Those Glory Glory Days

I remember watching this on Channel 4 when i was young.I really loved it and I watched it so many times that i knew it word for word and even started to eat brown sauce with every meal.unfortunately the video tape wore out years ago.As a Tottenham supporter I may be a little biased but I think that this is a wonderful film reflecting on the days when football was at it greatest,and watching it through the eyes of a young girl gave an insight to how life really was like in the 1960s.I would certainly recommend to anyone that they watch this film regardless of which team they support.I am trying to find a copy of this film and I look forward to watching it again with my own children.

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.

In 2020 it is difficult to understand who the target audience may have been back in 1983. Overall it felt a bit like a Grange Hill spin off. It was inoffensive (a change these days) and typically British, There were some period inaccuracies, but having said that and having been a boy in the era of the famous Spurs double winning side it was easy to follow what it was all about. Great to see Danny Blanchflower and so sad that he had an early and sad demise.

This film is in my top 5. I don't understand why it isn't more widely known and appreciated. Zoe Nathenson gives such a nuanced and endearing performance amongst a cast of equally fascinating characters. OK, I admit that I'm a Spurs fan but really the team could be of any geographic location or era. It's the obsessive passion that rules the girl's daily existence that provides the comedy and character interest. The close ups on Zoe's face reveal a wonderfully considered character with darting eyes, a nervous energy ( the gum chewing), a breathless vocal rhythm and inner / outer dialogue. The scene around the piano is absolute genius and makes me laugh on every viewing. The adults in the film appear as other worldly, accurately reflecting how that older generation feel so out of touch with a teenager's reality. The dad that is distracted from his parental responsibilities by a younger colleague. The mum who is distracted by her obsession with the aesthetics and demands of middle class life in the suburbs. I know the script by heart and still have my vhs recorded version of it. Some films are just perfect, and this is one of them...... for me!

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.