COPA90’s Once In A Lifetime takes an anthropological dive into football teams and their fanbases as they face the prospect of finally winning something.
Dec 2024
The personal story of six unique characters that have helped build fan owned F.C Utd of Manchester: from an idea down a pub, to the reality of their very own 5,000 capacity stadium. The film is an ode to these heroes of the beautiful game!
Jun 2015
Copa90's Eli Mengem meets some of his biggest heroes in this look at the moment Australia truly embraced the beautiful game, featuring interviews with Fox Sports' Adam Peacock and penalty taking legend John Aloisi amongst other amazing Socceroos.
Nov 2015
Aug 2022
Real Betis, arguably Spain’s most eccentric fanbase whose incredible passion in the stands isn’t reflected on the pitch. So when they made the Copa De Rey final, which just happened to be hosted in their own city of Seville, we just had to be there to document what happens when such a fascinating fan base has a chance to win their first trophy in 17 years.
Girondins de Bordeaux FC prepare for their final game against Paris FC. Anything but a loss will see them finish 4th. The highest finish in the side's history. It’s the last game for a host of players before playing in the Women’s World Cup. What does this summer’s tournament mean for the players involved? Will it change the face of football forever?
Jun 2019
Calcio Storico is football like you’ve never seen before! Dating back to the 15th century, this early form of the game is brutal. But behind the blood and punches lie a story of tradition, pride and honour. A sport as unique and loved in Florence as ACF Fiorentina are, next season will see a unique collaboration between the two...
Jul 2017
Rui Costa is one the last football romantics. A symbol of devotion, of passion over profit. It's hard to find a player in Benfica's history with such a bond with the club having spent so many seasons abroad. The "Maestro" revives how he got up the ranks to the first team, soon becoming an international star in Italy but always longing to fulfill a promised and emotional return to where his heart calls home.
Apr 2021
As the 2019/20 DFB-Pokal kicks off, Eli travels to Germany and hits the Autobahn in search of what makes this Cup competition so special, taking in three First Round matches in three days.
Oct 2019
We take to Spain to discover the incredibly unique rivalries that make up this obsessed football nation! This time it's Asturias, where we discovered two sets of fans whose love for their team, is only surpassed by their love for battling for their team. So after not playing for over 14 years, when they finally met, we experienced a match day arguably more chaotic than anything we've ever seen!
Mar 2018
Exclusive behind the scenes access to the internet sensation the Wealdstone Raider aka Gordon Hill, finding out what he is really like and how his life has been turned upside down by 'that' video.
Jan 2015
Filmmaker, Preston Hartley, follows 44 year-old PTSD sufferer Scott Cunliffe on an amazing journey. A number of years ago a series of traumatic events while working in Asia left Scott feeling alone, isolated and struggling to cope. Now, turning his personal tragedy into positive change, Scott will embark on a journey of redemption as he begins a remarkable challenge of running 3,000 miles to every Burnley FC away game in the 2019 season, to raise money and awareness for mental health and local charities.
Feb 2019
As football clubs become less and less attached to their area and supporters, fanzines show the frustrations and passion that come with dedicating yourself to your club, serving as a unique and indelible supporter’s history. The fanzine is the love for your club and the game down on paper. They reflect the togetherness, the obsession, the minor detail, the passion that gives the game all its value. If we are to galvanize any mass movement against today’s sterilized corporate football climate, where the fan is still so often an after-thought then the values that the fanzine movement created should be at its core.
Aug 2017
Supporting Hammarby is more than just watching a winning team, these supporters are some of the most loyal in Sweden. This is their story.
Aug 2015
Eli follows Leyton Orient's tragic relegation from the football league and how the Football Authorities allowed owner Francesco Beccheti to bring the club to its demise.
May 2017
Bury FC have an incredibly rich and important history in English football. They are the typical story of a northern English town deeply connected with community, and whose success has often represented much more for the city. In the summer of 2019, after owner Steve Dale failed to pay an outstanding tax bill, the club went under, losing its status in the English Football League.
Dec 2019
Argentina has a level of fandom like nowhere else in the world. The neighbourhood dynamic that defines clubs renders the football culture there completely unique. We went out to Mar Del Plata where 4 of the capital cities' biggest teams faced off in their individual classics, getting a totally unique insight into what distinguishes fan culture in this amazing country.
31 years after the Bradford fire, this film charts 81-year old Alec Jackson's return to the Bradford City FC's terraces, in the hope of mending his broken relationship with his son.
Oct 2015
In a city that has experienced the highs and lows of humanity from centuries of war and conflict to decades of cabaret and culture, the only thing it hasn’t seen, is a top flight derby. Well, at least not for forty years. Until now.
Oct 2020
Quite simply the biggest derby in history. The match of the century. The derby to end all derbies. Boca Juniors vs River Plate in the Copa Libertadores final is like el clasico in the Champions League final with a bomb under it. Eli Mengem travelled to Buenos Aires knowing all this… but still couldn’t have predicted just how crazy this game was going to be.
Dec 2018