Synopsis
Season One of the delightfully debauched British series Footballers' Wives begans as Ian Walmsley (Nathan Constance) is chosen to play first team on the Earls Park Sparks football club. Ian's wife Donna (Katharine Monaghan) is almost as delighted by her husband's new job as she is at the prospect of locating the son that she gave up for adoption. Meanwhile, the Sparks' hotheaded captain Jason (Cristian Solimero) is worried that he's going to be dropped in favor of Italian import Sal Biagi (Daniel Schutzmann). Taking advantage of the fact that team owner Frank (John Forgeham) is in a coma, Jason and his libidinous cokehead wife Tanya (Zoe Lucker) plot to murder Frank before negotiations with Sal can be completed, and in so doing they attempt to enlist the aid of Frank's sinister nurse Janet Dunkley (Julie LeGrand). Also, ex-topless model Chardonnay (Susie Amy), the wife of team player Kyle (Gary Lucy), is thrilled to learn that she is pregnant--only it isn't Chardonnay who is really expecting, but instead Kyle's mother Jackie (Gillian Taylforth), who has been fooling around by Jason. The season ends with Frank awakening from his coma and figuring out what Jason and Tanya are up to, leading to a "battle royale"; and, coming full circle, Ian and Donna agonizing over the kidnapping of their daughter Holly, a nasty bit of intrigue that will somehow involve our pal Sal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide