Patrik Berger (born 10 November, 1973 in Prague) is a Czech football player. He is currently a midfielder for English Premiership team Aston Villa, having signed from Portsmouth on a free transfer on 1 June 2005. Patrik Berger began his career as junior with Sparta Prague in 1989 then he moved to the city rival Slavia Prague in 1991/92, and moved to Borussia Dortmund in 1995/96, with whom he won the Bundesliga title that year.

Stiliyan Petrov (sometimes spelt Stilian Petrov) ((born July 5, 1979 in Montana) is a Bulgarian football player who currently plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League. He joined Aston Villa from Scottish Premier League club Celtic in August 2006. Petrov had become known for his solid performances in midfield for both Celtic and Bulgaria. He captained the national team at Euro 2004 where he was sent off during a match against Denmark.

Mike Hanke (born November 5, 1983) is a German football player who plays the position of striker. Hanke made his debut in the 2001/02 season of the German Bundesliga for Schalke 04. He was transferred to VfL Wolfsburg during the 2005/06 season upon request by then Wolfsburg manager Thomas Strunz. He was first capped for the Germany national football team on June 8, 2005 at the 2005 Confederations Cup in a 2-2 draw against Russia.

William David "Willie" Young is a Scottish former footballer. A large, physically intimidating centre back from Edinburgh, Young first played for Aberdeen, and made 187 appearances for the Dons between 1970 and 1975. He was signed by Tottenham Hotspur in September 1975, and made 54 appearances for Spurs in two seasons. In March 1977, Young signed for Spurs' arch-rivals Arsenal for £80,000. Young immediately became a regular in the Arsenal first team, …

Robert Hoyzer (born August 28, 1979 in Berlin, Germany) is a former football referee who scandalized German football by fixing matches in the Bundesliga scandal of 2005. Hoyzer, a member of the Bundesliga's Hertha BSC Berlin was registered by the German Football Association (DFB) as a referee in 2003. He refereed in the second division and regional leagues but was not selected to officiate in the top division.

Jason Crowe (born September 30 1978 in Sidcup) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Football League One side Northampton Town. He plays at full back. He started his career as a trainee at Arsenal, although he was unable to break into the first team with veteran right back Lee Dixon usually occupying the slot.

Ricky Ravenhill born 16 January in 1981 in Doncaster is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Grimsby Town. Ricky started as a trainee at Barnsley before signing for Doncaster Rovers he played 159 times Rovers scoring 10 goals and was involved in consecutive promotions before signing for Chester City in 2006. He has been sent off 5 times in his career. Ravenhill signed for League Two rivals Grimsby Town on 31 August 2006, …

Byron Aldemar Moreno Ruales (born November 23, 1969 in Quito) is a former Ecuadorian football referee, best known for officiating the Italy-South Korea match in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, a match which South Korea won in extra time. In the game, South Korea were awarded an early penalty kick (which was saved), and Italian striker Francesco Totti, who had already been given a yellow card earlier in the game, …

Gianluca Pagliuca (born December 18, 1966 in Bologna) is an Italian football goalkeeper. In his club career, Pagliuca has played for Sampdoria (1987-94), Inter (1994-99), Bologna (1999-2006), and currently plays at Serie A club Ascoli. He won the Cup Winners' Cup and one "Scudetto" with Sampdoria and the UEFA Cup with Inter, when he captained the side to a 3-0 win over Lazio in 1998.

Richard Rufus (born January 11, 1975 in Lewisham) is a former football defender, who played his entire career at Charlton Athletic. Rufus progressed through the youth system at The Valley, making his debut for the club as a teenager. He first came to prominence with a Man of the match performance away to Sunderland at Roker Park live on Sky Sports. After that performance Rufus established his place in the first team, …

Scott Muirhead (born 5 August 1984 in Paisley) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish First Division club Dunfermline Athletic. Muirhead, a defender, previously played for Aberdeen and joined Dunfermline in January 2006 on a free transfer. He made his debut for Aberdeen as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Dundee United in November 2002. He went on to make a total of 78 appearances for Aberdeen (66 league appearances), scoring twice.

Harry Bath (born 1924) was an Australian rugby league player, a state and international representative who played 12 matches for Other Nationalities in the International Championship from 1949-1955. His position of choice was as a Second-row forward. He has been referred to as the best Australian rugby league player never to be picked for the Australian national team

Dmitri Viktorovich Kharine is a retired Russian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Russian sides Torpedo Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow in the early part of his career, before moving to English Premiership club Chelsea in December 1992 for £400,000. With Chelsea, Kharine impressed en route to the 1994 FA Cup Final - though he conceded four goals in the final itself - and then the club's Cup Winners' Cup run a year later.

Brian Wright (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. Wright began his New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) career with South Sydney in 1957 makeing 13 first grade appearances with that club. In 1960 the forward joined Eastern Suburbs, playing 29 matches in his two years at that club.

Jim Finney (b. ? - d ?) was an international referee during the 1960s and 1970s whose career suffered from ill-luck and injury. After being appointed to the Football League list in 1959, he refereed the Amateur Cup final of that year. Finney then took charge of the 1962 FA Cup Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley. Though the normal practice at the time was for the winning captain to keep the match ball, …

Fernando Albert Derveld (born 22 October 1976 in Vlissingen, Zeeland) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He is a left-back.

Michael Elvers Tørnes is a Danish footballer, who is currently a goalkeeper at Danish club Brøndby IF. He has played 18 games for various Danish national youth teams. He had his first team debut in the 67th minute of a 0-0 draw against Flora Tallinn in the UEFA Cup, replacing goalkeeper Casper Ankergren who was sent off. Tørnes kept a clean sheet in the 4-0 second leg win on Brøndby Stadion, which he played for the whole 90 minutes.