1963: Six Days to Saturday | Classic Football Documentary | BBC Archive

In View documents a week in the life of "Bert's Babes" - the exciting young Swindon Town football team. What do these players - so visible and exhaulted at 3pm every Saturday - do on the other six days of the week? John Boorman's excellent documentary film offers a glimpse into the lives of a professional football team.

Featured in this documentary are Swindon manager Bert Head, chairman Wilf Castle, outside right Mick Summerbee, inside right Ernie Hunt, left half Bobby Woodruff, full back Owen Dawson, left winger Donald Rogers, captain Keith Morgan, left back John Trollope, inside left Roger Smart, centre half Ken McPherson, centre forward Jack Smith and goalkeeper Mike Turner.


Clip taken from In View: Six Days to Saturday, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 11 December, 1963.





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