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Semi-Pro Club Merthyr Tydfil's '87 Victory Over Atalanta To Be Made Into Film

One of football's "unlikeliest stories is to be made into a film to mark its 30th anniversary," according to the BBC. In '87, Merthyr Tydfil's semi-professional players, who were "paid in pints," beat Serie A side Atalanta in the European Cup Winners Cup. After hearing about the "remarkable" story from her dad, film director Joann Randles "approached the club about producing it." It has a working title of "Martyrs 87" and shooting will start in the summer. Randles aims to create "a Full Monty-type" low budget, "feel-good film," following the lives of four central characters in the run-up to the game. After researching the story, she found it "completely unique" and one that "may not be ever repeated by a semi-professional team again" (BBC, 2/27).

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