![]() ![]() Only four players from Scotland made the final forty including Nathan Taylor from Blackburn United and Reece McGillion from Glasgow. Redknapp visited Scottish club Blackburn United who showed their facilities and how vandalism had held back the club's development. As well as Gavin Colton and Craig Walsh both of Cherry Orchard football club.Īt the roadshows in Scotland, the low turn-out highlighted a worrying trend in Scottish football at the moment. Craig was selected for the final forty along with eight other Irish players including Connor Smith from Westmeath and Gavin Colton from Leixlip. One of the players to impress was midfielder Craig Walsh a Dublin native who had won several youth trophies. 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. Inter youth coaches Marco Monti and Paolo Migilavacca along with Redknapp attended the road shows. 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. Overall seven thousand boys applied for a chance to win the contract. ![]() Once there one or more players are eliminated each week until the winner is 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. The ten players chosen by coach Marco Monti in the first episode were:Įpisode 1 starts with the roads shows across the United Kingdom and Ireland where the best forty players are chosen. 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. Marco Monti and Paolo Migliavacca (Coaches)įootball's Next Star is a British reality competition television series broadcast on Sky1 in early 2010. British TV series or program Football's Next Star ![]()
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