- Jim Magilton
James "Jim" Magilton (born May 6, 1969 in Belfast) is a former Northern Irish footballer who currently manages Ipswich Town in the English Football League Championship.
- Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson (born 20 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer, who recently played for Horden Colliery Welfare in the Northern League Division One. Robinson is a much-travelled player, having featured for no fewer than a dozen teams in his career. Due to his frequent moving, he has only passed thirty league appearances for one club, during his time with Hartlepool United. Robinson was born in Sunderland and began his career as a trainee with Darlington, …
- 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.
- 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.
- Chris Brown
Christopher Alan "Chris" Brown (born 11 December 1984, Durham, England) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Football League Championship side Norwich City.
- Andy Johnson
Andrew James "Andy" Johnson (born 2 May 1974 in Bristol, England) is an English born Welsh international footballer who is currently playing for Barnsley. He was recently released by Leicester City. His career started out at Norwich City, before joining Nottingham Forest in 1997, failing to give Johnson the opportunity to fulfil his potential at the club. Having made over one hundred appearances in Forest's squad, …
- George Burley
George Elder Burley (born June 3, 1956 in Cumnock, Kyle, East Ayrshire) is an ex-footballer. He is currently the manager of Southampton in the Football League Championship. Like many other ex-Ipswich players he owns a home Suffolk where his wife and daughter own shops. George is uncle to ex-Celtic midfielder Craig Burley.
- Adrian Boothroyd
Adrian "Aidy" Boothroyd (born February 8, 1971) is the current manager of Watford Football Club of the Championship, and is the youngest manager in the division.
- Richard Cresswell
Richard Paul Wesley Cresswell (born 20 September 1977 in Crewe, England) is an English professional Footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Leeds United. Cresswell is a centre-forward.
- David Nugent
David James Nugent (born 2 May, 1985 in Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth.
- Nathan Dyer
Nathan Dyer (born November 29, 1987 in Trowbridge) is an English footballer currently playing for Southampton. He was a member of Southampton's youth team that reached the final of the FA Youth Cup in 2005, losing on aggregate to Ipswich Town. In late 2005 he enjoyed a successful loan spell at Burnley, where he scored two goals in five appearances before being recalled.
- Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan (born 24 September 1967, Thornton Heath, United Kingdom) is the chairman and owner of Crystal Palace Football Club, a football club who are, as of the 2006-2007 season, in the Championship, the second level of English football.
- Craig Fagan
Craig Anthony Fagan (born December 11, 1982) is a professional footballer currently playing for Derby County in England's Premier League. His preferred position is striker, but he can also play on the right wing. Fagan's career began at his hometown club, Birmingham City, from whom he moved to Colchester United on a free transfer in 2004, after a successful loan spell.
- Dexter Blackstock
Dexter Anthony Titus Blackstock (born May 20 1986) is an English footballer who currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship. He is normally a centre-forward.
- Dougie Freedman
Douglas "Dougie" Freedman (born May 25 1974, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 9 shirt and is a striker.
- Karl Duguid
Karl Duguid (born March 21 1978 in Hitchin) is a versatile midfielder who plays club football for Colchester United F.C. Karl has been with Colchester since he signed with them aged 16, and is currently the club's longest serving player. He has been rewarded with a testimonial match, as well as the club captaincy. An established crowd favourite at Layer Road, he is often labelled as "Mr Colchester United".
- Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE (born April 2, 1966 in Highams Park, London) is a veteran English footballer currently playing for Colchester United. Sheringham plays as a striker, and has had an exceptionally successful career at club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs (most notably 'The Treble' with Manchester United and becoming a "Legend" with Tottenham Hotspur). Sheringham also represented England at international level.
- Kenwyne Jones
Kenwyne Jones (born October 5, 1984) is a Trinidadian football player, who is currently on the books of Southampton. He is a utility player, but has recently been playing as a striker. Jones began his professional career with Joe Public FC in his native Trinidad, and moved to W Connection in 2002 before being purchased by Southampton in July 2004. He debuted with the Trinidad and Tobago national team January 29 2003 in a game against Finland.
- Jay Demerit
Jay Michael DeMerit (born 4 December, 1979 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American soccer player, currently playing for Watford in the Championship. He was a three-sport high school athlete in Wisconsin, where he participated in basketball and track in addition to soccer. He attended Bay Port High School and graduated in 1998. DeMerit played NCAA soccer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he moved from playing forward to defender.
- Robert Green
Robert Paul Green (born January 18, 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United and the England national football team as a goalkeeper.
- Chris Armstrong
Christopher Armstrong (born August 5, 1982 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a professional footballer, who currently plays left-sided midfield for Sheffield United in the Football League Championship.
- Elliott Ward
Elliott Ward (born January 19, 1985 in Harrow) is an English professional football player. Ward, a central defender, currently plays for Coventry City. Ward came up through the youth system of West Ham United, making his debut for the Under-17 side before joining the first team in August 2003. In 2004, Ward went out for two loan spells, at Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers in July and December 2004 respectively.
- Gary Breen
Gary Patrick Breen (born December 12, 1973 in Hendon, London), is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has previously played for Maidstone United, Gillingham, Peterborough United, Birmingham City, Coventry City, West Ham United and Sunderland; he has also played for the Republic of Ireland on over 60 occasions. In the 2002 World Cup he scored a surprise goal in Ireland's first-round match against Saudi Arabia, …
- Michael Chopra
Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English footballer playing professionally for the Premier League side Sunderland. A striker, he has previously played for Newcatle United and Cardiff City and has spent loan spells at Watford, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. He has represented England at the Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels. The son of an English mother and an Indian father, …
- Chris Iwelumo
Christopher Robert "Chris" Iwelumo (born August 1, 1978 in Coatbridge) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Charlton Athletic.
- Darren Ward
Darren Philip Ward (born September 13, 1978 in Kenton, Harrow) is an English footballer who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in The Championship as a defender.
- Nathan Ellington
Nathan Robert Ellington (born July 2 1981 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer. 'The Duke' (nicknamed after legendary jazz musician Duke Ellington), a striker, currently plays for West Bromwich Albion.
- Lee Cook
Lee Cook (born 3 August 1982 in Hammersmith) is a footballer who plays in midfield for Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. Cook began his career at non-league Aylesbury United where he made 19 appearances, scoring twice, having progressed from the club's youth team. In 1999, after impressing in a trial period, Cook moved on to Watford. His transfer was the subject of an unsuccessful lawsuit from his former club.
- Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway (born 12 March 1963 in Kingswood, Bristol) is an English former professional football midfielder. He is currently the manager of Championship side Plymouth Argyle.
- Ricardo Fuller
Ricardo Dwayne Fuller (born October 31, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican football player who currently plays as a striker for English Championship club Stoke City and for the Jamaica national football team.
- Robbie Blake
Robert James "Robbie" Blake (born 4 March 1976 in Middlesbrough, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Burnley. He plays as a striker. His previous clubs include Birmingham City, Bradford City, Darlington and Leeds United. A tricky player with good ball control and quick feet, and most importantly for a striker, a prolific goal scorer, he had two long periods at Bradford City, and Burnley.
- Iain Hume
Iain Edward Hume (born October 31, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish born Canadian footballer, currently playing in the Football League Championship for Leicester City.
- Darren Huckerby
Darren Carl Huckerby (born April 23, 1976 in Nottingham, England), is a professional footballer who has played for Lincoln City, Millwall (on loan), Newcastle United, Coventry City, Leeds United, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest (on loan), and now Norwich City. He won an England 'B' cap in 1998 against Chile 'B' at The Hawthorns. Huckerby spent a three month loan spell with Norwich before signing for them permanently in December 2003, for a fee of around £750,000.
- Jamie Cureton
Jamie Cureton (born 28 August 1975 in Bristol, England) is an English footballer who is currently a striker for Norwich City in the English Football League Championship.
- Mark Hudson
Mark Hudson (born March 30 1982 in Guildford) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 5 shirt and is a centre half. Hudson began his career with Fulham but never managed to establish himself in the first team. He spent two months on loan at Oldham Athletic while Iain Dowie was manager there. After Dowie moved to Crystal Palace, Hudson moved back to Fulham where he now began to get small amounts of first team football.
- Mark Hudson
Mark Alexander Hudson (born March 30 1982 in Guildford, England) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 5 shirt and is a centre half. Hudson began his career with Fulham but never managed to establish himself in the first team. He spent two months on loan at Oldham Athletic while Iain Dowie was manager there.
- Kyle Lafferty
Kyle Lafferty (born 16 September 1987 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley Football Club in the English Football League Championship. The Northern Ireland youngster, who plays as a striker, started his career with Fermanagh side NFC Kesh before signing a YTS contract in 2004 for the Lancashire outfit.
- Martin Paterson
Martin Paterson is an English footballer, who played as a striker for Grimsby Town during the 2006-2007 season on loan from Football League Championship club Stoke City. He has also played at international level for Northern Ireland's U21 side. Paterson made his début for Stoke as a late substitute for Chris Greenacre in the 2-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on 16 April2005. His first start came in March 2006 against Leeds United and he hit his first goal six months later, …
- 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.
- Bobby Zamora
Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born January 16, 1981 in Barking, London) is a native born English footballer of Trinidadian background who plays for English Premier League club, West Ham United.