Distillery FC’s Prospects

Distillery FC’s Prospects

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Details

Location

Lisburn

Year

1963

Date

Production 28/11/1963

Length

03min 32sec

Audio

silent, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Filmed at Distillery FC, Malcolm Brodie interviews manager George Eastham Jr on the prospect of Distillery retaining the Championship (they did!). Mr Eastham discussed players including Roy Welsh. Mr Eastham feels the standard of football has declined and the international set-up and referee systems are wrong. 

Notes

George Eastham was a professional football player before becoming manager of Distillery among others. He played for Burnley, Brentford and Blackpool and was also capped for England.

Malcolm Brodie was a renowned football journalist. Born in Scotland, he lived and worked for most of his life in Northern Ireland, working for UTV and the Belfast Telegraph among other newspapers.  

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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