comedy footie series

[Danny]

All I remember about this was..

a]the catchphrase used by the not-very-bright male lead of this comedy series - 'Knockout, magic, over the moon' - He said it whever interviewed by the media.

and
b]The club manager wanted his team to play COSMIC FOOTBALL

Think it was late 70's or early 80's

Anyone help please ?

[Marine Boy]

Re: comedy footie series

I can only think of two possible candidates off hand;

Jossy's Giants

YouTube - Jossy's Giants

...though that was 1987

Or Striker, starring Kevin Moreton. That was 1970s but I'm afraid I can't find a link. Still looking

[Marine Boy]

Re: comedy footie series

Found a link to 'Striker':

"Striker" (1975)

Any good?

[Richard1978]

Re: comedy footie series

I really liked Jossy's Giants, something on my Would like to get on DVD list.

In the 1990s there was Athletico Patrick & A Prince Among Men.

In the early 1980s John Sullivan wrote a one-off comedy drama about a sunday league team, hoping it would become a series, but the BBC turned it down at the last minute because they already had a sporting series.

As they had a gap in the schedule they accepted some idea of his about a market trader & his brother & grandad, & the rest is history.

[Heather74]

Re: comedy footie series

Just throwing another in
Scully
Scully (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[smokejumper]

Re: comedy footie series

A very scetchy guess but could it have been MURPHYS MOB I think this was screened on ITV

[Danny]

Re: comedy footie series

Nope Sorry ,been looking through these suggestions and they're not it.

I was thinking last night and he played a striker called Terry Prince who was always getting into bother with some kind of oil sheik who wanted to buy the football club

Just can't get a picture into my head - that would help

[Danny]

Re: comedy footie series

Got it this time!! - searched everywhere for Terry Prince - can't find much else about the series but.


Feet First (Summary)

[Marine Boy]

Re: comedy footie series

Glad you found it Danny Must admit, I hadn't heard of it.

[Richard1978]

Re: comedy footie series

It's interesting that 2 of these had a lead character with the surname prince.