The film was nominated at the 2017 BAFTA Awards, in the category of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for John Donnelly and Ben Williams.

It's the night before their first-ever game for the first team – a Champions League match – and they're in a hotel room in Romania.

The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives – a decade of fame and failure, secrets and lies, in a sporting world where image is everything.

[3] Empire gave it three out of five stars and said "Russell Tovey gives a layered, career-best performance in an intense interior drama that never quite shakes its theatrical origins".

[4] The Guardian gave it four out of five stars and said "Its stage roots show through at times, but this story of homoerotic tension between two youth team players is well made and acted".