Brentwich United.

Leekbrookgull

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Leek

• Jan 4, 2017

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I started by trying to find a BBC 2 sports programme from the late 80,s early 90,s called something like On the Line and came across this,i know it pushing it a bit but anyone know of it ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United!

 

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theboybilly

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Along the Shoreham Road in er, Shoreham

• Jan 4, 2017

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Yes I remember it but unfortunately time has faded the memory of it. I remember that it was filmed (at least a lot of it was) at Stoke's old Victoria Ground - what a great ground that was, I loved it. Anyway ''United' didn't take off (I'm surprised to read it aired through 136 episodes) I think the scripts were poor and predictable. I remember 'Mr Wilkes' from the Woolpack in Emmerdale Farm was in it but nobody else

 

Leekbrookgull

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Never even heard of it,until the link.

 

GT49er

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• Jan 5, 2017

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Yes, I remember it. Not very well though - it was over fifty years ago! Loved it though - shame they wiped the videos - but it would probably look a bit off these days; sort of things pompous young turds would sneer at on a programme called something like 'It Was Alright in the 60s'. There was a rape, I remember. Struggling football team just survived being relegated from the second division, then got a new manager in - a hard man; some of the players wouldn't play for him, and left'
I think they knew the series was coming to an end, because he suddenly turned the club's fortunes on the pitch round - if I remember the series ended when Brentwich were top of division two, having won the first ten games of the season!

Oh.....I'd better go for a lie-down now!

 

Leekbrookgull

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GT49er said:

Yes, I remember it. Not very well though - it was over fifty years ago! Loved it though - shame they wiped the videos - but it would probably look a bit off these days; sort of things pompous young turds would sneer at on a programme called something like 'It Was Alright in the 60s'. There was a rape, I remember. Struggling football team just survived being relegated from the second division, then got a new manager in - a hard man; some of the players wouldn't play for him, and left'
I think they knew the series was coming to an end, because he suddenly turned the club's fortunes on the pitch round - if I remember the series ended when Brentwich were top of division two, having won the first ten games of the season!

Oh.....I'd better go for a lie-down now!

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Did the manager have some "as hard as nails name" ?

 

GT49er

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• Jan 5, 2017

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Leekbrookgull said:

Did the manager have some "as hard as nails name" ?

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McIver I think - check your link.