At Wembley, when Alan Stansfield is speaking to George Cowley about the price of silver, he mentions that after the summer of 1979 that " . . . someone tried to corner the market . . . ". This is a reference to the speculations of Nelson Bunker Hunt and his brothers to hoard as much of this as possible, then make a killing when the price rose. This failed miserably, especially with the massive price drop in this precious metal on Silver Thursday, the 27th of March, 1980. In the end, the brothers lost a fortune, unable to profiteer from their attempt to manipulate the silver price.