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Welcome to the second half of this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar, where Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero turn their attention to the documentary and book of the week. This time we're travelling back to 1988, when England's future football stars were being moulded at a residential school in Shropshire, before heading across the Atlantic to meet a man who helped create the only perfect season in modern NFL history. Two very different approaches to sporting excellence. Both involving a considerable amount of shouting, presumably. Documentary of the Week Elis: 1988 — Life at the FA School of Excellence Elis has uncovered a wonderful piece of BBC archive footage from 1988, following a group of 14-year-old footballers arriving at the FA's School of Excellence at Lilleshall. More than 400 promising youngsters are offered trials, but just 16 are selected for two years of intensive football training, schooling and life away from home. Under the watchful eye of FA Technical Director Dave Sexton, the…
Welcome to the second half of this week's Socially Distant Sports Bar, where Mike Bubbins, Elis James and Steff Garrero turn their attention to the documentary and book of the week. This time we're travelling back to 1988, when England's future football stars were being moulded at a residential school in Shropshire, before heading across the Atlantic to meet a man who helped create the only perfect season in modern NFL history. Two very different approaches to sporting excellence. Both involving a considerable amount of shouting, presumably. Documentary of the Week Elis: 1988 — Life at the FA School of Excellence Elis has uncovered a wonderful piece of BBC archive footage from 1988, following a group of 14-year-old footballers arriving at the FA's School of Excellence at Lilleshall. More than 400 promising youngsters are offered trials, but just 16 are selected for two years of intensive football training, schooling and life away from home. Under the watchful eye of FA Technical Director Dave Sexton, the…
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