Jamie Johnson (TV series)

Jamie Johnson (Louis Dunn) is a teenage boy living with his single mother (Emma Stansfield) and grandfather (Tim Dantay) obsessed with association football, and fan of Hawkstone United, with rival team Foxborough United. Joining the school team, Johnson befriends female player Jack Marshall (Lenna Gunning Williams) and mascot Hugo "Boggy" Bogson. During the first season of the series, Johnson is dropped from the team, after failing to control his anger, when he finds that his father has a secret second family. Winning his place back on the team, Johnson also wins a chance to take penalties against the Hawkstone F.C goalkeeper, Leon Tibbs, where he scores an overhead kick.

With his overhead kick becoming a viral video, Johnson begins to act like a celebrity, but almost costs his team their place in the regional tournament. Rival player in his team Dillon Simmonds (Patrick Ward) gains a place in the Hawkstone Academy at the expense of Johnson. Jamie is suspended from school for a week and he's not allowed into training for injuring Mr Hansard's Grandson, Harry. He eventually comes back and scores a hattrick which puts them through to the semi-final. They play the semi-final and lose, however, Boggy suspects something and is onto it straight away. The semi-final is replayed and this time, Kingsmount win and go through to the final to play Thornlake School. Despite blackmail threats from the opposing school captain, Jethro, Kingsmount pull back and go through to a penalty shoot-out where Jamie scores the winning penalty.

In series 3 the two schools merge into one, and rival players are forced to meet in the same school. However, after exiting the cup in the first round, the school team is disbanded, forcing Marshall along with the other players to create their own club, Phoenix F.C.. Johnson successfully gains a place in an academy, but for Foxborough, and leaves the academy due to not being able to play for other clubs, with Simmonds being dropped from Hawkstone Academy for his attitude. Due to having Johnson in the team, the team gain the sponsorship of "Tenjin", who spend money on the club, being used as the academy for a non-league club. Because of this, Jamie is greeted by Luis Suarez.

Series 4 follows Phoenix as the team played in an international tournament at the Gothia Cup. The team successfully reached the semi-final, but lost after Johnson purposefully missed a penalty, after feeling it was not deserved. This saved the club from administration, and called for Johnson to get called up to the first team for the following season.

In Series 5, Jamie signs for Hawkstone United, the team he supports, at age 16 but after a car accident involving his dad, Jamie's career is in serious doubt. Despite missing Jamie from the team, Phoenix go on to win the final with a new player called Kat being added to the team for help, whilst at the end of the final, Dillon is offered a trial for Foxborough, which is also the team he supports.

• Jamie Johnson - A teenage boy who is fan of Hawkstone United. He lives with his mother and grandfather - his father had left him and his mother. He had a terrible temperament. He gets accepted into Foxborough Academy but after feeling it wasn't right for him, he decides to leave and stick with Phoenix instead. After Jack leaves, he gets given the captaincy but then has it taken off; he gets it back again. In Season 5, he gets offered a place at Hawkstone Academy but then breaks his leg the days he signs with them. After hearing it could be a career-ending injury, he turns to gaming for comfort. He is best friends with Jack and Boggy. He was former enemies with Dillon.
• Jaqueline 'Jack' Marshall - A talented teenage girl who just wants to be accepted by a football academy. She is very much a tomboy and loves football. She will do anything to get her way, though has to work twice as hard to prove she's worth it. Jack starts up a team called Phoenix F.C. but is then accepted into Archfield's Women Academy. She is best friends with Jamie and Boggy.
• Hugo 'Boggy' Bogson - An intelligent teenage boy who makes decisions based on stats. Being the 'non-footballer' out of the trio, he works hard to make sure he gets accepted into the football community. He was once the mascot but is now the Head of Statistics for Phoenix F.C. Boggy once had a relationship with a girl called Nancy - they broke up after he kept on neglecting her for Phoenix. He is best friends with Jamie and Jack.
• Mike Johnson - Jamie's grandad and also a former professional football player. He helps start up Phoenix F.C. and is the coach until another one called Molly turns up - he becomes the assistant coach after that. In Season 5, he becomes the coach again after Molly's departure. He does everything for Jamie and just wants him to play professionally. He is there to help Jamie and his gaming addiction during Season 5.
• Karen Johnson - Jamie's mother and a nurse. She has split up with Jamie's dad at the beginning of the series and just wants what is best for Jamie. Later on in the series, she becomes the medical nurse for Phoenix. However, after a problem between her and Duncan (the owner of Phoenix) she leaves. She then gets offered another job at the club - a person who is there for the players to talk to if they ever need to talk about something.
• Dillon Simmonds - A teenage boy who's also a footballer. He first bullies Jamie for being from a school nobody likes, but then becomes friends with him as the series progresses. He gets offered a place at Hawkstone Academy for his amazing skills on the pitch. However, he gets dropped from the academy for his bad sportsmanship. He has Type 1 Diabetes, so he has to carry around a testing kit which he dislikes. In Season 5, he comes out as gay after meeting Elliot, another teenager who is openly gay. Dillon gets offered a place at Foxborough's Youth Training Scheme.

The series was originally broadcast on CBBC in 2016 and featured cameos by football personalities such as Gary Lineker, John Stones and Steven Gerrard.[1][3] The series was filmed in Nottingham over three months.[2] Cast members were hired for places on the team from both acting schools and local schools.[2][4] Many episodes of the series feature cameos from current and former players specifically for the show, due to the show being produced by the BBC.[5]

During the fourth series, the team competed in the Gothia Cup.[6] Matches filmed for the show were mostly real contests, with the actors from the show competing in the tournament and reaching the event's quarter-final, winning six matches with one loss.[7][8][9] The team arrived in Sweden having never played a competitive game before, and having previously never met some of the cast.[5][8][9]

• Jamie Johnson at BBC Programmes
• Official website
• Jamie Johnson on IMDb