Soundoff: Nominate Your Favourite Football Films

Movies and soccer. Two things that traditionally don’t mix well. In documentary form, maybe. But in scripted Hollywood form? No. For various reasons, it usually ends in either cheesy emotions, unconvincing action, or Robert Duvall’s Scottish accent in A Shot at Glory.

But not always. There are a handful of good football movies out there. So we want to hear from you. Which football movies are worth watching?

This post is both traditional Offside Soundoff (where we ask for your opinions) and also shameless self-promotion. Don’t worry, The Offside has not made a low-budget football movie. (Although… a “behind the scenes of The Offside” documentary might be interesting. Let’s tentatively title it “Behind the Lines: A Blogumentary.”) But Taylor from Man Utd Offside and myself have been co-hosting a talk show on public radio, and this week’s episode is focused on football movies. We ask why they’re so often so very bad, but also speculate which directors’ soccer movies we’d like to see and finally each list our Top 5 favourite football movies.

If you’ve got 27 minutes and 57 seconds to spare, then click here to listen (and if you like the show, then subscribe via iTunes)

If you don’t have 27:57 to spare, then no worries. But we still want to hear from you in the comments. Which football movies are worth watching. And why?

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Category: World Football