Yesterday's Hero is a 1979 British drama film directed by Neil Leifer and starring Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas and Cary Elwes (in his film debut).

[3] The screenplay was written by novelist Jackie Collins, but was an original work and not based on one of her books.

Football League Third Division club "The Saints", owned by pop star Clint Simon, are having a successful run in the FA Cup and win their quarter-finals match.

However, their star striker is injured, and, unable to find a suitable replacement player from another club, Simon has the idea of hiring Turner, his childhood idol, over the protests of team manager Jake Marsh.

Turner is on the bench in the final, but is brought on as a substitute and scores the winning goal.