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Matthew Cooper

Who is Billy Wingrove on Soccer Aid 2019?

Anyone who's a fan of football may not recognise the name Billy Wingrove but they will surely recognise his magical feet.

Wingrove is half of freestyling football duo F2Freestyler with his friend Jeremy Lynch.

F2Freestylers has over 10 million followers across all social media platforms.

Wingrove himself comes from a family with deep rooted footballing ties, his father played for Spurs (who Billy supports) while his cousin played for rivals Arsenal.

Wingrove, 36, became the first freestyler to be signed up as a professional "Football Freestyler" by Tottenham Hotspur. Wingrove displayed and taught 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 Premier League games.

Jeremy Lynch, the other half of F2Freestylers will be playing for the England XI, while Billy will be playing for the World XI.

Billy Wingrove of Tottenham (place not club) back in 2004.

This year's Soccer Aid takes place at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge, after previously being held at Manchester United's Old Trafford .

Soccer Aid co-founder Robbie Williams will be back alongside Mo Farah, former footballer Jamie Redknapp, TOWIE star Mark Wright, Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard, fitness coach Joe Wicks and F2 Football Freestyler Jeremy Lynch.

The charity match raises money for Unicef, which helps to support the organisations vital work protecting children in the UK and globally.

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