Football Comes In - Charlton Athletic In Training (1936)

Full title reads: “Football comes in Charlton Athletic in training“. Valley Stadium, London. Various shots of Charlton Athletic football players in training on pitch - they kick and header the ball at each other. In background workmen are building more terraces. M/S of Charlton manager, Jimmy Steed and his “magnetic board“. The board is propped up on chair. It has the markings of a football pitch. Jimmy moves about little magnets representing players and he explains his game plan to some of the team. C/U of Jimmy - he introduces the team that has helped the clubs “meteoric rises from the third division to the first in two seasons“. M/S of the team sitting and standing into two rows (like a group photo). Team includes players: Jimmy Trotter, Jack Oaks, Bert Turner, Frank Wriss (sp.?), Joe Joplin (sp.?), Don Welsh, George Tadman, George Robinson, Stan Prior, Les Boulter, Kag Hobbies (sp.?). FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.