SummaryArthur Kinnaird (Edward Holcroft) and Fergus Suter (Kevin Guthrie) are the two men who help bring football (soccer) to the general public in 1870s England in the six-part Julian Fellowes' drama.
Created By:Julian Fellowes, Tony Charles, Oliver Cotton
The English Game
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 20, 2020
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62
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Mar 20, 2020
80
Later episodes can get a bit too bogged down in trouble at the mill, with striking workers railing against wage cuts. But as soon as the action cuts to the football field and Darwen’s irresistible path to glory, it feels like a winner.
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May 21, 2020
9
Very good series. Loved the pace and the ending brought everything together nicely. As is typical wit Netflix series, it is extremely well done, from the casting to the story to the cinematography. I walked away with a new appreciation for the sport and the men who turned it into what it is today.
May 3, 2020
8
From same mastermind of Downton Abbey, the early but hard efforts for develop the first professional soccer league, and the social problems of the players. May be a good choice for binge.
Mar 25, 2020
50
It’s entertaining in a flimsy, forgettable way, giving us everything we’d anticipate expect from a period drama, and not much more.
Mar 20, 2020
20
It is terrible. ... Nothing has been written, shown or scored in a way to elicit any degree of human emotion.
Apr 12, 2020
7
A decent enough story to go with origins of football in England and one of first FA cups. If you love the sport and care about it you'll probably like it.
Dec 13, 2020
1
What a smashing idea. The origin of football in a Victorian setting. They could have got a billion viewers if they'd stuck to the football. But they didn't. They missed a sitter, an open goal. Clichéd and hackneyed to the nth degree. All of it. Every single character without exception. Cardboard quality with the dialogue that had to have been written by an AI programmed by a teenage girl. Total dross. Mawkish gunk. And, the football! What little there was.. Oh God. Awful. And Maradona, not even cold in his grave. Shame SIR. Shame
