The story of a Bristol City fan, a tropical island and a film that's going global View 2 Images
A film about a Bristol City fan who decided to try to become an international football manager - by organising what was described as the ‘worst football team in the world’ - has become a huge hit, scooping praise and awards at film festivals all over the world.
The film is called The Soccermen and was originally made more than 12 years ago, but has now been properly completed and released and is winning awards and selections at film festivals from Las Vegas to Slovenia.
The documentary movie tells the story of two friends - Bristol’s Paul Watson and his friend Matthew Conrad - who decided to see if they could be good enough to play international football . That led fairly quickly to t