Recommend me a football film.

[waterloo blue]

Joyeaux Noel,about the Christmas armistice of 1914,when troops of the BEF and the French played Germans at football in no mans land.
It would bring a tear to a glass eye.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Not a football one, but cricket, Fire in Babylon, story of the great West Indies cricket team of the late 70s and 80s.

 

[GaudinosWheels]

Not seen it yet myself but isn't there a doc about Swansea City and their rise up the leagues and to Wembley?

 

[brandyzee]

There were two TV films/plays by Arthur Smith which were excellent:

'An evening with Gary Lineker' was a good film set against Italia 1990 with a daft assortment of individuals on holiday in Ibiza watching the Germany V England game in the Hotel.. Paul Merton was in it and played an antagonising dolt. Clive Owen played the straight guy. Cant remember Caroline Quentins role, but thoroughly enjoyable.

'My summer with Des' was set against euro 96. It starred Niel Morrisey as an out of luck fellah in London. This was a good drama. The plot was similar to any of Nick Hornsbys early books like Fever Pitch or High Fidelity.

 

[brandyzee]

'The second Coming' starring Christopher Eccleston as the son of God.
Obviously, he is a city fan who watches from the Kippax and performs several miracles at Maine road. It was a bit rubbish and only worth noting for the City link.

 

[bakerdave76]

bend it like beckham
Or billy Casper kes
<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/v3cayRMnVb8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/v3cayRMnVb8</a>

 

[moon]

bend it like beckham
Or billy Casper kes
<a class="postlink" href="http://youtu.be/v3cayRMnVb8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://youtu.be/v3cayRMnVb8</a>

Rags cheating in that when casper saves the pen

 

[cbeebies is poo]

Just watched ' the two escobars' on posts recommendation .. Very good cheers...

 

[andy_aston]

the football scene in Kez is funny if you've got 10 minutes

 

[kp789]

Not seen it yet myself but isn't there a doc about Swansea City and their rise up the leagues and to Wembley?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLT_0LH51I[/youtube]

Gave me goosebumps. Can feel a certain empathy for the Swansea fans. We had our playoff final against Gillingham, they had the game against Hull to stay in the football league. Thomas' third goal in that game was awesome.