When Saturday Comes (film)

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When Saturday Comes
Directed by	Maria Giese
Produced by	James Daly, Christopher Lambert, Meir Teper
Written by	James Daly, Maria Giese
Starring	See below
Music by	Anne Dudley, Joe Elliott
Cinematography	Grant Cameron, Gerry Fisher
Editing by	George Akers
Release date(s)	1996
Running time	98 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
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This article is about the film. For the football magazine of the same name see When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes is a British film from 1996 starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd, directed by Maria Giese. It is about a factory worker who gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Sheffield F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club. It was filmed at various locations around South Yorkshire including Rotherham, Sandygate football ground (which ironically is home to Sheffield F.C.'s arch-rivals, Hallam F.C.) and Bramall Lane.

The film is notable for its straying from football reality. When the film was made Sean Bean was himself 36, an age when most players are retiring, not starting. When Sheffield United reach the FA Cup semi-final, the match is played at Bramall Lane when in reality the semi-final is played at a neutral venue.

The captain of the Sheffield United team, Jimmy Muir—a player who hates Sean Bean's character, and the closest the film has to a villain—is played by Mel Sterland. Sterland himself is a former Sheffield Wednesday player.

Most of the songs in this movie are original and produced by Joe Elliott of Def Leppard. He produced more notably "Jimmy's Theme" and the title song.

[edit] Trivia

The 'street footballing kid' who appears in the film's opening scene doing kick ups in the street as a young version of lead character Jimmy Muir, is actually incorrectly credited on the film (and consequently on the Internet Movie Database) as Daniel Oldham. The actor's name is actually Daniel Williamson (born 1 January 1984), who also happens to be the son of ex-Sheffield Wednesday footballer Charlie Williamson (who incidentally also appears in the film as a footballer who gets injured in the big game, giving the lead character the chance to come on as a substitute and become a hero).^{[citation needed]}
Charlie Williamson and his friend Mel Sterland, another ex-Sheffield Wednesday player who appears in the film (see above) both acted as Sheffield United players and therefore had to wear United kits for the match scenes, something which was a great strain for them given the two clubs' great rivalry!
For a crucial goal in the semi-final, Mel Sterland appears to play a long ball which he then manages to receive (50 yards up the pitch...!) and lay off for Jimmy Muir to score.
Sean Bean was married to his co-star Melanie Hill from 1990 to 1997.