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Post by StoKeith on Jul 3, 2017 20:07:21 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 3, 2017 21:37:18 GMT
Was Dudley Kernick involved in writing United?
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Post by tijuanabrass on Jul 3, 2017 21:58:28 GMT
As. Soon as that started I could almost sing it word for word. "No more mindless empty days!" iIRC turnip Taylor and a few of the Watford team would make occcasional appearances. |
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Post by woodstein on Jul 3, 2017 22:03:35 GMT
The Ripping Yarns episode on fictional Barnstonworth United said it all really and probably cannot be bettered in any era. Barnstonworths game was filmed down road from me at Salts fc, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, some chaps I know were extra's. I'm sure it was based on my brother! Also Alf Garnett was at Upton park v Stoke late 60's / early 70's in an episode of Till death us do part. |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Jul 3, 2017 22:14:26 GMT
Used to enjoy The Manageress, probably crap if I watched it back now though. Oh yeah I watched that. Used to have a real crush on Cherie Lunghi. She "got them out for the lads" in the second series, something my fevered teenage imagination had been anticipating with breathless expectation. I remember being vaguely disappointed... More breast on a chicken?   |
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Post by sting on Jul 3, 2017 23:09:30 GMT
United was indeed the programme.
For info Zigger Zagger was a book, later play, by Peter Terson in 1967. It was written about hooliganism and was often associated with our own ZZ, John Bailey, though Chelsea claim it too. The giveaway is the song in it " we all sit at the back of the City end". You decide.
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Jul 4, 2017 12:24:05 GMT
"UNITED!"From Wikopedia: United! was a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series followed the fortunes of a fictional second division football team, Brentwich United. The football scenes were filmed on the grounds of Stoke City with Jimmy Hill acting as a technical advisor, and the efforts to achieve authenticity saw the show being criticised by the then management of Wolverhampton Wanderers, who complained that the series was based on their team. United! was not a success, and was cancelled after two series. The programme was generally considered to be too soft to appeal to male viewers, and too male-oriented for the female soap opera audience. As was common television practice of the time, the series' videotapes were wiped for reuse. As a result, none of its 147 episodes are believed to have survived. Created by Anthony Cornish, other writers on the programme included Gerry Davis, Brian Hayles, Malcolm Hulke and John Lucarotti. The directors included Innes Lloyd and Derek Martinus. Aside from Cornish, all of these individuals also worked on Doctor Who concurrent with their involvement in United!. I remember United ! very well, from my primary school days. It was particularly noticeable for having a lot of talk about football, and almost no actual football scenes in it. In fact, I can remember a "crucial" penalty, taken by , if I recall, an "under fire" Striker ( doubtless a "forward" in those days) who scored the goal and redeemed himself....and I can't recall any other footy action at all in the rest of the series  |
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Post by potter25 on Jul 4, 2017 13:23:38 GMT
If we're just listing random TV shows about football, there was Bostock's Cup, starring Nick Hancock. This was genius |
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Post by Fenparkpotter on Jul 4, 2017 13:47:30 GMT
Some belters in the female cast of Dream Team
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Post by kjpt140v on Jul 4, 2017 14:00:19 GMT
There was a kids programme that used Watford's ground, also the Manageress
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