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Billy Wingrove
Wingrove at an event prior to the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final
BornWilliam Jonathan Wingrove
(1982-12-17) 17 December 1982 (age 42)
London, England
Occupation
Years active2003–present
Known forF2Freestylers
Spouse Katie Wingrove ​(m. 2010)​
Children3
Association football career
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
2002–2004 Enfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Ware
2009–2010 Cheshunt Corinthians
2010–2014 Hoddesdon Town
2014–2015 Broxbourne Borough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Jonathan "Billy" Wingrove (born 17 December 1982) is a freestyle footballer and former semi-professional footballer. 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.

Wingrove played youth football for Enfield Town, and then semi-professionally for Ware. 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).

In December 2003, Wingrove became the first freestyler to be signed up as a professional "Football Freestyler" by Tottenham Hotspur.

F2Freestylers

Main article: F2Freestylers

After performing together at an event, Wingrove and Lynch formed a double act known as the F2Freestylers. They have given performances at various venues including Manchester United's Old Trafford, Chelsea's Stamford Bridge and Norwich City's Carrow Road. In 2016, the F2Freestylers debuted their series It's Called Football on NBCSN.

References

  1. ^ "Support & Advice". Sport England. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. "Billy Wingrove Biography". Sport England. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. "Living for kicks". The Independent. London. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  4. Bandini, Paolo (9 November 2007). "Cup progress putting Ware on the map". Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. Dickinson, Matt (3 June 2016). "From teenage rejects to YouTube stars". The Times. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. "Spurs juggler happy to be a control freak". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
  7. "The F2". The F2. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  8. "Football Freestyle Double Act The F2 | FIFA Ballon D'or Performance". F2Freestylers / YouTube. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  9. "The F2 at Old Trafford". F2Freestylers / YouTube. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  10. "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.
  11. "It's Called Football premieres Dec. 26 on NBCSN".

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