Golden Gordon
Barnestoneworth United is the worst football team of 1935,who lose every match. Gordon Ottershaw is,however,their loyal fan,determined to prevent them from being disbanded after their final game. To this end he recruits the player...
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"Well this is where I came in. My first encounter with Ripping Yarns was with this episode and it is probably one of the best remembered. Golden Gordon is about football fanatic Gordon Ottershaw during the 1930s depression. His beloved Barnstoneworth United were once a mighty non league team but now have fallen on hard times in the local Yorkshire league. They have not won a match year in six years and their latest defeat was an 8-1 loss. Gordon comes home and smashes the furniture in disgust, even smashing the window. His wife and son look on in despair. His wife desperately tries to tell Go..."
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The roster for Barnstoneworth United's junior team for the 1922 season, as recited by Gordon's son Barnstoneworth, concludes with the names "Bun, Wackett, Buzzard and Boot", which was one of the many working titles for Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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Barnestoneworth United is the worst football team of 1935,who lose every match. Gordon Ottershaw is,however,their loyal fan,determined to prevent them from being disbanded after their final game. To this end he recruits the player...