- Paul Jewell
Paul Jewell (born 28 September 1964, Liverpool, England) is a former footballer and a notable football manager based in the United Kingdom. His former clubs include Bradford City, Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan Athletic.
- Per Frandsen
Per Frandsen (born February 6, 1970) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England. Frandsen played 23 matches for the Denmark national football team between 1990 and 2003, and he represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
- Mario Melchiot
Mario Melchiot (born November 4, 1976 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football defender who currently plays for Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League. Having been part of the youth system at Ajax Amsterdam, Melchiot played three seasons for the club, winning the Eredivisie in 1998 and the KNVB Cup in 1998 and 1999. He moved to Chelsea under the Bosman ruling in the summer of 1999, where he won the FA Cup in 2000.
- Chris Kirkland
Christopher Edmund "Chris" Kirkland (born 2 May 1981 in Barwell, Leicestershire) is an English football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Wigan Athletic.
- 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.
- Antoine Sibierski
Antoine Sibierski (born August 5, 1974 in Lille) is a French football player who currently plays for Wigan Athletic. He began his career at hometown club Lille, where he moved up the ranks and played for four complete seasons in the first team before playing for Auxerre and Nantes, where he won the French Cup in 2000. He then joined Lens, and he became club captain within his three years in the side.
- David Graham
David Graham is a Scottish professional footballer, born in Edinburgh on the 6th October 1978, who is currently at Sheffield Wednesday. His favoured position is as a forward, although he can also play in midfield. He has been capped at Under-21 level by his country. He began his career with Rangers, making his debut in the 5-3 away win against Shelbourne in the UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round 1st leg.
- Pascal Chimbonda
Pascal Chimbonda (born 21 February 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the French national team. Chimbonda is able to play at centre-back or right-back, but more commonly right-back. Chimbonda became well known to English football supporters due to his impressive displays on the pitch for his previous club, Wigan Athletic, which lead to Tottenham Hotspur chasing his signature in the summer of 2006, …
- Reto Ziegler
Reto Ziegler (born January 16 1986 in Geneva) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Sampdoria.
- David Unsworth
David Gerald Unsworth (born October 16, 1973 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a footballer who plays in the position of centre-back. He is currently without a club, after being released by Wigan Athletic on 17 May, 2007.
- Rob Newman
Robert (Rob) Newman is an English football coach currently assistant manager at Bournemouth. Newman signed for Bristol City as an apprentice in October 1981 and played 483 games for the club, serving as club captain before being sold to Norwich City for £600,000 in 1991. He was a member of the Norwich team that finished a club record third in the FA Premier League in 1992-93 and went on to play a part in the defeat of Bayern Munich in the following season's UEFA Cup.
- Drewe Broughton
Drewe Broughton is a footballer currently without a club, having been released by Chester City. He started his career as a striker with Norwich City but failed to establish himself with the Canaries. In October 1998 he joined Brentford for £100,000. Where he played just 45 minutes of a first half at Shrewsbury Town before being substituted. He was sold a week later for the same price to Peterborough United.
- Julius Aghahowa
Julius Aghahowa (born February 12, 1982 in Benin City, Nigeria) is a football striker from Nigeria who currently plays for Wigan Athletic in the English Premiership, after playing over six years for the Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk. He has played 32 matches and scored 14 goals for the Nigerian national team, including their only goal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He became Nigeria's top goalscorer at the 2002 African Nations Cup. He also played at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Derek Stillie
Derek Stillie (born December 3, 1973 in Cumnock) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Stillie recently played for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.
- Graham Barrow
Graham Barrow (born Chorley, 13th June 1954) is an English former footballer who has since become a lower division manager. Barrow first entered the Football League in 1981 when he signed for Wigan Athletic F.C. from Altrincham F.C.. He became a vital part of manager Larry Lloyd's promotion winning side, playing as a hard man in midfield, …
- Gary Walsh
Gary Walsh (born 21 March 1968 in Wigan) is a retired goalkeeper and currently goalkeeping coach at Wigan Athletic.
- Alan Kennedy
Alan Phillip Kennedy (born 31 August 1954) was a footballer who played for Liverpool during their halcyon days in the late 1970s and early 1980s who had a knack of scoring in major cup finals.
- Keith Gillespie
Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975 in Larne, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays in midfield. He currently plays for Sheffield United of the English Football League Championship.
- John Filan
John Filan is an Australian football (soccer) player. He is currently available on a free transfer after been released by Wigan Athletic. He plans to sign for a club in his native Australia. He joined Wigan in December 2001 for £600,000 from Blackburn. He has a wealth of experience in the top-flight from his time with Rovers and with Coventry (from 1995-1997) that has proved to be priceless for the Latics.
- Neil Mellor
Neil Andrew Mellor (born November 4, 1982 in Sheffield, England) is a professional football player with Preston North End FC. He made his name in 2004 by scoring a last-minute goal to give Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Anfield. Mellor also scored a goal during Liverpool's match with Olympiacos at Anfield during the group stage of the 2004-05 UEFA Champions League, which Liverpool went on to win.
- Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas (born September 25, 1979 in Wrexham) is a professional player for Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a current Welsh international. Koumas operates as a midfield playmaker, creating goals for others as well as scoring many himself. He was selected in both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Football League Championship team of the season.
- Gary Croft
Gary Croft (born February 17 1974 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England) is an English football player, currently unattached to any club. He is most famous nationwide for being the first footballer to play whilst wearing an electronic tag, when playing for Ipswich Town. Gary made his under-21s debut against Brazil under-21s on 6 June 1995, David Beckham also made his debut in the same match.
- 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.
- David Fairclough
David Fairclough (born Liverpool, January 5 1957) was a footballer whose special role in the great Liverpool side of the 1970s was that of "Supersub".
- Mike Newell
Michael Colin Newell (born January 27 1965, Liverpool, England) is an English football manager and former player in charge at Luton Town until March 15, 2007. He also played for them in the late 1980s. Newell is a self-confessed Liverpool fan.
- 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.
- Archie Gemmill
Archibald "Archie" Gemmill is a Scottish former footballer, famous for his goal against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup. The goal is so famous that it overshadows an immensely successful career in which he won three league titles at two clubs (two of them under Brian Clough) and led his national side. He was the first player to appear as a substitute in Scottish football history. Gemmill’s career was also characterized by short, eventful stays at clubs, …
- Damien Francis
Damien Jerome Francis (born 27 February, 1979 in Wandsworth, England) is a Jamaican international footballer. He is a midfielder who plays for Watford. After several successful seasons with Wimbledon, powerful midfielder Francis moved to Norwich City and made a good impression including helping them reach the Premiership by winning the Championship in season 2003-2004. Norwich were relegated at the end of their first season in the Premiership after a disappointing campaign.
- Larry Lloyd
Laurence Valentine Lloyd (born 6 October, 1948 in Bristol, England) was a footballer, a burly and tough central defender who won honours for both Bill Shankly's Liverpool and Brian Clough's all-conquering Nottingham Forest side of the late 1970s.
- Steve Walsh
Steven Walsh (born November 3, 1964) was a professional footballer, who spent most of his career at Leicester City. He also played for Wigan, Norwich, Tamworth and Coventry City, over a career lasting 21 years. He scored two goals at Wembley when Leicester beat Derby County to reach the Premiership under Brian Little. He was a defender and occasional striker. He captained the side when Leicester won the league cup (then the Coca-Cola Cup) at Hillsborough, …
- Ian Breckin
Ian Breckin (born 24 February 1975 in Rotherham, England) is an English footballer. He is 6 ft 2" and weighs 12 stone. He is a commanding central defender who plays for Nottingham Forest, and is the nephew of former Rotherham United defender, John Breckin. He started his career with his hometown club Rotherham United as a trainee before signing pro in 1993. He made over 130 appearances for them and scored 6 goals. He was the sold to Chesterfield for £100,000 in 1997.
- David Thompson
David Anthony Thompson (born September 12, 1977 in Birkenhead Beechwood Estate, England) is an English football player currently without a club. During his career Thompson has played for Liverpool F.C., Coventry City F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., Wigan Athletic F.C., Portsmouth and Bolton Wanderers.
- Titus Bramble
Titus Malachi Bramble (born July 21, 1981 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is a English football player, currently playing for Wigan Athletic in the FA Premier League. He has a brother, Tesfaye, who also plays professional football, for Stockport County. Bramble qualifies to play for Montserrat through his parents.
- Peter Corr
Peter Joseph Corr (born June 23 1923, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland; died June 1 2001, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England), is a former Irish footballer. Corr played as an outside-right for, among others, Everton and Ireland. In 1949 he was a member of the Ireland team that defeated England 2-0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home.
- Tomasz Cywka
Tomasz Cywka (pronounced TOM-ash TSIF-ka) (born June 27, 1988 in Gliwice, Poland) is a Polish footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic. Following a successful week-long trial at Wigan Athletic Cywka signed a three-year contract transferring him from Gwarek Zabrze to the Premier League side. Despite his young age, Cywka has already played 80 times for his country at both U18 and U19 level, and has also featured at U21 level, the youngest player to do so in Poland's history.
- Emmerson Boyce
Emmerson Orlando Boyce (born September 24 1979 in Aylesbury) is an English footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League. Emmerson Boyce moved to Crystal Palace in July 2004. His contract had expired at his old club Luton Town and after a short trial he made the move on a free transfer. He had become a firm favourite with Palace fans, and had established a place in the first team at right back. He was such a hit with the fans, …
- 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.
- Pasquale Bruno
Pasquale Bruno (born 19 June, 1962 in Lecce) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender for a number of clubs in his homeland, Heart of Midlothian in Scotland and Wigan Athletic in England. He is currently a football analyst for Italian television. Bruno, famed for his commitment, aggression and occasional outrageous outbursts on the pitch, started his career with his home-town side U.S. Lecce in 1979.
- Antonio Valencia
Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera (born August 4 1985 in Sucumbios) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic after signing on two successive year loans after been granted a work permit, from Villarreal CF. Valencia was one of just three European-based players named in the Ecuador national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. However, due to the excellent performances the team and its players has produced, …
- Peter Atherton
Peter Atherton, (born 6 April 1970 in Wigan, Lancashire), is a retired English football player who played as both a defender and a midfielder. He is presently assistant manager at Halifax Town. Most famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Atherton started his career at hometown club Wigan Athletic as a trainee and spent three years there before attracting the attention of Coventry City.