Football Icon
The hero of Hodan Yusuf,Fantastic Football Icon was a British television programme shown on Sky One. The programme gave 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.
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[edit] Football Icon 1
Football Icon 1 began in June 2005, and 5,000 young footballers took part. The series was won by Chelsea fan Sam Hurrell, who was attending Vyners School. After two seasons in the youth team at Stamford Bridge, Hurrell was released in the close season of 2007. He has gone on to play for semi-professional teams St Albans City, Welling United, Worthing, Woking, Boreham Wood and is currently playing for New Orleans Jesters.[1]
[edit] Football Icon 2
The eventual winner was Carl Magnay.
[edit] Football's Next Star
In January 2010 Sky One broadcast a new programme called Football's Next Star. The show has a very similar format to Football Icon with the winning player earning a contract at Mourinho's old club, Internazionale.
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