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Those Glory Glory Days
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Wikipedia article
'Those Glory Glory Days' is a 1983 British made-for-television film about football directed by Philip Saville and starring Zo Nathenson, Sara Sugarman and Cathy Murphy. The screenplay was written by the sports journalist Julie Welch. The film is inspired by Welch's childhood love of football, and helped to establish her as a screenwriter. The film was part of David Puttnam's 'First Love' series broadcast on Channel 4. It was released on 17 November 1983.
Plot summary
The film is about a group of girls growing up in 196061 London, who develop an interest in football and support for Tottenham Hotspur, which became the first English team in the 20th century to achieve the "double", i.e. winning both the English league and the FA Cup in the same season. Twenty years later, one of the girls is trying to make a career as a football journalist and is offered a lift home by her childhood hero Danny Blanchflower. The majority of the film is set during the 19601961 season and tells of the girls' obsession with Spurs.
Cast
*Zo Nathenson Danny Julia
*Sara Sugarman Toni
*Cathy Murphy Tub
*Liz Campion Jailbird
*Amelia Dipple Petrina
*Elizabeth Spriggs Mistress
*Julia McKenzie Mrs. Herrick
*Peter Tilbury Herrick
*Julia Goodman Journalist Julia
*Stephan Chase Father
*Bryan Pringle Reg
*John Salthouse Young Danny
*Danny Blanchflower Himself
*Rachel Meidman Young Julia
*Roddy Maude-Roxby Brian
*Bob Goody Doorman
Box Office
Goldcrest Films invested 556,000 in the film but earned 313,000, resulting in a loss of 243,000.
References
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