The Match

“It's a game of two pubs!”

5.8(14)19991h 35m

ComedyRomance

Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.

Director

Mick Davis

Cast

Max Beesley

Wullie Smith

Isla Blair

Sheila Bailey

James Cosmo

Billy Bailey

Richard E. Grant

Gorgeous Gus

Laura Fraser

Rosemary Bailey

Ian Holm

Big Tam

David Hayman

Scrapper

Tom Sizemore

Buffalo

Neil Morrissey

Piss Off

David O'Hara

Mechanic

Iain Robertson

Danny Van Boy

Michael Nardone

Dingus

Reviews

1 review

narrator56

4y ago

6.0

This movie can be harmless fun as long as you can lower your expectations more than a little. The entire premise of the film seems more than a little dubious to me. Why would owners of two pubs 100 years before make a bet based on one of them winning 99 matches in a row? Was one of the teams so bad and with no hope of ever getting better that making such a long-term bet based on the next 100 games...