Sky/Mancs machine

David

Sky desperately trying to hype up todays results as exciting. Pah. [This](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7388347.stm) was exciting - a winner takes all game decided by a single goal in the dying minute of the season. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Colette

Sigh.

dominic

They made a GREAT movie about that. See!

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andy

wait wait wait wait wait wait When was the hilarious climbing wall scene in Fever Pitch? I hope Hornby got ten million dollars for selling out that comprehensively

David

Christ I hate that film. Its the sort of movie that makes you glad that British Cinema isn't more successful. Colin Bloody Firth. Now there's a man to kill violently. There's only ever been one great football film and it was on last weekend, and Sly Stallone was the goalkeeper.

poxy

<i>There's only ever been one great football film...</i>

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031055/" target="qwerty">Bollocks!</a>

David

Heh. I'd forgotten about this. Never seen it though, will have to find a copy. At least I'm safe in the knowledge Colin wasn't even born when this was made and therefore incredulously not involved despite it being a British Film. Review isn't exactly glowing though. Wasn't Loach meant to be doing a Cantona film?

tosscat

Yes and no, it's not about Cantona, it's about someone called Eric though. I think EC is a producer on it.

andy

In order, the best football movies are: *4. [Shaolin Soccer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286112/) - that I also have on DVD. *3. Escape to Victory *2. [The weird Zidane one](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478337/) - that I have on DVD *1. and then this [one is best of all](http://shop.swindontownfc.co.uk/product.pasp?txtCatalog=SWINDON&txtProductID=sov369____).

tosscat

Are you supposed to whisper back when someone whispers to you?

David

I can't believe I forgot [Crab Goalkeeper](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/249/) for football films.

dominic

@Andy, *2.

Doesn't everyone love Mogwai?

andy

All right thinking people, yes

David

I used to <em>love</em> Mogwai. Rock Action is still held as a thing of pure beauty to me, but I then made the mistake of going to see them live. Played well, but my god what a pretentious bunch. Painfully so. Prince was more down to earth, I imagine even <em>TFTM^TM</em> would be.