The World Cup: A Captain's Tale is a 1982 British television sports film directed by Tom Clegg and starring Dennis Waterman, Andrew Keir, Marjorie Bland, Nigel Hawthorne and Tim Healy. The film depicts the story of West Auckland F.C. a team of part-time players who represented England in the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, sometimes described as the "First World Cup", in 1909 and 1911. Some of the process behind filming is mentioned in a Dennis Waterman tribute issued by The Minder Podcast in 2022.
Cast
Andrew Keir as Sir Thomas Lipton
Richard Griffiths as Sidney Barron
Dennis Waterman as Bob Jones
Nigel Hawthorne as John Westwood
Marjorie Bland as Edie Jones
Dai Bradley as Ticer Thomas
Tim Healy as Charlie Hogg
Ken Hutchison as Jimmy Dickenson
Rod Culbertson as Rob Gill
Struan Rodger as Jack Greenwell
Lloyd McGuire as Tom Gill
Jimmy Yuill (uncredited)
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1908–09 in English football
1908–09 in European football
1908–09 in Italian football
1910–11 in English football
1910–11 in European football
1910–11 in Italian football
1982 television films
1982 films
1980s British films
1980s English-language films
British association football films
British television films
Films directed by Tom Clegg (director) ITV (TV network) original programming Sports films based on actual events Television series by ITV Studios