Yesterday's Hero (1979)

Directors

Neil Leifer

Cast

Adam Faith, Ian McShane, Paul Nicholas, Suzanne Somers

The story

In England in the 1970s, former star football player Rod Turner is now an alcoholic and playing in non-League football. A Football League Third Division club, only referred to by its nickname "The Saints" [N.B. This is the real-life nickname of Southampton F.C., but none of the filming was done there], and owned by pop star Clint Simon, is having a successful run in the FA Cup and win their quarter-finals match.

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