The English Game (2020)
3.9 of 5 from 45 ratings
4h 12min
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- Synopsis:
- The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides...A cotton mill owner in working-class Darwen hires two star Scottish footballers to join the local team in hopes of competing for the FA Cup title...Martha (Niamh Walsh) gets difficult news. Arthur (Edward Holcroft) and Alma (Charlotte Hope) make a grim discovery. Fergus (Kevin Guthrie) struggles in his new role, and a match in Blackburn ends in chaos...Fergus heads to London to make an appeal to the FA. Arthur pleads with his friends to act for the good of the game as the FA Cup Final approaches...
- Actors:
- Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh, Craig Parkinson, James Harkness, Ben Batt, Gerard Kearns, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Kerrie Hayes, Joncie Elmore, Mary Higgins, Sam Keeley, Harry Michell, Philip Hill-Pearson, Daniel Ings, Kate Phillips, Kelly Price, Anthony Andrews, Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Directors:
- Tim Fywell, Birgitte Stærmose
- Producers:
- Rhonda Smith
- Writers:
- Gabbie Asher, Richard Barber, Geoff Bussetil, Tony Charles, Edward Charlton, Oliver Cotton, Julian Fellowes, Sam Hoare, Ben Vanstone
- Genres:
- Drama, Sports & Sport Films
