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The First Team

BBC iPlayer · English · 2020–2020

Also known as: Afternoons · Отфутболенные

Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Follower: 1

The series follows the mostly off-the-pitch misadventures of three young football players on a fictional Premier Club team. The stories focus on their friendship, and these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social media than they are at scoring goals.

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Season 16 episodes · 2020

Episode 1 · 28 May 2020 · 20:30 · 30 min
Selling Shirts
New signing Mattie Sullivan arrives at the club, but a meeting with chairman Mark Crane leads him to wonder if he's been signed by mistake. As if that wasn't bad enough, club hard-man Petey Brooks takes a dislike to him and legendary Italian manager Cesare is nowhere to be found.
Episode 2 · 28 May 2020 · 20:30 · 30 min
New Friends
Mattie befriends star midfielder Carlos Velez in an attempt to improve team spirit. But hanging out with Carlos is not quite what he imagined. Jack braves a date with a girl he met online, Benji is approached by a mysterious businessman and Petey plays pranks on the squad.
Episode 3 · 28 May 2020 · 21:00 · 30 min
Octopus Situation
The team is given a presentation on the rules of sexual conduct and consent. Afterwards Mattie, Benji and Jack head out for the afternoon determined to keep out of trouble. But a chance supermarket meeting with a lady who wants them to meet her son, Stuart, leads to an unfortunate misunderstanding. As Stuart threatens to go public with his side of the story, Mattie and the others try to placate him with an all-access visit to the training complex to meet the team. It's a shame that Petey Brookes won't play ball!
Episode 4 · 28 May 2020 · 21:00 · 30 min
International Break
Petey insists that Mattie, Jack and Benji come to his BBQ. Meanwhile Jack's dad oversteps the mark with his online posts and Cesare's job as manager starts to look uncertain.
Episode 5 · 28 May 2020 · 21:00 · 30 min
Pints of Sorry
The Chairman announces a caretaker manager. After a poor start the team is forced to attend a pub night as an apology to the fans. Benji employs a social media manager.
Episode 6 · 28 May 2020 · 21:00 · 30 min
Upheaval
Petey plots to bring an end to Chris Booth's run of success. Meanwhile Jack gets a girlfriend and plans a romantic surprise. Benji has had enough of his social media manager.