Eleven Men Against Eleven

About a Premiere football club facing crisis, with a chairman terrified that lucrative financial deals and perks will be discovered by the tax inspector investigating the club's affairs, and players who are either accepting "bungs" or taking drugs. Ex-player and upholder of traditional values Ted Whitehead is brought in as caretaker manager, who sees his players gradually whittled down through arrest or bad behavior. At the crucial match which could decide on relegation he has to play a team of inexperienced youngsters and is put into a moral quandary when he realizes that the club chairman has fixed the match by bribing the referee and the opposing team's goalkeeper. Eleven Men Against Eleven featuring James Bolam and Tim Matthews is not currently available to stream, rent, or buy in the UK but you can add it to your want to see list for updates in the UK. It's a drama and sport film with a high IMDb audience rating of 7.8 (65 votes).