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Films and movies are another media of being connected with our favorite team or player. If we are diehard football fans, we are always keen to know each and every secret about our favorite football entity.
Although not live, there is always a way to witness football action during the off-season, one of which is football documentaries.
Football documentaries have become a popular way of knowing behind-the-scenes sights in sports.
Documentaries provide access to the fans to understand how the players train their bodies for playing matches, the reasons behind the signing and departure of a player, and some uncovered stories.
Here are 5 best Premier League documentaries to watch:
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (2021)
There is no such football fan in the entire world which is unknown about the achievements of the great Sir Alex.
The Scotsman was the leading icon in Manchester, serving the team of Manchester United for about 26 years and managing iconic players namely David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, and many other superstars which is something that is almost impossible to imagine in this modern age of football.
Available on Amazon Prime, this documentary explores the exemplary managerial career of Sir Alex and his personal life which has never been shared before.
Take Us Home: Leeds United (2020)
The Yorkshire club teamed up with Amazon to produce a series documenting the life at Ellen Road.
This documentary follows the fortunes and good side of the English Championship team Leeds United during the 2019-20 season.
It is a prequel to Leeds United’s title-winning season of 2019-20. Marcelo Bielsa, the head coach during that time guided the team to Premier League after a 15-year absence from top-tier English Football and this documentary is about how they did it.
It has six parts and shows us a behind-the-scenes look at what happened during the season, how the team was able to achieve promotion, and interviews with Leeds players and fans.
The documentary is available on Amazon Prime.
All Or Nothing: Manchester City(2018)
All or Nothing is the most loved sports documentary by football fans which has access to some of the top clubs around the world which include Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and the national team of Brazil.
The documentary of Manchester City is all about how Pep led the team to many achievements including their march towards the first 100 points in the 2017-18 season of the Premier League.
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Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, Amazon had paid a sum of 10 million pounds to Manchester City for accessing behind-the-scene sights of players playing, discussing match tactics in the dressing room, and brilliant tactics of mastermind Pep Guardiola.
Rooney (2022)
Documented by Amazon Prime, in this documentary, we will get to know about the on and off-field life of footballing legend Wayne Rooney.
The documentary reminds us of the immense talent Rooney had back in the 2000s. The events that shaped him to be better day by day and the hard work he put into, is all revealed by Rooney himself in his own words.
From growing up on a Liverpool council estate to making his England debut aged 17, he highlights the highs and lows that came upon his life both on and off the pitch.
The documentary features the interviews of Rooney’s wife Collen, his father, and plenty of his football colleagues and former teammates namely Rio Ferdinand, David Beckham, Thierry Henry, and Gary Neville who all give their points of view on Rooney’s performance in the pitch back in the old days.
Also, there are testimonials from his former managers who shaped his career and made him disciplined throughout his career. His first Premier League manager, David Moyes, and Sven-Goran Eriksson, Rooney’s first England manager both describe the potential they saw in a younger version of Rooney who made his the professional debut for Everton aged 16 and is still England’s youngest ever goal-scorer aged 17.
Sunderland ‘Til I Die (2018)
Sunderland is not a Premier League team this season(2022-23), but they rose up in the 2018-19 season as Nottingham Forest did in this season.
Filmed in the 2018-19 season following the rise of the club from the Championship to the top tier, the show is compelling to watch.
Following the struggle of the Northeast England club, the documentary encourages us by following the day-to-day efforts made by the club in order to rise from immense downfall.
Through the footage of the team’s meetings, matches, and interviews, this documentary highlights how demotion has affected the club, fans, and players and offers a view of how they are trying to overcome it.
Undoubtedly, this is one of the most famous documentaries that paved the way for other people to film more documentaries.
It is an honest film that reveals the downfall of a football club like no other. We can see all the joy and happiness that comes at the end but there are so many private things that the fans usually don’t get a chance to witness.
The documentary is available on Netflix.
