This is supposed to be a film about a washed up soccer player getting one more chance to play in the big leagues(the Yesterday's Hero of the title) but that is only part of the story. Instead, we have this weird pseudo-love angle between the soccer player (Ian McShane) and a pretty American singer (Suzanne Sommers). What makes this so unwatchable are the dreadful disco songs that Sommers sings. Not only are they bad, but the songs are sung in their entirety. Yup, 4 minutes of screen time at a time of Sommers and Paul Nichols singing their turgid disco love songs. Nichols plays the record executive who owns the team. You see, when he was growing up, the Ian McShane character was his idol, so now he wants to give him a chance to be today's hero (do you see what I did there?). The soccer sequences are good and McShane puts in a believable performance but the unbearable disco song sequences kill the mood. Soccer fans, you should only watch this if you have exhausted all other possibilities including watching seven-year-olds playing at your local park. I give it 4 soccer balls out of 10 only because of the soccer sequences shot in old English stadiums. You have been warned.
Review of Yesterday's Hero
