All About Scoring, Innit?

From the opening scenes we are under no illusions that this episode is going to involve football. Shots of Terry kicking a ball with kids near the lock up ,talking about it ,reading about it and then loads of images of Terry at Chelsea FC amongst the crowd in what are in my opinion some of the best shots of a football match I have ever seen in a TV drama. They obviously filmed the scenes during the actual match and allowed the extras and the actor to actually watch the game whilst keeping the camera running to increase the real feel. It really adds to a very good episode involving a Flash playboy footballer and Arthur's attempts to secure a Fleet Street ' scoop ' with the local drunken sportswriter , for a fee obviously. Terry does the minding and bats off the footballers pursuers as best he can and there is a wonderfully warm scene near the end that really highlights the respect Terry has amongst his peers. A good episode and again one that highlights the fact that this series was really getting into its groove and heading for the top at this point.