The Golden Vision is
another Ken Loach directed gem from the BBC's The Wednesday Play series and a
must-see for anyone interested in football in those pre-Sky Premiership days or
working class life in the late 60s.
In Loach's familiar
style of the time he blends drama, set around a group of Evertonians, superbly
acted by a cast including Bill Dean and Ken Jones, who travel down to London to
watch their side play Arsenal, and documentary sequences centered around Everton
Football Club and their Scottish striker hero Alex Young, nicknamed The Golden
Vision.
Written by
broadcaster/newsreader Gordon Honeycombe (that name's a blast from the past)
it's the interviews with, and attitudes of, the players which are especially
enlightening with a revelations they don't enjoy the 90 minutes on a Saturday
due to the pressure and alternatively have to relive the boredom during the
week by drinking endless cups of tea. Such innocence.
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