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Matthews

Name: Matthews
Director: Ryan Scott Warren
Genre: Documentary, History, Sport
Released: 2017
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Cast: Richard Branson, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Armfield, Michael Parkinson

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Documentary
History

2017
Ryan Scott Warren
78 mins

Summary

Documentary about footballing legend Sir Stanley Matthews. With contributions by fans including Richard Branson, Gary Lineker and the late Jimmy Armfield.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Nicknamed "The Wizard of the Dribble", Stanley Matthews remains the greatest English footballer of all time. The first player to be knighted and among the earliest to profit from product endorsements, he helped bring the game into the modern era before retiring at the age of 50. Ryan Scott Warren's documentary could easily have run another 15 minutes to provide a few more statistics about Matthews's dual stints at Stoke City and his time at Blackpool, for whom he appeared in three FA Cup Finals before winning his long-cherished medal in a remarkable 4-3 victory over Bolton Wanderers in 1953. More might also have been said about his pioneering fitness regime, his England career, his all-star testimonial in 1965 and his enduring popularity with fans nationwide. But Warren creditably devotes considerable time to "Stan's Men", an all-Black team in Soweto that he formed at the height of apartheid oppression. Full of glorious newsreel footage, this is affectionate, engaging and well overdue.

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6.9/10