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:''For similar series in Ireland, see Football's Next Star (Ireland)'' ''Football's Next Star'' was a television programme broadcast on Sky1 in the United Kingdom. The show aimed to find a young football player who could be the "next big thing" and reward them with a professional contract at Inter Milan in Italy. ==Episode 1== Episode 1 starts with the roads shows across the United Kingdom and Ireland where the best forty players are chosen. They battle it out for a spot in the top twenty, then the top ten who go to Milan to compete for the professional contract. Once there one or more players are eliminated each week until the winner is chosen. Overall seven thousand boys applied for a chance to win the contract. Jamie Redknapp explains that the player Inter Milan are looking for will need to be able to handle life in Italy along with the skill and technique required of a professional footballer. Inter youth coaches Marco Monti and Paolo Migilavacca along with Redknapp attended the road shows. They crossed the Irish Sea in the hunt for players to Dublin and, with Ireland only having a handful of professional football clubs, Jamie Redknapp believed there may be some hidden talent to be found here. One of the players to impress was midfielder Craig Walsh a Dublin native who had won several youth trophies. Craig was selected for the final forty along with eight other Irish players including Connor Smith from Westmeath and Gavin Colton from Leixlip. As well as Gavin Colton and Craig Walsh both of Cherry Orchard football club. At the roadshows in Scotland, the low turn-out highlighted a worrying trend in Scottish football at the moment. Redknapp visited Scottish club Blackburn United who showed their facilities and how vandalism had held back the club's development. Only four players from Scotland made the final forty including Nathan Taylor from Blackburn United and Reece McGillion from Glasgow. At the Manchester road shows striker Jamie Matthews made a good impression on the judges and was selected for the last forty. It was clear that his life dream was to be a professional footballer. From the London road show some of the players to stand out were Nathan Simpson from Plaistow and Anthony O'Connor from Wembley. From the thousands of hopefuls across the United Kingdom and Ireland the judges selected forty players but only ten would make it to Italy to compete for the professional contract. Over one weekend the forty were whittled down to twenty. The twenty then competed in a one-hour match to enable the coaches to choose the best ten. The match saw a battle of the strikers between Hicham Abdellah from London and Jamie Matthews from Manchester. Jamie Matthews scored first but was injured soon after when he had a collision with the goalkeeper. Meanwhile English-born Hicham Abdellah of Moroccan descent went on to make an impression on the judges by netting several quality goals. Defender Jordan Fincher also impressed the judges. Jordan is a cousin of professional footballer Anthony Gardner of Hull City. Scottish defender Reece McGillion from Glasgow also impressed with his decision-making during the game. Craig Walsh from Dublin was a major force in midfield and outshone his opponent Dominic Matcham from Cornwall, who at half-time was talked to by Redknapp to get him focused on reaching the top ten. Ben Greenhalgh from Orpington 〔()〕 also had a good game, and he laid on a perfect cross for Hicham Abdellah to head home. At the end of the episode the judges had made their decision and presented the Inter Milan shirt to ten players who would now travel to Italy to compete for their dream of a professional contract in later episodes. The ten players chosen by coach Marco Monti were: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Football's Next Star」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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