- Neil Young
Neil Young was a English football player who played for Manchester City F.C. in the 1960's. He was a striker whose most famous goal was came in the 1-0 victory against Leicester City F.C. in the 1969 FA Cup final. He left the Manchester team in 1971 having won various trophies in his time at the club.
- Neil Young
Neil Young (born February 17th 1944) is a former Manchester City striker who famously scored the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup final. Made 334 appearances for City and scored 86 goals before being transferred to Preston North End during the 1971/72 season. At Deepdale he made 68 appearances and scored 18 goals before moving to Rochdale during the 1973/74 season.
- Joe Fagan
Joe Fagan (born 12 March, 1921 in Liverpool, died 30 June, 2001) was an English football manager best known for being manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1983 to 1985. He managed the side that won Liverpool's fourth European Cup in 1984. He died in 2001, aged 80, after a long illness. Fagan began his managerial career at Nelson F.C. in the Lancashire Combination as player-manager, where he led the club to two Championships in 1950 and 1952.
- Micah Richards
Micah Lincoln Richards (born June 24, 1988 in Birmingham) is a football player with Manchester City and England. Richards, a right full back, made his professional debut when he was 17 as a substitute against Arsenal in October 2005.
- 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.
- Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi (born February 15, 1983 in Port-De-Bouc, Bergamo) is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Manchester City. His position is centre forward. He is widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, and during the 2006-2007 season he showed why he is so highly regarded having been one of the only bright spots for Reggina. Bianchi began his career in 2000 with Atalanta. He played twenty games for the first team, without scoring, …
- 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, …
- 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., …
- Sylvain Distin
Sylvain Distin (born December 16, 1977 in Bagnolet, France) is a French footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth, having joined them on a free transfer on 23 May 2007.
- Andreas Isaksson
Andreas Isaksson was born on October 3, 1981 in Trelleborg and is a Swedish football player (goalkeeper) and national team player for Sweden. He currently plays for Manchester City in England and for the Swedish national team, for whom he currently has 42 caps. His name is pronounced
- Billy Lot Jones
Billy Lot Jones was a Welsh footballer who was born in Chirk and who was a forward. He played for Manchester City F.C. 279 times scoring 69 goals between 1903 and 1914. He also won 20 caps for the Wales national football team.
- Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. He was the captain of the U.S. national team before retiring from international soccer immediately following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Reyna currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer, where he is team captain.
- Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, (born March 1 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who has previously managed Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic and is currently manager of Aston Villa.
- Johnny Hart
John Paul Hart (born Golborne 8 June 1928) was a popular footballer and manager. Johnny Hart played for Manchester City as an inside-forward in 169 Football League matches, between 1947 and 1960, scoring 67 goals. He succeeded Malcolm Allison as the club's manager for six months during the 1973-1974 season, before retiring following a pancreatic attack. His son Paul Hart became a successful centre-half and he has also followed his father into management.
- Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne (born September 21 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays in the English Premier League as a defender for Manchester City. He is nicknamed "Honey Monster" because of his size (and therefore resemblance to the character who promotes Sugar Puffs). Having played schoolboy football in Dublin form Home Farm, Dunne started his professional career in 1996 with Everton, making his debut at the age of 16.
- Nicky Reid
Nicholas Scott "Nicky" Reid (born October 30, 1960 in Davyhulme) was an English footballer who played as a defender. He played at both centre back and full back during his career. Nicky played 217 times for Manchester City F.C. and scored twice in two spells at the club between 1977 and 1982 and 1982 and 1987 before transferring to Blackburn Rovers F.C. in July 1987.
- Kelvin Etuhu
Kelvin Etuhu (born May 30th, 1988 in Nigeria) is a footballer currently playing at Manchester City. He has previously had a loan spell at Rochdale FC Kelvin plays forward and went to the FA Youth Cup finals in 2005/06 where Manchester City lost to Liverpool on a 3-2 aggregate. He scored the equaliser in his debut for Rochdale, coming on in the 56th minute against Wycombe and scoring in the 80th minute.His spell at Rochdale was unfortunately cut short, …
- Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson (born February 24, 1988 in Urmston, Manchester) is a professional footballer with Manchester City. Johnson signed for Manchester City in 2004. Prior to signing for Manchester City, Johnson was a schoolboy at Everton., and supported Leeds United as a youth. He was part of the Manchester City youth team which reached the 2006 FA Youth Cup final. On 21 October 2006 he made his Premiership debut in the 4-0 defeat to Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium.
- Neil Lennon
Neil Francis Lennon (born June 25, 1971 in Lurgan, County Armagh) is a professional footballer from Northern Ireland. He is the former captain of Celtic F.C., after leaving the club at the end of the 2006-07 campaign. On the 12th of June 2007 he signed a 1 year deal with the option of a second with Nottingham Forest F.C.
- 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.
- 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.
- Damarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Lamont Beasley (born May 24, 1982 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American soccer player who is currently playing for Scottish Premier League side Rangers. He plays mainly as a winger. Beasley was one of the most prominent players in MLS before making a move during the league's 2004 season to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven.
- Joey Barton
Joseph Anthony Barton (born 2 September 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside), commonly known as Joey Barton, is an English football (soccer) player. He currently plays for the English club Newcastle United, as a midfielder. Barton was raised in a rough area and as a child saw football as a form of escapism. He began his football career in 2001 with Manchester City after working his way through their youth system. He became a regular player for Man City, …
- Ben Thatcher
Benjamin David Thatcher (born November 30, 1975 in Swindon, England) is a Welsh professional footballer, who currently plays for Charlton Athletic in the English Premier League. He has played for a number of English clubs, and has featured in more than 275 English league games from his position as a left-sided defender. He represented England's under-21 national youth team, but has chosen to represent the Wales national team in his senior years, …
- Francis Lee
Francis Henry Lee (born April 29, 1944 in Westhoughton, near Bolton, Lancashire) is a former professional footballer, who played in the 1960s and 1970s, including 27 appearances for the England national team. Lee played for Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, and Derby County. A stocky forward, he won League Championship medals with both Manchester City and Derby, and scored more than 200 goals in his career.
- Mark Ward
Mark Ward (born 10 October 1962) is a former footballer who played for Oldham Athletic, West Ham United, Manchester City, Everton, Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Wigan Athletic and Northwich Victoria. After the end of his football career he became involved in the supply of cocaine in Liverpool. In October 2005 he was jailed for eight years. He was arrested after 4 kg (9 lb) of cocaine were found during a raid at a house in Prescot, Merseyside, in May 2005.
- William Townley
William Townley, (born February 14, 1866, died May 30, 1950 in Blackpool, England), was an English football (soccer) player and coach. He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Germany and as a journeyman coach on the continent.
- Mark Lillis
Mark Anthony Lillis (born 17 January, 1960 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England) is a former English footballer and football manager. He has played for seven English football clubs, and managed one. Lillis is now assistant manager of Morecambe in the National Conference.
- Jon Macken
Jonathan Paul "Jon" Macken (born September 7, 1977 in Blackley Manchester, England) is an Irish footballer with one international cap and plays as a striker. He currently plays for Derby County in the English Premier League. Although he began his career at Manchester United, he only started to play professionally after moving to Preston North End in 1997 where he scored over 70 goals, twice winning the Player of the Year award.
- Lee Crooks
Lee Crooks (born January 14 1978 in Wakefield, England) is a professional football player who currently plays for Rochdale. He plays at centre-back. Crooks began his career at Manchester City as a youth team player, and helped them to two promotions. He then joined Barnsley after falling out of favour with Joe Royle. He played over 50 league appearances for them, …
- Gerry Baker
Gerry Baker (born 11 April 1938, New York City) was an American-born British football (soccer) player. He played for Manchester City, Ipswich Town and Coventry City in England and Motherwell, Hibernian and St Mirren in Scotland. He was the brother of the late England international Joe Baker.
- Dick Ray
Richard "Dick" Ray (born February 4, 1876, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, died December 28, 1952, Leeds) was a professional footballer for Macclesfield Town, Port Vale, Manchester City, Stockport County, Chesterfield and Leeds City. He later became a manager for Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers and Bradford City. Ray was born in the Potteries town of Newcastle under Lyme on February 4 1876, and began his footballing career with local clubs, …
- Tony Scully
Tony Scully (born 12 June 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish football midfielder who currently plays for Crawley Town.
- Ishmael Miller
Ishmael Miller (born March 5 1987 in Manchester) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City. Miller was a striker in youth and reserve football, but first played for the Manchester City first team as an attacking midfielder. He signed professionally at the beginning of the 2005/06 season, and featured in a number of pre-season games for the first team. A number of impressive displays for the reserve team led to a competitive first team debut, …
- Émile Mpenza
Émile Lokonda Mpenza is a Belgian footballer, of Congolese parentage. He currently plays as a striker for Manchester City F.C., having signed until the end of the 2007-08 season. He has been capped more than 50 times by Belgium.
- Steve Howey
Steve Howey (born October 26, 1971 in Sunderland) is a former English football player. In his playing days he was employed as a central defender. In his club career, Howey played for Newcastle United, Manchester City, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, and Hartlepool United. In 2004, he had an unsuccessful short spell with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. Steve Howey is still a very popular figure in Newcastle, …
- Åge Hareide
Åge Fridtjof Hareide was employed as the coach of the Norwegian national football team at the end of 2003, replacing Nils Johan Semb, after one season as coach of Rosenborg B.K. He was also an active player for the Norwegian national team from 1976 through 1986, scoring 5 goals in 50 matches. As a coach he has won three European countries' national league championships, namely that of Denmark, Sweden and his native Norway, …
- Paul Sugrue
Paul Sugrue is a former English professional footballer. Sugrue had a long and successful playing career which saw him play for both Manchester City and Middlesbrough. He also played for Portsmouth, Cardiff and Newport County and had a spell as Manager at Nuneaton Boro. In February 2006 Sugrue took over Managerial duties at Merthyr where he is also Vice-Chairman.
- 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.
- Matt Busby
Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE (born 26 May 1909 in Orbiston, Scotland; died 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945-1969 and again for the 1970-1971 season. He is the longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United, ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson.