Query: England football player highest paid

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1908–09 Birmingham F.C. season <=SEP=> The 1908–09 Football League season was Birmingham Football Club's 17th in the Football League and their 9th in the Second Division, to which they were relegated at the end of the 1907–08 season. They began the season well, not dropping out of the top two until December, but gradually fell away until finishing in 11th position in the 20-team division.

Adrian Randall <=SEP=> Adrian John Randall (born 10 November 1968 in Amesbury, England) is an English former professional footballer. Randall became York City's most expensive signing when they paid £140,000 to sign the midfielder from Burnley. He was capped by the England national youth team in 1986.

Andy Carroll <=SEP=> Andrew Thomas "Andy" Carroll (born 6 January 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays for West Ham United and the England national team as a striker.Carroll started his professional career with Newcastle United in 2006, before spending a brief period on loan with Preston North End, during which time he scored his first league goal.

Anthony Martial <=SEP=> Anthony Martial (French pronunciation: ​[maʁ.sjal]; born 5 December 1995) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United. Formed at Lyon, he transferred to AS Monaco in 2013 for a fee of €6 million, where he later became a regular. Two years later, he joined Manchester United for an initial £36 million, the highest fee paid for a teenager in football history. An international for France from under-16 to under-21 level, he made his senior debut in 2015.

Ben Warren <=SEP=> Benjamin Warren (7 May 1879 – 15 January 1917) was an England international footballer who played as a half-back for Derby County and Chelsea.Born in Newhall, Derbyshire, Warren began his playing career with Derby County, whose secretary-manager had spotted him playing in a junior match. Playing at half-back, though he could also fill in at inside forward, Warren was known for his hard but fair tackling, and for his consistent performances.

Charlie Craven <=SEP=> Charlie Craven (2 December 1909 – 30 March 1972) was an English footballer who played as an inside left.Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, Craven started his football career with local teams before joining Grimsby Town, with whom he won the Second Division in 1934. He went on to score 99 goals in 283 appearances in the top two divisions of the Football League for Grimsby, Manchester United, who paid £6,000 for his services in June 1938, and Birmingham, whom he joined only six months later.

Charlie Sheen <=SEP=> Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), best known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American actor.

Danny Care <=SEP=> Daniel Care (born 2 January 1987) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership, primarily playing at Scrum-half but he can also operate in the Fly-half role.Care is a full England international and has also represented England Sevens and England Saxons.

David Beckham <=SEP=> David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (/ˈbɛkəm/; born 2 May 1975) is a retired English professional footballer. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He is the only English player to win league titles in four countries, England, Spain, the United States and France.

Devin McCourty <=SEP=> Devin McCourty (born August 13, 1987) is an American football free safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

England national football team <=SEP=> The England national football team represents England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man for football matches as part of FIFA-authorised events, and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England are one of the two oldest national teams in football; alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872.

England national football team manager <=SEP=> The role of an England national football team manager was first established in May 1947 with the appointment of Walter Winterbottom. Before this, the England team was selected by the "International Selection Committee", a process in which the Football Association (FA) would select coaches and trainers from the league to prepare the side for single games, but where all decisions ultimately remained under the control of the committee.

England national football team records <=SEP=> This article lists various football records in relation to the England national football team. The page is updated where necessary after each England match, and is correct as of 8 September 2015.

England national under-16 football team <=SEP=> England national under-16 football team, also known as England under-16s or England U16(s), represents England in association football at an under-16 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.In July 2015, Dan Micciche was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Paul Williams.

England national under-17 football team <=SEP=> The England national under-17 football team, also known as England under-17s or England U17(s), represents England in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.In July 2015, Steve Cooper was appointed to coach the squad with assistance from Mike Marsh.

England national under-18 football team <=SEP=> England national under-18 football team, also known as England under-18s or England U18(s), represents England in association football at under-18 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. The team is coached by Neil Dewsnip, the Football Association's Technical Lead for the 17-21s age group, assisted by Dan Micciche, Technical Lead for 12-16s.

England national under-19 football team <=SEP=> England national under-19 football team, also known as England under-19s or England U19(s), represents England in association football at under-19 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.In July 2015, Aidy Boothroyd was appointed to coach the squad.

England national under-20 football team <=SEP=> England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20(s), represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England.Because there is no under-20 competition at UEFA level, England's under-20 side has generally only competed when it has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every 2 years.

England national under-21 football team <=SEP=> England's national Under-21 football team, also known as England Under-21s or England U21(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team.This team is for English players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23.

English football league system <=SEP=> The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales and one from Guernsey also competing. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels, allowing even the smallest club the hypothetical possibility of ultimately rising to the very top of the system.

Football in England <=SEP=> Association football is a national sport in the United Kingdom, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game.

Football player <=SEP=> A football player, footballer, or soccer player is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union.It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play the other forms of football.

Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes <=SEP=> This is a list of the highest-paid athletes in the world for 2015 as ranked by Forbes magazine on their earnings.

Frank Lampard <=SEP=> Frank James Lampard OBE (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC.

Fred Dunlap <=SEP=> Frederick C. "Sure Shot" Dunlap (May 21, 1859 – December 1, 1902) was a second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball from 1880 to 1891. He was the highest paid player in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1889. He has also been rated by some contemporary and modern sources as the greatest overall second baseman of the 19th century.

Fred Morris (footballer, born 1893) <=SEP=> Frederick "Fred" Morris (27 August 1893 – 4 July 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-left forward. Morris was born in Tipton, Staffordshire.  He was top scorer with 58 goals in Division One in West Bromwich Albion's League Championship-winning season of 1919–20, the second highest in English football behind Dixie Dean.He died in Tipton, aged 68.

Gordon Taylor (footballer) <=SEP=> Gordon Alexander Taylor OBE (born 28 December 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He has been chief executive of the English footballers' trades union, the Professional Footballers' Association, since 1981. He is reputed to be the highest paid union official in the world.Taylor was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.  He played over 250 games for Bolton Wanderers and scored more than 50 goals before being transferred to Birmingham City in 1970.

Harry Hough <=SEP=> Harry Douglass Hough (June 1, 1883 in Trenton, New Jersey - April 20, 1935) was a professional basketball player and college coach.  In 1908 the Pittsburgh South Side team paid him $300 a month to play for them, making him the highest paid basketball player in the world.  He also served as the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh Panthers basketball team during the 1907-08 season guiding his team to a 10-6 record, while also attending the university's chemistry department.

Highest-paid NBA players by season <=SEP=> The highest-paid NBA players by season over the past twelve seasons have received contracts with salaries noted in the twenty-million-dollar range. In this twelve-year span, Kevin Garnett received $28,000,000, which was the highest salary payment of any NBA player, during the 2003–2004 season. Garnett has been the highest-paid NBA player per year in seven of the past twelve NBA seasons. Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over thirty million dollars in a season.

Horace Husler <=SEP=> Horace Henry Husler (1890−1959), born and brought up in Sheffield, was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for The Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and Doncaster Rovers.During his time at Doncaster he had not been fully paid. The FA intervened on his behalf, resulting in the suspension of the club through most of December 1915 when the two parties settled their differences.

Icon player <=SEP=> Icon player was a status given to five players of the Indian Premier League. They were not a part of the first IPL players auction, which was held in 2008. They played for the team they were assigned to. The icon players received 15% percent more money than the highest paid player of the team bought in the auction.

Jack Reynolds (footballer, born 1869) <=SEP=> John "Jack" Reynolds (21 February 1869 – 12 March 1917) was a footballer who played for, among others, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Celtic. As an international he played five times for Ireland before it emerged that he was actually English and he subsequently played eight times for England. He is the only player, barring own goals, to score for and against England and is the only player to play for both Ireland and England.

Jackie Milburn <=SEP=> John Edward Thompson 'Jackie' Milburn, (11 May 1924 – 9 October 1988), also known (particularly in North East England) as Wor Jackie (a Geordie dialectal version of 'Our Jackie') and also as the First World Wor (in reference to his global fame), was a football player principally associated with Newcastle United and England, though he also spent four seasons at Linfield F.C.Second cousin to Bobby Charlton and Jack Charlton, Milburn played two trial matches at St James' Park as a 19-year-old in 1943.

James Beattie (footballer) <=SEP=> James Scott Beattie (born 27 February 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, he came through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers, eventually signing professionally for them in 1995. Beattie then went on to have spells at Southampton, Everton, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Rangers, and a short spell on loan at Blackpool, before eventually returning to Sheffield United for a second term.

Jeff Tedford <=SEP=> Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Tedford (born November 2, 1961) is the head coach of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is best known as the former head coach of the California Golden Bears, where he was twice named Pac-10 Coach of the Year and holds Cal records for most wins, games coached, and bowl game victories.Tedford played college football for Fresno State before playing professionally at quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Jermain Defoe <=SEP=> Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for English club Sunderland and the England national teamDefoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team at age fourteen, before moving to West Ham United aged sixteen and rising through the ranks. He made his professional debut for West Ham in 2000, and after a season-long loan spell at Bournemouth during the 2000–01 season, established himself in the West Ham line-up.

Jimmy Greaves <=SEP=> James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves (born 20 February 1940) is a former England international footballer. He is England's fourth highest international goalscorer (44 goals), Tottenham Hotspur's highest ever goalscorer (268 goals), the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football (357 goals), and has also scored more hat-tricks (six) for England than anyone else. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in six seasons.

Joe Broadfoot <=SEP=> Joseph James "Joe" Broadfoot (born 4 March 1940) is an English former professional footballer.  During his career he made over 250 appearances for Millwall and over 100 for Ipswich Town in two spells for both clubs.Ipswich paid £16,000 for Broadfoot in October 1963.

Joe Cardona <=SEP=> Joe Cardona (born April 16, 1992) is an American football long snapper for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). As a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Cardona is also an officer in the U.S. Navy.Cardona was drafted in the fifth round (166th overall) of the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football for Navy. He is only the fourth player designated as a long snapper ever to be drafted, and the highest-drafted long snapper in NFL history.

John Brock (footballer) <=SEP=> John George Graham Brock (15 December 1915 in Bromsgrove Died 1976 in Chipping Sodbury) was an English footballer who played as a Goalkeeper for Swindon Town.Turned out for Bristol University before joining Forest Green Rovers in 1935 he was then soon trailing before eventually joining Swindon Town who paid 1 Guinea to cover his services He later returned to Forest Green Rovers shortly before the World War II and later played for Gloucester City.

John Craggs (footballer) <=SEP=> John Craggs (born 31 October 1948 in Flint Hill, County Durham, England) is a retired footballer, who spent all of his playing career in the North East of England. He played over 400 times for Middlesbrough but also had spells at Newcastle United and Darlington before taking up a coaching role at Hartlepool United. Middlesbrough paid a then club record £60000 fee to bring Craggs to Teesside in 1971.After a testimonial match against Newcastle United F.C.

John Talbut <=SEP=> John Talbut (born 20 October 1940 in Oxford) is an English former football defender.Talbut initially made his name with Burnley, where he came out of the club's youth system and established himself as a first team regular, also appearing for the England under-23 team whilst at the club. In December 1966 Jimmy Hagan paid £30,000 to take Talbut to West Bromwich Albion and he soon replaced veteran Stan Jones at the heart of Albion's defence.

Johnny Walker (footballer, born 1973) <=SEP=> Johhny Walker (born 12 December 1973 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a former professional association football player who played as a midfielder. He notably played for Rangers and Mansfield Town. He played between 1989 and 2004.Walker started his playing career for Clydebank in 1989. The following year he earned himself a move to Rangers but in three years at Ibrox he only managed 3 first team appearances.

Júlio César da Silva e Souza <=SEP=> Júlio César da Silva e Souza (born February 26, 1980 in Itaguai) is a retired Brazilian football player who is playing for Coritiba Foot Ball Club.  He most recently played Turkish side, Gaziantepspor, having joined them from FC Rapid Bucureşti. He was released during the winter break because he did not play as good as expected for the money spent on him, and because he was the highest paid member of the squad and because Rapid had financial problems anyway.

Keith Curle <=SEP=> Keith Curle (born 14 November 1963) is an English former professional footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of Carlisle United.As a player he was a defender from 1981 to 2005, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City where he was also the club captain. He also played for Bristol Rovers, Torquay United, Bristol City, Reading, Wimbledon, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Barnsley.

Kieron Dyer <=SEP=> Kieron Courtney Dyer /ˈdaɪər/ (born 29 December 1978) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Ipswich, he played youth football for his home club Ipswich Town before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team. He was sold to Newcastle United for £6 million, at the time the highest fee paid for an Ipswich player, and made nearly 200 appearances for Newcastle between 1999 and 2007.

Leicester and District Football League <=SEP=> The Leicester and District Football League is an association football competition based in England. The league has four divisions, of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Leicestershire Senior League.

List of Crystal Palace F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> The list encompasses the major honours won by Crystal Palace, records set by the club, their managers and their players, and details of their performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions.

List of East Stirlingshire F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> East Stirlingshire F.C. is a Scottish association football club from Falkirk.  The club was founded in 1881 joined the Scottish Football League in 1900.This list encompasses the major honours won by East Stirlingshire, records set by the club, its managers and its players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.

List of England international footballers <=SEP=> This article is about male England national football team players with at least 25 appearances.  For a complete list of England internationals, see List of England international footballers (alphabetical) For female England players, see List of England women's international footballers (alphabetical).  For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see the England international footballers category.

List of Gillingham F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Gillingham F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Gillingham, Kent, playing in Football League One, the third level of the English football league system, as of the 2008–09 season. The club was formed in 1893 as New Brompton F.C., a name which was retained until 1913, and has played home matches at Priestfield Stadium throughout its history.

List of Luton Town F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire.  The club was founded in 1885 and became the first professional club in southern England in 1891. Luton Town have played at all professional levels of English football and are currently contesting the 2014–15 season in the fourth tier, League Two.

List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was founded as Newton Heath LYR F.C. in 1878 and turned professional in 1885, before joining the Football League in 1892. After a brush with bankruptcy in 1901, the club reformed as Manchester United in 1902. Manchester United currently play in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

List of Oxford United F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Oxford United is an English professional association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. They play in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system, as of the 2013–14 season. The club was formed in 1893 as Headington United, before changing its name (to Oxford United) in 1960, and has played home matches at two stadiums throughout its history, the Manor Ground until 2001, and the Kassam Stadium since. In 1986 they won their only major trophy, the League Cup.

List of Plymouth Argyle F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Plymouth Argyle Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Plymouth, Devon. They compete in the Football League Two, the fourth division of the English football league system. The club was formed in 1886 as Argyle Football Club, a name which was retained until 1903 when the club became professional and were elected to the Southern Football League.

List of Reading F.C. records and statistics <=SEP=> Reading Football Club hold the record for the number of successive league wins at the start of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985–86 Third Division campaign and also the record for the number of points gained in a professional league season with 106 points in the 2005–06 Football League Championship campaign.

List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point <=SEP=> List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point.

List of highest paid American television stars <=SEP=> This is a list of people starring on American TV that are the highest paid, based on various sources of news and reliable websites. This list includes the top paid TV stars, the Network primetime salaries per episode, which includes stars from Two and a Half Men and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It also includes the highest salaries per year which include Tyra Banks, Maury Povich and Ellen DeGeneres, and the top paid news presenters, with some people of the Today Show and the CBS Evening News.

List of highest paid Major League Baseball players <=SEP=> The highest paid player in Major League Baseball (MLB) from the 2013 season is New York Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez with an annual salary of $29,000,000, $4 million higher than the second-highest paid player, Cliff Lee. MLB does not have a hard salary cap, instead employing a luxury tax which applies to teams whose total payroll exceeds certain set thresholds for a given season.

List of highest paid film actors <=SEP=> Salaries for the world's highest paid film actors currently range from $20–30 million, but an actor can earn substantially more by deferring all or part of their salary against a percentage of the film's gross, known within the industry as a "profit participation" deal. Since not all salaries are made public, this is a non-definitive list of actors who have received $30 million or more as compensation for their services.

List of largest sports contracts <=SEP=> The following is a list of the largest sports contracts.  These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts, and endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the largest contracts and thus is limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports, such as golf, tennis, and boxing are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily through event winnings.

List of most expensive association football transfers <=SEP=> The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the 115 highest transfer fees ever paid for players as of the end of the summer transfer window of 2015.The list contains seven transfers which broke the world transfer record: those of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Hernán Crespo, Christian Vieri, and Denílson all broke the record, with the former five signing for Spanish clubs and the latter two signing for Italian clubs.

List of most expensive paintings <=SEP=> This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The earliest sale on the list (Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh) is from 1987, and more than tripled the previous record price, set only two years before, introducing a new era in top picture prices. The sale was also significant in that for the first time a "modern" painting (in this case from 1888) became the record holder, as opposed to the old master paintings which had always previously held it.

List of salaries <=SEP=> The following articles include lists of salaries:

Lists of highest points <=SEP=> A list of highest points typically contains the name, elevation, and location of the highest point in each of a set of geographical regions. Such a list is important in the sport of highpointing.

Luis Suárez <=SEP=> Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (American Spanish: [ˈlwis ˈswaɾes]; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Uruguay national team as a striker. In July 2014, he moved from Liverpool to Barcelona for a fee reported by the English press in the region of £75 million (€94 million), while Barcelona claim a fee of £65 million (€81 million), making him the third-most expensive player in football history.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni <=SEP=> Mahendra Singh Dhoni (About this sound pronunciation , commonly known as M. S. Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.

Mesut Özil <=SEP=> Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil], Turkish: [me̞ˈsut ˈø̞zil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German footballer who plays for English club Arsenal and the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award, which is awarded to the tournament's best player.

Military Pay <=SEP=> France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and the United States form the G8. Canada has the highest paid military of the G8 countries.Pay ranking from highest paid military to lowest paid military: Canada United Kingdom United States France Germany Japan Russia ItalyRanking was based on Lieutenant's and Captain's pay.

Monte Kiffin <=SEP=> Monte Kiffin (born February 29, 1940) is an American football coach, most recently the assistant head coach of defense for the Dallas Cowboys. He is widely considered to be one of the preeminent defensive coordinators in modern football, as well as one of the greatest defensive coordinators in NFL history.

Ndamukong Suh <=SEP=> Ndamukong Suh (/ɨnˈdɑːməkɨn ˈsuː/ in-DOM-ə-kin SOO, born January 6, 1987) is an American football defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions second overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska, where he earned All-American honors.As a college senior, Suh became one of the most decorated players in college football history.

New England Football Conference <=SEP=> The New England Football Conference (NEFC) is an athletic conference which competes in football in the NCAA's Division III.  Member teams are located in New England.

Nordin Wooter <=SEP=> Nordin Wooter (born 24 August 1976 in Breda) is a Dutch former footballer of Surinamese descent. During his career he played in the Dutch Eredivisie for Ajax, Spain's La Liga for Real Zaragoza, and in 1999 he joined English Premier League club Watford for £950,000, which at the time was the highest transfer fee Watford had ever paid. He made his debut for Watford in a memorable 1-0 win over Chelsea.

Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song) <=SEP=> "Paid in Full" is a song by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. Written and produced by group members Eric Barrier and Rakim Allah, the song was released as the fifth single from the duo's debut studio album Paid in Full. "Paid in Full" became one of the group's most successful singles, owing heavily to a popular remix of the song by English dance music duo Coldcut.

Paul Ince <=SEP=> Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967) is an English football manager and a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1982 to 2007.Born in Ilford, London, Ince spent the majority of his playing career at the highest level; after leaving West Ham United he joined Manchester United where he played in the Premier League.

Paulo Rink <=SEP=> Paulo Roberto Rink (born 21 February 1973 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian-born German football centre forward, who retired in 2007.Rink began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense. After a solid career with the club, he negotiated with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and was transferred for US$6M, the highest transfer fee paid for an Atlético Paranaense player at that time.

Progression of British football transfer fee record <=SEP=> The progression of the British football transfer fee record tracks the increases in the record for the highest transfer fee paid or received by British association football clubs. A transfer fee is the sum of money paid by one club to purchase the contract, and therefore the playing services, of a professional footballer. Fees are not generally formally disclosed by the clubs involved, and discrepancies can occur in figures quoted in the press.

Ray Mabbutt <=SEP=> Raymond William Mabbutt (born 13 March 1936 in Aylesbury) is a retired English footballer, the father of former players Gary Mabbutt and Kevin Mabbutt. Mabbutt played for Oxford City, Bristol Rovers, Newport County and Trowbridge Town. He later played for Clevedon Town for one season between 1974 and 1975, becoming the club's first fully professional paid player.

Rugby league transfer record <=SEP=> The Rugby league transfer record is the highest-ever sum of money paid by a club to purchase the contract, and therefore the playing services, of another club's player. It has been re-set almost every decade since the sport became professional around the start of the 20th century. Between the 1930s and 1980s international transfer bans were imposed, removed and renewed at different times due to the sport's governing bodies' fears of excessive talent drain overseas.

Steve Hodge <=SEP=> Stephen Brian Hodge (born 25 October 1962) is a retired English footballer who enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s.Prior to the 2013-14 season Hodge was appointed Development Squad Coach at Notts County.On 27 October 2013 Hodge was appointed caretaker manager,  reverting to his position as Development Squad Coach on 6 November 2013 with the appointment of Shaun Derry as manager.

Steven Fletcher (footballer) <=SEP=> Steven Kenneth Fletcher (born 26 March 1987) is a Scottish international footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Premier League club Sunderland.Fletcher began his club career with Hibernian, playing in 156 Scottish Premier League games and scoring 43 goals. English club Burnley paid a club record transfer fee of £3 million to sign Fletcher in June 2009.

Tiger Woods <=SEP=> Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.Following an outstanding amateur and two-year college golf career, Woods turned professional at age 20 in late summer 1996.

Transfer (association football) <=SEP=> In professional football, a transfer is the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs. It refers to the transferring of a player's registration from one association football club to another. In general, the players can only be transferred during a transfer window and according to the rules set by a governing body. Usually some sort of compensation is paid for the player's rights, which is known as a transfer fee.

Walter Amos <=SEP=> Walter Robert "Wally" Amos (1899–1967) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Bury. He is Bury's 3rd highest goalscorer in the Football League with 122.

Wayne Rooney <=SEP=> Wayne Mark Rooney /ˈruːni/ (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays  for and captains both Manchester United and the England national team. He has played much of his career as a forward, but he has also been used in various midfield roles.Aged nine, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002 at the age of 16.

Women's football in England <=SEP=> For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in England.Women's football has been played in England for over a century, sharing a common history with the men's game as the country in which the Laws of the Game were codified.Although women's football was originally very popular in the early 20th century, after an almost terminal decline it has only been since the 1990s that the game has seen a large increase in female players, as well as in female spectators, culminating in England hosting the Women's European Championships in 2005.

Zlatan Ibrahimović <=SEP=> Zlatan Ibrahimović (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈslɑːtan ɪbraˈhiːmɔvɪtɕ], Bosnian pronunciation: [zlǎtan ibraxǐːmoʋit͡ɕ]; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Paris Saint-Germain and the Sweden national team for which he is captain.Ibrahimović started his career at Malmö FF in the late 1990s before being signed by Ajax, where made a name for himself under Ronald Koeman.