"When Saturday Comes" with JJ Devaney (@JJDevaney)

It's grim up North, or at least it is in the 1996 soccer film "When Saturday Comes." JJ Devaney (@JJDevaney) of ESPN's Caught Offside podcast guest hosts to break down the film's authenticity, as well as give a crash-course on the state of soccer cinema as a whole. (5:55) - Why the Lack of Good Soccer Films? (11:40) - "From Bush League to Big League" Realism Scale (16:00) - Most/Least Realistic Aspects (26:25) - Tough Portrayal of Northern England (30:40) - Jimmy Muir's Bad Week (40:15) - What Didn't Work (51:50) - The Big Chill Remember to subscribe, rate, & review. Can follow the podcast on Twitter @TroublePod & Instagram @TroubleWithTheScriptPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices You can support Big Screen Sports, get schedule updates, and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/bigscreensports.Buy "Movies With Balls: The Greatest Sports Films of All Time, Analyzed, Mapped, and Illustrated" here or wherever books are sold.Big Screen Sports is hosted/edited by Kyle Bandujo, and produced & supported by Aaron Figureoa, Mike Schubert, Steve Rogers, Kevin Frost, Mike D, Ryan Yager, Mike Dries, Chris Mycoskie, John Craig, Sam Smith, Zach Rich, Classic Stadium Fire, Dan McFall, Kevin Enkelmann, Mac Lindsey, Curt Ritchie, Robert Dove, Andrew Teagul Benjamin Baumann, Jeff Estes, Anthony Scafone, Taylor Logan, Shawn Hoffman, Peter Roble, Jamie Bryan, Brad Brown, Don Jenver, Chris Raczynski, Ethan Lavery, Daniel Powell, Abhilash Reddy, Wil Thompson, Capers Thompson, and Rilwan Balogun.Alex McDaniel handles video production, social media, and special teams. Art for Big Screen Sports was created by Riki Prosper. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.