[情報] Football Icon 2 的二三事

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http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=419969 Football Icon 2 - the names to impress Wednesday, Oct 04, 2006 The judges who will decide the winner of the second series of Football Icon, which hits the screens this Friday, have been announced. One of the biggest searches for soccer talent ever held in the UK is back and three main judges will keep expert eyes open throughout, aiming to find a Chelsea star of the future. Two remain the same from the first series of Football Icon — Eddie Newton and Neil Bath - and they will be joined this year by Jamie Redknapp. 'Steady' Eddie Newton was a Chelsea home grown midfielder who became a key player in Glenn Hoddle and Ruud Gullit's Chelsea teams of the mid 1990s. The highlight of a career cut short by injury was scoring the second goal in the 1997 FA Cup Final win and he also collected winners' medals for the Coca Cola Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. Eddie is now a coach in the Chelsea Academy. Neil Bath is the Chelsea Academy manager and has vast experience in spotting and nurturing young football talent having first started coaching Chelsea schoolboys in 1993. Jamie Redknapp played 17 times for England, scored one goal and would undoubtedly have appeared more times for his country had injury not struck. A midfielder for Bournemouth, Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton, he is now frequently on screen as a TV football pundit. Later in the series, Chelsea's reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers will add his opinion to those of the three main judges when the reserves are involved in a game with the Football Icon boys. Also providing input will be Frank Arnesen, chief scout and director of youth football development. Then when the competition reaches the final three contestants, Jose Mourinho no less will have a say. Football Icon 2 begins as 8pm, Friday October 6th on Sky One. Visit http://www.football-icon.com for the programme's own website. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=420260 Football Icon 2 - the skills tests Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 One of the biggest ever searches for football talent is on, and the initial stage can viewed this Friday when Football Icon returns to the screens. Skill tests were used to cut 10,000 early entrants down to 40. Some of those skills tests can be watched on video here. Football Icon 2 aims to find the next Chelsea star of the future and the recruitment process began back in May when we embarked on the nationwide Roadshow search around the UK. Venues in Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle and London staged seven Chelsea Football Icon skill tests. They can be viewed being undertaken in the video clips below: http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_sprint.wmv 10m and 40m Standing Sprint http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_manneguin.wmv Agility Reaction Run http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_timedpass.wmv Rebound Passing Challenge http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_slalomturn.wmv Dribbling and Turning Challenge http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_squarepass.wmv 360 Degree Passing Challenge http://www.chelseafc.com/images/video/icon_goaldrill.wmv Shooting Challenge The tests were designed specifically by Chelsea Academy staff to find talented young players aged 16-18 and give them an opportunity to live their dream. The eventual lucky winner of Football Icon will receive a professional contract with the Blues. Neil Bath, Chelsea's Youth Academy manager says: ‘The Roadshow skills test stage is crucial to choosing which players are good enough to go through to the next part of the selection process,’ adding, ‘each test has been carefully designed to highlight players speed, agility, control, passing and technique, all key aspects for a top young footballer.’ Each player that applied had their individual tests timed using state of the state-of-the-art technology used by the Chelsea Academy. Each test has a benchmark time which all players aimed to achieve or better. Using this benchmark, players were awarded a points score. Individual skill test scores were then added together so each player knew their total before they left the Roadshow. Players who received a score of 70,000 or more (out of a possible 86,000) were automatically selected to go through to Stage 2. Only the top 40 players, from the thousands who applied were selected from the Roadshows to attend stage 2, the 'Selection Weekend'. The winner of this year's Football Icon, looking to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, Sam Hurrell, the 18 year-old who is currently a young professional at Chelsea, will be announced in December. See how this year's thousands fare at the nationwide Roadshows by tuning into Football Icon 2 on Sky One at 8pm, Friday October 6. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=420404 Football Icon 2 - Why Chelsea are involved Friday, Oct 06, 2006 Football Icon, which returns to TV screens tonight for its second series, aims to find players others football clubs may have missed and give them a chance to win a professional contract. Chelsea Academy manager Neil Bath explains why Chelsea are happy to host the search. He starts by admitting he was initially hesitant about the original concept. “At first, even though the idea was good, I thought finding a footballer at 16 or 17 years-old who was not already playing at a professional club but was good enough to play at Chelsea would be difficult,” Bath says. No attachment to a professional club is one of the stipulations upon entry to Football Icon. Series One changed his mind. It was felt the positive points outweighed any potential risks. “Having thought through the process of the search, and seen the outcome of the programme, I feel it is a very positive vehicle for our Academy's image,” he explains. “I really believe we can utilise the TV coverage to showcase what we do at the club's Academy, how we manage our youth development programme and give the general public an exclusive insight to our work.” Tune in tonight to Football Icon 2 on Sky One at 8 pm to see the Academy work in progress, and to watch thousands of boys begin the quest to follow last year's winner Sam Hurrell, the 18 year-old left back who has had his professional contract at Chelsea extended. Last year's project was very successful and was second only in Sky One's viewing figures to The Simpsons! This year both Chelsea and Sky One hope the series will be even more popular and Bath sums up by saying: “The club are very happy with Football Icon. 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