After the turn of the millennium, two entrepreneurs Graham Starmer and Peter Mallinger set out on creating a sports business that would benefit players in the modern world. Football105 (known then as footballcv.com) is born.
The first Football105 trial day is staged in 2001 at Rockingham Road, Kettering, with more than 60 Premier League and English Football League scouts, and features on Sky Sports.
Football105 delivers the Assessment Trials for League Football Education for the first time, in a new partnership with LFE. The trial event provides opportunities to all released scholars and first-year professionals from EFL clubs.
Football105 creates FCV International Football Academy – the first private international football academy in the UK.
Football105 holds the world’s largest database of players and scouts at all levels, and continues to run Trial Days at some of Europe’s biggest clubs, gaining more attention from the media. Chris Smalling signs up to the database before going on to play for Manchester United.
Football105 partners with Samsung to find the best unsigned player in the UK to win a professional contract at Swindon Town Football Club in Sky Bet League One. The successful project is repeated over several years, for more clubs, and was made into a Sky Sports documentary.
Graham Starmer becomes co-owner and Vice Chairman at Corby Town, supporting the club’s transition to a new stadium, financial stability, and on-field progress before selling to new investors.
Nivea for Men uses Football105 to organise its Weekend Wonders campaign where two amateur football teams earned the right to play at West Ham United’s Upton Park.
Samsung, Chelsea, and Football105 run a national coaching programme to provide 16,000 hours of football sessions to children aged between six and 13.
Football105 organises a charity match for Help for Heroes, featuring the likes of former professional footballers Dion Dublin and Kevin Kilbane.
Four years after Mallinger had sadly passed away following a long battle with leukaemia, Football105 organises a ‘legends’ football game for the Leon Barwell Foundation that raises exposure and funds Northamptonshire-based families where a parent is suffering from cancer.
A new study area is unveiled at Football105’s football camp base, The Garden House, in Stamford.
Football105 partners with Northampton Town Football Club to create the club’s International Football Academy, providing coaching courses and scouting opportunities to footballers from around the world who aspire for a professional career.
Starmer steps away from managing FCV International Football Academy after overseeing a successful relocation to Grace Dieu Manor Park.
Released Premier League players attend the LFE Assessment Trials for the first time, as Football105 delivers the latest series of trial events in Slough, Solihull, and Rochdale.
In a unique partnership with sports and education company Ertheo, Football105 stage a clinic camp that sees youth players from Europe experience coaching from three different academies from Leicestershire, Liverpool, and Barcelona.
Football105’s Starmer is appointed Acting Chairman of Kettering Town FC to provide stability on and off the pitch, and help the club achieve its goal to find new investors.
