- Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born February 14, 1951 in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English football manager and is regarded as one of the all-time greatest football players. At every club that he managed, he won promotion as champions in his first season; and he is the only Englishman to be named European Footballer of the Year twice.
- Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock (born December 1, 1948) is a football manager, formerly of Sheffield United. He was appointed as manager of Sheffield United in December 1999 and resigned on 2007-05-16. Warnock was born in Sheffield and is a lifelong fan of the Blades.
- Jonathan Forte
Jonathan Ronald James Forte (born. July 25, 1986 in Sheffield) is an English footballer who plays for Scunthorpe United as a winger. One of Forte's most notable qualities is his blistering pace, which leaves many defenders standing.
- Darren Holloway
Darren Holloway (born 3 October 1977 in Bishop Auckland) is a professional footballer, currently with Darlington F.C.. His former clubs include Bradford City A.F.C., Wimbledon F.C. and Sunderland A.F.C..
- Jermaine Beckford
Jermaine Beckford (born December 9, 1983) is a professional footballer currently playing for Leeds United. Leeds United beat off competition from Crystal Palace (where he had a trial and played for their reserve team), Charlton Athletic, Sunderland, Southampton and Watford to secure his transfer from Wealdstone in March 2006. He had previously been part of the youth set-up at Chelsea before being released and later joining Wealdstone.
- Paul Heckingbottom
Paul Heckingbottom (born July 17 1977 in Barnsley) is an English footballer, currently playing for Bradford City on loan from Barnsley.
- Brian Laws
Brian Simon Laws (Born October 14, 1961 in Redcar, England) is manager of Sheffield Wednesday football club and a former professional footballer.
- Simon Miotto
Simon Jon Miotto (born September 5 1969 in Sydney) is an Australian professional football goalkeeper. He plays for Akademisk Boldklub in the Danish 1st Division. Miotto began his career in 1993 with Riverside Olympic in Tasmania's Northern Premier League. In 1994 he was signed by then-Blackpool manager Sam Allardyce. He spent only one season at Bloomfield Road before being released without making a first-team appearance for the Seasiders.
- 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.
- Neil Cox
Neil Cox (born October 8, 1971 in Scunthorpe) is a professional footballer and plays as a central defender for Crewe Alexandra. Cox signed for Crewe in June 2006 after being released by Cardiff City. Cox has also played for Scunthorpe United, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Watford, Bolton and Cardiff City. He has also been capped at Under-21 level by England.
- James Cotterill
James Cotterill (born Barnsley, England, 3 August, 1982) is a former professional footballer. He plays as a central defender for semi-professional UniBond League side Ossett Town.
- 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.
- Bill Punton
William Hamilton Punton (b. 9 May 1934 in Glenkindrie, East Lothian) is a former footballer and football manager]]. As a player, Punton was a left-sided winger who played for Portadown, Newcastle United, Southend United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe and Yarmouth Town. He went on to manage Yarmouth Town and Diss Town.
- Paul Musselwhite
Paul Stephen Musselwhite (born December 22 1968 in Portsmouth, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Harrogate Town.
- Paul Hayes
Paul Edward Hayes (born December 9 1983 in Dagenham, England) is an English footballer with Football League Championship side Scunthorpe United. Hayes grew up in East London and went to Barclay Junior School in Leyton, where he captained the school football team from the age of 7. Hayes started his footballing career as a school boy with Norwich City where he spent 3 years, before signing for Scunthorpe United in 2002. He made over 115 appearances, scoring 33 goals.
- Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan (born 10 December 1974 in Stockport) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Left Back for Darlington. He joined Darlington in January 2007 signing from Boston United. Tim has also played for Doncaster, Southport and Scunthorpe and Boston United. Tim Ryan is also a former England semi-professional international.
- Matt Elliott
Matthew "Matt" Elliott (born November 1, 1968) is a former professional footballer. Although English born, he never was never selected to play internationally for England, and played for Scotland (eligible due to his Scottish grandmother). He won 18 caps for Scotland, scoring one goal which was a header from an Allan Johnston cross in a 2-0 win against San Marino. He is arguably the finest centre-back to have ever played for Oxford United.
- Steve Torpey
Stephen Torpey is an English football player, currently playing for Lincoln City. Torpey had played for a number of clubs, before signing for Scunthorpe United from Bristol City in February 2000. He was Scunthorpe's record transfer signing, costing £175,000. Torpey broke the ten goal barrier in each of his first five seasons at Scunthorpe and represented the club over 250 times. He was released at the end of the 2006-07 season, …
- Clint Marcelle
Clint Marcelle (born November 9, 1968 in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) is a former professional footballer, who is now retired. He was an attacking midfielder or support forward. Marcelle was also an international footballer playing with Trindad & Tobago.
- Tony Ford
Tony Ford MBE (born 14 May, 1959 in Grimsby) is a former English footballer. Through most of his career, Ford was a right-sided midfielder, but in the later years of his career, he was converted to right-back. In a career that spanned 26 years, Ford played no less than 931 league matches, which is the all-time record for matches played in the English league by an outfield player. Only goalkeeper Peter Shilton (1005 matches) has played more.
- Andy Keogh
Andrew Declan "Andy" Keogh (born 16 May, 1986 in Dublin, Ireland) is an association football player. He plays for the Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Good friends with Chris Myers and Luke Williams who are fans of the club. A Republic of Ireland International, Keogh is traditionally a striker, but has been know to play various other roles including an attacking midfielder playing behind the strikers, and also, under Brian Laws at Scunthorpe United F.C., …
- Jamie McCombe
Jamie McCombe (born January 1, 1983 in Pontefract) is an English professional footballer. He currently plays as a defender with Bristol City. McCombe began his career as a trainee with Scunthorpe United, turning professional in August 2001. He had a spell with Halifax Town on loan from October 2003 and moved to Lincoln City on a free transfer in March 2004. He joined Bristol City in May 2006.
- Emmanuel Omoyinmi
Emmanuel 'Manny' Omoyinmi (born December 28, 1977) is a Nigerian former footballer.
- Iain Dunn
Iain Dunn (born 1 April, 1970), was a professional footballer who played for, amongst other clubs, York City, Chesterfield, Peterborough United, Scarborough, Goole, Huddersfield Town and Scunthorpe United. He also represented England at under 19 level. Dunn was the first player in British football to score a Golden Goal. He achieved this feat in the Auto Windscreens Shield for Huddersfield Town versus Lincoln City on 30 November 1994. Huddersfield won 3-2 in extra time.
- Lee Ridley
Lee Ridley (born 5 December 1981 in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire) is an English football defender who plays for Cheltenham Town. Lee started his career with Scunthorpe United as a young child and went on to make 117 appearances in all competitions scoring three goals between 2000 and 2007. Despite being offered a new 2 year contract by Scunthorpe after their promotion to the Championship in 2007, …
- David Farrell
David William Farrell (born November 11 1971 in Birmingham, England) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently without a club, having recently left Boston United. Farrell signed for Boston in the summer of 2006 after nine seasons at Peterborough United, during which he played 395 times and scored 52 times. Including a notable Hat-trick Against Barnet in the League 2 playoff final second in 2000. He joined Peterborough from Wycombe Wanderers in 1997.
- Graham Alexander
Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971 in Coventry, England) is a professional footballer and the captain of Championship team Preston North End.
- Wayne Corden
Wayne Corden (born 1 November 1975 in Leek, Staffordshire) is a professional footballer for Leyton Orient. A skilful winger, Wayne can play on either flank although he is predominantly right-footed. Wayne came through the ranks at local side Port Vale and made his debut as a subsititute against Notts County in May 1995. He remained at Vale until the end of the 1999/2000 season when he was given a free transfer.
- Andy Crosby
Andy Crosby (born 3 March 1973) is defender who plays for Scunthorpe United but has enjoyed a glittering career elsewhere. In his prime he was a young learning defender at Leeds United but was released to Doncaster Rovers after failing to break through. During his time at Doncaster, Andy made a name for himself as being a typical industrious English defender. He wasn't there long and attracted the attention of Darlington who immediately adorned himself to the fans.
- James Quinn
James Quinn (born Stephen James Quinn on December 15 1974 in Coventry) is an English-born Northern Irish footballer. He is currently on loan to Scunthorpe United from Northampton Town. He has played for eleven clubs in his career. Quinn, a forward, is also a Northern Ireland international. After one sole start at Birmingham City he was sold to Second Division Blackpool for £25,000. It is here he probably played the best club football of his career, …
- Danny Wilson
Danny Wilson, born 1 January 1960, is a football manager who has coached Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol City, Milton Keynes Dons, and currently Hartlepool United. As a player, he won the League Cup with Luton Town in 1988 and was a runner-up in both domestic cup finals with Sheffield Wednesday in 1993. He also made 24 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 1 goal.
- Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish football goalkeeper for Scunthorpe United.
- Graeme Crawford
Graeme Crawford (born August 7 1947 in Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish former footballer.
- Cliff Byrne
Clifford "Cliff" Byrne (born April 27 1982 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Scunthorpe United. He previously played for Sunderland. He took part in a UEFA 'B' coaching course in summer 2005.
- Phil Whitehead
Phil Whitehead (born 17 December 1969 in Halifax, England) is a former professional football goalkeeper. He is mainly remembered for his playing days with Oxford United and Reading.
- Sean McAuley
Sean McAuley (born June 23 1972 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is currently the Academy Manager at Sheffield Wednesday and was the caretaker manager of Sheffield Wednesday after the sacking of Paul Sturrock and until the appointment of Brian Laws between October - November 2006. He possess the record of not losing a game while he was in charge of first-team affairs and is widely praised for rejuvenating the Owls squad.
- Ian Botham
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE, (born 24 November 1955) is a retired England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder, and remains well known by his nicknames "Beefy" and "Guy the Gorilla".
- Paul Dalglish
Paul Dalglish (born 18 February 1977 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo. Dalglish, son of former Scotland international Kenny Dalglish, started his career as a youth player with Celtic before joining Liverpool, but made no appearances for either of his father's former clubs. Dalglish was then signed by his father for Newcastle United, he made 14 appearances, scoring one goal.
- Ray Clemence
Ray Clemence was one of English and European football's best and most decorated goalkeepers ever and part of the all-conquering Liverpool team of the 1970s. [ ]===Life and playing career=== Born in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England Clemence made his debut for Scunthorpe United in 1966 and was spotted and signed by Liverpool manager Bill Shankly a year later, joining the Reds for £18,000 on the 24 June 1967.
- John Cornforth
John Cornforth (born October 7 1967, Whitley Bay) is a former Wales international football player and is now a coach, most recently Head Coach at English League Two side Torquay United. Originally from Whitley Bay in the north-east of England, John and his family have been settled in Devon for some time.