As the belated Euros finally kick off, take a whistlestop tour through the finest cinematic depictions of the beautiful game
Gurinder Chadha’s feelgood
comedy was really the first film to get the hang of how to show
Football action on screen with loose-limbed energy and fun. Keira Knightley made her breakthrough as the up-and-coming footballing talent Jules. She befriends Jess, played by Parminder Nagra, whose dad is far from happy about her playing football.