football referee Gary Brazil (born 1962) – footballer for Fulham, Preston North End and Sheffield United Jamie Spence (born 1963) – golfer Andy Townsend (born 1963) – TV presenter; footballer for Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland David Bowman (born 1964) – footballer for Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United and Scotland Geoff Parsons (born 1964) – Commonwealth Games silver medal winning high jumper Tim Berrett (born 1965) – Canadian Olympic race walker Andy Hessenthaler (born 1965) – footballer and manager of Gillingham Mark Ealham (born 1969) – cricketer for Nottinghamshire and England Nigel Llong (born 1969) – cricketer for Kent Doug Loft (born 1986) – footballer Kelly Holmes (born 1970) – 800 metres and 1500 metres Olympic gold medalist Mark Hammett (born 1972) – rugby union footballer for New Zealand Rob Short (born 1972) – field hockey player for Canada Jamie Staff (born 1973) – Commonwealth Games medal winning cyclist Gary Breen (born 1973) – footballer for Coventry City, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland Neil Shipperley (born 1974) – footballer for Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Wimbledon Takaloo (born 1975) – Iranian boxer Matthew Rose (born 1975) – footballer for Arsenal, QPR and Yeovil Town Kevin Hunt (born 1975) – footballer for Gillingham, Hong Kong Rangers and Bohemian FC Ed Smith (born 1977) – writer, and cricketer for Kent and England Georgina Harland (born 1978) – 2004 Olympic bronze medallist in the Modern pentathlon Peter Hawkins (born 1978) – footballer for Wimbledon, York City and Rushden & Diamonds Jon Harley (born 1979) – footballer for Sheffield United, Fulham and Chelsea David Flatman (born 1980) – rugby union footballer for Bath and England Michael Yardy (born 1980) – cricketer for Sussex Sarah Ayton (born 1980) – Olympic gold medal winning sailor Gary Mills (born 1981) – footballer for Rushden & Diamonds Danny Spiller (born 1981) – footballer for Gillingham Richard Rose (born 1982) – footballer for Gillingham and Hereford United James Tredwell (born 1982) – cricketer for Kent and England Under–19s Matt Corker (born 1982) – rugby union footballer for the London Wasps Rhys Lloyd (born 1982) – American footballer for Frankfurt Galaxy Lisa Dobriskey (born 1983) – Commonwealth Games 1500 metres gold medallist Billy Jones (born 1983) – footballer for Leyton Orient and Kidderminster Barry Fuller (born 1984) – footballer for Barnet and Stevenage Adam Birchall (born 1984) – footballer for Mansfield Town, Barnet and Wales Under–21s Andrew Crofts (born 1984)