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Daydream Believers

In 1997, Barnsley was struggling to recover from the impacts of the greatest industrial dispute this country had ever seen. The Government of the day had ripped up the industry the people depended on, declared its brave men & women as ‘The Enemy Within’ & left them out to dry. In less than 10 years, in a town of a population of around 200,000, over 30,000 jobs were gone.

But one group of people provided them hope. Led by the young but inspirational Danny Wilson, Barnsley Football Club earned promotion to the top tier of English football for the first time in its 110 year history, playing football likened to that only seen on the beaches of Rio with a group of players assembled from Non-League, free transfers & local lads raised through the clubs academy. An achievement never seen before & one unlikely to be seen again.
‘Daydream Believers’ (www.daydream-believers.co.uk) is the story of that achievement.

  • Chris Johnson
    Director
  • Chris Johnson, Liam Dyson
    Writer
  • Liam Dyson
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Sport, Social
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 39 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 20, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Sony F55, Slog3.Cine
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Chris Johnson
Distribution Information
  • Graft
    Country: United Kingdom
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Chris Johnson

Directorial debut, Camera Operator and DOP for 15 years working on TV, Corporate and Commercial projects.

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Director Statement

I would like this to be seen as a collaboration of all 6 key contributors. Myself the Director had unbelievable help from Producer Liam Dyson, Music Composer Simon Lindley, Graphic Artist Jamie Walman and 2 Associate Producers in Matty Goodwin and Liam Swann.
All six of the team have no prior experience of creating a feature-length production so to work like we have has been a real team effort.
The project has been crowdfunded and self-funded so with a small budget we have had to go the extra distance ourselves to get it completed.