The Football Factory
The Football Factory is a 2004 sports drama film written by AJ Lovell and directed by Nick Love and starring Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Frank Harper, Roland Manookian, Neil Maskell and Dudley Sutton. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by John King and the first foray into filmmaking by video game producers Rockstar Games (publishers of games such as the Grand Theft Auto series, among others), credited as executive producers. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2004.
Plot
Tommy Johnson is a member of a violent Chelsea hooligan firm. His friends and fellow hooligans include Tommy's best friend Rod King, the hot-tempered Billy Bright, and impulsive younger members Zeberdee and Raf. Tommy spends his days drinking, using drugs, womanising and fighting, much to the disappointment of his grandfather Bill Farrell, a pensioner and veteran who plans to move to Australia with his best friend Albert.
More details
| author | John King Nick Love |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Nick Love |
| editor | Stuart Gazzard |
| events | association football |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | arrest australia best friend chelsea chelsea f.c. cocaine cricket bat drink drug dealer end epiphany espresso fight firm football hooliganism football hooliganism in the united kingdom force hear heart attack held hostage hmp full sutton hooligan kill lager living room lothario millwall millwall f.c. myocardial infarction nightmare recreational drug use run away seven years stoke city stoke city f.c. tommy john tottenham tottenham hotspur f.c. using drugs womanise |
| musicBy | Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne |
| producer | Allan Niblo |
| productionCompany | Rockstar Games Screen Daily Variety Vertigo Films |
| publisher | British Board of Film Classification Screen Daily Variety |
| theme | hood |