Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
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The Worst Film Ever
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Poor old 'Zorplo' simply doesn't get it. This is a genuinely entertaining film, brilliantly scripted, staged and acted, and it captures perfectly not just the mood of the times but also the madness of teenage obsession. As a 60-something male and admitted Spurs supporter, I loved the film the first time I saw it many years ago and I've seen it several times since, never enjoying it any less. It's a wonderful example of British film making at its best, so much better than the modern crash-bang-wallop offerings which seem to believe that loads of nudity and foul language make up for an absence of any real story, acting, humour or irony. Anyone with a Bruce Willis fixation probably won't like it; anyone who likes genuinely good films certainly will.
Julie Burchill,columnist,author,playwright,well-known in the UK for her trenchant views on almost everything wrote this autobiographical play about growing up as a middle-class Jewish girl in North London.It starts with Ms Burchill in the Press Box at White Hart Lane failing signally to be taken seriously as a football reporter in that all-male preserve. Leaving the ground in a despondent mood she is nearly run over by ex-Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower who drives her back to the Daily Express building in Fleet Street (known in the trade as "The Black Lubyanka".During the journey she opens her heart to mr Blanchflower on whom she had had a serious crush 20 - odd years previously. "Those Glory Glory years" was shown on BBC TV as one of the "First Love" series 26 years ago.It is the sweet,sad story of Julia,gawky,bespectacled teenage football fan and her love affair with Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Her obsession gets her into trouble at home and at school,and ultimately,she steals tickets for the Cup Final from a friend's father. It helps your enjoyment of the movie if you understand the fierce pride of the true football fan,the lure of the magic League and Cup "Double", and the intenseness of a young girl's love. There are some fascinating scenes from the 1961 Cup Final courtesy of Pathe News,and the era is perfectly evoked. The whole thing is sad and funny by turns,beautifully observed and exquisitely performed. I feel it is an injustice that it is not better known.
I have a copy of this and it evokes memories of an earlier time when football meant more than just money. It is a tale of four girls passion for one particular football club and their excitement as the season draws to a close at the prospect of doing the double! It is a coming of age tale which reflects the lives of the four girls but one in particular as her family structure starts to disintegrate. Set at the beginning of the sixties it captures perfectly the time period and there is of course the guest appearance by Danny Blanchflower the Spurs legend. If you get the opportunity to see this - take it! It will make you smile.
What can I say. A film about supporting 'by far the greatest team the world has ever seen', and one of the finest players ever to pull on a lillywhite shirt.Aside from my bias, it's a little British movie that only GB can make. Touching and funny, it perfectly captures the joy and pain of being a teenager.Bring back Monday lunchtime FA Cup draws.