The 50 greatest sporting movies - Times Online
this is a decent rom-com set from a male point of view for a change. Oh and Arsenal win the league at the end, butis so confident his boy is a loser that he takes money for a dive from tough gambler Little Boy (Baxter). befitting a man who held the national collegiate boxing title for four years while a student at Chicago’s Loyola and Dartmouth. The film was nominated for a Bafta Best Film award and won two prizes at the 1949Sheffield but has always dreamed of playing college football for Notre Dame. Sadly he is stunted, both physically and mentallysaying they won’t play unless Rudy does, even if it is for only a few seconds in the final match. A real feel-goodwhole stadium to be chanting your name, this is a film for you. 24. Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001manager suddenly has a heart attack, the call goes out for a replacement. The most suitable people have the goodnon-Soho Square character plucked from the obscurity of Norwich City. Bassett insists on doing things his waywho now has an alcohol problem. “You could go to jail for this,” he tells the player after a boozed-up car crash
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