The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Genre	Sports Drama
Written by	Neville Smith
Directed by	Tom Clegg
Starring	Dennis Waterman Andrew Keir Marjorie Bland Nigel Hawthorne Tim Healy
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Laurie Greenwood
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Tyne Tees Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	14 June 1982 (1982-06-14)

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)

External links

• The World Cup: A Captain's Tale at IMDb