Tough Love: a documentary about grassroots football in Brixton, south London
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2018
- Steadman Scott has run Afewee, a grassroots football club in Brixton, south London, for over a decade. His training style is unorthodox but it produces results: the kids respect him and their parents trust him. Not every child will be good enough to make it to the top, but it is about more than football: for local kids, the club offers an alternative to the streets and an opportunity to improve their lives, something Steadman, a former gang member who has done time, is critically aware of.
Afewee has given careers to a number of notable players including England and Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne, Millwall and England women’s striker Rinsola Babajide, and England Under-17 and Manchester United winger Joshua Bohui.
Kids at Afewee are learning it takes discipline, passion, hard work and self-belief to live the dream of sporting glory, fame and riches. But the road to the top is tough, and even for those that sign for a club, a secure future is not guaranteed.
This documentary short by Ray McFarlane and Patrick Steel is an access-all-areas look at the football club, Steadman’s philosophy, and the impact of the training regime on the kids and their families.
CREDITS
Tough Love
A Fat Toad Films production by Ray McFarlane and Patrick Steel
Directors: Ray McFarlane and Patrick Steel
Colourist: Martin Fickling
Music: Tim Spencer
Sound Design: Thom Paisley at Hurricane Sound
Length: 20'55
Country of production: United Kingdom
Copyright Fat Toad Films, 2018 - Krátké a kreslené filmy
We need more men like steadman in the community to help make a change for the better and not judge a child for their background or area they are from well done😊😊😊
We do, but a lot of the times the females make it hard for coaches like him to stay in coaching.
We need someone like this in this country for English kids.
Great documentary i wish it was longer!
South West London has so many kids with talent all wanting a chance and I am glad Afewee is doing well and can show that hard work pays off
Good lad, proper Jamaican accent, none of this silly kids street rubbish, which is put on.
Your a great mentor.
I think at the end of the day these guys are doing the best they can, and well done for doing something instead of just talking about it. Communities need outlets like these. This approach wont work for everyone. Some will make it this way, and some won't. Some will be able to transfer the values and principles they will learn here (commitment, control, communication to work as a team, goal setting etc), and some won't.
Its great that this is a reference point. If someone watches this, and thinks they can do better, then they should, and good luck to them if they can. Talk is cheap. AFEEWE, AFEE- MEE!
Wow... Nearly shed s tear when it got to the end. Powerful!
Great film! Loved the closeness to the characters, and the rawness of the storytelling.
Thank you for your comments. Glad you liked the film.
Would love a place like this for my boy. No messing attitude. We'll done sir
mannnnn, this is great!
Very good film and a breath of fresh air. Didnt here that silly street slang once!!!
Great film Ray. Emma
"don't bother just sit in the house reading books" If you want to get to the top, it's hard to get straight A's on the way there.
Okay I trained with Jamie Lawrence in Wandsworth and there were actual pros there like Clinton Morrison and Marvin Elliott and the training was never like this. The standard and the intensity of the drills spoke for themselves. Sometimes he was tough on you but in a FOOTBALLING way like making fun of you if you wernt technically at the level but it was always enjoyable. If this guy was my coach i would have quit on the first day. And yes football is about FUN expecially when youre 9 years old!
Yo who mad this gem
I might be wrong correct me if i am but isnt the steadman scott bit at the start from bts no hunger in paradise
No, it's original footage, actually shot before the BT film.
@@fattoadfilms fair enough rly good documentary mate keep up the good work
@@euan7231 Thanks! Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it.
39 seconds in the guy dealt with boys the way you should deal with them
This is one of the factors why young kids quit football
Doctor MindBenDa it's not even that g the teens now look at it from the long term vision if the coach yells at them they think they won't make it and it stops there.
Then their parents have failed them and isn't preparing them for the real world
Sorry I don’t think you need to talk like that to get your point across, give instructions but don’t shout you won’t get the best out of the players that way
Exacly... what manners does he give? They are children and you can teach them great football without having mouth like that. They need to laught, smile, enjoy and work hard. I would never put my child in there with him.
This isn’t leisure football, this is training to become a footballer, a career path that is heavily pressured. Watch a game and see how the coaches interact with their players. If these kids were to play leisurely in parks for fun they wouldn’t have the opportunities to be referred, trialled or scouted to academies or scouted to be signed to football clubs. Discipline and boundaries are required to succeed especially in sports.
Great documentary btw!
@@tauniss true, talking to kids like a prison guard is a good way to lose them forever..
@@robertsmith7667 Some kids need that when you've asked them nicely and they don't listen and if u were paying attention, the coach asked them several times what did i tell u so obviously he's told them not to talk and they didn't listen.
@@tauniss You can't teach them anything if the kids are constantly talking, playing and not listening DUHH