A Shot at Glory (2000)
Actors:
Didier Agathe (actor),
Paul Agnew (actor),
Tom Aitken (actor),
Graeme Alison (actor),
Scott G. Anderson (actor),
Craig Brittain (actor),
John Carey (actor),
Jamie Cockburn (actor),
Ian Constable (actor),
Robert Cosgrove (actor),
Brian Cox (actor),
Owen Coyle (actor),
Graham Crammond (actor),
Christopher Cummings (actor),
Jamie Adair (actor),
Plot: Gordon McLeod is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner, he is forced to bring on a marquee player to improve the fortunes of the team and prevents its being moved from the fiercely loyal town it's been for a century. Along the way, McLeod must battle his own demons, including long-standing tiffs with both his daughter and a former colleague who betrayed him.
Keywords: businessman, father-daughter-relationship, fishing, glasgow-scotland, goalkeeper, jaguar-car, punch, scotland, soccer, soccer-movie
Genres:
Drama,
Sport,
Taglines: Sometimes in life you only have one chance to win. A small town. A small team. A big dream.
Quotes:
Gordon McCloud: You give me the heart, I'll give you the lungs, and together we'll work on the head.
Brian Burns: [who has just let the ball go through his legs for a goal] Boss, I'm sorry. I should have shut my f-f-f-fucking legs.::Gordon McCloud: No, son, no. Your mother should have shut hers.
Martin Smith: I've been reading a lot of David and Goliath stories in the paper this week. If I were a reporter it'd be my angle too. It has a nice ring about it - except the ring of truth. In that match-up one side had a sword, the other a stone. In this version we both use the same weapon. This [holds up a football] is what we play with, lads. And whoever wants it the more will win.
Kate McQuillan: Jackie didn't get into a fight last night because he was drunk, or arrogant, or just being Jackie. He got into a fight because he was defending me, and you, and anyone else who loves this game, and believes that it should heal rifts, not cement them.