The Winning Goal is a 1920 British silent sports film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Harold Walden, Maudie Dunham and Tom Reynolds.[1] 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.[2] Match footage was shot at Brentford's Griffin Park ground.[2]

The Winning Goal
Directed byG. B. Samuelson
Written byHarold Brighouse (play)
Produced byG. B. Samuelson
StarringHarold Walden
Maudie Dunham
Tom Reynolds
Haidee Wright
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Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1920 (1920)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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  1. ^ "The Winning Goal (1920)". BFI.com. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 30. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
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