Football is often referred to as ‘the beautiful game’, but how did it come to be the sport of the nation with mass popularity?
The Giant Killers, which comes to Stantonbury Theatre on Sunday (October 28) explores footballing roots to tell the inspiring true story of football’s greatest underdogs.
Set in the early years of Association Football, the Giant Killers follows a ragtag bunch of Lancashire mill workers who defied all the odds to become the first working-class team in the country to play in the FA Cup.
Left tired and despondent from the cotton famine of the 1870’s, a small group of northern lads found pride and hope in a game that up until then had been reserved for the upper classes.
Darwen FC rose up against prevailing social prejudice and the might of the Football Association, to earn a place in history as the first real giant-killers in English football, and take on the poshest team of all, The Old Etonians.
Scoring a massive moral victory for all working class people, the team proved that passion and spirit is worth more than wealth and privilege.
When the battlefield is the football pitch, everyone is equal.
The Giant Killers, presented by Long Lane Theatre Company is an absorbing, heartfelt story of a town that came together to achieve the impossible and win the respect of the nation. It’s also a rip-roaring evening out, whether you know the off-side rule or not!
Suitable for ages 12 plus.
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