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A chronicle of the key role played by football in South African politics in two parts. These documentaries tell the story of the long and bitter battle to get soccer racially integrated, concentrating on the crucial years between 1969 and 1980.  These were turbulent times for the sport during which South Africa was placed under increasing international pressure until it was finally expelled from FIFA…

The second installment documents a hitherto untold story: how football provided both sustenance and cover for leading members of the country’s liberation movement. Key figures from the ANC recall how crucial meetings took place in the grandstands of soccer arenas in order to avoid detection by the security police . The films also explore the importance of the game to Nelson Mandela and fellow comrades during the years of imprisonment on Robben Island.