What links...

[Ibn Pickthall]

...these three players:

Chris Waddle, Paul Bracewell, Michael Chopra.

Correct answerer gets to choose their own linking question.

[RobM]

What links...

Sunderland & Newcastle?

[The Alan Partridge Project]

What links...

Played for both Newcastle & Sunderland?

[rick derris]

What links...

they all played for both and i think also supported one of the two

waddle - sland
chopra - newcastle
think bracewell newcastle

[Ibn Pickthall]

What links...

That didn't last long

[beak]

What links...

If rick is right and the key is supporting one of the two as well, you can add Robbie Elliott, Lee Clark, and probably Barry Venison.

[Sits]

What links...

So RobM's turn, yes?

[Reed John]

What links...

None of them have ever been in my kitchen.

[beak]

What links...

They've all been in Reed's kithen and he didn't even notice.

[Sundeporino]

What links...

Bracewells from Birkenhead. I think he was an Everton/Tranmere enthusiast as a kid.