''The Game'' is a play by Harold Brighouse, first published in 1920 as one of ''Three Lancashire Plays'', the other two plays being ''The Northerners'' and ''Zack''. The play is centred on a fictional football team, Blackton Rovers, their star player Jack Metherell and the family of club owner Austin Whitworth. In 1920 the play was adapted into a film ''

The Winning Goal ''The Winning Goal'' is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden, Maudie Dunham and Tom Reynolds. It was based on the play '' The Game'' by Harold Brighouse. It was set in Lancashire against a b ...

'' directed by

G.B. Samuelson George Berthold Samuelson (6 July 1889 – 17 April 1947) was a director and film producer. Born in Southport, Lancashire, Samuelson was the youngest son of Henschel and Bertha Samuelson, tobacconists originally from Prussia. By 1891, his mother ...

. Professional footballer

Jack Cock John Gilbert Cock MM MID (14 November 1893 – 19 April 1966) was an English footballer who played for various English club sides as a centre forward. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England nationa ...

appeared as himself in the film. It was revived by Northern Broadsides in 2010 after a period of near oblivion. Barrie Rutter, the company's artistic director, failed to find a copy of the script in Britain. He finally found one in a Canadian university library. It is now available from

Samuel French Ltd. Samuel French, Inc. is an American company, founded by Samuel French and Thomas Hailes Lacy, who formed a partnership to combine their existing interests in London and New York City. It publishes Play (theatre), plays, represents authors, and se ...

Northern Broadsides (2010) Programme for ''The Game''

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