o/t Best Football Film ever?

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TonyParrsDodgyMic

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Just been reading an article which says the Best 5 football films ever are .. (thoughts?)

1. Escape to Victory -1981
2. Bend It Like Beckham – 2002
3. The Damned United – 2009
4. Goal! The Dream Begins – 2005
5. The Class of ’92 – 2013​

 
Bostock Stanley for film about football (very funny)

I.D. for film about fans ( I read the book wrote by the undercover copper, great read)
 
A TV programme rather than a film, made about the first "World Cup", in the early 1900s. It was a club event rather than country and England's representatives were either West Auckland or Bishop Auckland (someone gave me the correct answer last time this came up). The played Yooventous in the final.

Not famed for his NE accent, but I think Dennis Waterman was in it.

And of course, BBC kids programme Striker from the mid 70s. The blokes who played Don Brennan (Corrie) and Wally Batty (Summer Wine) were in it.
 
Soccer movies are usually crap, but I love 'Shaolin Soccer' and 'The Damned United'.
'The Bromley Boys' was good, too.
 
CGP1 said:
A TV programme rather than a film, made about the first "World Cup", in the early 1900s. It was a club event rather than country and England's representatives were either West Auckland or Bishop Auckland (someone gave me the correct answer last time this came up). The played Yooventous in the final.

Not famed for his NE accent, but I think Dennis Waterman was in it.

And of course, BBC kids programme Striker from the mid 70s. The blokes who played Don Brennan (Corrie) and Wally Batty (Summer Wine) were in it.
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'A Captains Tale'.
The invite was sent to West Auckland (WA), which was mixed up with Woolwich Arsenal.

Yeah, I'd long forgotten that one. It was pretty good, but I was like 11 or 12 when I saw it.
 
What was the film called featuring Ian McShane, PaU.K. Nicolas and Adam Faith.
Probably in late 70’s?

Escape to Victoryhas to be the corniest film ever. So bad you have to watch it!
 
I watched Escape to Victory when it came out and I was about 10 or 11 and for me it's very much like ET in that it was great at the time but not so good when you have grown up.

I thought Damned United was a good film and that Michael Sheen was brilliant as Cloughie and although I've found the vast majority of football violence films to be sh1te, I thought ID was a very good film.

I thought When Saturday Comes - or whatever it was called ? - with Sean Bean was especially sh1te and the same would go for Green Street on the hooligan front, utter horsesh1te.

I've forgotten the rest.
 
BlackpoolPunk said:
Bostock Stanley for film about football (very funny)

I.D. for film about fans ( I read the book wrote by the undercover copper, great read)
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I love you gumbo... Lol.. The book is great I agree but the film is awful.. Imagine if them undercover old bill would of been identified. They would of been cut to ribbons.. The police shit on him aswell as after his undercover work they made him walk the beat in burmonsey which is Millwall territory.
 
CGP1 said:
A TV programme rather than a film, made about the first "World Cup", in the early 1900s. It was a club event rather than country and England's representatives were either West Auckland or Bishop Auckland (someone gave me the correct answer last time this came up). The played Yooventous in the final.

Not famed for his NE accent, but I think Dennis Waterman was in it.

And of course, BBC kids programme Striker from the mid 70s. The blokes who played Don Brennan (Corrie) and Wally Batty (Summer Wine) were in it.
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The one about the first world cup used two streets of northern-style terraced house in west London to stand in for West Aukland. They were built to house railway men in the early C20th; Willesden junction and associated sidings being adjacent. These streets were used a lot by TV companies mainly for adverts. I know this because in 1989-90 I lived in one of them.
 
Not a film, admittedly, but an honourable mention for the mid-late ‘70’s BBC kids series ‘Striker’, starring Kevin Moreton as Ben ‘Striker’ Dyker, with Corrie stalwart Geoff Hinsliff (Don Brennan) as his Dad - also Hovis ad voiceover legend Joe Gladwin.
 
1) Escape to victory my fave film of all time with blazing saddles and apocalypse now.
2) Marvellous, a quite brilliant film and a true story. If not watched it treat yourself.
3) Do I Not like That , Graham Taylor reign as England Boss, classic.
 
Bamberholic said:
Not quite a film but I still love the Graham Taylor fly on the wall documentary An Impossible Job. "Can we not knock it" Makes Mick McCarthy look like Pep Guardiola 🤣🤣🤣
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“He’s like a lead violinist..he needs a lirra birra pamperin”

Phil Neal (to absolutely everything) “yes boss”
 
Two that haven't been mentioned....

United, about the Munich Air disaster.

Pele, birth of a legend. About, Pele!!😁
 
I keep watching the footage of Cardiff v Blackpool at the new Wembley .Although I know the ending I can't help watching it 2 or 3 times a season. Usually after Blackpool have been battered or played particularly badly. A great watch.
 
I know the worst one.The Other Half starring Danny Dyer.Takes his mrs on holiday but secretly blags to go and watch England.

One of the worst films I’ve ever seen
 
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