Cup Fever

This will be of interest to United films.The team is allowed to train at Old Trafford with the first team of that era and also meet manager Matt Busby.Entertaining film

Notable from a speaking cameo appearance by Matt Busby. There were non speaking appearances from the Man Utd players of that era such as Nobby Stiles and Bobby Charlton.

Naughty Councillor Bates is making sure that his son's team is up for the cup. They have flash facilities and he has sabotaged the opposition team Barton United.

The kids from United have nowhere to train and no money. They play on the streets and the police always stop them.

However a friendly policeman (Bernard Cribbins) fixes the kids up with some training at Old Trafford.

On match day the kids from United are wrongly sent all over Manchester but the local milk floats deliver.

This Children's Film Foundation is light on an actual story. It is notable for early roles for Susan George and Olivia Hussey. There are nice shots of the Old Trafford ground before it was developed.

For both films for children and football. Kids playing for fun rather than being organised in these neurotic academies. Footballers who spoke English . Also interesting to see future stars as child actors. And amusing to read that disclaimer about "no real persons " seeing as Busby and his players did, I believe, exist!

This film will appeal to many UK residents of a certain age, who can remember the Saturday morning cinema clubs and this Children's Film Foundation offering is one of the classics of those heady 60's years.

Shot entirely on location in Manchester and Salford this film offers a glimps of a time and an age of innocence long since lost. A simple but well crafted story about the fortunes of a group of local kids whose lives revolve around their passion for football (soccer for those American members).

I had the good fortune of being able to buy this on dvd recently as part of a series of Childen's Film Foundation releases - well worth it!

This is a important film for me personally as it some scenes are in my neighbors garden and one scene shows me in my pram and a real trip down memory lane because i have walked up and down the streets as a kid and recognize so much,went to see it on large screen at the Salford film festival and far better.a fantastic social history film featuring the fields next to the Manchester ship canal and a glimpse of st Cathrine's church where i was christened and is no longer there along with the Barton power station chimneys. So glad my dad told me about this film its a walk back in time for me and all residents of Barton showing how its changed.