Star Player Footy Pups

The crowd are going wild!

Here come the Footy Pups!

# They play like a dream when they work as a team

# Footy Pups, go, go, Footy Pups

# There's Pickles and Rex and Geraldine next

# Footy Pups, go, go, Footy Pups

# Rozzie and Benny and manager Freddie

# Footy Pups, go, go, Footy Pups

# There's Rachel, too, and a paw's full of you

# Footy Pups, go, go, Footy Pups

# Go, go, go, go, Footy Pups! #

CROWD CHEERS

Rachel Yankey,

top international footballer and all-round sporting superstar.

But when Rachel's not scoring goals for her team,

she's playing with the Footy Pups.

THEY CHEER

Hi guys, we're all warmed up, so it's time to get moving.

Hooray!

'Today on my team we have...

'number one, Liam.'

That's it, keep dribbling.

'Number two, Maisie.'

Amazing!

'Number three, Finley.'

I like that one!

'Number four, Teagan.'

Well done!

'Number five, Stanley.'

Great skills!

'Number six, Edith.'

Oh, nice!

'And also joining us are Rex and Geraldine.'

THEY LAUGH

So that's today's team.

OK, guys, gather round, it's team talk time.

-ALL:

-Yay!

-Today we're going to be looking at being a star player.

It's a title awarded to one player at the end of the game.

Who knows what might make someone a star player?

-Finley.

-Playing well.

-Stanley.

-Helping each other.

-Edith.

-Being kind.

Well done. There are loads of ways you can become a star player.

It's not necessarily because you score lots of goals.

There are three things to remember when we're trying to be

a star player. We want to encourage each other,

keep trying and be a good team-mate.

-OK, guys, let's go and practice. Come on.

-ALL:

-Hooray!

You've each got a ball and you need to dribble around the pitch.

When I blow the whistle, pick up your football and run to the hoop.

Each time I'm going to take away one hoop, so you need to

work together to try and fit inside

the hoop and encourage your team-mate.

After, I'm going to decide who was the star player.

-OK, off you go.

-Yay!

-Lots of things for the team to remember here.

Very good dribbling. Pick up that football, find a hoop.

-Brilliant stuff! Great listening.

-OK, let's start dribbling again.

I'm going to make it harder, I'll take a hoop away.

-Pick up your football.

-Quick, get into a hoop!

Good encouragement there.

-There's less hoops now.

-This could be tricky.

-Finley.

-Nicely done.

-Yay!

-Good stuff, good dribbling.

Oh, can they find a hoop?

Teagan!

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-And time.

Well done. I spotted some great teamwork.

Finley, I'm going to give you star player, you were

really good at encouraging people. So, let's give him a big cheer.

-ALL:

-Yay!

For this game, you need to work as a team to try and build

a giant picture. Two at a time, you need to run forward,

one of you grab a piece of the picture

and show it to your team-mate.

They'll tell you where to put it by looking at

the picture. At the end of the game,

I'm going to choose another star player.

-OK, off we go!

-Where did it go?

-The middle right.

-Good helping each other?

OK, next two, off you go.

-Where does this go?

-Bottom middle.

Good instructions.

Onto the next piece.

-Where does this go?

-Well done, good. Well done, you two.

Put it in the middle, middle.

Where does this go?

Bottom corner.

Put it in the top corner.

-Is that in the right place?

-Where does this go?

THEY LAUGH

Come on, you've got to be able to figure that one out?!

What amazing teamwork!

OK, I need to pick another star player.

I'm going to pick Teagan.

-Yes!

-Because you were brilliant at listening to instructions

-from your team-mate.

-There are lots of ways to be a star player.

It's really special to be awarded star player.

You're right, Rex.

Do you remember that time the Show Ponies of Trotford

came to Pupton Park?

Oh, yeah!

Woof, woof!

Welcome to Pupton Park,

where the Footy Pups have a match against the Show Ponies of Trotford.

Neigh!

-N-e-eigh there, Footy Pups.

-Hello.

I'm Gigi, this is Horace, Buck, Clover

-and Patsy.

-Hello, splendid to meet you.

-ALL:

-Wow!

This is the star player rosette. At the end of today's match,

each pup and pony will help choose who they think the best player

on the pitch was and the rosette will be awarded to the winner.

SHE LAUGHS

I love winning rosettes. I won one for chasing my tail,

one for rolling in the mud and one for barking.

HE BARKS THE DAM BUSTERS MARCH

But I've never won one for football.

Well, you never know, Rex, you might just win one today.

I'd love to be the star player.

I'm going to have to score lots of goals to win that rosette.

Rex isn't the only one with stars in his eyes.

The Cheer-fleaders are preparing a special shooting star routine.

I'm a shooting star!

Yippee! I'm a shooting star!

-I'm the starry one!

-No, me!

-No, me!

THEY YELL

WHISTLE BLOWS

Pass back to me, Rex.

Sorry, Benny, this superstar player's got a goal to score.

Rex, pass to me.

-I'm free.

-Hold on, Rozzie, it's time for my superstar strike. Ha!

I smell trouble. Oh!

Ah, sorry, Rozzie.

Where did the ball go?

I've got it. Ta-da!

REX LAUGHS

Watch me, Geraldine, I'm a star player.

You're not supposed to tackle me, Rex, I'm on your side!

Sorry! Superstar Rex is on the ball.

Uh-oh!

-Neigh!

-Don't worry, Pickles, I'll do a superstar save.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Oh, bones!

Oh, dear, Rex has scored an own goal!

At half-time, Trotford are winning 1-0.

Sorry I didn't pass to you, Benny, and you, Rozzie.

And sorry I tackled you, Geraldine,

and knocked you out the way, Pickles. I'm very, very sorry.

-ALL:

-That's OK, Rex.

There's no way I'm going to be star player now.

That goal was all my fault.

Don't worry, Rex.

We've still got plenty of time to score.

WHISTLE BLOWS

I don't think I deserve to be star player.

Never mind, I'll make sure I choose carefully which pup

or pony does. This is a job for Rex the roving reporter. Ha-ha!

-Yippee!

-None of us can be the star like this.

What if we all work together? We could make one big shooting star.

Ready, Cheer-fleaders? And, jump!

Oh, dear, that looks more like a load of falling stars.

I hope the Pups are performing better.

-Nice attacking, Horace.

-I'm galloping for a goal.

Quick, Pickles.

Great blocking!

I think I'll leave this one for jumping Geraldine.

Thanks. Alley-oop!

Giddy-up. Yee-ha!

Amazing move, Geraldine, and you, Clover.

I saw it.

My word, now Rozzie and two Trotford ponies are jockeying for the ball.

Never mind, Rozzie, you're doing great.

SHE WHINNIES

Oh!

That was a great charge, but we still need to see

a star moment from Benny.

Here you go, Benny, we know you can do it.

Oh, wow!

What a marvellous goal from the Footy Pups, making the match a draw.

1-1.

Well done, Pups, that was flea-mendous.

Great game, everybody, and now is the moment

we've all been waiting for.

It's time to choose today's star player.

-ALL:

-Hooray!

-Hang on, where's Rex?

-Oh!

Sorry, everyone, but we can't pick a star player yet,

I still don't know which pony or pup to choose.

Everybody played so well.

THEY CHEER

We know who WE think the star player is.

And we do, too.

Who is it? It might help me choose.

We think today's star player rosette should go to...

Uh-huh, uh-huh?!

-..Rex!

-Huh?!

Because he jumped out of the way so I could save the goal.

And he was really kind and passed the ball to me.

He helped me up when I fell over.

And he encouraged me to score a goal.

HE BARKS

ALL WHINNY

Well, isn't that funny?

We all think Rex is the star player, too.

Neigh!

Eh? I can't be the star player!

-I haven't scored any goals.

-But you have been helpful,

considerate and generous.

And you tried very hard.

Which is just as important when you're part of a team.

So, here's your rosette for being the star player!

Oh, wow! I love rosettes!

-ALL CHEER

-Hooray!

# Rex is a good sport, he'll go far

# He's kind and considerate and plays like a star!

# Go, go, go, Footy Pups! #

Woohoo!

Now then, we just need a picture of the star player.

Leave that to me.

Oh, thanks, guys - but I couldn't have done it

without all of you,

so I think everybody should star in this picture.

ALL: Ooh, ooh!

Say squeeze!

ALL: Squeeze!

LAUGHTER

Woof, woof!

Well done for winning the star player rosette, Rex.

Thanks, Geraldine.

I love collecting rosettes.

This star player one is my favourite.

Hi, guys.

BOTH: Hi, Rachel!

-Er, why are you wearing that?

-Because we're being star players -

so I'm dressed like a star.

If this doesn't win me the star player rosette,

I don't know what will.

Rachel, wearing a star costume doesn't make you a star player!

But I will give you my funniest costume rosette.

Yes! Thanks Rex!

If you want to be a star player, make sure you encourage,

keep trying and you're a good team-mate.

Woof, woof!

-OK, guys, who fancies a game?

-Yeah!

So, I've split you up into two teams.

We've got the Green Team - Greens, can you give me a cheer?

-Yeah!

-Nice!

And we've got the Red Team.

-Red Team, let me hear you cheer.

-Yay!

Brilliant. Let's take a look at the Footy Pups to find out how to play.

Come and have a look.

To play this game, you need to work as a team.

Players stand in hoops and must hold up pieces of pipe.

The first player grabs a ball and places it on the end of the pipe.

They tip the pipe and work with their team-mates

to make it roll to the next player.

The second player must get the ball from one piece of pipe to the next

without dropping it.

The third player must get the ball into the last piece of pipe

before getting it into the tube.

Once the ball is in the tube, the team start again.

The winners will be the team who fill their tube up to the top first.

Woof, woof!

-Three, two, one...

-WHISTLE BLOWS

Cracking start by the Reds.

Higher!

It's in!

The Greens are right there with them.

-Make sure you encourage each other.

-Hold it higher.

-Remember I'm looking for the star player.

-Higher!

That's it, talk to each other. Well done.

This is so exciting!

Both teams are brilliant at this.

Brilliant!

Get another one.

Put it diagonal.

-Oh, well done!

-Maisie, get another ball, quick!

The Greens are on a roll here.

Well done, work as a team.

Good advice, Rachel.

Make sure you don't drop the pipe.

Keep the pipes in shape.

Then we can go quicker.

-Twist it...

-Higher, Stanley!

-Did you get it in?

-Yes!

-Lift it up.

-Higher!

Great tipping, Maisie.

Ooh, look at that ball go!

Time's running out.

Rachel's will find it difficult

choosing in a star player - they're ALL amazing.

Put it up and down sometimes.

I wonder who's going to reach the top first!

Make sure it doesn't fall off.

This is going to be really close.

The tension is unbearable!

WHISTLE BLOWS

And time!

Let's have a replay.

Both teams were brilliant

at getting balls from one end of the pipe to the other

but who will be today's winners?

The Reds had a great game,

but the Greens filled their tubes first,

making them the winners.

So, who am I going to choose for star player?

I think I'm going to have to choose all of you!

-ALL:

-Yay!

-So, here's a rosette for each of you.

-Finley, this one's for you.

-Hooray!

Teagan, this one's for you.

Maisie, this one's for you.

Well done. Stanley, this one's for you.

Edith, this one's for you.

And Liam, there you go, there's your rosette.

That's it for today, guys.

Now you've got the skill, remember to pass it on.

-ALL:

-Yay!