Following the British Embassy team's dissolution in the early 2000s, two English teacher coworkers in Latvia, the aforementioned Walley and Jon Whitmore planned to create a football club friendly for amateurs of all nationalities.

Although this did not amount to much, bar a few five-a-side games, a team did eventually form a few months later,[5] and a year later John Whitmore took his brave band of Latvians and Russians on tour to the Netherlands, where they finished a credible last in an invitation tournament.

Having left Latvia six months earlier, Justin Walley returned in December 2011 determined to resurrect Riga United Football Club.

With the help of Jeffrey Young and Graham Williams the three men agreed that the club needed to start training again and also be run on a more 'professional basis'.

It was also agreed that in order to survive and grow, the club's players needed to make the necessary financial commitment to ensure that Riga United operated without any debts.

Proof of this progress was apparent when RUFC toured in Lithuania, where they beat FK Pionieriai at the brand new Lithuanian national football stadium in Vilnius.

The club made its debut in the Latvian Football Cup on June 12, 2013 when it lost 0-4 away to Olaine in the first round, having gone in at half time comfortably drawing 0-0.

The film charts the history of Riga United FC from its pre-foundation years starting in 2000, to official founding in 2007, and the club playing its first national league game in May 2013.

[2][3][7] In January 2015, Jeffrey Young departed as head coach of Riga United to concentrate on the club's youth development programme.

In March 2015, the duo enjoyed their first success as Riga United finished as runners up in the Auda Cup, beating league one opponents Preiļu BJSS in the semi-final.

[12] The Riga United Ladies was formed in May 2014 after Marit Bjorkum Gjerde, Inese Keisa and Justin Walley helped organize the team's first open training session, which around 20 players attended.

Riga United Ladies played their first ever competitive match in September 2014, where the team lost 1-3 to Liepaja in the Latvian national cup semi final.

Marit Bjorkum Gjerde captained the side, while fellow Norwegian Kristin Aune was the first player to ever score a competitive goal for Riga United Ladies in the 1-3 cup defeat to Liepaja.

Riga United Ladies reached the quarter finals of the 2014/15 Latvian national women's futsal cup, after finishing second in their group.

The youngest player to ever play for Riga United in a competitive match is Till van Zwamen, who was 16 when he made his league debut.

Uldis Aliks became the first Riga United player to receive a red card in league twice, when he was sent off after being cautioned twice in the same game away to Upesciems on July 18, 2013.