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Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League (2021)
Deceptive title
This was disappointing. I have to assume the filmmakers intended a Man U documentary, but marketing people decided to bill it as "the Rise of the Premier League." Aside from the bulk of the first episode, which is a decent account of the formation of the PL, everything revolves around Man U, and if you like Man U and came for a Man U documentary, I suppose it's okay, but if you want a true documentary about the rise of the Premier League, it is completely lacking in scope.
A better documentary about the Premier League could have been done if they had followed multiple teams, because there was far more to these early years than Man U, or even other top teams. There were teams whose fortunes declined. It would have been an interesting contrast. But it's a Man U fishbowl, and not worth the time of anyone whose interest goes beyond one football team.