The First Team
The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane.
Overview
The misadventures of three young football players Mattie, Jack and Benji, at a fictional Premier League club with terrifying team hard-man Petey, mercurial Italian manager Cesare and eccentric chairman Mark Crane.
Caroline Leddy
Creator / EP
Episodes
1. Selling Shirts
New signing Mattie arrives, but has the chairman signed him by mistake? Meanwhile, club hardman Petey takes a dislike to him, and a team-mate shares an embarrassing problem.
2. New Friends
Mattie befriends the team’s star player Carlos Velez. Meanwhile Jack plucks up courage to date a girl he met online and Benji is approached by a mysterious Malaysian businessman.
3. Octopus Situation
After a sexual conduct briefing Mattie, Benji and Jack are determined to keep out of trouble. But a chance meeting with friendly Nicola leads to a very tricky situation.
Cast & Crew
Jake Short
Mattie Sullivan
Shaquille Ali-Yebuah
Benji Achebe
Jack McMullen
Jack Turner
Will Arnett
Mark Crane
Chris Geere
Chris Booth
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Petey Brooks
