Overview
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed and banned were the Sheffield Wednesday F.C. stars Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Paul GreengrassWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 4, 1997
- Original language
- English
Cast
Steve CooganMike Gabbert
Jason IsaacsTony Kay
Maggie O'NeillMarina Kay
Michael ElphickPeter Campling
Colin WellandHarry Catterick
Ricky TomlinsonGordon
Christopher FulfordJimmy Gauld
Chris WalkerDavid 'Bronco' Layne
Michael ByrneSam Campbell
George SewellChairman
Tony PittsPeter Swan
John ForgehamAlan Hardaker
Garry CooperSkipper
Nicholas LaneHerbie Cresswell
Lisa MillettSheila Cresswell- William IlkleyBrian
- Peter HughesMajor
- Roger BlakeNews Editor
- Judith BarkerMuriel
- Amy BeswickNicky
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