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Jimmy impresses club legend and coach Tony Currie – who makes admirably hard work of playing himself here – but the Blades’ manager “George McCabe” has to make the final call. The night before the biggest day of his life, Jimmy faces the humiliation of asking for a Coke at his best mate’s birthday party…and the complexities of being Jimmy Muir are duly laid bare: I’ve got somethings off my chest writing this book... It’s not just about football this and football that but it's about me.” Sterland went on to be player/manager with non-league Boston United and after a spell playing for Denaby United was appointed manager of Stalybridge Celtic in December 1997. [6] He also starred in the football film When Saturday Comes, ironically playing the captain of Sheffield United. [7] [ failed verification]
The Owls were promoted to the Second Division a year later, but Sterland was still very much a fringe player, making just two league appearances. However, he emerged as a regular player in 1980–81, when still only 19 years old, playing 22 league games and scoring once in the Second Division. Despite the Scottish Cup disappointment, Sterland was settling into life as a Rangers player and looking forward to defending the league title. Sean Bean – gaining some vital experience for his next role in Anna Karenina – remembers the nightclub scene particularly fondly: Alan Gomes had some news from Portugal. “I’m not sure whether this is the most emphatic total ever, but in the Portuguese league André Villas-Boas’s Porto ended 21 points ahead of their closest rivals in a 16-team league. And that actually wasn’t even the best Porto performance, depending on how you’re counting. In the 1987-88 season then-European champions won a 20-team league by a 15 point margin – but, since at that time a win only got you two points in Portugal, that lead would translate into 25 points on current standards.”They were very difficult times for me and I just thought – that’s it I’m going to do something stupid." Mel Sterland Now in football, I just don’t think there are enough characters in the game, I don’t know why though. If you ever said a wrong word to any of them you’d get a clip round the ear and you appreciated that. My early years at the club were a learning curve and I was the apprentice and you knew that.” The demise Jimmy handles the step up quite comfortably, slamming home the winner on his debut, fulfils the contractually-obliged Sean Bean Arse Shot in the bath afterwards, and then headbutts his jealous captain after Ken wangles Jimmy a trial at First Division Sheffield United. Neo-noir vibes from Arjan De Zeeuw. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer Top of the league and relegated
I got a letter, I’ve still got it. It’s superb. In the letter you also get a list of players who were in the squad with you. The football choreography is refreshingly unspectacular – there are no impractical flying volleys here – and that works to the film’s credit. Bean himself recognises the problems directors have always faced with trying to depict the game on the big screen: I’m in Sheffield now but people still ask, ‘What’s it like to play in an Old Firm game?’ You talk about Man United v Man City, Everton v Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United, you can forget that, nothing compares to Rangers v Celtic, the atmosphere was absolutely frightening.”
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As well as Smith, Sterland had a soft spot for the late great Davie Cooper who he credits with helping him settle in at Ibrox. I didn’t know anything else but football, I had four operation on my ankle. Howard Wilkinson (Manager for Wednesday at the time) offered me a new contract as long as I could prove myself fit but I couldn’t do it, I didn’t want to cheat myself to get the contract. I hung my boots up early. It’s all true.
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That chance comes in the Cup semi-final against Manchester United, no less, but any football pedants still watching might want to prepare themselves. IMDB, normally rather matter-of-fact, actually sounds rather impatient with the whole thing by this point: I like films about football. It’s notoriously hard to shoot and a lot of directors won’t touch it, they just think that you can’t capture it. But I think we did to an extent, because we didn’t concentrate on any fancy moves. We just got the spirit of the game. You know, the thuds and the lugs and the like.”
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