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Mar 20, 2020 · Published Mar 20, 2020 at 3:00 AM EDT. By Samuel Spencer. FOLLOW. As a follow-up to his TV series about the British class system Downton Abbey, writer Julian Fellowes has created another TV series ...
- Who Was Arthur Kinnaird?
- Who Was Fergus Suter?
- Who Was Alma Kinnaird?
- Who Was Martha Almond?
- FA Cup Final 1882 / 1883: How Accurate Is The English Game's Portrayal?
As portrayed in the series, Arthur Kinnaird was a principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer who played for the Old Etonians – and as the caption which closes the series reveals, he did go on to become president of the FA, replacing Major Francis Marindin (played by Daniel Ings) in 1890. He was also, as in The English Game, reno...
Suter was indeed a footballer in the early days of the game and the first recognised professional player, earning a wage for his participation. As referenced in the series, he played for Partick before moving to England to play for first Darwen and then Blackburn Rovers. However, Suter and Jimmy Love (played by James Harkness) did not actually join...
"Alma" is also a real-life figure, with Arthur Kinnaird marrying Mary Alma Victoria Agnew on 19th August 1875 in Lochnaw Castle near Stranraer, Scotland. But much of what we see Alma get up to in The English Game again appears to have been invented for the purposes of drama, including the sub-plot in episode four where, having lost a child of her o...
"She’s a real person," actress Niamh Walsh confirms. "[But] she exists in historical records only as a name." It's documented that Fergus Suter married Martha, his love interest in The English Game, but the lack of information surrounding her life means that, again, much had to be invented for the series. There's certainly little evidence to sugges...
In The English Game, Jimmy Love is badly injured and almost loses his leg as a result of a dodgy tackle by Tommy Wallace. As a result, Love has to give up football and Wallace takes his spot at Blackburn for the FA Cup final. In real life, Love only played for Darwen until 1879 – after which point it's unclear what happened to him, though it doesn'...
- Morgan Jeffery
Mar 19, 2020 · The English Game tells the true story of the birth of modern soccer.. The show is set in 1880s England, a time when soccer was a sport divided along class lines. Before we go on, a bite-sized history lesson: Back in 1863, 11 London-based, upper-crust schools came together to form the Football Association, the sport's first governing body, and establish formal rules.
- Elena Nicolaou
Apr 23, 2020 · Aside from the two main characters being based on real people, many of the games depicted on the show did actually happen. In the premiere episode, the game between Darwen and the Old Etonians is based on an 1879 matchup. The controversy over whether or not players could (or should) get paid for playing soccer was also based on a true story ...
- Shannon Raphael
Apr 6, 2020 · The English Game sees Julian Fellowes giving the Downton Abbey treatment to the beautiful game. Based on a very real period of soccer’s history, the advent of professionalism and the sport becoming more accessible for the working classes. The six-part series follows the mostly-true story of Fergus Suter, a Scottish footballer who joined ...
Mar 28, 2020 · Netflix's The English Game is a miniseries set in England and Scotland during the late 1800s and tells the (mostly) true story of English football evolving from an amateur game to a profitable, professional sport. While much of what the series depicts is based on real life events, several details and plot points are either completely fictional, or are multiple historic events that have been ...
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Mar 29, 2020 · The true story. The English Game starts with an FA Cup quarter-final match between Kinnaird’s Old Etonians and Suter’s Darwen – a recreation of a real game from 1879.
