Old Scores

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Episode 3 of 3

Duration: 30 minutes

Revisits the 1983 documentary Old Scores about a cross-community youth football team from Rathcoole which included
Republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. In this update, some of Sands's former team mates and the programme's reporter return to Rathcoole to reflect on how the Troubles changed the lives of the young footballers.

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Mon 2 Jul 2012 22:35 BBC One Northern Ireland only

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  • Olenka Frenkiel returns to Rathcoole

    Olenka Frenkiel returns to Rathcoole

    In the aftermath of the 1981 Hunger Strike a programme was made about the cross-community youth football team from Rathcoole which included Bobby Sands.

    The documentary traced how the class of 1969 had been scattered and shattered by the arrival of the Troubles. In this update of the documentary, three of Sands’ former team mates and the programme’s reporter - Olenka Frenkiel return to Rathcoole, to find out what happened next.

Credits

Series Producer
Stephen Douds
Producer
Louis Edmondson
Executive Producer
Gemma Cunningham

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