The film is part of a wider series called Sports Explains the World, executive produced by John Skipper for Meadowlark Media.
[2][3] Allan Cockram, who founded the Brentford Penguins in 2017, told TalkSport that he received a phone call from producer/director Louis Myles which he thought “was a wind-up at first” about making a documentary about the club and the players.
[4] It was co-produced and co-directed by Ahmed Twaij, and produced by All a Dream Productions and Firelight Media.
[6] Donald McRae in The Guardian described the film as directed “with a light touch” by Louis Myles and Ahmed Twaij.
[7] Following the release of the film, former footballer David Beckham, and his son Romeo, met the Mighty Penguins team in September 2023, and presented Cockram with an Who Cares Wins Unsung Hero Award from The Sun newspaper.