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Escape
to Victory is the greatest football
film ever made.
Directed by John Huston in 1981 it is set in
a Prisoner of War camp during the second world war. Michael
Caine stars as Captain John Colby, who leads Sylvester
Stallone and an all star cast of footballers including
Pele, Bobby Moore, Osvaldo
Ardiles,and Mike Summerbee, who agree
to play a football match against some local german troops, but
after the Nazi propaganda machine takes over they end up in occupied
Paris playing the German National team.
If you've never heard of this film before then welcome to the
Escape to Victory Web Site. "Here's
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Relaunch
16/11/02
Welcome to the new look Escape to Victory Website.
Admittedly there is not that much difference with the older one,
although on a technical side theres a lot more behind it for compatability
reasons and because the site was beginning to get out of control.
Ive got a few features lined up for the coming weeks so keep visiting
to see whats new.
Taxing stuff
16/11/02
I wont pretend to fully understand it or
the implications, but Mik Undertown sent me an email about how
the funding of Escape to Victory apparently led to a watershed
legal decicion in the UK. Take a look at it and see what you think.
Click Here
MTK Stadium
20/08/02
It's been 20 years, but has the Budapest
MTK stadium changed any in this time?
Click Here
 Escape
to Flicktory
23-07-02
Pierre Chastenais has now added a picture of the referees to this
growing collection of flick based shenanigans. Pure class in a glass,
Trevor Arthur and Pierre deserve a round of applause for the effort
put in to these.
Click
Here
Discussion Board Available
18-07-02
Created
a newsgroup so to speak, which you may use to chat or talk about
things ETV related or anything else you like for that matter.
Click
Here
 Allies
Third Goal?????
18-05-02
Who actually scored the third allied goal. Was it Denya, Summerbee,
Osman, or even Thorensen. It's still open for debate, personnally
I think it was Osmans, but its not conclusive, find out more by
clicking below.
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