Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Plaistow, England) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator.

As a player he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player/manager of Barnet.

He played in the 1989 FA Cup Final for Everton and won the League Cup with Leicester City in 2000. His final career tally was 579 league games and 226 goals. In all competitions, he managed 712 games and 293 goals. He exceed his ambition to score 200 league goals in his career, but fell just short of his target of 300 goals in all competitions. Still, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers that English football saw during the 1980s and 1990s.

Cottee began his career at West Ham, where he made his first team debut in the First Division against Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 1983, at the age of 17, scoring in the process. He played a total of eight games in the 1982–83 season, scoring five goals. He established himself in the first team during the 1983–84 season, when still only 18, and scored 15 times in the league. He did even better in 1984–85, when he scored 17 First Division goals. By the age of 20, he had already managed an impressive 37 league goals.

Francis "Frank" McAvennie (born 22 November 1959 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.

McAvennie grew up in Milton and attended St. Ambrose Primary and St. Augustine's Secondary.

McAvennie started his playing career in Scottish Junior League football. He did not move into professional football until he joined St Mirren in 1980, at the age of 20. He would make 135 league appearances for them over the next five years, scoring 48 goals.

Before turning professional, he had joined the Territorial Army and later had trials with the British Army but was not accepted for a role with them due to his inability to hit the target during shooting practices. He also had a spell working as a road sweeper.

His strong form in Scotland attracted attention from south of the border, and John Lyall signed him for West Ham United in June 1985 for £340,000 and he formed a formidable partnership with young English striker Tony Cottee. He was originally signed as an attacking midfielder, but was played as an out-and-out striker after an injury to Paul Goddard in the opening game of the season.

Dermot J. Gallagher (born May 20, 1957 in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland) is a retired English-based association football referee, who lives in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of English football until May 2007.

Gallagher first took up the whistle in 1978 at the suggestion of an ex-Football League linesman called Dick Bartlett. He was elected to the assistant referees' list of the Football League in 1985. Five years later he became a Football League referee at the age of only thirty-three. Even by his second season he was regularly handling top division games and was chosen for the new Premier League in 1992. He progressed to the FIFA list in 1994 after only three and a half seasons on the List.

His first ever Premiership appointment was the 2–0 away win by Coventry at Spurs on August 19, 1992, both goals being scored by John Williams.

In 1995, he refereed the FA Charity Shield match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, which the 'Toffees' won with a Vinny Samways goal. In the same year, he was man-in-the-middle for the FA Trophy Final, also at Wembley, when Woking beat Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 after extra time. And to finish a busy year he was put in charge of the Under 20 World Cup Final in Qatar, which was won by Argentina in a 2–0 win over Brazil.

Dean Ashton (born 24 November 1983) is an English former professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and West Ham United, and was also capped by England. He was highly praised as a talented centre forward, but had a career frustrated by injury. He retired on 11 December 2009, aged 26, after failing to recover from a long-term ankle injury sustained during international duty with England.

Born in in Swindon, Wiltshire and brought up in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, Ashton spent his youth career playing at both Stoke City and Crewe Alexandra. He was a product of Crewe Alexandra's renowned youth development policy under manager Dario Gradi. He signed scholarship forms as a 16-year-old in 2000 before making his first team debut later that year in Crewe's 1-0 win over Gillingham and became one of the youngest players to represent the club. He waited three months for his second appearance, again as substitute, in a 3-1 victory over Grimsby Town, and his first goal for the Railwaymen was in their 4-2 victory against Burnley. His first start arrived in an FA Cup clash against Cardiff City in January 2001. He finished his first season at the club with eight goals, including crucial ones against Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Gillingham and Wimbledon towards the end of the season as Crewe secured their First Division status.