- Brian Barwick
Brian Barwick is the current Chief Executive of The Football Association. He has held the post since January 2005. Previously, he spent 18 years at the BBC, and was ITV's Controller of Sport for seven years. Born in Liverpool, Barwick gained a degree in Economics at Manchester University.
- Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London), more commonly known as Alan Curbishley, is a former professional footballer and the current manager of West Ham United.
- Geoff Thompson
Geoff Thompson is best known as the Chairman of The Football Association. He has long been associated with football especially in South Yorkshire having previously been General Manager of Doncaster Rovers. He subsequently became Chairman of Sheffield & Hallamshire Football Association before being elected as Chairman of the FA in 1999. Outside of football he works as a magistrate.
- Darren Bent
Darren Ashley Bent (born February 6, 1984 in Tooting, London) is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. There is some confusion over Bent's birthplace with nearly all biographies available - typically of a brief nature - saying he was born in Cambridge; however, The FA's profile says he was born in Tooting. This confusion may stem from the fact he moved to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, as a child, where he attended Hinchingbrooke School.
- David Davies
David Davies OBE(born 1948) is the currently Executive Director of the The Football Association. He previously worked as sports correspondent for BBC Midlands Today as well as presenter from 1988 until 1994, and also appeared on BBC North West Tonight previously. He became the BBC's political correspondent in 1983 and education correspondent in 1986. From television, he moved to the FA as its spokesman in 1994. He started on BBC Wales Today in 1971.
- Adam Crozier
Chief Executive of the FA (Football Association). [2000-2002]
- Mark Palios
Mark Palios is an English chartered accountant, football administrator and a former professional footballer. He played professional football for Tranmere Rovers and Crewe Alexandra. Following a successful career as a chartered accountant, he became The Football Association's chief executive. In the scandal that linked Sven-Göran Eriksson to Faria Alam, an FA secretary, he was forced to resign. He was born of an Irish (Limerick) mother and a Greek father.
- Lee Bowyer
Lee David Bowyer (born January 3 1977 in Newham, London) is a professional English footballer who currently plays for FA Premier League side West Ham United. He has been capped once by England.
- Mike Dean
Michael Leslie Dean (born June 2, 1968) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League based in Heswall, Wirral.
- David Gill
David A. Gill (born 5 August 1957 in Reading, Berkshire) is currently Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club, vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee, and a member of The Football Association's board.
- Dave Richards
Sir Dave Richards (born Walkley, Sheffield, England) is chairman of the FA Premier League, chairman of The Football Foundation, an FA Board Director and vice-chairman of The FA International committee. Richards is also chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee and former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. In 2006 Richards received a knighthood in the Queen's birthday honours list. The former businessman ran a group of companies involved in engineering, …
- Faria Alam
Faria Alam was a Football Association secretary who had an affair with former England national football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and FA chief executive Mark Palios, leading to Palios's resignation.
- Ebenezer Cobb Morley
Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831-1924) was an English sportsman and is regarded as the "father" of The Football Association and modern Association Football and, to a certain extent, of all organised football. Morley was born in Hull but moved to Barnes in 1858 forming the Barnes Club, a founding member of the FA, in 1862. In 1863, as captain of the Mortlake-based club, …
- Uriah Rennie
Uriah D. Rennie (born 23 October 1959 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire) is an English football referee officiating in the FA Premier League and other competitions. He began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees. He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August 1997, controlling the 2-0 away win by Crystal Palace at Leeds, …
- Noel White
Noel White is a former chairman and director of Liverpool F.C. and one of the architects of the F.A. Premier League. Noel White was forced to resign from his post as Director after 21 years after derogatory quotes about the manager Rafa Benitez were published in the press. This ended a long association with the club of which he was briefly Chairman. He is Chairman of the Football Association International Committee.
- Norman Conquest
Norman Conquest (born 1916) was an Australian football (soccer) player who played as a goalkeeper. Conquest played for a number of teams in New South Wales, including Abedare, Grace Bros and North Shore, and also represented both the New South Wales state team and the Australian national team. He is best known for being the Australian goalkeeper in a 1951 match between Australia and an English FA representative side at the Sydney Showground which Australia lost 17-0.
- Peter Storrie
Peter Storrie is a Director and the Chief Executive Officer of English Premier League team Portsmouth F.C.. He had formerly worked for West Ham United F.C., Notts County F.C. and Southend United F.C. Whilst Managing Director at Southend United F.C. he achieved notoriety over his reputed £120,000 a season salary. His move from Notts County F.C. to Portsmouth F.C. was the source of some controversy, …
- Les Reed
Leswyn Reed (born December 12 1952 in Wapping, London) is an English football coach and was the manager of Charlton Athletic, between 14 November and 24 December 2006. He is now assistant manager of Fulham FC. Reed was formerly Technical Director of the Football Association between 2002 and 2004.
- Steve Evans
Stephen J. "Steve" Evans (born October 30, 1962) is a former professional footballer and football coach from Glasgow, Scotland. Evans played professional football for Bolton Wanderers, Clyde, Albion Rovers, Ayr United, Hamilton Academical and St. Johnstone until a knee ligament injury ended his playing career at 28.
- Nick Barmby
Nicholas Jonathan "Nick" Barmby (born February 11, 1974 in Hull, England) is an English footballer currently playing for Hull City, who has amassed a total of 23 caps for his country. Growing up on the west side of Hull, he played for local teams Springhead and National Tigers as a boy, showing huge talent from a very early age. Consequently, he ended his education at the local Kelvin High School early in order to complete his studies at the FA's School Of Excellence, …
- David Sheepshanks
David Sheepshanks is best known for being the chairman of Ipswich Town football club in the Football League Championship in England. He was elected to the Ipswich Town board in 1987 and was appointed chairman in 1995. Other business interests included Suffolk Foods Ltd which he founded with his brother Rick and was a majority shareholder. During his time at Ipswich he oversaw promotion to the Premiership through the play off in 2000, …
- Stanley Rous
Sir Stanley Ford Rous (born April 25, 1895 in Mutford, Suffolk; died July 18, 1986) was an English football referee and administrator.
- C. W. Alcock
Charles William Alcock (December 2, 1842 - February 26, 1907) was an influential English sportsman and administrator. He was a major instigator of the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of the FA Cup
- William McGregor
William McGregor was a Scottish draper, Director of Aston Villa and founder of the Football League. McGregor went on to chair both the Football League and the Football Association and became President of the Football League. McGregor first became interested in football as a young man in Scotland while he was serving his apprenticeship as a draper.
- Bert Millichip
Sir Frederick Albert (Bert) Millichip (August 5, 1914 - December 18, 2002) was an English association footballer best known for his sometimes controversial contributions to the administration of the game. Raised in the West Midlands and educated at Solihull School, Millichip played for the third team of West Bromwich Albion F.C. in the years before World War II. During the war, he served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, rising from an enlisted man to the rank of captain.
- Jonathan Barnett
Jonathan Barnett is a Football agent and is the Chairman and founder of Stellar Group Limited. He is credited as being the man who brought Lennox Lewis into the Boxing world. Barnett has been a licensed agent for 10 years, and during this time he has been responsible for numerous high profile transfer deals between football clubs, though he this time has not been without significant controversy.
- Kris Commons
Kristian Arron "Kris" Commons (born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on 30 August 1983) is a winger who currently plays for Nottingham Forest. Kris Commons joined Nottingham Forest at the start of the 2004 season from Stoke City. He started he career with the Potters as a trainee. Shortly after making his first team debut, he was out injured for a year due to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. He went on to make 20 starts and just over 20 substitute appearances.
- Danny Rose
Daniel Rose (born July 2 1990) is a footballer currently playing with Leeds United. Rose was involved in a 'tapping-up' controversy in 2006, when Chelsea allegedly made an illegal approach for three of Leeds' youth team. Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods both accepted offers from Chelsea, whereas Rose decided to stay at Leeds. Leeds' chairman Ken Bates revealed he had made an official complaint to the FA regarding Chelsea's approaches.
- Ray Wilson
Ramon (Ray) Wilson MBE (born Shirebrook, Derbyshire, 17 December 1934) was a footballer who played at left back. He was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup.
- Ted Croker
Edgar Alfred (Ted) Croker (13 February 1924 - 25 December 1992) was a RAF pilot and a footballer for Charlton Athletic. He was also a former secretary for the Football Association. In 1974 as FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format for the Charity Shield with the match always being played between the League and FA Cup winners (or first and second in the league if a team wins the double) at Wembley Stadium. Ted died at the age of 68 on Christmas Day, 1992.
- Rune Hauge
Rune Hauge is a Norwegian football agent. In English football, Hauge is best known as the agent who represented John Jensen and Pål Lydersen during their transfers to Arsenal in the early 1990s. This would lead to Arsenal manager George Graham becoming embroiled in allegations that Hauge paid him a £425,000 "bung" to sign the players. Graham was later found guilty by the Football Association after admitting receiving an "unsolicited gift" and was suspended for a year.
- Rachel Unitt
Rachel Unitt (born June 5, 1982 in Walsall, England) is an English football player. She currently plays as a left back for England Women and Everton Ladies. Originally hailing from the Midlands, Rachel started her footballing career with Wolves Women. She signed for Everton Ladies in 2003 after a spell at Fulham L.F.C..
- Terry Robinson
Terry Robinson (born ?) is the current chairman of Sheffield United and Premier League representative on the FA Council. When Derek Dooley stepped aside in May 2006, football consultant Robinson, a former chairman of Bury who joined United in 2002 was named his replacement. He has vowed to continue the Blades progression over recent years, which culminated in their promotion to the Premiership in 2006.
- Paul Peschisolido
Paolo Pasquale Peschisolido, commonly known as Paul Peschisolido (born May 25, 1971 in Scarborough, Canada) is a professional footballer, He currently plays for Luton Town. He has played for several English Football League sides and 52 times for the Canadian national team, scoring 10 times. Peschisolido has proved to be a popular player with supporters, becoming a crowd favourite at all the clubs he has played at.
- Kenny Swain
Kenny Swain (born 28 January 1952 in Birkenhead) is a retired English footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back. Swain began his career with Londoners Chelsea, making his league debut in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in 1976-77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division.
- Charles Hughes
Charles Hughes was an executive coach at the Football Association. He is best know for authoring the FA's official coaching manual, "The Official FA Guide to Basic Team Coaching" (ISBN 0-34-081600-7). Many British coaches advocated his long ball philosophy but critics have derided his philosophy for encouraging a generation of players who lack basic technical skills and have lack of understanding of diversity of different tactical play.
- Charles Clegg
Sir John Charles Clegg (15 June 1850 - 26 June 1937), better known as Charles Clegg, was an English footballer and later both chairman and president of the Football Association. He was born in Sheffield and lived there his whole life. He competed in the first international between England and Scotland in 1872. He was the older brother of William Clegg, whom he played both with and against.
- Francis Marindin
Major Sir Francis A. Marindin (1838-1900) served with the Royal Engineers and was a key figure in the early development of football (soccer). He was later knighted for his work in public services. Marindin spent active service in the Crimean War (1854-56) and was a member of the Board of Trade Railway Inspectorate, an occupation he continued after he left the Corps. He is credited with having founded the Royal Engineers Football team in 1869, …
- Arthur Drewry
Arthur Drewry (born March 3, 1891 - March 25, 1961) was an English president of FIFA from 1955 to 1961. He was elected as President on June 7, 1955 at the FIFA Conference in Lisbon where he succeeded Rodolphe William Seeldrayers from Belgium who had only been President for 15 months following the death of Jules Rimet. Drewry was also chairman of the Football Association from 1955 to 1961 and had been president of the Football League and a director of Grimsby Town.
- Denis Follows
Sir Denis Follows was educated at the universities of London and Nottingham. He was President of the National Union of Students between 1931-33. He was later General Secretary of the Football Association and Chairman of the British Olympic Association.