The Winning Goal | |
Director: | G. B. Samuelson |
Producer: | G. B. Samuelson |
Starring: | Harold Walden Maudie Dunham Tom Reynolds Haidee Wright |
Studio: | G. B. Samuelson Productions |
Distributor: | General Film Distributors |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
The Winning Goal is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden, Maudie Dunham and Tom Reynolds.[1] It was based on the play The Game by Harold Brighouse. It was set in Lancashire against a backdrop of the fictional association football team Blackton Rovers. Chelsea player Jack Cock appeared as himself in the film and 16-then international players featured as members of two fictional teams.[2] Match footage was shot at Brentford's Griffin Park ground.