10 Best TV Shows About Football

10. Ted Lasso

A playful look at how wide of the net Americans can be when it comes to 'soccer', Ted Lasso is a TV series that revolves around a small time American football coach named Ted Lasso being hired as the new head coach of a fictional Premier League side, AFC Richmond.

Despite knowing nothing about football, Lasso proves to be reasonably competent in understanding the nuances of managing a squad of players and a large portion of the show is dedicated to showing off the vibrant characters and their relationships with one another inside the Richmond changing room.

There's also a real authentic feel to the series, with Crystal Palace's home ground of Selhurst Park being used for the show's football sequences and acts as the home ground of Richmond. The show even manages to get in a cameo appearance from the Special One himself, Jose Mourinho.

With a strong plot, a heartwarming optimistic hero portrayed wonderfully by Jason Sudeikis, surprisingly deep character building and a decent eye for the ins and outs of British football that audiences might not first expect from an American show, Ted Lasso is one of the first proper examples of how sports and sitcoms can actually come together.