Billy Wingrove
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Billy Wingrove | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wingrove at an event prior to the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | William Jonathan Wingrove 17 December 1982 London, England[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2003–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | F2Freestylers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Katie Wingrove (m. 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Jonathan "Billy" Wingrove (born 17 December 1982) is a freestyle footballer and former semi-professional footballer.[1] He is best known as half of the duo F2Freestylers with Jeremy Lynch.
Biography
Wingrove comes from a footballing family, with his Alan briefly playing in the youth set-ups of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, and his cousin, Greg Lincoln, being part of the first team squad at Arsenal—though Lincoln never actually played for the club.[2]
Wingrove played youth football for Enfield Town, and then semi-professionally for Ware.[3][4] Eventually, Wingrove decided to pursue freestyle football as he was making more money for an hour's worth of tricks than he would have had he kept on with semi-professional football (although he would occasionally play for other clubs, including Hoddesdon Town).[5]
In December 2003, Wingrove became the first freestyler to be signed up as a professional "Football Freestyler" by Tottenham Hotspur.[1][6]
F2Freestylers
After performing together at an event, Wingrove and Lynch formed a double act known as the F2Freestylers.[7][8] They have given performances at various venues including Manchester United's Old Trafford, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge and Norwich City's Carrow Road.[9][10] In 2016, the F2Freestylers debuted their series It's Called Football on NBCSN.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Support & Advice". Sport England. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Billy Wingrove Biography". Sport England. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Living for kicks". The Independent. London. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ Bandini, Paolo (9 November 2007). "Cup progress putting Ware on the map". Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ Dickinson, Matt (3 June 2016). "From teenage rejects to YouTube stars". The Times. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Spurs juggler happy to be a control freak". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ "The F2". The F2. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Football Freestyle Double Act The F2 | FIFA Ballon D'or Performance". F2Freestylers / YouTube. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "The F2 at Old Trafford". F2Freestylers / YouTube. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Anglian Home Improvements bring celebrated football freestylers back to Carrow Road". Norwich City Football Club. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "It's Called Football premieres Dec. 26 on NBCSN".
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