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The article discusses the England manager, Mike Bassett, and his unsuccessful attempt to lead the team to the World Cup. Bassett is replaced by Norwich FC manager, Mike Bassett, after Phil Cope suffers a heart attack during qualifying rounds. The Football Association opts to replace Cope with Bassett, and the documentary crew follows Bassett everywhere he goes. The press is against Bassett, and the country as a whole seems to have little hope for the national team, but can Bassett do the impossible and turn the lads' game around?
When Phil Cope (Malcolm Terris), the manager of the England
football team, suffers a heart attack during the qualifying rounds
of the World Cup, the Football Association opts to replace him with
Norwich FC manager Mike Bassett (Ricky Tomlinson). Followed
everywhere he goes by a documentary crew, Bassett gets off to a
rocky start when his boys lose to Poland, and he doesn't fare much
better in games against Belgium and Slovenia. The press are against
him, and the country as a whole seems to have little hope for the
national team, but can Bassett do the impossible and turn the lads'
game around?
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