Steve Claridge
Steve’s appearance for Bournemouth in December 2006 at the age of 40 for gave him the distinction of being one of a very select few players who have amassed 1000 career appearances. His career spanned over a period of 22 years, scoring more than 250 goals and he pulled on the shirt of over 20 clubs!
Steve’s appearance for Bournemouth in December 2006 at the age of 40 for gave him the distinction of being one of a very select few players who have amassed 1000 career appearances. His career spanned over a period of 22 years, scoring more than 250 goals and he pulled on the shirt of over 20 clubs!
Honours
Cambridge Utd – Division 3 Play Off Winners, Division 2 Champions
Birmingham City – Auto Glass Trophy Winners, Division 2 Champions
Leicester City – Coca Cola Cup Winners, First Division Play Off Winners
Wolves – FA Cup Semi Finalists
Millwall – Division 2 Champions, Division 1 Play Off Finalists
Steve has proudly been voted ‘Fans Player Of The Year’ at all the clubs in which he played for the whole season!
Management
Steve has stepped in to the dugout on a number of occasions and was infamously sacked as Manager of Millwall In July 2006 after less than four weeks in to the job! His appointment as Manager of Millwall, a club for whom he is regarded as a legend by their fans at The Den, came after previous successful Player Manager roles at Portsmouth in 2000/2001 and Weymouth in 2003/2004.
Media Pundit
Steve is now the leading face of The Football League Show, which follows Match of The Day every Saturday evening, and is a regular pundit for Football Focus, Live Championship matches on BBC1 &BBC2, Score and Radio 5 Live including the iconic Monday Night Club.
After Dinner Speaking
Steve is a fresh and very welcome high profile addition to the speaker circuit, with humorous stories about his on and off field trials and tribulations of a 20 year football career, his gambling addictions and the roller coaster ride that is his life.
Iwan Roberts
Big Iwan was an imposing striker who played from 1985-2005 for seven clubs, starting at Watford then Huddersfield, Leicester, Wolves, Norwich, Gillingham and Cambridge Utd on loan.
In total he played over 700 games in his 20 year career and scored 239 goals.
Iwan won two promotions with Leicester to the Premier League and finished top scorer in the two and a half seasons he was there.
He won the Championship with Norwich in 2004 and was also voted the clubs player of the year on two consecutive seasons, only the third player to ever do this.
He is third in the all time top scorers list for Norwich City and was voted in their greatest ever team along side Chris Sutton.
Iwan also holds the record at Huddersfield Town for goals scored in a season, a huge 34!
International
Iwan was very proud to play for his country, Wales, gaining 15 full Caps
He has now established a new and successful career in the media, working for BBC Wales and also writing a column in The Evening News in Norwich, which is the best selling local newspaper in the country.
Iwan is also privileged to be an Ambassador for The Community Sports Foundation in Norfolk along side Jake Humphrey and Simon Thomas.
To enquire about Iwan’s availability and the possibility of booking him for your event, please get in touch with us using the form below.
Darren Campbell MBE
Darren Campbell is one of life’s genuine winners with a great attitude and commitment to anything he has ever done. Born in Moss Side, Manchester in 1973, Darren has succeeded in anything that he has done in life be it as a semi professional football, running his sports supplement business or as he is best known, winning gold on the Athletics track.
Now retired from Athletics, Darren was a great competitor in the 1oom, 200, and 4 x 100m relay events. The highlight of his career came in 2004 when he won the Gold medal at the Athens Olympics in the 4 x 100m. He also won gold in the same event in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were hosted by his home city of Manchester. He also won Gold in the 4 x 100m at the 1998 and 2006 European Championships.
Darren’s biggest accomplishments in individual events came when landing the Silver medal in the Mens 200m at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and Silver Medal in the European Championships in 2002.
Following his retirement from Athletics in 2006, Darren will always be remembered as a great athlete with a special talent, something that is reflected having won multiple medals in four major events and he is still very much involved in sport. He is a pace and acceleration coach to many Premier League football players and shares his skills and techniques of handling pressure across many disciplines. He also present son the BBC and other media outlets, as a commentator and pundit.
Darren is a great addition to any event and a much sought after speaker, some of the topics he covers include, Planning & Preparation, a Winning Attitude, Fighting Back and Battling Difficult Time.
To enquire about Darren’s availability and booking, please contact us using the form below:
Mark Regan
English Rugby Union International, Mark Regan, enjoyed a long and successful career playing for his country. Following his debut in 1991, Regan played international rugby for more than 16 years. Domestically, he played for Bath, Bristol and Leeds Tykes. Internationally, his biggest achievements included playing for the British Lions during its tour of South Africa in 1997 and later as part of the England World Cup winning squad of 2003.
Mark won 47 caps for England in total and captained the Barbarians on numerous. Mark was persuaded out of retirement to head the front row of the 2007 England World Cup Squad, where he played a crucial role in the team getting to the final in successive tournaments.
During his illustrious career, Mark has won everything the sport of rugby can offer, from the Heineken Cup, to the Six Nations, to the World Cup!
His honours include:
World Cup Winner 2003
World Cup Finalist 2007
Grand slam and Triple Crown winner with England
Captained the Barbarians to a famous victory over the World Champions South Africa at Twickenham 2007
British Lions series winner in South Africa 1997
European Heineken Cup winner with Bath
Powergen Cup winner with Leeds
Mark is recognised as one of the great characters of the current rugby era who mixes modern discipline with a traditional love of the sport. He has sicne established himself as a great addition to any event either as a speaker of personal appearance and any client making a booking can be sure that Mark has tailored his work to suit them, from corporate events requiring motivational speaking, to rugby clubs who want his unique yet very funny take on life in rugby. Mark is also a keen golfer who plays off a handicap of 11 and is available for golf days too.
