They didn’t even get a text.
After less than a week, Winter Love Island is already starting to heat up.
Although it might not have the same appeal as the most recent summer season, we’ve still had drama, romance, and a shock exit after just two episodes.
And by the sounds of it, the drama isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
Two new contestants were teased at the end of Wednesday’s episode, one of them being semi-professional footballer Finley Tapp.
But it has emerged that Tapp, who plays for Oxford City FC, did not inform his club that he was going on the reality TV show.
Oxford City revealed late on Wednesday night that they were unaware of Tapp’s upcoming appearance on the show but took it in their stride, acknowledging that keeping schtum is normal protocol for all contestants and wishing him luck on the show.
The club was not aware Finn Tapp was going on Love Island – this is normal protocol for all contestants. We understand and wish Finn luck on the show.
— Oxford City FC (@OxCityFC) January 15, 2020
They even threw up a clip of Tapp scoring the winner in a recent clash against league leaders Wealdstone (Oxford City FC play in the National League South, the sixth tier of football across the water) with a textbook Love Island reference for good measure.
Here is #FinnTapp scoring the winner two weeks ago against league leaders Wealdstone, but will he score on @LoveIsland ? #LoveIsland2020 #City1882 #Hoops #Oxfordshire pic.twitter.com/Co4kuNDPn4
— Oxford City FC (@OxCityFC) January 15, 2020
Finn has said that he is not afraid to cause a bit of a stir in the villa, saying: “It’ll be great if I come out of the villa with mates but if I need to step on toes to get the girl I like, I’ll do it.”
The club also clarified “inaccurate” information that had been circulating about a head injury suffered by Tapp:
Following a nasty clash of heads in Saturdays game at Dartford Finn was carefully removed from the field of play on a stretcher and examined thoroughly by Dartford FC’s match day doctor and the clubs lead Sports therapist.
— Oxford City FC (@OxCityFC) January 15, 2020
Finn did not lose consciousness and was closely monitored throughout the game, after the game and further monitoring of symptoms undertaken for the next 24 hours.
— Oxford City FC (@OxCityFC) January 15, 2020
The 20-year-old defender, who used to play for MK Dons, said that if he were to describe himself in three words, they would be “loud, outgoing and good looking”. We know.
Last year’s winner (Ireland’s own Greg O’Shea) was also a semi-professional athlete, so we could be seeing quite a lot of Finn over the coming weeks.
Oxford City, however, probably won’t be seeing him for a while…
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