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The First Team (TV Series)

2020

Jake Short, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Chris Geere ...

TV Series. Comedy The misadventures of three young football players at a fictional Premier League club.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rebecca Nicholson The Guardian	"The issue is that its three leads, while entertaining enough, have to work hard to gain the empathy that’s necessary to turn their blandness into a winning everyman appeal (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Louisa Mellor Den of Geek	"Football’s answer to 'The Inbetweeners'? Yeah. Proudly so."
		Patrick Cremona Radio Times	"[It] hits the post with underwhelming start (...) Much of the humour on display here comes across as not only juvenile but underwhelming (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Susannah Butter London Evening Standard	"A gently funny and occasionally touching examination of what it is to be a footballer in a high-pressure job at a young age"
		Michael Hogan Telegraph	"Second division comedy (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Abby Robinson Digital Spy	"It desperately wants you to have a good time, but multiple mentions of bukkake and a teenager who labels anyone who crosses him a 'Paedo' are gags you'd expect to find in a comedy from ten years ago"

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