association football
6 movies and shows
Whose Game Is It Anyway?
Thu, 17 Aug 2017
As football clubs become less and less attached to their area and supporters, fanzines show the frustrations and passion that come with dedicating yourself to your club, serving as a unique and indelible supporter’s history. The fanzine is the love for your club and the game down on paper. They reflect the togetherness, the obsession, the minor detail, the passion that gives the game all its value. If we are to galvanize any mass movement against today’s sterilized corporate football climate, where the fan is still so often an after-thought then the values that the fanzine movement created should be at its core.
Why Do British Asians Never Make It Pro?
Thu, 24 Jan 2019
Adam McKola goes on a journey to try and discover why professional football in Britain continues to overlook British Asians. Copa90 follows Adam as he discovers the reasons some British Asian footballers and coaches feel they have been held back, reasons for this and what the football governing bodies and the British Asian communities can do to improve the amount of British Asians at football's highest level.
The Real Russia
Fri, 10 Mar 2017
Ever since Russia won the 2018 World Cup bid it has been surrounded by controversy regarding hooligans, racism, homophobia, and corruption. We went to Russia to find out for ourselves if these worries are justified, what the levels of expectations are and what type of World Cup Russia will host.
The World’s Biggest Unknown Tournament - The FA Vase at Wembley
Sat, 16 May 2015
Eli Mengem explores the teams playing in the final of one of the biggest amateur tournaments in the world, the FA Vase. He travels to Northern England to meet Glossop North End and North Shields.
Is the DFB-Pokal the Best Cup Competition in the World?
Sun, 27 Oct 2019
As the 2019/20 DFB-Pokal kicks off, Eli travels to Germany and hits the Autobahn in search of what makes this Cup competition so special, taking in three First Round matches in three days.
Why Argentinian Football Fans Are Absolutely Mental
Thu, 22 Mar 2018
Argentina has a level of fandom like nowhere else in the world. The neighbourhood dynamic that defines clubs renders the football culture there completely unique. We went out to Mar Del Plata where 4 of the capital cities' biggest teams faced off in their individual classics, getting a totally unique insight into what distinguishes fan culture in this amazing country.