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Paul Dalglish feels reborn in the USA

CELLULOID and soccer have never been comfortable partners, but the 2005 film Goal!

embraced authenticity more than its precursors. It used real 
footballers and underlined the 
cynicism that separates professionals from dreamers, none more so than the scene where its hero has a wasted trial with Newcastle United.