Squad Goals: Britain’s Youngest Football Boss

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Squad Goals: Britain’s Youngest Football Boss: Series 1: Episode 4

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Four months into the season, Jack is working on changing the fortunes of the women's team.

Jack is concentrating on trying to make the business profitable, but whilst the team are hovering at the wrong end of the table, drumming up support is proving difficult.

This series follows top flight football club West Ham United Women’s team and their 19-year-old Managing Director Jack Sullivan.
 
As women’s football explodes into the mainstream in the run-up to next summer’s World Cup, Jack’s dad David Sullivan, one of the richest men in Britain and the chairman of West Ham United, has tasked Jack with transforming the fortunes of the women’s team.

It’s four months into the season, and West Ham Women have only won two games out of their last six, and now face the daunting task of taking on current champions Chelsea – a match that, for 90 minutes, will turn partners into opponents.

Meanwhile, Jack still needs to hire a new general manager so he can concentrate on trying to make the business profitable, but whilst the team are hovering at the wrong end of the table, drumming up support is proving difficult.

Squad Goals: Britain’s Youngest Football Boss: Series 1

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Following West Ham United Women’s team and 19-year-old managing director Jack Sullivan.

This series follows top flight football club West Ham United Women’s team and their 18-year-old managing director Jack Sullivan.

This series follows top flight football club West Ham United Women’s team and their 19-year-old managing director Jack Sullivan.

As women’s football explodes into the mainstream in the run-up to next summer’s World Cup, Jack’s dad David Sullivan, one of the richest men in Britain and the joint-chairman of West Ham United, has tasked Jack with transforming the fortunes of the women’s team.

Filming on and off the pitch, with episodes released as the 2018/19 season progresses, the series follows the progress of the squad as they debut in the all-new, fully-professional Women’s Super League, competing at the highest level of the women’s game, against some of the toughest teams in the world.

Jack’s first full-time job since leaving school at 16 sees him bringing together a squad of 18 outspoken, powerful women, overseeing a million pound budget, and trying to raise the profile of a growing sport often dismissed and derided by male fans. With exclusive access to the club, players and backroom staff, as well as to Jack and his larger-than-life family, this revealing and inspiring behind-the-scenes story discovers just what it takes to be a professional female footballer in today’s game, and whether a loveable but inexperienced teenager can change the face of women’s football.

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