- Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph McCarthy (born 7 February 1959) is a former professional football player who moved into club management with Millwall, the Republic of Ireland, Sunderland, and currently Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has also worked as a television football pundit.
- Freddy Eastwood
Freddy Eastwood (born October 29, 1983 in Basildon, Essex) is an English-born footballer, currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is eligible to play for the Welsh national football team as his maternal grandfather was born in Wales.
- Kenny Miller
Kenneth "Kenny" Miller (born 23 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a professional footballer currently playing for Celtic and the Scottish national team. He is a centre forward. Miller has also played for Hibernian, Stenhousemuir on loan, Rangers, and Wolves. In July 2006, Miller became only the third player since the war to have played for both sides of the Old Firm - following Alfie Conn and Maurice Johnston.
- Steve Bull
Stephen George Bull, MBE, (born 28 March 1965) is a former English footballer who had a long career in the football league with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Steve Bull was born on the Moat Farm estate (known locally as the "The Lost City") on 28 March 1965. He started school in September 1969 at Ocker Hill Primary School and moved up to Willingsworth High School in September 1976, by which time he was excelling in school football teams.
- Michael Kightly
Michael John Kightly (born Basildon, Essex, January 24 1986) is a footballer, currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers.he is one of the best wingers around.
- Graeme Souness
Graeme James Souness (born 6 May, 1953 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known as the former captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, and as a manager with, amongst others, Rangers, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.
- Darren Potter
Darren Potter (born December 21, 1984 in Liverpool) is a professional football player with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city and won his first senior cap for Ireland against Ecuador.
- Mark Kennedy
Mark Kennedy is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace and his position is winger or midfielder. He wears the number 15 shirt. Kennedy began his career in south-east London, at Millwall, and impressed hugely, eventually joining Liverpool for £2.3million, in 1995. Having developed further at Anfield (a development which included a loan spell back in the capital with Queens Park Rangers), Kennedy saw fit to move back to the capital to Wimbledon, for £1.75million, …
- Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Hennessey (born January 24, 1987, Anglesey, Wales) is a Wales international footballer. His position is goalkeeper. He plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers - having progressed through the club's youth-team system. He has been offered a new contract with Wolves running until 2008 Hennessey has been capped by Wales at Under-19 and Under-21 level. He made his full international debut for Wales in a friendly versus New Zealand in May 2007.
- 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., …
- Billy Wright
Billy Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers. A statue of him stands by their stadium in his memory. Born William Ambrose Wright in Ironbridge, Shropshire, he played in the wing-half and other defensive positions. Billy was the first ever player to represent his country a hundred times. He captained England during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals.
- Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Huddlestone is a professional English football player for Tottenham Hotspur. He can play either in defence or midfield, with the latter being the position considered his best. The North London club acquired his services from Derby County in July 2005 for an initial fee of £600,000 with possible add-ons taking the fee to around £2M, rumoured to be around £2.5 million.
- Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd (born May 5 1982 in Islington, England) is an English football player who is currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers as a forward. He is of Guyanese Descent. Having initially been on the books at Arsenal, he was bought as an eighteen-year-old by Coventry City, after throwing his shirt at the bench after the 2000 Premier League Youth Cup final against West Ham United after being substituted. In the three years he played for Coventry, …
- Jody Craddock
Jody Darryl Craddock (born July 25 1975 in Redditch) is an English professional football player and coach who currently plays as a defender for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Craddock was made captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 3rd of August 2006, by manager Mick McCarthy. Craddock started his career at non-league Christchurch before earning a move to Cambridge United in August 1993 on a free transfer.
- Paul Simpson
Paul David Simpson (born 26 July 1966) is the current manager of Football League Championship team Preston North End, having been named as the successor to the departing Billy Davies on June 16, 2006. Simpson managed Carlisle United football club to the Football League Two Championship in the 2005/2006 season, a second successive promotion following Carlisle's promotion from the Nationwide Conference in 2004/2005.
- Henri Camara
Henri Camara (born May 10, 1977 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer who, as of 2005, plays for Wigan Athletic of the English FA Premier League. Camara played for Senegal at their surprising run at the 2002 World Cup, scoring two goals, one a golden goal, in the Round of 16 against Sweden. He was part of the 2004 and 2006 African Nations Cup squads as well. At club level, Camara began his career in France with RC Strasbourg (1998-1999), …
- Emlyn Hughes
Emlyn Walter Hughes, OBE (August 28 1947 - November 9 2004) was an English footballer who captained the much-decorated Liverpool F.C. side of the 1970s.
- Liam Ridgewell
Liam Matthew Ridgewell (born July 21, 1984 in London) is an English footballer and defender for Aston Villa. Ridgewell was part of the Aston Villa team who won the FA Youth Cup final in May 2002 against Everton, but did so having transferred from West Ham United in February 2001. The day after scoring for England Under-19s in a 2-2 draw against Yugoslavia Under-19s in October 2002, he was loaned out to Bournemouth, …
- Karl Henry
Karl Henry (born November 26 1982, Wolverhampton, England) is a professional footballer, playing with Football League Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. A midfielder, Henry began his career as a youth player with Stoke City, making his first team debut during the 2001-2002 season, and has been selected for England under 18, 20 and 21 squads. He spent a spell on loan at Cheltenham Town F.C. in the 2002-2003 season, …
- Matt Murray
Matthew "Matt" Murray (born May 2, 1981 in Solihull) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Murray first came into the Wolves team in August 2002 against Crystal Palace, deputising for the injured Michael Oakes, and kept his place right through that season, including a man-of-the-match performance in the Play-off final in May 2003. In this game, he produced a number of wonderful saves, the pick being a second-half penalty save from Michael Brown.
- Neill Collins
Neill Collins is a football defender, he currently plays for Wolves. Beginning his career for Scottish amateur club, Queen's Park F.C., he moved to Dumbarton F.C. after two seasons. Sunderland signed Collins from Dumbarton in August 2004, for a fee of £25,000. He was loaned to Hartlepool United for the first half of the 2005-06 season where he made 24 appearances, before returning to Sunderland in the new year.
- 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.
- 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, …
- David Wheater
David Wheater (born February 14, 1987) is an English footballer, currently playing for Middlesbrough, having recently returned from loan at Darlington. He is a central defender. He had a brief but fruitful loan spell at League One side Doncaster Rovers from January to April 2006. By the end of the 2005 - 2006 season, he had played 6 games for Middlesbrough, had not scored, but had not been booked either.
- Mark McGhee
Mark Edward McGhee (born 25 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional footballer and current manager of Scottish club Motherwell.
- Diomansy Kamara
Diomansy Kamara (born November 8, 1980 in Paris, France) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League club Fulham as a striker.
- Carlton Cole
Carlton Cole (born November 12, 1983 in Croydon, London, England) is a football player who currently plays for West Ham United.
- Lee Naylor
Lee Martyn Naylor (born 19 March 1980 in Bloxwich, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. Naylor was born in Bloxwich, and joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on leaving school in 1996. He made his debut against Birmingham City at St Andrews in 1997. He went on to represent England national football team Under-21s.
- Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence (December 14, 1981 in Retford, England) is a football right winger, who currently plays for Stoke City. Sunderland signed Lawrence from Mansfield Town F.C. in 2004 and he quickly won the fans over with his determined and committed style of play. Despite missing a penalty for Mansfield in the Division 3 Play-off final, it was clear that Lawrence was a great prospect and was spotted by Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy and his scouting staff.
- Wayne Routledge
Wayne Neville Routledge (born January 7 1985 in Sidcup, London)) and attended "The Archbishop Lanfranc School" (Croydon) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur after completing his season long loan spell at Fulham. He plays as a midfielder predominantly on the right wing but can also play on the left. He has represented England at under-16, under-19 and under-21 level.
- Jermaine Wright
Jermaine Malaki Wright, is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southampton. Wright started his career at Millwall as a trainee, but moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and after a loan spell at Doncaster Rovers he joined Crewe Alexandra in February 1998 for a fee of £50,000. At Crewe, his career took off under the guidance of Dario Gradi, who switched him from the right wing to a creative role in the centre of midfield.
- 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.
- John Ward
John Patrick Ward (born 7 April 1951 in Lincoln, England) is an English former footballer and is the current manager of League One club Cheltenham Town, having been appointed in 2003. As a player, Ward spent the bulk of his career as a forward at Lincoln City where he scored more than 100 goals between 1970 and 1979. He also had spells at Watford, Grimsby and Workington.
- Michael McIndoe
Michael McIndoe (born 2 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Bristol City. McIndoe started his professional career at Luton Town making his debut in 1998. He played 39 games for the Hatters before moving on a free transfer to Hereford United in 2000. In 2001 he signed for Yeovil Town, making 91 appearances and scoring 22 league goals before signing for Doncaster Rovers in 2003.
- Mark Davies
Mark Davies (born February 18, 1988) is an English football player, who usually plays in the midfield. He captained the England U-17 team in youth World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland, and made his league debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2005-06 season. His first goal for Wolves was against Luton Town on January 13 2006. He is a former student of Pool Hayes Community School in Willenhall.
- Paul Butler
Paul Butler (born 2 November 1972, in Moston, Manchester, England) is a professional footballer who has one cap for the Republic of Ireland national team. He has also played for Rochdale, Bury, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leeds United and Milton Keynes Dons F.C. He received a Division One championship medal with Sunderland in 1999.
- Seyi George Olofinjana
Seyi George Olofinjana (born June 30, 1980) is a Nigerian football player. He started his professional football career at FC Crown Ogbomoso, and later moved on to play in the Nigerian Premier league for Kwara United FC of Ilorin. He led them to play in the African Champions league before leaving for Norway. He is a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology, Ogbomoso, …
- 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.
- Paul Harrison
Paul Harrison (born 18 December 1984 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently without a club. He attended Liverpool's youth academy but never made a first team appearance despite appearing on the bench on several occasions. He was loaned to Leeds midway through the 2004-05 season but again did not make a first team appearance.
- Carl Cort
Carl Edward Richard Cort (born November 1, 1977 in Southwark, England) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Leicester City, having previously played for Wimbledon, Lincoln City, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He is a centre-forward. He is of Guyanese desecnt.