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Colin Nell

Colin Nell has more that made a name for himself as an accomplished athlete, football freestyler, actor and sports model. Colin has become a regular feature in Nike and Vodafone promotions as well as making regular appearances on Sky Sports, BBC, ITV and MUTV.

Born in London Colin was spotted in 2000 by Nike Executives whilst displaying his array of tricks in a major Nike promotion at Wembley Stadium which attracted over 30,000 contestants. From then on, Colin's carrer as a professional football freetyler went from strength to strength.

With his unbelieveable skills, he has stunned and captivated crowds of all ages aroung the world. His talent with a football has lead him to work along side the biggest namesin world football. Colin's football wizardry has been utilised in numerous high profile media campaigns and feature films.

Billy Wingrove

Billy has been working as a professional football freestyler since the 2003 Nike Freestyle event in London and has performed his freestyle tricks and skills live on TV for Nickelodeon, Blue Peter and Central News as well as performing on BBC1's A Question of Sport and Match of the Day.

In 2005 he appeared in a KDDI TV commercial with Japanese footballer Shinji Ono. Shortly after this he appeared with Manchester United's Wayne Rooney for a Coca Cola promotion and was also featured with J-League stars in Japanese football magazine Footival. His work has also been featured in the UK magazines FourFourTwo and Match.

He became the first football freestyler to be signed up as a professional "Football Freestyler" by a professional when Premiership team Tottenham Hotspur signed him up. He displays and teaches his freestyle tricks and skills for Tottenham's coaching in the community schemes, corporate sponsors and on the pitch for half time and pre-match entertainment for Premiership games. He has also appeared as half time entertainment for England international matches.