The Corinthians: We Were the Champions
United Kingdom2025documentary89'Sport Fans Film Zone
The incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football – The Corinthians Ladies FC from Manchester – who defied The English Football Association’s 50-year ban on women to become global champions. Told by 10 surviving players, this film reveals how a team of defiant girls took on the all-male establishment. Beating Germany to a European Cup and winning an unofficial World Cup in 1960. Now, after decades of being sidelined, The Corinthians finally reveal their rebellious story.
- directed by
- Helen Tither
- cinematography
- Greg Cheetham
- script
- Helen Tither
- animated by
- John Whittington
- music
- Helen Jane Long, Loose Articles, Sara Lowes
- editing
- Craig Leedham
- production
- Helen Tither, Sarah Walters (Films Not Words)
- Photo
. Copyright Marlene Cook and Films Not Words.jpg)
- Trailer