Guest Cast Father Dick Byrne -- Maurice O'Donoghue Father Ted comes up with a scheme to win a football match against Father Dick Byrne. Craggy Island's victory is annulled for cheating, so Dick gets to make Ted perform the forfeit after all.

Jack scores the winning goal and the home crowd go wild.Before Ted and Dougal can celebrate, the referee discovers Ted`s fake arms and remote-controlled wheelchair control. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Looking for some great streaming picks? Use the HTML below. Father Ted comes up with a scheme to win a football match against Father Dick Byrne.   "Escape from Victory" is the fifth episode of the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 22nd episode overall. With Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn. Edit. Catholic priests aren't permitted to get married. Craggy Island do eventually win but are exposed as cheats and disqualified with Ted having to pay a forfeit - kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse.hesitantly, while watching football and reading from the book "Understanding football for women" Worse, Dick has brought Fr. "Escape from Victory"

He tripped on a paving stone and one of his kneecaps fell off. The time has come for the Craggy Island priests to take on their Rugged Island counterparts at the annual five a side football match but with Dougal not fit for anything beyond guarding the line flags all the players are extremely old - one in fact dying before he can make the game. "Escape from Victory" is the fifth episode of the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 22nd episode overall. Father Ted comes up with a scheme to win a football match against Father Dick Byrne. Ted laments that he is stuck in a "completely ludicrous situation", when inspiration hits. This episode marks the final appearances of Father Dick Byrne (Maurice O'Donoghue) and Father Cyril MacDuff (Don Wycherley) on the series. It is the first of two episodes that form a linked narrative, ending with "Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse". I've just been speaking to Father Ned Fitzmorris. Father Ted: More bad news, Dougal. As Ted celebrates with the others and announces Dick's forfeit - to kiss Father Cyril on the cheek to play on Dick's Some time later, Ted gets a letter from Dick with a forfeit for cheating at the match. It's the annual All-Priests … About The Program. He is horrified to learn that he has to "kick Dougal returns home to find Ted searching the parochial house frantically, because he believed they've been bugged by Dick Byrne, ahead of the annual "All-Priests Five-a-Side Over-75's Indoor Challenge Football Match" between teams from Craggy Island and Rugged Island (yet another excuse for rivalry between Ted and Dick, who manage the opposing sides). Tasked with the near-impossible task of whipping up the elderly clergy on Craggy Island into a winning team, Ted and Dougal's task is not helped by talented Jack being comatose after drinking a whole bottle Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy-Snooze, his star player dying, his forward losing his kneecap and Dick Byrne getting an Italian priest who only needs one nun to get out of a chair.After rolling his eyes at a fellow priest's mail order fake arms and remote-controlled wheelchair, Ted shares the source of his nerves: they're using the forfeit system this year.Match day comes. Mrs Doyle is getting the ladies of Craggy Island into the spirit of things, Dougal is eagerly keeping his opposite number Cyril from stealing the flags and on the pitch things look bleak for Craggy Island. Dick Byrne is shown wearing a wedding ring on his left hand. "Father Ted" Escape from Victory (TV Episode 1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Escape from Victory.
Relive the funniest moments that happened before the opening credits of "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The title is a pun on the film Escape to Victory, which features a WWII football game between prisoners of war and their guards.