- Andy Gray
Andrew David Gray (born November 15 1977 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England) is a Scottish football player currently at Burnley F.C. He is the son of the former Scotland defender Frank Gray and nephew of Leeds United legend Eddie Gray. He started his career as a midfield player but later moved into a forward position. Andy began his career with Leeds United and has also played for Nottingham Forest, Bury, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic, Bradford City, …
- Paul Robinson
Paul Mark James Robinson (born January 7, 1982) is an English professional footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Millwall. Robinson began his career as a trainee with Millwall, turning professional in August 2001. Later that month he joined Fisher Athletic on loan to gain some first team experience. He made his Millwall debut on September 9, 2002, coming on as a second-half substitute for Darren Ward in the 2-1 win at home to Preston North End.
- David Nugent
David James Nugent (born 2 May, 1985 in Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth.
- Tom Finney
Sir Thomas Finney, OBE (born 5 April 1922, Preston) is a former English footballer, famous for his loyalty to his league club, Preston North End, and for his performances in the English national side.
- 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.
- Billy Davies
William McIntosh "Billy" Davies (born 31 May 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional football player and is currently the team manager of Derby County having been appointed on 2nd June, 2006 after departure from Preston North End.
- Anton Ferdinand
Anton Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham, London) is an English football player, currently playing for West Ham United. He plays as a central defender.
- 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.
- Paul McKenna
Paul McKenna (born 20 October 1977 in Chorley, Lancashire) is an English professional footballer currently is in his testimonial year at Preston North End. After making his debut in 1997 his appearance tally has now passed the 350 game mark and now at 28 years old he is North End's longest serving player. McKenna's intelligent passing and tenacious tackling partnered with his incredible workrate makes him a firm favourite with both fans and players alike.
- Simon Davey
Simon Davey (born 1 October 1970 in Swansea) is the manager of Barnsley. As a player he was a midfielder at Swansea City, Carlisle United, Preston North End and Darlington. He was appointed full-time manager of Barnsley FC on December 31 2006, after a spell as caretaker manager following Andy Ritchie's dismissal. As a footballer, his successes including two Division Three titles with Carlisle in 1995 and Preston a year later. In his first season as Barnsley FC manager, …
- Simon Whaley
Simon Whaley is a fast and skillful footballer who plays in midfield or (attack) for Preston North End. He joined Preston for £300,000 from Bury in January 2006 after scoring seven goals in half a season for the Shakers. earmarked as a star of the future his form in the second half of the 2006 / 07 season has been disappointing, …
- Derek Shaw
Derek Shaw is Chairman of Preston North End Football Club (2001-Present), and formerly Deputy Chairman (1997-2001). Shaw, a lifelong Preston North End fan, originally became involved in the club through shirt sponsorship in the early 1990s. He is owner of Ribble Valley Shelving Limited. Initially becoming a board member in 1994, then Deputy Chairman in 1997, Shaw took over as Acting Chairman in 2001 after the resignation of Bryan Gray at the 2001 club AGM.
- Billy Jones
William "Billy" Jones (born March 24, 1987 in Shrewsbury, England) is an English footballer, currently awaiting his first season playing for Preston North End. Jones started his career at Crewe Alexandra, who were known for their production of good young players, although a majority of them were attacking players. Jones made his professional debut in October 2003, in Crewe's 3-0 win over Derby County. Since then, Jones has been a regular in Crewe's back-line and, …
- Billy Jones
Billy Jones (born June 26, 1983 in Gillingham) is a footballer with Coca-Cola League 1 side Crewe Alexandra. A defender, he was Exeter's first signing of the 2005 pre-season, re-uniting with Alex Inglethorpe, whom he had worked with during his time in Leyton Orient's youth setup. His league debut came for Orient, in January 2001, when he was just 17. Over the next four seasons he played 79 games for the club, moving to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2005.
- Bobby Charlton
After quitting a job in a coal mine, Charlton applied to join the police, but was then offered a trial by Leeds United after they had spotted him playing as a central defender in an amateur match. The trial game clashed with his police interview, and Charlton chose to play in the game. He impressed enough to be offered an apprenticeship with Leeds, and then signed professional terms in 1952.
- Graham Alexander
Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971 in Coventry, England) is a professional footballer and the captain of Championship team Preston North End.
- Eddie Lewis
Edward 'Eddie' Lewis (born January 3 1935 in Manchester) is an English former footballer. One of the original Busby Babes, he played for Goslings and then for the MUJACS, joining the Old Trafford ground staff in the 1947-48 season Busby Babe, Eddie Lewis signed for West Ham United from Preston North End in a swap deal that saw Frank O'Farrell move in the other direction. He helped West Ham win promotion during the 1957-58, …
- Sean St Ledger
Sean St Ledger-Hall (born 28 December 1984 in Birmingham) is a footballer for Football League Championship Side Preston North End. St Ledger is a central defender by trade but has played on either flank, and midfield during his spell with Peterborough United. He joined Stevenage Borough on-loan in January 2004 alongside Richard Scott, but he failed to make an appearance, only making it onto the bench twice.
- Chris Sedgwick
Chris Sedgwick (born 28 April 1980 in Sheffield) is an English professional footballer currently playing for English Championship club Preston North End. Sedgwick, a right midfielder, began his career at Rotherham United, where he was affectionately known as the Yorkshire Express, …
- Brian McBride
Brian McBride is a football striker who has appeared in three World Cups for the United States national team and is currently playing for the club Fulham of the English Premier League. Before joining Fulham, McBride had previously played in England for Everton in 2002 and Preston North End in 2000. Before that, McBride played for VfL Wolfsburg of the German 2 Bundesliga and the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, for whom he was a fan favorite.
- Patrick Agyemang
Patrick Agyemang (born 29 September, 1980 in Walthamstow, England) is a professional football player who has been capped by Ghana. He currently plays for Preston North End in the Football League Championship. Patrick's former clubs include Gillingham, Brentford and Wimbledon.
- Callum Davidson
Callum Ian Davidson (born 25 June 1976 in Stirling) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English Championship club Preston North End. Davidson, a left-sided defender, started his career with Scottish club St. Johnstone. His impressive performances for the Perth club attracted interest from several clubs in he was signed by English club Blackburn Rovers in February 1998 for £1.75m. He spent two years at Ewood Park, making 66 League appearances.
- Brett Ormerod
Brett Ryan Ormerod is an English professional football player. He plays as a striker for Preston North End. Ormerod began his professional career at Accrington Stanley; however, he was quickly snapped up by Blackpool in 1997 for £50,000. During his four years with Blackpool, he suffered a badly broken leg that kept him out of the team in the 1999-2000 season. When he made his return the following season, he helped the team to promotion.
- David Weir
David Weir (born 1863 in Aldershot, died 1933 in Bolton) was an English footballer who played for several clubs in the 19th century, including Bolton Wanderers and Ardwick (Manchester City), and won two caps for England. In the infancy of professional football Weir played for a number of teams, including Hampton, Glasgow Thistle, Maybole and Halliwell. He then signed for Bolton Wanderers, where he was an ever-present in the first ever season of the Football League.
- Chris Lucketti
Christopher James Lucketti (born September 28, 1971 in Littleborough, Rochdale, England) is an English footballer. He is a highly rated centre-back, and currently plays for Sheffield United.
- Youl Mawene
Youl Mawene (born 16 July 1979) is a French footballer currently playing for Preston North End. He usually plays as a central defender.
- Gary McSheffrey
Gary McSheffrey, is an English football player, currently playing for Birmingham City in the English Premiership. McSheffrey started his career for his home town club Coventry City, where he won England U-21s honours. During his time at Coventry he spent loan spells at Luton Town and Stockport County. He plays either on the left of midfield or as a striker.
- Stephen Bywater
Stephen Michael Bywater, (born June 7 1981 in Manchester), is an English football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.
- Carlo Nash
Carlo James Nash (born 13 September 1973 in Bolton) is an English professional football player. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Wigan Athletic.
- Karl Hawley
Karl Leon Hawley (born on December 6, 1981 in Walsall) is a professional footballer currently playing for Preston North End. He is a striker. Internationally, Hawley has represented England C. Hawley started his career for his hometown team Walsall but only played one league game. While at the Bescot Stadium he also spent loan spells at Raith Rovers and Hereford United.
- Kevin Nicholls
Kevin Nicholls (born January 2 1979, Newham, England). Nicholls currently plays for Preston North End, signing for the club on 3 July 2007 after an unsuccessful spell at Leeds United where he effectively betrayed the club, its management and its fans.
- Jonny Evans
Jonathan "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January, 1988, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a football central defender who currently plays for Premier League club Champions Manchester United. Evans progressed through Manchester United's football Academy, featuring in 2 of the clubs 3 games during the 2006 summer tour of South Africa, as well as domestic friendlies against Celtic and Preston North End. Evans also made a surprise appearance in the Amsterdam Tournament against Ajax.
- Tommy Miller
Tommy Miller is an English/Scottish footballer who plays for Ipswich Town Miller started his career at Ipswich but was released as a 15 year old and was taken on by Hartlepool United where he made 160 appearances and scored 44 goals. He was signed back to Ipswich in 2001 by manager George Burley for £750,000. He then spent 4 years at Ipswich, scoring 15 goals in 39 appearances in the 2004-05 season and helping them to an unsuccessful Championship play off appearance.
- Dickson Etuhu
Dickson Etuhu (born 8 June 1982 in Kano) is an Nigerian professional footballer who plays for Sunderland. He attended St. Thomas the Apostle College in Nunhead. He is a strong, combative midfielder who has an eye for goal. His previous clubs were Manchester City ,Preston North End then Norwich City. He was very much a bit part player during Preston's successful season of 2004-2005, when the Whites reached the Play-off final. Despite his side losing to West Ham United, …
- Lewis Neal
Lewis Neal born 14 July 1981 in Leicester is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Preston North End. He started his career at Stoke City making his debut in the Football League Trophy on the 6 December 2000 against Scarborough. He played 70 league games and scored 2 goals for Stoke City before signing for Preston North End in 2005 in a player swap deal for Marlon Broomes
- Tyrone Mears
Tyrone Mears (born February 18, 1983 in Stockport, England) is a professional English football player who currently plays as a right-back for Derby County. He attended North Chadderton School for his secondary school education.
- Danny Dichio
Daniele Salvatore "Danny" Dichio (born 19 October, 1974) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Canadian side Toronto FC of MLS. He plays at centre-forward and is of Italian descent. Dichio had the honour of scoring the first goal in Toronto FC history against the Chicago Fire on 12 May 2007 before being sent off.
- Paul Reid
Paul Mark Reid (born February 18, 1982 in Carlisle, England) is an English football player. Reid wears the number 4 shirt for Barnsley where he is currently the team's captain.
- Liam Chilvers
Liam Chilvers (born Chelmsford, November 6, 1981) is a professional footballer with Preston North End.
- Damien Johnson
Damien Johnson (born November 18, 1978 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish football player and midfielder for Birmingham City.