Football Icon is a British television programme shown on Sky One. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands The programme gives young unsigned football players between the ages of 16 and 18 a chance to win a contract with former Premiership champions Chelsea. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Thousands of players who enter are whittled down to fourteen finalists, all of whom are put to the test at their Cobham training ground. Cobham is a town in Surrey, England, about south-west of London; and north of Leatherhead. The players are eliminated week by week until only the final three remain, when José Mourinho and his staff select a winner. José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho, GOIH (ʒuˈzɛ moˈɾiɲu (born 26 January 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese
Football Icon 1 began in June 2005, and 5,000 young footballers took part. 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October The series was won by Chelsea fan Sam Hurrell, who was attending Vyners School. Sam Hurrell (born July 13 1988) is an English footballer who is currently unattached Vyners School is a " specialist mathematics & computing college " located on Warren Road in Ickenham, Hillingdon, England. After two seasons in the youth team at Stamford Bridge, Hurrell was released in the close season of 2007.
The winner of the second series was Carl Magnay who has since signed professional terms with the club, as revealed in an interview on ChelseaTV Online.