
Net Losses: In Search of the Soul of British Football
English football's top flight has become a global product, and this film asks what got lost in the sale. As Premier League clubs pass into the hands of foreign owners and stadiums fill with tourists rather than lifelong locals, the film goes looking for where the old game survives. It follows supporters, lower-league clubs, and fan-ownership groups pushing back against ticket prices and absentee owners who treat clubs as investment vehicles rather than community institutions. Interviews with fans, club officials, and commentators lay out the economics behind the shift, from television deals to sponsorship money, and how that money reshaped who the game is actually for. The film contrasts the corporate spectacle of the top division with grassroots and non-league football, where terraces, chants, and cheap admission still resemble what English football looked like before satellite broadcasting rewired it. It is less a nostalgia piece than an argument about ownership and belonging, asking whether the sport can be reclaimed once its economics have already changed.