Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972)
53m
Running Time
January 9, 1972Release Date
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972)
53m
Running Time
January 9, 1972Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Mr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.
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Cast & Crew.
David Swift
Mr Armistead
Freddie Fletcher
Albion Captain
David Bradley
Parker Street Goalie
Duggie Brown
Albion Coach
Fred Feast
Parker Street Coach
Joe Gladwin
Sam
Anne Kirkbride
Player's Girlfriend
Gordon McGrae
Parker Street Captain
Alan Erasmus
Parker Street Player
Bert King
Albion Linesman
Susan Littler
Jeannie
Clare Sutcliffe
Player's Girlfriend
Clare Kelly
Gwen
Lynne Carol
Woman with Dog
Peter Eckersley
Producer
Ray Goode
Cinematographer
Michael De Frayne
Norman, Groundsman
David Naden
Editor
Roy Nield
Albion Player
Stephen Bent
Parker Street Player
Joey Kaye
Albion Player
John Proctor
Albion Goalie
Michael Apted
Director
Jack Rosenthal
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
"Another Sunday and Sweet F.A." is a television play written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Michael Apted for Granada Television and which was first broadcast on 9 January 1972 in the ITV Sunday Night Theatre strand. It stars David Swift, Freddie Fletcher and Gordon McGrase. It also features Anne Kirkbride, who as a result of her performance was cast in Coronation Street in the role of Deirdre Barlow.
The play won the TV Critics' Circle Best Play of the Year Award.