The Winning Goal

{{short description|1920 film}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = The Winning Goal | image = | caption = | director = G. B. Samuelson | producer = G. B. Samuelson | writer = Harold Brighouse (play) | starring = Harold Walden<br>Maudie Dunham<br>Tom Reynolds<br>Haidee Wright | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = G. B. Samuelson Productions | distributor = General Film Distributors | released = {{Film date|1920}} | runtime = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Winning Goal''''' is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden, Maudie Dunham and Tom Reynolds.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Winning Goal (1920)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b78b3d1d4|website=BFI.com|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=26 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026193145/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b78b3d1d4|archivedate=26 October 2016}}</ref> It was based on the play ''The Game'' by Harold Brighouse. It was set in Lancashire against a backdrop of the fictional association football team Blackton Rovers. Chelsea player Jack Cock appeared as himself in the film and 16-then international players featured as members of two fictional teams.<ref name="haynes">{{cite book|last=Haynes|first=Graham|date=1998|title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia|publisher=Yore Publications|isbn=1-874427-57-7|page=30}}</ref> Match footage was shot at Brentford's Griffin Park ground.<ref name="haynes" />

==Cast== * Harold Walden as Jack Metherill * Maudie Dunham as Elsie Whitworth * Tom Reynolds as Uncle Edmond * Haidee Wright as Mrs. Whitworth * Jack Cock as himself

==See also== * List of association football films

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0164233}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winning Goal}} Category:1920 films Category:1920s sports films Category:1920 English-language films Category:Films directed by G. B. Samuelson Category:British films based on plays Category:British association football films Category:Films set in Lancashire Category:Films produced by G. B. Samuelson Category:British silent feature films Category:British black-and-white films Category:1920 British films Category:British silent sports films Category:English-language sports films