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Those Glory Glory Days
Those Glory Glory Days (1983)

Directed by Philip Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Cathy Murphy, Elizabeth Spriggs, Julia McKenzie, Peter Tilbury, Stephan Chase, Bryan Pringle

The film is about a group of girls growing up in 1960-61 London, who develop an interest in football and support for Tottenham Hotspur, which became the first English team in the 20th century to win both the English league and the FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls is trying to make a career as a football journalist and is offered a lift home by her childhood hero Danny Blanchflower. The majority of the film is set during the fateful 1960-1961 season and tells of the girls' obsession with Spurs.
The Last Minute
The Last Minute (1987)

Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Massimo Bonetti, Diego Abatantuono, Lino Capolicchio, Luigi Diberti

Walter Ferroni est le directeur sportif d'une équipe de football qui végète au bas du classement dans la « série A » des années 1980. Les problèmes financiers, les crises de colère et la passion sont le quotidien. Après des années de difficultés et de budgétisation dans le rouge Ferroni réussit à faire acheter l'équipe par le riche industriel Carlo Di Carlo, pensant en garder la direction mais le nouveau président, avec méthode entrepreneuriale, le retire du bureau et gère personnellement l'équipe en embauchant de nouveaux managers....
Struck by Lightning
Struck by Lightning (1990)
, 1h45
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Garry McDonald, Catherine McClements, Briony Williams, Peter Douglas

Garry McDonald plays Ollie, a grumpy alcoholic workshop supervisor at a shelter called Saltmarsh. He hires Pat (Brian Vriends), a school teacher, to develop an experimental fitness program for the intellectually disabled young adults in the shelter. Pat teaches P.E and decides to try to get them involved in soccer, with some interesting results. Jill is Ollie's social worker, who Ollie calls 'the bitch'.
Sport Goofy in Soccermania
Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987)
, 19minutes
Directed by Darrell Van Citters, Matthew O'Callaghan
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Association football films, Films about dogs, Children's films
Actors Tony Pope, Will Ryan, Russi Taylor, Jack Angel, Philip Proctor

In the half-hour special, Huey, Dewey, and Louie ask for help from Scrooge McDuck for their new soccer team by requesting he donate $1.49 to buy a championship trophy. Scrooge, being his typical stingy self, goes into a rant of "A dollar forty-nine! That is a lot of money!" and instead give an old trophy of his he thinks is worthless, but the boys pass the curator of the Duckburg Museum who sees it is a rare artifact worth a million dollars, causing Scrooge to gain the reputation as a generous philanthropist throughout Duckburg. To win back the trophy, Scrooge is now made to sponsor his nephews, where he is taken to a sporting goods store owned by a surprisingly athletic and agile Goofy. Scrooge enlists the aid of Goofy, soon known by the nickname of "Sport Goofy", who ends becoming the team's coach when the teammates of Scrooge's nephews are shown as ragtag misfits. The team christened the "McDuck Greenbacks", come together under Goofy's patient coaching and sharpen their soccer skills, and register to compete in the tournament.
The Firm
The Firm (1989)
, 1h10
Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson, Jay Simpson, Nick Dunning

Clive Bissel (nicknamed "Bex", or "Bexy") is a married man with a baby son. His wife does not approve of his activities as a football hooligan, which contrast to his respectable job as an estate agent. Even when his baby son injures himself with a Stanley knife that Bex has carelessly left lying around, he is unwilling to give up violence as he admits it gives him a "buzz". Conversely, Bexy's father shows acceptance of his son's lifestyle, happily taking a group photograph of the 'tooled up' gang and boasting of similar activities in his own era. However, he feels that Bex and his friends have gone soft because they now use weapons.
Cup Final
Cup Final (1991)
, 1h47
Directed by Eran Riklis
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Sports films, Transport films, Association football films, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Moshe Ivgy, Mohammad Bakri

A young Israeli soldier, Cohen, is kidnapped by a group of Palestinian fighters who hold him as a hostage during the conflict. The 1982 FIFA World Cup happens to be on during the invasion, and their mutual love of association football, and in particular the Italy national football team, helps break down the barriers of nationalism and the historical baggage that the two bring. A kind of alliance is forged between the two men. Their relationship heads for a tragic ending as the Italian team, along with the goal scoring Paolo Rossi, make their march toward winning the 1982 FIFA World Cup Final.
Soccer's Hard Men
Soccer's Hard Men (1992)
, 1h18
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Vinnie Jones

Sortie en octobre 1992, cette vidéo avait fait couler beaucoup d'encre en son temps. Vinnie Jones, l'un des joueurs les plus durs de l'histoire du foot britannique y commentait les carrières et des actions des joueurs présents et passés, connus pour leur jeu dur tels Graeme Souness, Bryan Robson, Nobby Stile, Norman Hunter, Jack Charlton, Steve McMahon, Tommy Smith, Peter Storrie, Ron "Chopper Harris" et Billy Bremner. La vidéo était vantée comme celle qui montrait les actions les plus dures qu'une vidéo de foot n'ait jamais montré auparavant. Les commentaires de Vinnie, expliquant les astuces employées par ses confrères pour intimider leurs adversaires, surenchérissaient un ensemble déjà très controversé.
I.D.
I.D. (1995)
, 1h47
Directed by Phil Davis
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Reece Dinsdale, Warren Clarke, Richard Graham, Perry Fenwick, Claire Skinner, Sean Pertwee

John (Reece Dinsdale) an ambitious young police officer, is sent undercover into the hardcore football gangs to track down the 'generals' - the shadowy figures who orchestrate the violence. His team of four gradually ingratiates itself into the lives of The Dogs, the nickname that Shadwell's fans give themselves. The main site for this is The Rock, a public house around which The Dogs' lives revolve. Gradually, the hard drinking, hard fighting macho world - where Saturday's match and Saturday's rumble are all that matters - proves irresistible and John slowly finds himself turning into one of the thugs he has been sent to entrap.
The Final Game
The Final Game (1998)
, 1h33
Directed by Sigi Rothemund
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Films about terrorism, Association football films, Heist films
Actors Francis Fulton-Smith, Armin Rohde, Christoph Waltz, Axel Milberg, Thure Riefenstein

70,000 football-fans stream into Berlin Olympic Stadium in order to see the final of the DFB Cup. The men of the security center pay no attention to what is happening. In front of them several armed terrorists attack the central, five hostages arrive in the hands of gangsters. Kant, the gang leader, orders his men to close and lock all exit doors, because the game ends in a few minutes. It comes under the stadium visitors to a mass panic. Security Chief Bender has no chance to stop Kant alone, in addition he paid Kant using an old account.
Gregory's Two Girls
Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
, 1h56
Directed by Bill Forsyth
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Association football films
Actors John Gordon Sinclair, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dougray Scott, Dawn Steele, Alexander Morton, Gary Lewis

Eighteen years after the events of Gregory's Girl, Greg Underwood (Sinclair) – now a 35-year-old English teacher in his former secondary school – has fantasies about 16-year-old student Frances (McKinnon). His politically motivated lessons inspire Frances and Douglas, another student, to plot to overthrow a businessman they suspect of trading in torture equipment.
Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch (1997)
, 1h42
Directed by David Evans
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong, Neil Pearson, Stephen Rea, Lorraine Ashbourne

Hornby adapted the book for the screen and fictionalized the story, concentrating on Arsenal's First Division championship-winning season in 1988–89 and its effect on the protagonist's romantic relationship. Firth plays Paul Ashworth, the character based on Hornby, a teacher at a school in North London, and his burgeoning romance with Sarah Hughes (Ruth Gemmell), a new teacher who joins Ashworth's school. The film culminates with the real life events of Arsenal's match against title rivals Liverpool in the final game of the season on 26 May 1989, a Michael Thomas last-minute goal giving Arsenal the 2–0 win they needed to win the title.