10 Best Football Documentaries Of All Time

6. The Class Of '92

Diego Marradona Documentary
Universal Pictures

It might be something of a fawning hagiography - the sort of old boys network circle jerk typical of a soft focus BT Sport special - but The Class of '92, which describes the evolution of a clutch of Manchester United hopefuls into bonafide legends of the game (and Chris Casper), is nevertheless a riveting history of some of the '90s football boom's chief protagonists.

Infamously, Alan Hansen opined that United couldn't win anything with kids, after an unfamiliar team whose collective voices had barely cracked crashed in a 1995 opening day defeat to Aston Villa. Five of the villains of the Villain's victory - Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and David Beckham - would go on to become global superstars, as a decade of success cascaded onto the red half of Manchester.

This film stories that ascent, interspersed with glowing tributes from their high profile contemporaries and for some reason, pretend Newcastle fan Tony Blair. It's all very congratulatory, but still a wonderful trip back in time to Cool Britannia.

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