F2Freestylers

Wingrove and Lynch have been described as "teenage rejects", having been rejected by the academies of professional football clubs in their youths before finding success as influencers and YouTube freestyle footballers. Wingrove had a trial for Tottenham Hotspur aged 11, but was told he was too small and therefore not physically strong enough to make it at professional level. He began performing freestyle football to earn money while continuing to pursue a footballing career, playing at youth level for Enfield Town and then semi-professionally for Ware from 2004 until 2009. for whom he would perform at half-time breaks and corporate events and occasionally fill in for first-team players in advertisements. Jeremy Lynch Lynch has stated that he played in Arsenal's Academy as a teenager, before later being released. However on an episode of JaackMaate's Happy Hour Podcast, former professional footballer and Arsenal academy graduate, Fabrice Muamba, revealed that he did not recall Lynch being a part of the squads when he was at the club. Lynch began learning freestyle skills and tricks in 2000 after watching a Nike commercial featuring Edgar Davids and Denílson de Oliveira. He featured in the 2007 documentary film In the Hands of the Gods, and reached the semi-finals of ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2008. == F2Freestylers ==

Eventually, Wingrove and Lynch decided to commit to making a career in freestyle football as a duo, realising they would have more success as a marketable pairing than attempting to pursuing careers as professional footballers. including Soccer Aid in 2018, and in 2019 in which Lynch scored twice, again for England. Lynch returned in the 2020 Soccer Aid match playing for the World XI due to his Jamaican ancestry. In 2017, the pair led a team of YouTubers and ex-professional footballers competing under the name Tekkers Town in the Wembley Cup against Hashtag United, and in 2018, they entered the competition as F2 FC, winning in the final against Rebel FC. YouTube Rodrygo, filming a promotional video for FIFA 20 On 8 April 2011, the duo registered their YouTube channel, F2Freestylers, As well as earning money from YouTube's ad-revenue monetisation, Wingrove and Lynch's videos feature brand endorsements; previous sponsorship deals include Adidas and Carlsberg. In 2018, Wingrove and Lynch produced a YouTube original series, titled F2 Finding Football, which was streamed on YouTube Premium. The series, which features a number of celebrity guests, was well received and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for an Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program as well as two Streamy Awards. Talent agencies In 2018, Wingrove and Lynch established a football management agency, F2 Talent, despite neither being a licensed intermediary with the FA. The agency courted controversy over the use of a photo publicising a newly signed young player, violating the FA's policy to not promote players under the age of 15. Also in 2018, the duo founded F2 Revolution, an agency aimed at recruiting 'social talent'. == Other ventures ==

Lynch signed a short-term semi-professional contract with Billericay Town in 2017, playing in the Isthmian Premier League. He registered his first goals for the club on 3 October 2017, scoring Billericay's fifth and sixth goal in a 7–1 win against Hungerford Town in the FA Cup. After being absent from the team for several matches in late 2017, the club revealed on Twitter that it had been agreed with Lynch that his work as part of the F2Freestylers would take priority over playing for Billericay. Billericay went on to win the league, giving Lynch a winner's medal. He played eight total matches. Lynch also posts short videos to his TikTok account, on which he has a following of over 27.8 million users. == Publications ==

Wingrove and Lynch have authored the following books published by Bonnier Books Ltd: • • • • • == References ==