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Football Films
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Mostly on DVD.
What am I missing?
Escape to Victory
The Three Kings
The Damned United
I Believe in Miracles
Gregory's Girl
Fever Pitch
Bend it Like Beckham
Mike Bassett, England Manager
Kingsmeadow*
Sixty Six (available now on Netflix - it's superb)
Green Street Elite (I, II & III)
Don't Take Me Home (Wales only!)
The English Game (available now on Netflix - it's okay)
* Essential viewing for any newer Ks fans
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I would add Scum and ID to the list, particularly the latter.
Paul
Southampton K
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I'm really surprised that "The Arsenal Stadium Mystery" has not been mentioned. Made in 1939, the action parts were filmed at a match in 1939 between Arsenal and Brentford in the last match before the outbreak of WW2. It features George Allison, the Arsenal manager and a couple of players and is great fun if utterly preposterous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE54uwxnaqE
Secondly, and much more seriously, is Tom Stoppard's TV film "Professional Foul" which is possibly Stoppard's first serious piece about human rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTt09jaz-PQ&list=PL7xszGpzMSEfM7NWwaf5JHDplq5YG9bK8
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"The Arsenal Stadium Mystery" - utterly preposterous.
Yup. But thank you,
The 1939 management of head injury and concussion - smelling salts and a clap on the back!
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May have been said below & I missed it:
Football Factory
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...and Don't even start me on the Mockney nonsense of Green street
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I've not seen many soccer films, but I've never seen an even passably entertaining or informative one. The most entertaining football film is Bruce Beresford's 1980 adaptation of David Williamson's play, "The Club", in which most of the Football stereotypes probably still apply. Graham Kennedy's good in just about anything and John Howard is terrific as the arrogant Billy Big Balls recruit from a lower level.
"This Sporting Life" might still be the best football film, but it's not really about football - RL in that case.
I theorise that soccer is very much a team game where, goalie apart, the scope for individual brilliance is limited. In England, there's also the small problem of 99% of players being one-dimensional, monosyllabic proles of the lowest order.
Most of the small number of very good, or even great, sports films are about baseball. "Bull Durham" is a great film. "Moneyball" isn't far behind. "Eight Men Out" and "Field of Dreams" are very good.
Raging Bull? Very good, but over-rated. Chariots of Fire perhaps ditto.
I still think "Pumping Iron" and "When We Were Kings" are the best documentaries.
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When Saturday Comes
There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble
Cass
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Mr Butler I can’t believe you’ve missed out Mean Machine!
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Neither can I Philip, very disappointed in myself!
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Looking for Eric
(also Ken Loach)
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'Stan's Last Game'.
Not exactly a film but a 'Play for Today', or was it 'Playhouse', TV show which was filmed at our old Richmond Road ground.
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I need to see if Mr Windy Hat can help me with that
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We were actually discussing it on here a few months back.
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It wasn't a film but I do believe a Wycombe Wanderers game at Loaks Park, slope included featuring K's and Tony Slade
on film for a young persons programme. Does that count ? I think 1960s if memory serves. When K's had a very good team.
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I recall Michael Palin playing a frustrated fan on telly. I can't remember the title but after every game he would say for example " seven one. Seven bloody one".
Thoughts anyone.
Keith.
Why worry, be happy.
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No thoughts but it does remind me August 1956 when K's beat Corinthian Casuals 7-1, great times.
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It was an episode called " Golden Gordon" from the series called "Ripping Yarns". And it was 8-1, eight bloody one!!!!!
If you ask him nicely I'm sure Rex will be able to tell you the line-up of the team. (Barnstoneworth United).
COME ON YOU Ks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newt
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Thank you to all in bringing back some memories.
Keith.
Why worry, be happy.
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Barnestoneworth Utd: Yorkshire Premier League Cup team 1922
Haggerty F
Haggerty R
Tomkins
Noble
Carrick
Dobson
Dewhurst
Crapper
McIntyre
Treadmore
Davitt
Davitt scored two in't last minute, and Frank Haggerty saved a penalty !
[Edit: the whole episode is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O1pH-NEa6I&t=301s]
Edited by reximus at 09:43:59 on 20th October 2021
Edited by reximus at 09:46:23 on 20th October 2021
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Cheers Rex!
By the way, I was checking the spelling of Barnstoneworth on t'net and found that there are several Barnstoneworth United football clubs around the world in honour of Michael Palin's team.
COME ON YOU Ks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newt
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I saw a film a couple of months ago called ’Cup Fever’.
It was made in 1965 and was about a kids team making their way to a cup final.
A very young Susan George was in this and Bernard Cribbins played a Policeman who managed to get the team into Old Trafford to train with the Man Utd team.
Lots of top players, such as George Best and Bobby Charlton, can be seen in the training shots.
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I saw a film a couple of months ago called ’Cup Fever’.
https://youtu.be/dYDBKTiva2g
Thank you, what a delight! The Children's Film Foundation - I'd forgotten.
We should bring back wooden rattles.
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Talking of TV or films aimed at children or young people, I've just remembered a 1986 BBC series called "Jossy's Giants" which was written by the great Sid Waddell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OijWO2iCK08
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I wasn’t born until 1986 so sadly never got to watch Jossy’s Giants but the theme tune was adapted into a chant for K’s legend Simon Stewart!
Although I do just about remember a cartoon from the 90’s called the Hurricanes that always had some kind of problem to solve before their match.
https://youtu.be/56ofjCI7QmA
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Jossy’s Giants has triggered my memory of another children’s series on ITV in the early to mid 1980s called Murphy’s Mob.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_Mob
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4YXfPNF5sY
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“We should bring back rattles”
I found a plastic rattle / clacker in a charity shop in Spain.
It was two tone brown until I got the red and white paint out and transformed it into a red & white hooped rattle.
I've taken it to a couple of games already but, now that it's completely finished, I intend to take it every time, starting with Folkestone on Saturday.
Edited by David Crawt at 09:44:46 on 22nd October 2021
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"A very young Susan George"!?
Quite some irony that it's a football film. Must be the only time in the 60s or 70s that she didn't get her kit off... assuming she didn't.
Next thing you'll be telling me there's a film of similar vintage in which Helen Mirren & Jenny Agutter kept their clothes on.
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She would have been about 15 in this film.
Apparently, about 4 years later, she had a fling with George Best.
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I agree. Even in the Railway Children Jenny took off her underwear and stopped a train!!!
Keith.
Why worry, be happy.
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Saw an Iranian film recently about girls dressing as blokes to get into a World Cup qualifier.
Most of the action was outside the entrance.
Never did get the title, but interesting to see the different culture.
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Looked it up, called Offside. Out 2006.
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