Niamh Walsh (Jamestown), Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) and Craig Parkinson also appear in the series, alongside James Harkness, Sam Keeley, Gerard Kearns, Henry Loyd Hughes, Ben Batt, and Daniel Ings?! Sadly it’s not the Southampton man going all Vinnie Jones on us.

News of ‘The English Game’ follows the release of the trailer for ‘Ultras’, which focuses on the Naples Ultras culture, as Netflix look to support their multitude of sporting documentaries with some sporting drama. Brave move when you think of the likes of When Saturday Comes and the Goal! trilogy…