The English Game

In working-class Darwen, a cotton mill owner hires two-star Scottish footballers to join the local team in hopes of competing for the FA Cup title.

While Fergus breathes new life into the football club, emotions run high after a wage cut is imposed at the mills. In Darwen, Arthur makes a new connection.

Fergus faces a gut-wrenching decision that could impact his relationships with Darwen; Arthur's new outlook rankles his posh friends and family.

Martha receives difficult news, while Arthur and Alma make a shocking discovery. Fergus stumbles in his new role, and a match in Blackburn ends in chaos.

The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides. 

Fergus travels to London to make an appeal to the FA. Arthur begs his friends to act for the good of the game as the FA Cup Final approaches.