Wayne Rooney's Street Striker
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Wayne Rooney's Street Striker (also known as Coke Zero Street Striker due to a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
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) is a British reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series that is broadcast on Sky1 and in high definition
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 on Sky1 HD. The third series of the show started airing on 14 November 2010. The prize for the winners of the competition have included trips to a football training camp in Brazil
Brazil
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 and South Africa
South Africa
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 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
2010 FIFA World Cup Final
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 with a goal from Andrés Iniesta four minutes from the end of extra time...

. The series was narrated by Natalie B.

Background

Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

 plays as a striker for Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 and the England national team
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

. He is one of the most recognised footballers in England and world football. He grew up in Croxteth
Croxteth
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, an inner-city part of Liverpool
Liverpool
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 and practised his skills in the streets near his house, and it was this upbringing that inspired the show. The idea of Wayne Rooney's Street Striker came about in 2008 and the first series was filmed and broadcast in October and November of that year around the area of Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

 just outside Manchester
Manchester
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. The aim was to find a talented young footballer who could perform a range of tricks.

Format

The show takes the form of a contest to find the most skilful street football
Street football
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er in the United Kingdom. It is fronted by Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 striker Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team...

 and former professional footballer Andy Ansah
Andy Ansah
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. England women's team footballer Sue Smith
Sue Smith (footballer)
Susan Jane "Sue" Smith is an international footballer, currently playing for Lincoln Ladies and England. She is an experienced left-sided winger or forward.-Club career:...

 was also involved for the first two series.

During the first two series of Street Striker, young hopefuls around the UK were put to their test at trials, and only 24 talented footballers made it to the television show to appear on the episodes and perform in front of Wayne Rooney.

In the third series, the search for the UK's most talented street striker was bigger than ever, with massive open-auditions held in both Manchester and Birmingham. Talented youngsters were also scouted from many numerous 11 a-side football clubs and 5 a-side Power League teams all over the country.
Andy Ansah scouted all around the UK for talent, and brought to Wayne 100 talented young footballers who had the potential to be crowned Wayne Rooney's Street Striker 2010.
Wayne had also upped the age limit to 16-24 year-olds, he wanted better talent, ability, mental strength and attitude than what he had in the previous two series of Street Striker.
In the first episode, it shows the Top 100 Street Footballers of the UK being whittled down to just 20, who would then go on and perform in very difficult street football challenges in front of Wayne Rooney and be judged by him. This year contestants had to perform in front of massive crowds, which only added to the pressure to perform well.

Contestants who made it through to the Final 20 in Street Striker 2010 included River, Hollie, Ricky, Mamus, Rosie, Alando, Lee, Jay, Jamie, Shpresim, Shannon, Daniel, Olly, Charlotte, Chris, Craig and others. Ricky won.

It was confirmed that the prize for the winner of the third series is a trip to Argentina
Argentina
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, where they will visit street football projects in the Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
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 community. They also get the chance to see the professional side Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 play a match and perform some of their skills on the pitch at half-time.

The prize for the winner of the first series, Travis Beckford was a trip to a football training camp in Brazil
Brazil
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, while the second series winner, Ashleigh Goddard, won tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final
2010 FIFA World Cup Final
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 with a goal from Andrés Iniesta four minutes from the end of extra time...

 in Johannesburg
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, South Africa
South Africa
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.

Broadcast

The first series consisted of three episodes but the second and third series had one extra episode. The first series was broadcast on Sky1 on Sunday evenings at 7pm, beginning on 30 November 2008. The second series began on 8 November 2009 and ran for four weeks. The third series started airing on Sky1 and Sky1 HD on 14 November 2010.
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