Watching this raggedy, atrociously edited comedy about made-up Man United football stars, from director Gary Sinyor (Leon the Pig Farmer), makes one appreciate just how hard it must be to make good mockumentaries such as This Is Spinal Tap and Best in Show. If the latter are in the genre’s Premier League, then this ranks somewhere in the Ryman League’s lower tables. Consisting mostly of mock interviews with imaginary players, who recollect good times and bad with the team, interspersed with a lame dinner-party scene that goes on far too long, there are a few mildly amusing moments. Most of them come courtesy of Jonathan Broke as the desperately earnest German goalie who’s vaguely reminiscent of Peter Schmeichel and Ryan Pope as a blokey Manc with a secret. But yellow and red cards must be shown for the film’s sleazy displays of sexism, racism and homophobia.
