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Revision as of 09:26, 11 June 2007
| Nerds FC | |
|---|---|
 Nerds FC program logo | |
| Starring | Series 1 Cast Series 2 Cast |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| No. of episodes | 8+ |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS |
| Release | 14 April, 2006 |
Nerds FC is an Australian TV show featuring football (soccer). The first series of the show was aired as a lead-in for the 2006 FIFA World Cup on the Special Broadcasting Service network that featured coverage of the Australia national football (soccer) team.
The show follows a football team of 14 nerds who were trained over 3 months, climaxing with a match against a professional team. Nerds FC is produced by SBS independent and Grundy Television (which has now merged with Crackerjack to become FremantleMedia Australia).
Nerds FC's format is based on the Danish reality TV hit FC Zulu.
The first series aired on Australian TV on 14 April, 2006, encored from 8 June, 2006, and encored again from 21 April, 2007. [1] The DVD for the first series was released on 6 June, 2007. [2]
The second series began airing on 9 June, 2007.[1] The DVD for the second series is due out on 15 August, 2007. [3]
Episodes
Cast
The team was specifically selected to have little to no knowledge of football, and also little physical ability or aptitude for the game. To find such individuals, ads were placed in local university newspapers and internet chat rooms seeking 18-25 year old men, Could you be described as an intelligent geek? Do you bore your friends with technical, scientific or obsessional details? Grundy Television wants you!
The aim of the program is to build a group of nerds into a side, able to play with reasonable ability against (semi) professional teams, give some nerds a physical challenge, and to make a TV program.
Unlike other reality television series, the team was meant to bond and produce a cohesive group that was capable of excellent results. There is no 'voting off' or winner, the team participates as a whole.
Series 1
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| Full name | Nerds FC Season 1 | |
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| Founded | 2006 | |
| Ground | Wentworth Park | |
| Capacity | Unknown | |
| Coach | Andy Harper | |
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Squad
| Name | Position | Nerd Interest(s) |
| Timothy Weston | Left Wing | a 'performer', collects Warhammer Fantasy models |
| Joseph Gentle | Right Wing | computing, especially Artificial Intelligence and gaming (World of Warcraft) |
| John Truong | Right Wing | Mechatronics Space engineer, physicist and mathematician; astronomy; Dragonball Z |
| Jack Mackey | Centre Midfield | Knows 'Things', Solipsist, science |
| David Smith | Centre Midfield (Captain) | Computers; restoring classic cars, notably a 1969 MG-B; preparing a Mitsubishi Lancer for car rallying. |
| Robin Chow ('Nature') | Left Back | computer gaming (Warcraft III, Game Boy Advance, Diablo 2). |
| Nick Sifniotis | Left Back | Arcane branches of mathematics, ability to do arithmetic in base 17. Accounting. Composing music. |
| Marika Deku | Centre Back | Linguistics (ancient languages and their forms of writing), music (plays flute and piccolo) |
| Daniel Jones | Centre Back | Politics and Philosophy. Anti-VSU activist, reporter for Honi Soit |
| Phillip Massaad ('Mono') | Right Back | A bookworm, especially about historical ships. |
| Som Guan | Striker | computers (gaming), music (playing piano and guitar), theatre (performing), public speaking. Computer Systems Engineering student. |
| Phillip Lathourakis | Striker | ten pin bowling, playing the piano and GameCube |
| Tim Kirk ('Captain') | Striker | History, notably "the influence of nostalgia, historical kitsch, the theatre and pageantry of political expression and historical political satire and commentary"; Linguist; intern for 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign |
| Trent Apted | Goalkeeper | Computer Science PhD student, mainly involving "a toolkit for learning and adapting personalised gestures for ubiquitous computing interfaces." Trent's academic home page |
| Andy Harper | Coach | none disclosed (nor likely) |
| Milan Blagojevic | Assistant Coach | none disclosed (nor likely) |
Strip
The Nerds FC Season 1 strip was Royal Blue with white piping at the sleeves and neck, with matching shorts and socks.
Training Ground
The Nerds FC training ground is Wentworth Playing Grounds between Glebe and Pyrmont in Sydney, New South Wales.
Song and Video
The third episode saw the Nerds FC team in the 301 recording studio to make its team song, led by professional vocal trainer Erana Clark of Australian Idol fame.
The chorus of the song (and promotional video) is (in rhyme):
"We will enter history,
Failure to victory,
This team is proud to be
Nerds FC."
Watch the Promotional Video.
Podcast
A cut-down version of each episode, with comentary and extra information from some of the nerds is available on the Australian iTunes Music Store.
Games
The first game played by Nerds FC was against the "Young Matildas", the Australia women's national football (soccer) team under 21s football team. The score was 11:0 to the Young Matildas.
The fourth episode had the Nerds FC playing a game against a team of inmates in a prison.
The seventh episode featured a rematch against the Young Matildas.
The final 'professional' outing was against Melbourne Victory in front of 25,000 people as post-match entertainment for the 2006 A-League Semi Final between Adelaide United and Sydney FC.
- Episode 1: One of the Wiggles gives a "Go Nerds FC" cheer during the credits
- Episode 2: Anthony LaPaglia gives a "Go Nerds FC" cheer during the credits
- Episode 6: Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field, reveals his same-colour blue Nerds FC jumper underneath his Wiggles shirt and declares himself a fan.
Series 2
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| Full name | Nerds FC Season 2 | |
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| Nickname(s) | Nerds FC version 2.0 Nerds FC 2.0: Upgraded | |
| Founded | 2007 | |
| Ground | Sydney Academy of Sports | |
| Capacity | Unknown | |
| Coach | Craig Foster | |
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Series 2 (dubbed Nerds FC version 2.0) is currently airing on Saturday nights at 7:30pm.[1]
Squad
| Name | Nickname | Player No | Position | Nerd Interest(s) | Web or blog |
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| Adam Pemberton | Goalie, Octopus, Silver Surfer | 1 | Goal Keeper | AD&D2, Soft drink can tab chainmail | - |
| David Collien | Flash | 4 | Mid Defence | Building robots, Playing the ukulele | - |
| Matt Chen | 2 | Striker | Culture of Asia, Film, Computer Vision | - | |
| Patrick Neumann | Paddy, or Goon Warrior | 15 | Defence | Aerospace engineering, The Society for Creative Anachronism and History | - |
| Matthew Rochford | Rocky | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Lake | 6 | Mid-Field/Bench | Apple fanatic, 3D Puzzles, RoboCup (rUNSWift 2006)[4], Wikipedian[5] | ||
| Ben Smith | βΣπ $mith | 11 | Left Back/Bench | Memorised Pi to 486 decimal places[6], (αwΣsΦme²)! | -, Aims to be a maths teacher, Anime |
| Rahul Prasad | Poodle | - | - | - | - |
| Glenn Leong | Strafe | 7 | Striker | Performing in UNSW Revues, Gaming (particularly PC oriented) and Anime Cosplay | - |
| Thomas Cunningham | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gareth White | - | - | - | Rubik's Cube | - |
| Chris Anderson | - | 13 | - | Software Development, Piano, Magic, Poker, Art, Hypnotherapy | [7] |
| Felix Lawrence | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Merzian | Richie | - | - | - | - |
| Craig Foster | Fozzie | - | Coach | Saying the word "Technical" and "Tactical" | - |
| Francis Awaritefe | - | - | Assistant Coach | Computer programmer | - |
Strip
The Nerds FC Season 2 strip was yellow with black shoulder and collar stripe, black shorts, socks and shoes. The goalie wore a grey shirt, grey shorts, socks and shoes.
Training Ground
The training ground for season 2 is the Sydney Academy of Sport in Sydney, New South Wales.
Song and Video
A sneak peak of the song is available at http://nerdsfc.sbs.com.au/musicvideo/
Games
In the first episode the Nerds were taken to the Marconi Stallions ground to play the New South Wales Under 11 Elite Squad.
Final Match
The final match was played on 27 February 2007: Nerds 2.0 v "International All-Star Team" (Socceroos). The venue was Pittwater Rugby Park, Warriewood.[8][9]
The curtain raiser was the 2006 Nerds v New South Wales Under 12 Elite Squad.
On-ground entertainment was provided by Australian Idol's Chris Murphy.
See also
References and notes
- ^ a b c "Nerds FC Home Page". Retrieved 2007-02-20.
- ^ "Nerds FC - Series 1 @ EzyDVD". Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ^ "Nerds FC - Series 2 (2 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~robocup/2006site/current.phtml
- ^ Wikipedian's self-admission accessed 12 May 2007
- ^ SBS TV station advertisement seen on 12 may 2007
- ^ Talk To The Nerds Website accessed 9 June 2007
- ^ Nerds FC Final Match - Chris Anderson's Blog accessed 4 May 2007
- ^ photos - Jon Harsem accessed 4 May 2007
External links
- Nerds FC Home Page
- Trent Apted interview 21 June 2006 - Computerworld.com.au
- Talk To The Nerds Website