Clackity Films

19/05/2024

A twentieth anniversary retrospective of the popular home movie archive series, Super 8 Stories, is being presented at this year's Docs Ireland festival in Belfast. You can get tickets at this link for £4.50 with a screening and a talk: https://docsireland.ie/programme/whats-on/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3kOq14wpQU0XL0LEURVJkjfZCG4guoseKwCnbQWkPDZWLpn4Dt7VUGUFc_aem_AUNVzvQOySr-ocGY05xxiJHTyQ5RFOzfPX--QgaEYfqish92A1925QLY4qBuQZiXUkaklI0iqlQZ6gwmODT_ynpq

16/03/2024

There's another chance to see Yer Men in Spain tomorrow evening at Dunmurry Rec. World Cup hero Billy Hamilton will be in attendance.

04/08/2023

My staff pick this month from the Digital Film Archive at Northern Ireland Screen is this story from the wonderful Charlie Witherspoon, roving reporter supreme, road testing some very strange old bikes.

11/07/2023

For nearly two years I've enjoyed working with the UTV archives in Northern Ireland Screen and coming across great pieces of old film and video. Plenty of drums will be banged over the next few days in Northern Ireland but this film from Sandy Row, Belfast shows how the famous Lambeg drum is made.

22/03/2023

If you missed Yer Men in Spain back in December at the Odeon it has now started screening around the country via Northern Ireland Screen's outreach programme. The latest screening is next Friday, 31 March 2023 at Bangor FC. World Cup legends Gerry Armstrong, Billy Hamilton and George Dunlop will all be in attendance for a Q&A afterwards. I think there's just a small number of tickets left with all money raised going to charity. Details via the link below.

🎥 Tickets for our special showing of Yer Men In Spain are now available - https://app.teamfeepay.com/s/OL7PkmG

Tickets are £5 with proceeds from this special event going to Cancer Research, in memory of Bangor FC President Billy Palmer.

Full details 👇🏻

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27/01/2023

If you missed the film I made for Northern Ireland Screen at its Odeon premiere back in December it is now available through the Digital Film Archive outreach for screenings. First up is on 1 February at the home of East Belfast's greatest football team at Dundela Social Club. It's *free entry* at 7.30pm.

15/12/2022

A rather heart-warming tale following on from Sunday's screening. Many of you have been in touch to share memories of this meeting of fans and players and it makes me very happy indeed to have reconnected people to such a joyful time. One of the nicest things I've ever had the opportunity to work on.

Let’s take a walk down memory lane…

In 1982 nine-year-old Paul won a Dale Farm Spot the Ball competition securing a two-week holiday to Spain with tickets to all of the NI World Cup group matches.

On his 10th birthday, Paul and his brother Dave accompanied by their mum, were on the touchline to see Gerry Armstrong score that iconic goal and they celebrated with the fans as Northern Ireland National Team beat Spain in Valencia.

Unfortunately, the camera Paul’s mum used to capture images of her sons with the NI players at their hotel hadn’t worked properly. The photos were lost and their only memories were destined to be tales of their experience.

Until now….

As the family sat in the Odeon cinema last Sunday evening at the screening of Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive YER MEN IN SPAIN, they saw footage of themselves at the World Cup in 1982 for the first time, dressed in their finest football kits and cheering for the players.

“The film was an incredible time capsule which brought the memories flooding back and brought some of them to life again.” Paul

12/12/2022

Many thanks to all 350 of you who were at the Odeon last night (and many more well wishers) for Northern Ireland Screen and Belfast Film Festival's showing of Yer Men in Spain. So glad the fans enjoyed it and had nice trip down memory lane with laughs in all the right places. Gerry and Billy had a ball as well - two total legends. It will be available to view on the Digital Film Archive at some stage in the New Year and will be available for groups to view around Northern Ireland as part of Northern Ireland Screen's outreach programme.

11/12/2022

Nice long piece on Belfast Live about Yer Men in Spain which I’ve been fortunate enough to put together for Northern Ireland Screen. One night only screening this evening at the Odeon. Over 300 tickets gone so move quickly for the last seats.

Access all areas documentary highlights the impact España 82 had at home and abroad

10/12/2022

Big piece on the new film Yer Men in Spain on the UTV News yesterday evening. You can see it via the link below and it starts around the 12:25 mark.

UTV Live brings you the latest news, sport and weather for Northern Ireland. | UTV News

08/12/2022

Great interviews with Northern Ireland fans in the new documentary Yer Men in Spain, including some lovely ones with the optimistic young fans before the Spain game. Hope lots of people recognise themselves in the footage. Does anyone know these people - Cyril Crooks of Lisburn, John McCrystal of Cookstown and Colin Hughes of Portadown? They're brilliant in the film. Tickets well over half way gone now in this one night event. Buy them quick at: https://belfastfilmfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873641929

05/12/2022

Tickets selling very fast for this one night only event.

03/12/2022

Yer Men in Spain. Behind the scenes at the 1982 World Cup with Northern Ireland. Watch the trailer now and buy tickets via the link. At the Odeon in Belfast for one night on 11 December. Q&A with Gerry Armstrong and Billy Hamilton. Share this wide and far to everyone you know!

Footage of the Northern Ireland football squad sending shockwaves through the 1982 World Cup will be on show in a new documentary created by Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive.

30/11/2022

I'll be sharing the trailer for the new film later in the week. In the meantime, tomorrow is the 1 December and what better stocking filler can there be for the Northern Ireland fan in your family than Fields of Wonder, giving the full incredible story of the nation's immortal heroes of 1982. If you already bought it and liked it please help out by leaving a review.

‘I was never as proud to be part of a team as I was being part of that team.’ PAT JENNINGS By the end of the 1970s, the Northern Ireland football team was in the doldrums. Against a background of civil unrest, the team had endured long periods of playing all their games away from home and had ju...

25/11/2022

Imagine that Ulster Television sent a television crew to follow the Northern Ireland football team every day of the 1982 World Cup. Imagine they interviewed the manager, the players, the backroom staff, and accompanying press and fans. Imagine they captured the team training and relaxing and also shot reactions from the streets and pubs and houses of Belfast as the team progressed through the tournament. Imagine that footage then sat in cans unseen for forty years until someone took it all and cut it into a documentary of the behind-the-scenes account of a team at the World Cup. Imagine no more. It has happened. Keep Sunday 11 December in your diary. Details coming soon.

01/10/2022

I'll be signing copies of Fields of Wonder and Spirit of 58 tomorrow at the Football Programme and Memorabilia Fair at Windsor Park. Good to see it back on after the Covid postponement years and it's always worth a look-in for football fans interested in great old merchandise. Hope to see some of you there.

20/09/2022

This Sunday I'll be at the Aspects Festival in Bangor to talk about the new book, Fields of Wonder. As a special treat we also have a screening of a UTV Sportscast Special looking back on Northern Ireland at the World Cup which was last screened all the way back in December 1982.

Fields of Wonder is the incredible story of Northern Ireland’s Journey to the 1982 World Cup.

05/09/2022

If you're at a particularly loose end this evening you can listen to me chatting about the new book on NVTV to Elliot Lloyd.

Elliot Lloyd talks to author Evan Marshall about his his book Fields of Wonder.

27/07/2022

We had a fantastic time on Friday night down in Newry at the Kick Off Festival - Northern Ireland's first football film festival. Many thanks to the organisers, Ally, Gareth and James, and I'm very pleased that the entire weekend was a huge success for them. Let's hope there are more festivals to come from them. Here's a selection of photos from Friday.

05/07/2022

I was on BBC Radio Ulster last night to chat about Fields of Wonder. You can catch up with it on BBC Sounds via the link below and it starts at round about the 34.30 mark.

All the latest sport and more, with Nicola McCarthy, Nigel Ringland and guests.

25/06/2022

Forty years ago today Northern Ireland gave one of their greatest performances, beating the host nation, Spain, at the 1982 World Cup. I am grateful to NI supporter Martin Harris who is in Valenica this week and has pictured my book on the subject sitting outside the famous Mestalla stadium where it all happened.

21/06/2022

For those interested in catching a screening of our previous film, Spirit of '58, there is an opportunity next month in Newry at the Kick Off Film Festival - Northern Ireland's first ever festival devoted to football films. I'll be in attendance for a Q&A, as will be Peter McParland, the last surviving member of the 1958 squad and there will be a 1958 memorabilia display by the Northern Ireland Football Museum.

The home of Northern Ireland's first ever football film festival

16/06/2022

Father's Day is just three days away and if you've got a football mad dad you could do no better than giving him Fields of Wonder or Spirit of '58 (which is now available again). Let him relax with breakfast in bed and these moments of Northern Ireland footballing glory.

10/06/2022

Desperately sad news that Billy Bingham has passed away. A World Cup quarter finalist as a player in 58 and as a manager in 82 the word legend isn't enough to do him justice. This is a photo of him being interviewed for our forthcoming Fields of Wonder documentary a few years ago when he was excellent company and a pleasure to deal with.

26/05/2022

Fields of Wonder has been steadily climbing the charts. Now sitting at Number 8 in the Sports History section on Amazon. You can order your copy now or come along to the launch party on Monday at 7pm at 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast. Good to see the first review is a five star one too!

24/05/2022

I've written a piece for today's Belfast Telegraph looking at the enduring legacy of Northern Ireland's achievements at the 1982 World Cup. It's behind a premium paywall online but you can pick it up in the print edition from a newsagent as we did in the old days.

13/05/2022

The big launch night for Fields of Wonder will be later in the month (details to follow shortly), but, if you can't wait until then, copies are now flowing out into stores and you can call into your local Waterstones for a copy.

01/05/2022

Here's the design of the inside covers for Fields of Wonder, my new book on Northern Ireland's journey from British Champions in 1980 to the World Cup of 1982. Hope those of you who are old enough to remember find these images a real nostalgia blast. The book is already in stock early directly from Blackstaff Press or as a pre-order from Waterstones and other online stores. Should be in the shops in about a week.

29/04/2022

Got home to find this waiting for me. It has come back from the printers early and is available immediately through the Blackstaff website. Or you can wait until it trickles into the shops or other online stores in about a week. Very happy with it!

26/04/2022

12 May 2022 seems to be the final settled date for publication of the new book. Here's the direct link to Waterstones for those wishing to order online. Definitely my preference that you order from Waterstones as opposed to Amazon and it helps with distribution to stores in England on the back of it. Launch details to follow soon.

Buy Fields of Wonder by Evan Marshall, Martin O'Neill from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.