A controversial new play from the winner of the Evening Standard 2001 Most Promising Playwright Award Saturday 7 October 2000. England v Germany, The King George v The Duke of York. Keegan resigns and Barry plays a blinder. Tensions erupt in a South London pub as England lose again. Roy Williams' stunning new play is published to tie in with the opening of the 2002 National Theatre "Transformations" new writing season. Roy Williams graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons Degree in Writing. THE NO BOYS CRICKET CLUB won him a nomination for New Writer of the Year by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. He was the first recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award for STARSTRUCK in 1997 which also won the John Whiting Award for the same year. His other plays include JOSIE'S BOYS, NIGHT AND DAY, HOME BOYS which was broadcast on Radio 4 and LIFT OFF (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs). His more recent work includes THE GIFT (Birmingham Rep/Tricycle Theatre 2000), CLUBLAND (Royal Court 2001), LITTLE SWEET THING (2005), and SLOW TIME (developed as part of the National Theatre's education programme, 2005).