Bostock's Cup (1999)
Former players and associates of third division club Bostock Stanley gather for a celebratory dinner to commemorate their famous FA Cup victory twenty-five years previously during which a shocking truth is revealed.
- Date of release
- 1999-06-24
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Marcus Mortimer
Casting
- Nick Hancock — Mike Tonker
- Philip McGough — Nick Barber
- Neil Pearson — Gerry Tudor
- Tim Healy — Bertie Masson
- Maria McErlane — Margaret Masson
- Philip Middlemiss — Bob Phillips
- Roy Barraclough — Arthur Swarbrick
- Ralph Ineson — Clive Kennard
- Christopher Rowe — Ian Wagg
- Jason Watkins — Tommy Bennett
- Chris England — George Best
- Neil Bennun — Ronnie Kray
Interesting facts
Bostock's Cup was a one-off British television comedy drama about a football team which appeared on ITV on the eve of the 1999 European Cup final. It was written by Chris England, directed by Marcus Mortimer and produced by Mark Robson. It starred Tim Healy as the club's manager, Neil Pearson as a veteran sportscaster, and Nick Hancock as his upstart rival. The film featured innovative use of old footage of 1970s football matches to recreate the era. It was aired on 25 May 1999.
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