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United FC - Season 1 Episode 4
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00:00Cattle on.
00:01Yeah.
00:02Can you get a cup of tea please?
00:04How are you?
00:05You will make your own tea.
00:11When I first came to Ireland, I didn't know I was singing so.
00:19I was the new girl.
00:22Different name.
00:24Different accent.
00:26But the ball, it found me.
00:29The pitch became my home.
00:31The moment I kicked the ball, my team became my founder.
00:35It's more than just a game.
00:37It's a language.
00:38The whole world understands.
00:40This is United FC.
00:49We're here to make a soccer team.
00:52This is her first proper match.
00:54It gives me so much confidence leading up into the blitz.
01:05Let's go.
01:06Go, go, go.
01:07I like to do athletics.
01:08Funny enough, I do athletics as well.
01:09Oh my God, there's so much in common already.
01:10All my parents are from Nigeria.
01:11Okay.
01:12I was born here though.
01:13And do you speak?
01:14I have four brothers and one sister.
01:16I speak both Robo and Edo language.
01:17I understand it.
01:18But that's just me eavesdropping.
01:19Growing up, you're learning Irish, you're learning English.
01:22OK.
01:23I was born here, though.
01:25And you speak...
01:30I have four brothers and one sister.
01:32I speak both Urubu and Edo language.
01:37I understand it, but that's just me eavesdropping.
01:42Growing up, you're learning Irish, you're learning English,
01:45and then you get to secondary school, you're learning French.
01:48It's a lot of different languages, so for me, even understanding it,
01:51they've done a good job.
01:53I'd like to go to Nigeria because I've never been there.
01:55I want to, like, meet my relatives in Nigeria,
01:57like my grandmother and my grandfather and everything.
02:07Both of my parents are from India, but I'm from Ireland.
02:11Do you have any other languages?
02:13I can understand what they're saying sometimes.
02:15Sometimes?
02:16Yeah.
02:17When they're giving out to you, do you understand?
02:19Sometimes.
02:20We don't want to understand when the parents give out to us.
02:24Our language is fast-flowing.
02:27Oh, my God!
02:29Malayalam, which is even harder than Chinese.
02:32They understand.
02:34They speak when they catch up.
02:36To my mum and dad, to his mum and dad.
02:38But here, they always speak English.
02:40I don't even know much, but my mascara is my favourite because I use it most.
02:45It means hello.
02:46Yeah, same.
02:47I really understand it too much.
02:49I'm not really fluent, so...
02:50Yes!
02:57Man, you're getting so jammy.
02:59Right.
03:00Well...
03:01So, what have we got here?
03:02As you know, mammy, I keep everything.
03:06Mm.
03:07You moved around different teams.
03:08You were at Tullamore.
03:09You were at Edenderry.
03:10You were at Killy.
03:11Mm.
03:12You went over to St. Francis.
03:13From there, the core of that team became Athlone Town.
03:17It was probably the most successful period of my soccer career.
03:21That was also down to being around some very good people.
03:24Do you remember, Nicky, bought you a pair of football boots and said,
03:27if you ever make it, you owe me.
03:29It was hardly these boots, was it, in the picture?
03:31Yeah.
03:32I don't know.
03:33Maybe it was there.
03:34Yeah.
03:35I remember we didn't have money.
03:36Money was very tight.
03:37There were good people there that helped me out.
03:39Now you're hoping to give this knowledge of what you've learned to these young people.
03:44Yeah.
03:45And I think that's amazing that you can give them hope.
03:48And I'm proud of you for being able to do that.
03:55So, guys, we're at Davy Mountain.
04:00It's a women's game.
04:02It's a shamrock rovers versus both.
04:04I used to play in this league.
04:05So, I played with, like...
04:06Is it the top league?
04:07Yeah.
04:08This is the League of Ireland.
04:09Oh, okay.
04:10I brought you here to Dalyman Park today.
04:11So, we're going to watch Bows versus Rovers.
04:12And not only are we watching the game, we're going to meet some of the players after.
04:13Yeah.
04:14I want you guys to pay attention to things that they're doing and ways that you can even incorporate
04:19that into your game.
04:20Do you guys know any female football players?
04:21Oh, Stephanie Roach.
04:22Stephanie Roach.
04:23Oh, McCabe.
04:24Katie McCabe.
04:25Katie McCabe, yeah.
04:26Abby Larkin.
04:27Yeah, Abby Larkin.
04:28I played with some of the girls here.
04:29And both teams are great.
04:30All right, let's go watch the game, guys.
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04:52How old are you?
04:53What?
04:54That's not what I meant, man.
04:55Yay!
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05:00Today, we went to watch the Bohemians versus Rovers match.
05:01Umm, today was probably one of, like, my first actual soccer matches to watch.
05:14Yay!
05:15Yay!
05:16We headed off to watch a match.
05:19We went to watch Bowers vs. Shamrock Rovers, a women's.
05:24A couple of players on Shamrock Rovers that actually pay for Ireland.
05:28Captain for Shamrock Rovers, she pays for Ireland.
05:31Oneya O'Gorman is the captain.
05:35She's a goat, like...
05:37She's a goat or she's dead goat?
05:39Like, just figure a speech, like, she's really good.
05:43Like, she's been playing for Ireland for years.
05:45The goalie pays for Ireland.
05:47Katie Keane, she pays for Ireland.
05:55Come here. A little surprise for you.
06:01Do you remember that?
06:02This is the one the neighbours...
06:05Could have cleaned it up.
06:07This is the one the neighbours got from the neighbourhood watch.
06:12They all put money in together.
06:14Oh, stop. Really? It's lovely.
06:15That was for people who really believed in you.
06:17From the young lad that was kicking footballs into their gardens
06:20to grabbing the ball, running down the pitch and scoring.
06:23And do you know how this all happened?
06:25Me playing sports?
06:26Yeah, but me chasing you when I wouldn't have swooned because you were so bad.
06:29That's how I was a soft pass, wasn't it?
06:30Yeah.
06:31I would have taken a longer throw than that.
06:32How do you know the throw so far?
06:33One day my coach told me to take a throw and I just ended up throwing it really far and ever since then I had the longest throw.
06:38How?
06:39I don't know.
06:40I'm just after a match for Midlands against Shamrock Rovers.
06:43We lost, unfortunately.
06:44We're working on stuff and preparing for the Kennedy Cup.
06:45My mum made me a kick in the room because it was a mess.
06:48But maybe it's better if I had something that may have trouble.
07:05So, mom, could you take a few seconds to help the Hulk, that need you to land back?
07:16But maybe it's better to be in a mess because I feel like it's my environment.
07:23I don't know, I don't know what the whole point of it is to be clean.
07:28I find everything, I live, I have fun.
07:34Bye.
07:40What have you seen in the midfield that you can bring into your game?
07:43They're doing some one-touch passing and they're actually using both feet.
07:49Are you seeing how tight they take touches?
07:51It doesn't matter how many players around them, they're willing to get the ball with a player on them.
07:55Because they're shielding, they're taking a touch and they're moving.
08:02I hate someone in the stands, I hate a little child.
08:07Have you played any of Ireland teams before?
08:09I used to trade with both.
08:11I have two seasons left on the boys' team, so I can only play until I'm like 15 or 16.
08:17Why would you move to a girls' team earlier?
08:19Because I feel like it's better for my development here.
08:21Because some of them can be very strong, so if I get a bit stronger than them, then when I come to a girls' team, I might stand that open.
08:29I feel like this is my brother right here playing for both, that's my brother.
08:35One of them is really, not famous, but a lot of people know him off of TikTok.
08:41It said it was a true story.
08:43My youngest brother, Seth, he plays for Bob Reagan.
08:47And then my brother, Matthew, he plays for Longford.
08:51And that's the reason why I joined football, it's because of them.
08:55They didn't mind that I was a girl because, I mean, because I was just as good as them.
09:01We all play football because we're a sporting family.
09:05Bro, that's actually good.
09:07It was an own goal.
09:21That was one of the best own goals I've ever saw.
09:25I remember, like, an own goal.
09:27A few years ago, the ball was coming in, I tried to head it out.
09:30I ended up having the opposite way, and I went into the goal.
09:33I felt kind of like, you know, sad, you know.
09:35It's not a good experience, but you always have to bounce back from there.
09:38Where did all them snacks come from?
09:40In my bag.
09:41After a while, they just wanted to play.
09:42Give us some popcorn.
09:43No.
09:44Please.
09:49They were just having the crack, to be fair.
09:50I think they were getting to know each other.
09:52And it's nice to see, because they're actually becoming friends.
09:55Zoe, do you get hoots?
09:57What?
09:58Zoe, do you get hoots?
09:59He just asked me if I get hoots.
10:00Yeah, there's no wrong way to ask him that.
10:02I said I don't get hoots.
10:04Guess what, guess what?
10:05Of course I got hoots.
10:06Yeah.
10:07We were kind of just talking about different things.
10:09Kind of about football, and about where we're from and stuff.
10:12Oh, football, really?
10:13Yeah.
10:14Yeah.
10:15That's it.
10:16Yeah.
10:17Yeah.
10:18Yeah.
10:19Yeah.
10:20Yeah.
10:21Yeah.
10:22You weren't talking about girls?
10:24No.
10:25No.
10:26No.
10:27No.
10:28No.
10:29No.
10:33I'm just single as a Pringle, and I'm going to stay that way.
10:36It's going to stay that way.
10:37And I'm going to stay that way.
10:56He actually was rooting against you.
10:58Yeah, he was clapping, so I don't know.
11:01Is he a roversman?
11:03I support the show.
11:04Are you celebrating?
11:05No, I was very sad.
11:07I thought he would.
11:12Why did you know you wanted to start becoming a pro?
11:15She's the oldest, so maybe I'll start.
11:18I don't know, about four, five, when I start playing.
11:21You see, when I was playing, it was only lads I play with.
11:23Would you encourage a girl who's playing with a boys' team
11:26to actually start playing with girls a lot earlier?
11:29No, no.
11:30Play with boys as long as you can.
11:32They move the ball a lot faster.
11:34You'll get stronger.
11:35You'll get stronger, you need to be strong.
11:36It'll make you tougher, so when you come to the girls' league,
11:38then you'll be the toughest on the pitch.
11:40And then when you're at the age, go to a girls' team.
11:42Who's the youngest?
11:43I'm 16.
11:45Did you get paid?
11:51Alright, best of luck in the rest of your season, girls.
11:56Hey, Kaseesh.
12:09Both tables.
12:11So today, we are going to be designing our own jerseys.
12:20You're not even excited one bit?
12:22Thank you!
12:28This is what's gonna represent us as a team, like myself.
12:33When I put on the green jersey, what I feel is a lot of pride.
12:37We're representing ourselves and our families, our friends.
12:40So, let's just see what we come up with.
12:46Each colour of my crest, oh, resembles...
12:49Diversity.
12:51Yeah.
12:52Why do you think that?
12:53Because there's different colours.
12:54It's important to include everyone.
12:56Exactly.
12:57No matter what colour you are.
12:58That's very true.
12:59It's a bit like, you know, how we are as a team.
13:02We all come from different backgrounds coming together.
13:06What are you doing?
13:08Okay, a little thing.
13:09That's shocking.
13:14Do you like Tullamore?
13:15Do I like Tullamore?
13:16Yeah, I like Tullamore.
13:17It's where I grew up.
13:18It's where I made most of my friends.
13:20What about yourselves?
13:21Where did everyone grow up?
13:23Tullamore.
13:24Tullamore.
13:25What's it like being in Tullamore?
13:26I think it's a nice community.
13:27It's amazing.
13:32Get the ball.
13:33Try the cheeky one.
13:34You know, just have to let them score, you know?
13:36Eh, no shot.
13:38Missed that.
13:39You know, I just had to miss so you could score, you know?
13:42It's just a nice coat, yeah.
13:43I mean, bucket.
13:45It's time to have a look at what you've come up with.
13:50So have a look.
13:51Justin's very colourful.
13:53Thank you, Justin.
13:55It's like a white fist bump and then a brown fist bump, which shows a quality.
14:02Thank you, Nathan.
14:03Beautiful.
14:04Okay.
14:05All good?
14:06Okay, okay.
14:07I really like the colours.
14:08Like, you ask most people, like, what their favourite colour is and they say one of those three.
14:14Okay, so here we have Zoe saying each colour of my crest resembles diversity.
14:19It doesn't matter what colour you are, we're all equal and we're all the same.
14:22I vote kick out racism.
14:24Mm-hmm.
14:25It's a very strong message, right?
14:26Yeah, because it's about football, so you're gonna kick and then...
14:29I'd say I definitely have made friends with people that I didn't know before.
14:34Pretty much everyone here, like, I'd say I'm friends with now.
14:38Pink and blue are both associated with, like, both genders.
14:42Mm-hmm.
14:43So almost like a unity of that.
14:45So you can see when the, like, the blue and pink hit, it makes it purple, which basically represents our team as a mixed group.
14:53Okay, yeah, very good.
14:54Thank you, Bea.
14:55Well done.
14:56Well done.
14:57Why did you go for these colours?
15:01It's very...
15:02Eh...
15:03Well...
15:04Why are you guys laughing?
15:05Yeah, why are you guys laughing?
15:06No, no, no.
15:07No, it's not something else.
15:08So you're not paying attention, is it?
15:09No, I am.
15:10The boy who paid attention to every single one of you and then the minute he comes up, you're just laughing at him.
15:15Do you think that's...
15:16No, we weren't laughing at him.
15:18He's crying now.
15:19But why, why, why...
15:20Why weren't you paying attention then?
15:22You're a teammate, so, you know, respect each other's and respect each other's time.
15:26It says Dream FC.
15:27Mm-hmm.
15:28It's basically because everyone has the right to dream, you know, what they want to do.
15:33What are we thinking?
15:34Dream FC?
15:35I'm going to give you a marker.
15:37You place your marker on the jersey you like the most, okay?
15:41The jersey that has the most markers on it, that's the one we're going to pick.
15:45Is that okay?
15:46Yeah.
15:47I picked my own one.
15:48We have a clear winner.
15:49So, this is what you've chosen.
15:50Yeah.
15:51I think it's a really, really good jersey as well.
16:06Well done to you, Bea.
16:07I just want to touch on what Adebayo said.
16:13The team name, I think it was a beautiful message.
16:17Everyone has a right to dream.
16:19Dream FC.
16:20Would you be happy being called Dream FC?
16:22Yeah.
16:23We finally found our jersey.
16:25We found our team name.
16:27Well done.
16:28Well done, guys.
16:30I'm going to tell you about, like, some of my feelings about the upcoming Blitz.
16:33And personally, I would love to perform well and then just have a chance to play in the Blitz.
16:42Are you ready?
16:43Can I get a light jog out to me and back?
16:45Let's go, let's go, let's go.
16:46Back pedal, back pedal.
16:48Let's go.
16:49Look behind your back.
16:50That's it.
16:52Give each other some space.
16:54Give each other some space.
16:56Now 10% faster, let's go.
16:58Come on.
16:59Wow, you're slow today.
17:00I need to wake you up.
17:01I'm back pedal.
17:03Spread it out, spread it out.
17:04Close the gate.
17:05Each side.
17:06Close the gate.
17:07That's it.
17:08Get them hips moving.
17:09Now go backwards.
17:10Open up the gate.
17:11He means the other way not actually go back.
17:13Two skips to the left, two skips to the right.
17:15Let's go.
17:16Ah, look at you.
17:17You're looking amazing.
17:19Now backwards.
17:20That's it.
17:22You!
17:23You have all this space in the world.
17:25Lunges to the halfway and then reverse lunges.
17:28Reverse lunges.
17:29Focus reverse lunges.
17:30A skip, halfway, like this.
17:33What's an A skip?
17:34A skip is like this.
17:35There we go.
17:37And then a B skip is like, you kick it out.
17:41All right.
17:42Then I want to finish.
17:43I want one big sprint out to me.
17:45All right?
17:46Three, two, one, let's go.
17:47Come on, Anna.
17:49Looking ahead, what are your thoughts?
17:52What's going through your heads?
17:53What do you think going ahead into the Blitz?
17:56We're a good team now.
17:57We know how to play together.
17:58You know how to play together?
17:59Yeah.
18:00We're experienced now.
18:01More experienced.
18:02We already know there's our strengths and weaknesses,
18:05so we can work on it.
18:06And we're going to win.
18:07You're going to win.
18:08Can I be honest?
18:11I'm kind of getting the sense that we're being a little bit too cocky.
18:15You know, the reality of it is that we could go to the splits
18:20and we could lose every game.
18:22And I don't want you going into this tournament thinking
18:25you've got everything, you know, fixed.
18:27You've got it sorted.
18:28You've got everything figured out.
18:30Now, I understand confidence is very important,
18:32but, you know, sometimes when that happens,
18:35they might not work as hard or they might not respect opposition
18:38just as much and they can actually be a little bit shell-shot.
18:41So, I just kind of had to, you know, let them know
18:45that it's a very dangerous way of kind of thinking.
18:48The effort was there, I will say that to you,
18:51but I saw a lot of things that need to be worked on.
18:58Yes, you're very good footballers,
19:00but I don't want you to be up here
19:02because we're realistically down here
19:05and we're building our way up.
19:06That's why I'm being a little bit harsh on you
19:09because sometimes you need a little bit of reality check.
19:13I just wanted to tell them the importance of actually wanting to win
19:16rather than thinking you have one.
19:18So, I kind of had to bring them back down to earth
19:20and just, you know, talk to them about, you know, being humble.
19:23It's what we do now today and in the next couple of weeks
19:25that's going to dictate how we play in the Blitz, all right?
19:29OK, thank you.
19:31I think Jordan was right.
19:32We weren't doing it to, like, the best of our abilities
19:34and he was, like, right to be a bit, like, annoyed about that.
19:37Erm, yeah.
19:39The mood was a bit down, but, erm,
19:42I could tell that he trusts us,
19:44just by the way, like, his mannerisms and stuff.
19:48Can't feel the message was well received
19:50and I learned from it and, erm, now we just move on.
19:53One, two, three, break!
19:56Go, go have your break. Have your break.
19:58You're allowed to be kids now.
20:00I used to not be able to go, like, out a lot
20:05but now, like, that I've gotten older
20:07I'm able to go out a lot more.
20:12I listen to R&B a lot
20:14because, like, my mum was quite young when she had me
20:17so she always had, like, music playing, like, in the background
20:19from, like, her teenage years
20:20so, like, I kind of, like, know, like, a lot of songs from late 2000s.
20:25No, I don't really listen to 2000 songs.
20:28The kids have had such a tough afternoon.
20:31They've been working really hard, so I'm going to take them out
20:33just to blow off a little bit of steam.
20:43There's a lot of pressure on them.
20:45There's a lot of pressure to perform.
20:46There's a lot of pressure to make the team.
20:48So it's nice to see the kids kind of laugh at themselves,
20:51kind of have a little bit of fun.
21:03It's important for them to know that you're not going to be good at everything.
21:06Even Zoe, for example, who couldn't even skate for more than two steps
21:11was going around even though she was hobbling,
21:13even though she wasn't doing it well.
21:14She was still persistent.
21:15She was having a great time.
21:19It was nice to see the kids kind of laugh at themselves,
21:21just letting go a little bit.
21:22You know, people fall, people make mistakes.
21:24In football, you make mistakes.
21:26In life, you make mistakes.
21:27On the roller rink, you make mistakes.
21:29So I think even though, yes, some of them may not have wanted to fall
21:33or not wanted to look silly, it's nice to see them trusting each other.
21:36Nope, nope!
21:40Help me! Help me!
21:42Oh!
21:46Put your foot a little.
21:47Put your foot a little.
21:48There you go.
21:50And then put your heel.
21:52OK.
21:57Adebayo made me fall so many times.
21:59Come on, Adebayo.
22:01So you have to lift and go forward.
22:03There you go.
22:05There you go.
22:06There you go.
22:07There you go.
22:08Vanessa tried to help me.
22:09But she did.
22:10I gave her my back look as she fell over too.
22:12There you go!
22:18High five!
22:21I don't think I was very good.
22:22My balance wasn't the best.
22:24Go on!
22:25Let go!
22:26Let go!
22:27Let go!
22:28Look, look, look!
22:29The people who weren't great at roller skating
22:30were leaning on those that have done it before.
22:32People are holding hands because they're there for their teammates
22:34Like this.
22:35You're panicking.
22:36Don't think about anything.
22:37Just go.
22:38I think they definitely have come a long way since the start of this process.
22:42But also you can see how comfortable they all are together.
22:48Being silly, dancing together, having fun together.
22:51Oh!
22:52Hey!
22:53Hey!
22:58Yeah!
22:59Bye!
23:13Oh!
23:14Oh!
23:15Hey!
23:16Hey!
23:17Yeah!
23:19Hey!
23:20Hey!
23:22Oh!
23:23Hey!
23:24Oh!
23:25Oh my God!
23:27It's daunting, right?
23:28It's my dream to take him.
23:57It's my dream to take him.
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