Football Icon
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| genre = Sports
| starring =
| narrated = Dave Kelly
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes =
| runtime = 60mins (inc. adverts)
| company = North One
| channel = Sky One
| first_aired = {{start date|2005|||df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|||df=yes}}
| related = Football's Next Star
}}
Football Icon is a British television programme shown on Sky One. The programme gives young, unsigned football players between the ages of 16 and 18 a chance to win a contract with the then Premiership champions, Chelsea. Thousands of players who entered were whittled down to fourteen finalists, all of whom were put to the test at their Cobham training ground. The players were eliminated week by week until only the final three remained, when then-manager José Mourinho and his staff selected a winner.
Series 1
The first series began in October 2005, and 5,000 young footballers across the UK took part.
The series was won by Chelsea fan Sam Hutchinson, who was attending Vyners School in Uxbridge, England. In 2nd place was Jason Syrett. After five seasons in the youth team at Stamford Bridge, Hurrell left the Blues in the close season of 2011. He has gone on to play for semi-professional teams, Welling United, Worthing, Woking, Boreham Wood.
Series 2
The eventual winner was Carl Magnay. The series also included striker Moses Ademola.{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Simon|title='It was brutal - but it changed my life': Carl Magnay on winning Football Icon and a contract at Chelsea|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3111897/2022/02/17/brutal-but-it-changed-my-life-carl-magnay-on-winning-football-icon-and-a-contract-at-chelsea/|access-date=2022-02-20|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2022-02-17|title=The winner of Football Icon 2 who won a Chelsea contract in 2007 - what happened to him?|url=https://www.givemesport.com/87974005-what-happened-to-the-winner-of-football-icon-2-after-he-won-a-chelsea-contract-in-2007|access-date=2022-02-20|website=GiveMeSport|language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
- {{UKGameshow|Football_Icon}}
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Category:Sky UK reality television shows
Category:2000s British reality television series
Category:2000s British sports television series
Category:2005 British television series debuts
Category:2006 British television series endings
Category:Association football reality television series
Category:Premier League on television
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