Gregory's Girl (1980)

A Scottish school comedy where soccer is the way in rather than the whole story. Gregory loses his place in the school team to a girl who is simply better than him, and promptly falls for her. The film's gentle joke is that he is the last person to accept she earned the spot. Expect awkward teenage romance more than match action, but it is one of the warmest films about the game at grassroots level, and the idea of a girl walking into a boys' team on merit was well ahead of its time. A good pick to watch with a younger player.