Suggested Reading & Viewing
Fun Soccer Film: “Mike Bassett, England Manager”
What can be more fun than taking a bunch of well-known cultural figures, packing them into a parody of a well-known actual event, and then making them all look silly? [caption id="attachment_14510" align="alignright" width="313"] Manager Bassett, either happy or angry,...
Netflix Series “Maradona in Mexico” Shows the Man, Myth and Legend
I know this is an English soccer blog, but really it's a soccer supporter culture blog, focused on England. Still, I sometimes take excursions elsewhere, like in this case to Mexico for a Netflix series that will take you as...
Netflix Series “Losers” Reveals an Amazing Story From English Soccer History
Sometimes you have to lose to win, right? Nothing will teach you that better than football. In 2019, Netflix put out a cool little series of roughly half-hour shows dedicated to "Losers," people who lost famously but made something of...
“City!” is a Blast to the Past of English Football
The "behind the scenes" video of a football club has become almost a cliché at this point. But there was a time when that wasn't the case. And if you want to visit that time -- as well as time-travel...
“Rovers” on Amazon Prime is a Jewel of a Football Show
I recently stumbled into this delightful little show called "Rovers," from 2016, and it's one of my favorite football distractions I've found during Covid Time. [caption id="attachment_14302" align="alignright" width="425"] The obsessive fan and the chief barmaid.[/caption] I grow weary of...
