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.
Acting
The young cast's feral, unpolished devotion—especially Nathenson's starry-eyed intensity.
Production
Gritty period London that smells of chip shops and broken dreams.
Writing
Dick Clement and Ian La Frennes' script treats teenage girls like actual humans, not props.
Director
Philip Saville
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