Sky Original documentary Super Greed: The Fight for Football trailer released

Sky Documentaries has today released the trailer for Super Greed: The Fight for Football, premiering on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW at 10pm on 21 March 2022. Produced by Fulwell 73, this 90-minute film tells the story of the most dramatic 48 hours in the history of football: the rise and rapid fall of the European Super League - documenting the fiasco that made front page news all over the world, was discussed in Parliament and was angrily protested by fans at club stadia.

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In April 2021, in the perfect storm brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic, owners and executives of the 12 most powerful clubs in world football attempted a bullish and brazen power grab. Years of secret talks and backroom dealings culminated in a seismic late-night announcement - these dozen rivals were joining forces and breaking away from centuries of sporting tradition to launch a brand-new competition that would secure their club’s futures for decades to come.

Designed to secure the financial future of football for the next 23 years, The Super League created a fury of opposition from the entire football world and collapsed in just 48 hours. Super Greed: The Fight for Football tells the dramatic inside story of the doomed league through the eyes of those who helped bring it tumbling down.

Contributors include President of UEFA, Aleksander Čeferin; President of La Liga, Javier Tebas; Chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club, Steve Parish; MP for Liverpool, West Derby, Ian Byrne; football writer, Nicky Bandini; Arsenal Supporters’ Trust spokesperson, Tim Payton, Chelsea Supporters’ Trust member, Dom Rosso.

Super Greed: The Fight For Football is commissioned for Sky Documentaries by Poppy Dixon, Director of Documentaries and Factual and Jamie Morris, Director of Programmes for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK. The documentary is directed by Carl Hindmarch. From Fulwell 73, Leo Pearlman, Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Richard Thompson serve as Executive Producers on the project with Richard Cooke, Benjamin Riad and Sara Woodford as Producers. Poppy Dixon and Jamie Morris also serve as executive producers for Sky UK.

Super Greed: The Fight for Football is coming to Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW at 10pm on 21 March 2022.

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About Fulwell 73

Fulwell 73, set up in 2005 by lifelong friends Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Ben Turner and Gabe Turner, strives to make top-quality television and film productions. In January 2017 James Corden joined as a fifth full partner and in 2021 launched Fulwell North, a new regional office in North East England. The company first came to the public’s attention in 2007 with the release of its debut feature In the Hands of the Gods (Lionsgate). Since then, Fulwell 73’s theatrical film releases include The Class of 92 (Universal Pictures); the huge box office hit One Direction 3D: This is Us(Sony/Columbia), I Am Bolt (Universal) and 2021’s Cinderella (Amazon Prime Video) starring Camila Cabello as well as feature documentaries Hitsville: The Making of Motow (Showtime) and Busby (Altitude). Recent television productions include An Audience with Adele (ITV) and Adele: One Night Only (CBS), All or Nothing: Juventus(Amazon Prime Video), Among the Stars (Disney+), Friends: The Reunion (HBO Max), Sunderland ‘Til I Die (Netflix), Crouchy’s Year-Late Euros: Live (BBC), Jack Whitehall’s Sporting Nation (BBC), hit documentary Bros: After the Screaming Stops (BBC), Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple TV), Auschwitz Untold: In Colour (Channel 4) and the hit Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special (BBC One). It is also the producer of multi-Emmy and Critics Choice award winning, The Late Late Show with James Corden, with CBS Television Studios, produced the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2021 and is producing the 64^th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2022. For more information, please visit www.fulwell73.com