Synopsis
The English Game (2020) is a Netflix historical drama series you can watch online on iFILM. Six episodes trace the moment in the 1870s when football began slipping out of the hands of the English amateur elite and into the boots of working-class players — a shift that reshaped not just the sport but the whole notion of who gets to play it.
Kevin Guthrie plays Fergus Suter, a Scottish-born professional who joins the Darwen club and triggers a class war the Football Association wasn't ready for. Opposite him, Edward Holcroft is Arthur Kinnaird, an Old Etonian at the heart of the establishment, who finds himself drawn to the better, rougher game the northerners are playing. The period detail is careful — fog-soaked pitches, wool coats, committee rooms full of men arguing about money while pretending it's about honour.
The series is less about goals than about who owns a game. That's a more interesting question than it sounds, and the show takes its time with it. Stream all episodes of The English Game online on iFILM.
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