If you still haven’t had enough football drama, you’ll need to hunt down some classics of the genreSo it didn’t come home after all: the St George flags hang limp, the Gareth Southgate tribute waistcoats have been retired to the closet, and the wound-licking will carry on for some time.
Still, the World Cup final is upon us, and whether you’re still buzzing in anticipation or in need of some sporting distraction from the match, a football-themed film playlist of sorts seems to be in order.Beautiful game and gargantuan international way of life it may be, but football hasn’t been especially well served by cinema over the years.
A few obvious standards in the narrow football-film canon have been established: you don’t really need me to remind you about Gurinder Chadha’s still-spry crowdpleaser Bend It Like Beckham, and I’m not
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