Here in the States, we tend not to give a damn about soccer-- or football, as our cousins across the pond insist upon calling it. But in the U.K., and plenty of other countries around the world, it's a huge deal, and worthy of an entire movie about one particularly legendary soccer coach.

So while Americans might not normally care about The Damned United, a biopic about Leeds United coach Brian Clough, it's got two things we're typically interested in: Peter Morgan and Michael Sheen. The two have teamed up on two features before, The Queen and Frost/Nixon, both of which were nominated for Oscars. Now screenwriter Morgan and actor Sheen have reunited for a third time. Now aren't you kind of curious what this football business is all about? Below is the trailer, posted at Empire Online, for the movie that comes out on March 27 in the U.K. No word on when it might come over here, but given the star power in it and America's love of sports movies, it probably has at least a fighting chance. Check it out below.

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