Gumbo

Right this is from about 1985 and im sure Lee Whitlock from Shine on Harvey Moon etc was in it and was about a teenager who had terminal cancer and his brother was looking after him and he was mad on a football team (think it was Chelsea) and at the end the kid died, anyone have a clue what it was called?

Another one i think was a early channel 4 film when this guy ( think he was a bit simple) was in a Pub and he got a good kicking and everyone in the pub started spitting and pouring Lager in a bucket and they stuck his head in it, im sure afterwards he started going out with the Barmaid from the Pub and at the end of the film she had a baby which he thought was his but it turned out to be black.

Hope someone can help
thank you

Joenoir

"The Best Years of Your Life" starring Lee Whitlock, and written by Clive Jermain, who I think was only 21 when he wrote it and who himself had terminal cancer.

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

BristolUK

The second one is Winter Flight.

Gumbo

Thanks a lot