Football's Foreign Legion

APPROPIATE

2018 / 47min.

Rating10

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

A retrospective look at the influx of foreign footballers into the English leagues during the 1970s and 1980s and their lasting influence on the game.

Directors

Actors

Todd Carty

Osvaldo Ardiles

John Wark

Patrick Barclay

Paul Hawksbee

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