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Season 1

  • S01E01 A Man's Game

    • June 11, 1989
    • Channel 4

    Italian-born Gabriella Benson has two passions in her life: her thriving fitness centre business and....football. She's appointed manager of a struggling second-division football club but she's met with hostility by the players and press alike. She's bound to fail.

  • S01E02 Fit

    • June 18, 1989
    • Channel 4

    Gabrielle begins her training session with the players.

  • S01E03 The Management Reserves the Right

    • June 25, 1989
    • Channel 4

    Gabriella has survived her initial struggle for respect and gained the trust of most of the players. The team has arrested its slide into oblivion and now lies mid-table in the division. But the Club's accounts are a disaster.

  • S01E04 Collapsable Brollies

    • July 2, 1989
    • Channel 4

    Gabriella faces more trials off the pitch as Charlie O'Keefe, her promising striker, gets into deep trouble with the club.

  • S01E05 One of Us

    • July 9, 1989
    • Channel 4

    Gabriella faces her deepest crisis as manager. Now that Charlie O'Keefe has been sold as the result of the sex scandal, Gabriella needs to find another striker - fast.

  • S01E06 Home and Away

    • July 16, 1989
    • Channel 4

Season 2

  • S02E01 Doing the Business

    • April 22, 1990
    • Channel 4
  • S02E02 Pingvin Lakrids

    • April 29, 1990
    • Channel 4

    With a string of wins the team find themselves hosting ITV's 'The Match' - winning will take the team to the top of Division 2.

  • S02E03 Steal Your Heart Away

    • May 6, 1990
    • Channel 4

    It's mid-season and despite continuing their winning ways Gabriella realises the team needs better training after criticism on style.

  • S02E04 A Hundred and Ten Percent

    • May 13, 1990
    • Channel 4

    The team must face a tough rival. Club morale is in danger of collapsing.

  • S02E05 A Match for Anyone

    • May 20, 1990
    • Channel 4

    Gabriella and her squad have recovered from an all time low after Eddie's departure.

  • S02E06 At the End of the Day

    • May 27, 1990
    • Channel 4

    The team needs 3 points from the last 2 games of the season to gain promotion. Mark Sadler introduces Chairman Martin Fisher to another scheme.