Sir Trevor Brooking grew up with a passionate dream: to walk out onto Upton Park wearing that famed claret and blue strip. Easily one of the most intelligent and cerebral footballers of his generation - and with a solid background in broadcasting and football administration - it is a tremendous honor to discuss some of Sir Trevor's ideas on the direction of player development and how football has changed since he retired from the game.

Capped as an England schoolboy at 15, his dream came true two years later when he signed with West Ham United - the club he was to represent for 19 years, featuring 627 appearances, scoring more than 100 goals and winning two FA Cup wins including his rare headed winner against Arsenal. But Sir Trevor has accomplished even more than that - a superb playmaker, he soon attracted the attention of England national team selectors for whom he went on to earn 47 caps.

Quite possibly the most technically gifted of all English footballers, Glen Hoddle joins the boys from Beyond the Pitch to talk about his glittering career in both England and Abroad. Listen to how the former Tottenham and Monaco star describes what its like to play in a World Cup and as well as managing a national team side of England's caliber.

Hoddle's talent is widely appreciated abroad; less so in England. Arsene Wenger, who worked with him at Monaco, recalled: "His control was superb and he had perfect body balance. His skill in both feet was uncanny. I couldn't understand why he hadn't been appreciated in England. Perhaps he was a star in the wrong period, years ahead of his time." Michel Platini once attacked the English for neglecting creativity — had Hoddle been born French, he argued, "He would have won 150 caps."

Clive Tyldesley is one of the world's most popular football broadcasters. He has commentated on eleven Champions League finals, five FA Cup Finals and numerous World Cup and European Championship matches. Tyldesley has commentated on 2 World Cup finals for ITV, 2 European Championship finals and 5 FA Cup Finals, as well as successes for Manchester United and Liverpool in the Champions League.

In addition to his ITV commitments, Tyldesley worked as a commentator on Match of the Day and Sportsnight for four years and has also worked for Granada Television in the late 1980s as a commentator on their Kick Off and Granada Soccer Night programs.

JP Dellacamera has logged nearly 30 years of soccer coverage in the United States and is clearly his country's chief broadcast figure, having been called virtually every major moment in the sport's history since 1989 when Paul Caliguri scored against Trinidad and Tobago, ending a US drought of 40 years outside the World Cup. In that time he's called seven consecutive Men's World Cups and four consecutive Women's World Cups - truly a remarkable achievement which may never be repeated given the size and scope of this challenge across continents, appearances and eras of play.

JP has literally seen the United States emerge from the soccer wildnerness - having failed to qualify for nearly 40 years on the World stage - to the emerging status it now has received, complete with a growing, vibrant league and national team program built in the wake of several key moments that he has been described for the audience at home.

Another football legend joins the guys on Beyond the Pitch, former Manchester United star Lee Sharpe talks about his meteoric rise to fame from an apprentice at Torquay United straight into Manchester United's first team. Hailed as the next great English talent Sharpe won the young player of the year in 1991, represented England and scored a hat trick at Highbury in a memorable 6-2 cup win for Manchester United. No Lee Sharpe story is complete without lauding his incredible courage to fight and conquer serious Illness. Sharpey the legend talks exclusively to Beyond the Pitch.

In 2004 and 2006, Sharpe was a football pundit for ESPNStar in Asia, and together with Les Ferdinand, is a celebrity host on the game show "Kickoff" where he is known as "Sharpey". Sharpe is a pundit on BBC's Match of the Day 2 and "Football Focus" and has appeared in one episode of the footballing drama Dream Team.

Gabriele Marcotti is well-known in the US for his work in Sports Illustrated. He also writes for Champions Magazine, The Times in England and the Sunday Herald in Scotland, having previously written for The Daily Mail and The Financial Times. In Italy he is a columnist for La Stampa and is the London correspondent of Il Corriere dello Sport.

Marcotti has co-written three books: Paolo Di Canio's autobiography (1999), The Italian Job (2006), written in conjunction with Gianluca Vialli and Capello: Portrait of a Winner (2008), an unauthorized biography of the England manager, Fabio Capello. The Italian Job was nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Capello: Portrait of a Winner was nominated for the National Sporting Club's British Sports Book of the Year award in the Football category.

Sid Lowe made a well-timed appearance to review el Clásico with Phil and Anto to discuss all the ramifications of Spain's most exciting seasons in years. He is an authority on all things involving Spain and its football landscape. Sid and the lads had a very interesting chat about Barcelona, Real Madrid, the Champions League for Spain's top four clubs. Informative and detailed, it's always an honor to talk football with one of the game's finest reporters and analysts.

Sid Lowe lives in Madrid and writes a weekly column for guardian.co.uk. In addition to The Guardian, he contributes regularly to World Soccer, FourFourTwo, and the Telegraph. He works as a commentator and panelist for Spanish, Asian and US television and has acted as translator for David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Thomas Gravesen.

Warren has joined Phil and Anto to discuss the emerging football stories in England and in the UEFA Champions League. Having made more than 400 professional appearances at clubs such as Wimbledon FC and Newcastle United and having been capped for his country at the senior international level, Warren provides a wonderful level of insight during his regular appearances on Prime Time Football - exclusive on BTP.

Since retiring from the game, Warren has joined Fox Soccer Channel and is the lead analyst for FOX Soccer Match Day, Goals on Sunday, and UEFA Champions League coverage.

Eric Wynalda has joined Phil and Anto to discuss the US Mens National Team throughout its summer journey in this year's World Cup in South Africa. He knows a thing or two about the American football scene: he scored the very first goal in Major League Soccer in 1996 and was the all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team until 2008. He was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.

Since retiring from the game, Eric joined Fox Soccer Channel as the co-host of the weekly discussion show, Fox Football Fone-in and began working as a commentator for some of the channel's MLS broadcasts, and as an in-studio analyst during pre-game, half-time, and post-game segments for English Premier League and UEFA Champions League coverage.

Paul Merson is a retired English football player, and former player-manager of Walsall. His playing career has included spells at Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and Portsmouth. He also played for England 21 times.

Merson has recently become a regular pannel on Star Sports Asia, covering EPL games, although his main job is on Sky Sports. Where he is a regular presenter for Gilette Soccer Saturday Merson also has commentated on Arabic channels, again covering the EPL.