Your Life as Every Football Player Rank

About 1.5 million boys play organised football in England. Only around 180 will ever play a single minute in the Premier League. This is the story of one of them, and of everything that decided it before he ever touched a ball. You're born on August 31st, the youngest in your school year. In this video you live through 9 levels, from a park pitch in oversized boots to a Premier League tunnel, and see how the football system really picks its players: birth months, academy cuts, agents, transfer fees and the bodies it runs on.