Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with eleven players in total, made up of ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a pitch by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface.
Barry John Middleton is regarded as one of the greatest British field hockey players in history. He played as a midfielder and forward for England and Great Britain and is the most capped British hockey player in history and captained his country for many years.
Ashley Steven Jackson is an English field hockey player who plays club hockey as a defender or midfielder for Old Georgians'.
Iain Lewers is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a member the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and 2014 Commonwealth Games. He also represented England at the 2013 and 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championships and at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup. In both 2014 and 2015 Lewers was named the England/Great Britain Player of the Year by the Hockey Writers' Club.
Nicholas Andrew Catlin is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder.
Jonty Robinson is a South African field hockey player At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the tournament.
Gonzalo Peillat is an Argentine-German field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Mannheimer HC and for the Germany national team. In 2015, Peillat was awarded the FIH 2014 Rising Star of the Year.
Robbert Huib Kemperman is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam and the Dutch national team.
Mark Gleghorne is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of the England teams that won the bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups. At club level, Gleghorne was a member of the Instonians team that won the Irish Senior Cup in both 2002 and 2004. He was also a member of the Punjab Warriors team that won the 2016 Hockey India League title. Gleghorne is a member of a family of field hockey internationals. His younger brother, Paul, is an Ireland international. Two of his aunts, Margaret Gleghorne and Jackie McWilliams, were also Ireland and Great Britain women's internationals.
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is a sports and leisure venue located in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest, to the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is regularly used for international field hockey fixtures by both the Great Britain men's and women's field hockey teams. It hosted the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. Owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, the site was previously known as Eton Manor and was a wheelchair tennis venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics before being converted for public use and reopening in June 2014.
Alan Forsyth is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a forward for Men's England Hockey League club Old Georgians and the Scotland and Great Britain national teams.
Nicholas William Ross is a New Zealand field hockey player.
Joshua Simmonds is a field hockey player from Australia.
Oliver John Payne is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Holcombe and the England and Great Britain national teams.
The 2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League was the third edition of the Men's FIH Pro League, a field hockey championship for men's national teams. The tournament started in October 2021 and finished in June 2022.
Stuart Rushmere is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton Hockey Club and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Nicolas Robert Raymond Dumont is a Belgian–French field hockey player.
Josep Cunill Clapés is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for División de Honor club Atlètic Terrassa and the Spain national team.
Pau Cunill Clapés is a Spanish field hockey player who plays as a defender for División de Honor club Atlètic Terrassa and the Spain national team.
The 2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season is the 2022–23 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Men's Championship Cup. The season started on 24 September 2022.
