of striker.
- Francis Jeffers
Francis "Franny" Jeffers is an English footballer, currently playing for Blackburn Rovers. A striker, Jeffers began his career at Everton, making his debut in 1998 at the age of 17. Showing a lot of early promise and talent, he scored 20 goals in 60 matches for the Toffees. His performances caught the eye of Arsène Wenger, who signed him for Arsenal in 2001 for a fee over £8m. However, Jeffers did not live up to the "fox in the box" tag, …
- Jermaine Pennant
Jermaine Lloyd Pennant (born January 15 1983 in Nottingham) is an English footballer who signed for Liverpool in July 2006. A pacy right-sided midfielder with fine dribbling skills, he has previously played for Notts County, Arsenal, Watford, Leeds United and Birmingham City.
- Nigel Pearson
Nigel Pearson (born August 21, 1963) is an English former football player.
- Carl Cort
Carl Edward Richard Cort (born November 1, 1977 in Southwark, England) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Leicester City, having previously played for Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is a centre-forward. He is of Guyanese desecnt.
- Curtis Davies
Curtis Eugene Davies (born March 15, 1985 in Leytonstone, London) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central defender. He is currently the captain of West Bromwich Albion.
- Leighton Baines
Leighton John Baines is an English footballer, who currently plays at left-back for Wigan Athletic. He won 16 caps for the England Under 21 team. Baines made his début for Wigan Athletic in 2002, and soon became an established member of the Wigan Athletic first team, and was a regular when Wigan earned promotion to the Premiership in 2004-05, in which he scored his first goal for the club, a spectacular strike from long-range against Ipswich.
- Anton Ferdinand
Anton Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham, London) is an English football player, currently playing for West Ham United. He plays as a central defender.
- Paul Konchesky
Paul Martyn Konchesky (born May 15, 1981 in Barking, London) is a professional English football player currently playing for Fulham in the left-back position. He is a versatile player capable of appearing across the back four or in midfield.
- Anthony Gardner
Anthony Gardner is an English football player who currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. Gardner started his career with Port Vale, where he scored 4 goals in 45 matches in all competitions, débuting in October of the 1998-99 season. Gardner signed for Tottenham Hotspur in January 2000 as a pre-emptive replacement for Sol Campbell where he worked his way up through the reserves before making his début as a substitute against Derby County in March 2001, …
- Darius Vassell
Darius Warren Vassell (born June 13 1980 to Jamaican parents in Sutton Coldfield) is an English international footballer who plays club football in the Premiership at Manchester City. Vassell was raised in from Wylde Green and went to the Yenton Primary School in Erdington and John Willmott School, in Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield. He first played football with local junior team Romulus in the Birmingham Boys League, An Aston Villa fan, …
- Wayne Routledge
Wayne Neville Routledge (born January 7 1985 in Sidcup, London)) and attended "The Archbishop Lanfranc School" (Croydon) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur after completing his season long loan spell at Fulham. He plays as a midfielder predominantly on the right wing but can also play on the left. He has represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.
- Gary Cahill
Gary James Cahill (born December 19, 1985 in Sheffield) is an English footballer who currently plays for Aston Villa as a defender. He has previously played for Burnley on loan and during his spell, which began in November 2004, he was handed the accolades of Burnley's Player Of The Year and Young Player Of The Year. He has since become an Under-20 international for England.
- Carlton Cole
Carlton Cole (born November 12, 1983 in Croydon, London, England) is a football player who currently plays for West Ham United.
- Julian Jenner
Julian Jenner (born 1984-02-28 in Delft) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar and who is nicknamed "The Scissor Kid" after his skills and stepovers. His former team is NAC Breda. In 2007 Jenner was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands.
- Lee Camp
Lee Michael John Camp (born August 22, 1984 in Derby, England) is a goalkeeper for Derby County who also plays for the England Under 21 side. He made his first appearance with Derby during the 2002-03 season, and joined Burton Albion on loan in January 2003. At the end of the same season, he went to QPR for the last few games also on loan, where he helped the club reach promotion to the old Division One. During the 2004-05 season Lee became a local hero, …
- Otman Bakkal
Otman Bakkal (born February 27, 1985 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch footballer of Moroccan origin who plays for PSV Eindhoven. Bakkal also plays for the Netherlands national under-21 football team. His former club are FC Den Bosch, and he was on loan to FC Twente. In 2007 Bakkal was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands.
- Liam Ridgewell
Liam Matthew Ridgewell (born July 21, 1984 in London) is an English footballer and defender for Aston Villa. Ridgewell was part of the Aston Villa team who won the FA Youth Cup final in May 2002 against Everton, but did so having transferred from West Ham United in February 2001. The day after scoring for England Under-19s in a 2-2 draw against Yugoslavia Under-19s in October 2002, he was loaned out to Bournemouth, …
- Izale McLeod
Izale Michael McLeod (born October 15, 1984, Birmingham, England) is a striker for English League Two team Milton Keynes Dons.
- Maceo Rigters
Maceo Rigters (born 22 January 1984 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer, currently playing for Blackburn Rovers. Rigters is a forward, and made his senior debut for SC Heerenveen during the 2002-03 season. He also played for FC Dordrecht and NAC Breda before joining Blackburn Rovers. Goals were scarce for him at Breda, but he was often deployed on the right wing.
- Haris Medunjanin
Haris Medunjanin is a Bosnian-Dutch football player. He is 6'2" (188 cm) tall and weighs 176 lbs (78 kg). He moved to Netherlands at the age of seven. Međunjanin currently plays for AZ, having been on loan at Sparta Rotterdam during the 2006-07 season. Medunjanin was part of the Netherlands national under-21 football team that won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
- John Welsh
John Welsh (born January 10, 1984 in Liverpool) is an English football player who plays for Hull City. He wears the number 19 shirt for the club. He was also captain of the England under-20 team, and has been capped 8 times for the under-21s. He represented England U20 at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
- Lenny Pidgeley
Leonard James "Lenny" Pidgeley (born February 7, 1984) is an English football goalkeeper who currently plays for Millwall. Signed on at Chelsea since the opening of the 2002-03 season, he was loaned out to Watford between September 2003 and May 2004, a deal initially intended to last for two months, but extending to the end of the season. His debut Watford match was against Crewe Alexandra, …
- Roy Beerens
Roy Beerens (born 22 December, 1987 in Bladel, Netherlands) is a professional footballer who currently plays on loan for Dutch Eredivisie team NEC Nijmegen, but who is officially contracted by PSV Eindhoven. On January 20, 2007 he play his first Eredivisie NEC match against Heracles Almelo In 2007 Beerens was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands.
- Ryan Donk
Ryan Donk (born 1986-03-30 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for AZ Alkmaar. His former team is RKC Waalwijk. His playing style is often compared to Jaap Stam's style and it is said Donk can possibly become better than Stam ever was. In 2007 Donk was called up by Jong Oranje coach Foppe de Haan to be part of his squad for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands.
- Shaka Hislop
Neil Shaka Hislop (born 22 February 1969) is a professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for FC Dallas and the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.
- Ben Watson
Ben Watson (born July 9 1985 in London, England) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 14 shirt and is a midfielder. Ben Watson made his debut aged 17 in April 2003, he gave a good performance and kept his place in the side for the final four games of the season. He made 16 appearances in the 2004/2005 season and has made a regular place for himself in the first team. He has represented England in the under-21s team.
- Luigi Bruins
Luigi Bruins (born 1987-03-09 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He started his career at Excelsior Rotterdam. He's of Italian descent and thus still eligible for both Dutch and Italian National teams. While at Excelsior Bruins had been linked with the top four Dutch teams (Ajax Amsterdam, AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven) as well as with Tottenham Hotspur FC.
- Tim Sherwood
Tim Sherwood (born 2 February 1969 in St Albans, England) is a professional footballer. He has played for Watford, Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Coventry City. The highlights of his career include captaining Blackburn Rovers to the 1995 Premiership title and becoming a full international for England. He also won a runners-up medal in the 2002 League Cup Final with Tottenham Hotspur.