Who played football coach Dave Dodds in the 2001 film ‘Mike Bassett:England Manager’?
Mike Bassett: England Manager City. Bassett takes over the England team and appoints his assistant manager Lonnie Urquart (Philip Jackson) (a reference to Lawrie McMenemy under the Graham Taylor era) who is very old-fashioned in his beliefs and still acts like a used car salesman and often compares the England players' performances to cars, and coach Dave Dodds (Bradley Walsh), a spineless "yes man" who once managed with Mike at Colchester United (a reference to Phil Neal under the Graham Taylor era). The team need one win from three World Cup qualifiers to get to the World Cup Finals in Brazil. With a squad
Mike Bassett: England Manager their opening match against Sweden but narrowly beat Argentina thanks to a Beckham penalty. After easily beating Denmark in the second round, the team were knocked out by eventual winners Brazil. In addition, a brief comment by one of the FA board members early in the film about searching for a new manager in Scandinavia references the controversial decision to appoint Swede Sven-Göran Eriksson as England manager in 2001. Mike Bassett: England Manager A faux-documentary (mockumentary), the film follows Bassett as he starts his international management career. after England's football manager has a heart attack. Journalist Martin Bashir provides voice-over,