VeryMuchSo Productions were the first Western film crew allowed into DPRK (North Korea). After four years of negotiations we were given unparalleled access to players, public and locations. The following images and text are from the making of 'The Game of their Lives'.


For further details contact us on:
Dan Gordon:   Dan@verymuchso.co.uk
Nicholas Bonner:  Nicholas@verymuchso.co.uk
VeryMuchSo  Productions 141 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield, S11 8ZA,UK
tel / fax +44  114 268 7606

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY:  As well as worldwide broadcasting VeryMuchSo Productions are wanting to screen the documentary as a 35mm film during the World Cup. We require funding for this and in return we can provide a sponsors package If you would like futher details please contact Nicholas@verymuchso.co uk

VeryMuchSo productions and Koryo Tours would like to thank the individuals, companies and governmental organisations who have made this documentary possible. Four years ago we were told 'great idea but totally unachievable'.  Thanks to their support  we have achieved the impossible and 'the greatest sports story never told' is yours to watch.

We would like to thank Daedong Credit Bank, DPRK, for their assistance in the making of the film. Contact: Nigel R J Cowie, General Manger, e-mail address: nrjcc@aol.com

'Thirty-five years ago North Korea rocked the sporting world by defeating Italy in the World Cup. Today the giant-killing team is finally able to tell its story' (John Larkin Far Eastern Economic Press, December 2001)…all efforts to contact any of Korea's 1966 heroes were rebuffed, until two enterprising Englishmen finally broke through the political barriers…..the film crew were sitting in Pak's Pyongyang home at the end of a four-year search… Gordon and Bonner were heartened to find seven surviving members of the 11-man team behind the greatest shock in World Cup history. (Calum MacLeod, The Independent - London December 2001) The North Korean football team arrived in Middlesbrough, England in 1966 as the underdogs of the World Cup finals. Short in stature, inexperienced and timid before the public, little was known about them and nothing was expected. But on July 19 when they defeated the robust Italians, whose players were some of the finest and well paid in the world, a legend was born.  (Mia Turner, Herald Tribune, December 2001)