The production team behind Different League: The Derry City Story is delighted to announce the a one-week cinema run of the extended 82-minute feature documentary at Derry’s Brunswick Moviebowl from September 9th to 15th 2021.
The new cinema version of Different League: The Derry City Story goes into much more depth, seeking to understand how the Candystripes managed to defy the border in 1985.
In the attached video clip, Eamonn McCann discusses how Gang of Four stalwarts Terry Harkin and Tony O’Doherty came from Creggan Estate. He argues that the resolve Creggan people had learnt when taking on the establishment was central to the Gang of Four’s success in getting football back to the city.
McCann says: “Defying authority was what we were good at. The sports editor of a national newspaper in Dublin said you know the problem with those boys is they have no respect. But that’s not …