''The World Cup: A Captain's Tale'' is a 1982 British

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directed by Tom Clegg and starring Dennis Waterman, Andrew Keir, Marjorie Bland,

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and Tim Healy. The film depicts the story of

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a team of

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players who represented

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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 *

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as Sidney Barron * Dennis Waterman as Bob Jones *

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

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as Tom Gill * Jimmy Yuill (uncredited)

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* 1982 television films 1982 films British television films British association football films Sports films based on actual events Television series by ITV Studios 1908–09 in European football 1910–11 in European football 1908–09 in Italian football 1908–09 in English football 1910–11 in Italian football 1910–11 in English football Films directed by Tom Clegg (director) 1980s English-language films 1980s British films {{sport-film-stub