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	The Football Factory : film review
		The Football Factory tries to dismantle the football hooligan's mentality and formulate reasons why supporters take their interests to extremes, being more than mere fans but obsessive idolisers who form violent brethrens in support of their favourite strips.
		As most journalists have pointed out, to release a film about football hooliganism in the year of a major European competition is tactless and stupid but The Football Factory speaks the truth and should not be discredited for a foolish marketing ploy.
		The Football Factory is a shockingly realised story about football hooligans - brothers literally bonded by blood and their insatiable thrust for violence, drink, sex and football.
	www.musicomh.com /films/football-factory.htm (623 words)

	BBC - Films - The Football Factory
		Narrated Trainspotting-style by Dyer's cocky twentysomething Tommy Johnson, The Football Factory instead focuses on the fierce tribal loyalties which set Frank Harper's west London crew on a collision course with a rival mob from Millwall.
		The Football Factory is released in UK cinemas on Friday 14th May 2004.
		Yes it has football violence, but it is also humourous and has a central character questioning the violent world he is part of, therefore not glamourising the violence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2004/05/10/football_factory_2004_review.shtml (460 words)

	The Football Factory (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join...
		Danny Dyer who plays Tommy Johnson in Football Factory was the voice of Kent Paul in Vice City.
		What "The football factory" shows us is a bit of reasoning behind why, seemingly normal go out and beat the crap out of each other because of a game with 22 guys and a ball.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0385705 (437 words)

	Football Factory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nothing was heard about the film until 02 June 2003, when a story in This is London reported that six weeks of filming had been completed, and the movie was due to be released in the Spring of 2004.
		Sean was originally in the lineup for Football Factory, but because the filming dates were changed, he was no longer available, and therefore doesn't appear in the final version.
		According to Dark Horizons, "...the novel is about a seasoned Chelsea Football Club hooligan who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules.
	www.compleatseanbean.com /footballfactory.html (241 words)

	Amazon.com: The Football Factory: DVD: Adam Bolton,Tony Denham,Philip Dunbar,Danny Dyer,Alison Egan,Jamie ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plot Synopsis: The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong.
		Football grounds have demolished the terraces and the white working class males have been usurped by the middle classes who are the only ones who can afford the seats.
		Full of mindless and senseless violence, `The Football Factory' may on the outset appear to be nothing more than male entertainment of the morally debased kind, but really it's a study on the inherent need for a sense of release.
	www.amazon.com /Football-Factory-Adam-Bolton/dp/B000BC8SYW (1776 words)

	Capitol Hill Blue: American football factory
		But it was clear that the other four football players were going to find academic life challenging, even in a basic course like freshman English taught by a novice like me.
		But he had a realistic streetwise wisdom; he knew that football, even though it was a very long shot, was his best chance to make it big in our culture.
		Eligibility always trumped academics, and it was easy for everyone around them to accept the doubtful idea that a scholarship to a big football power like UT would lead to fame and fortune in the NFL.
	www.capitolhillblue.com /news2/2006/09/american_football_factory.html (850 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Football firms hit the film circuit
		The promotional credits for The Football Factory feature six people who either have convictions or are the subject of banning orders preventing them from travelling to Euro 2004.
		The Football Factory goes on general release on Friday, a week before Millwall travel to Cardiff for the FA Cup final.
		The Association of Chief Police Officers' spokesman on football issues, Deputy Chief Constable David Swift said: "In a democracy there is always a balance to strike between freedom of speech and expression, and protecting the public from crime.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3687227.stm (1030 words)

	Football Factory, The (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		Released in the UK a week before the start of the 2004 European Championship, The Football Factory caused a media storm, accused of glamorising football hooliganism at a time when England fans were being encouraged to behave themselves.
		The Football Factory tells the story of Tommy Johnson (played by Danny Dyer), a twenty-something Chelsea supporter who admits in his opening Trainspotting-esque diatribe that he “lives for the weekend, casual sex, watered-down lager, heavily cut drugs and occasionally kicking f*** out of someone”.
		A few weeks before The Football Factory was released in UK cinemas, a very high quality version did the rounds, complete with the more light-hearted opening included on the DVD.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/football-factory-the2.html (2436 words)

	The Football Factory
		Based on the acclaimed novel by John King, The Football Factory is about a forgotten culture of males fed up with being told they're no good and using violence as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.
		Adapted and directed by Nick Love, The Football Factory is seen through the eyes of four men, all of who have a different story to tell about their experience with tribal culture on the terraces of the beautiful game.
		The Football Factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four character's extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.
	www.britfilms.com /britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591b1ff1D725MjO3EA02DD (284 words)

	The Football Factory (18) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		But then The Football Factory, based on John King's acclaimed 1996 novel, is defiantly not a 'jumpers for goalposts' depiction of the nation's favourite sport.
		The Football Factory steams in, spins you round and spits you out all while its cracking soundtrack featuring Primal Scream, The Streets, The Rapture, The Libertines and The Jam enhances the adrenaline rush.
		Certainly not to everyone's liking, The Football Factory is one hell of a ride.
	www.xfm.co.uk /Article.asp?id=25059 (453 words)

	indielondon.co.uk - film - Football Factory, review
		Nick Love, who adapted and directed the novel, uses his own football knowledge to illustrate why men turn to violence, and this includes creating the character of ‘Zeberdee’, a teenager who is addicted to drugs, but aspires to be respected by the Chelsea firm.
		With a former hooligan refusing to return to fighting, and a few characters frowning upon their conduct, the violent behaviour of the football hooligans is never condoned or glamorised.
		While there is never going to be a perfect release date for the film, The Football Factory reveals that acts of hooliganism are pre-planned, weeks in advance, by the existing hierarchy of firms, and that, unfortunately, this darker side of the game has been a part of the football culture since the 70s.
	www.indielondon.co.uk /film/football_factory_rev.html (600 words)

	Welcome to MyMovies.net
		Based on the acclaimed novel by John King, "The Football Factory " is a study of loyalty, football violence and male culture.
		To its credit, "The Football Factory" does fit in some intelligent moments between the head butts, body blows and coke–snorts of its Burberry–sporting subjects: the cruel hierarchy between the Firm‘s members and the handing down of violence from generation to generation are, for starters, brilliantly portrayed.
		Football factory will go down as 1 of the best films of 2005.
	www.mymovies.net /synopsis/default.asp?filmid=3416&sec=incinemas (493 words)

	Neil Young's Film Lounge
		The Football Factory is based on the novel of the same title by John King, which nestles on many booksellers' shelves alongside tell-all ruck-a-thons by real-life football hooligans.
		His books are visceral and accurate, but in no way do they celebrate or glorify the sub-culture they chronicle: instead King diagnoses and illustrates a wider malaise in British society, tracing the psychological, political, economic and historical factors that have led so many of his young male compatriots down such violent, seemingly nihilistic routes.
		A movie intended for a mass audience, Love's adaptation of The Football Factory necessarily loses much of King's subtlety - the racism of the football hooligan world is noticeably soft-pedalled; some of the storytelling is a little sloppy; much of the characterisation and plotting (including the 'tragic' climax) is too predictable.
	www.jigsawlounge.co.uk /film/footballfactory.html (691 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Football factory or money pit?
		The Football Association, Football League and Premier League have been discussing how best to improve youth development, and how to pay for it, since the summer.
		As is Graham Hawkins, Jennings's counterpart at the Football League.
		Where all three agree with Clifford is on the ability of English footballers to meet the challenge of playing in a "world league" like the Premiership.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/football/6303863.stm (1347 words)

	The Football Factory
		As the media and most of the footballing community continue to see English football supporters as hooligans, a film like this does absolutely nothing to sway their opinions, only fuel them.
		It plays up to the thug mentality of a small percentage of the football watching fraternity, to the point that it glorifies their ideals and way of life.
		The Football Factory is a truly deplorable film that only serves to glorify the thug mentality of the limited minority of so called football fans.
	www.kelwick.karoo.net /TheUsher-Speaks2004/TheUsherSpeaks-FootballFactory.htm (1135 words)

	spiked-culture \| Article \| <i>Football Factory</i> fodder
		The Football Factory (1996) burst on to the scene to near unanimous approval.
		Going to football, or at least talking the talk, allowed politicians and journalists to express their common touch, even as they demanded legislation to exclude the undesirable elements.
		The Football Factory for encouraging violence is an empty ritual, an opportunity to vent some spleen and express a conviction that society is circling the drain in a whirlpool of lager, crime and Burberry.
	www.spiked-online.com /Articles/0000000CA525.htm (1743 words)

	Burberry bashing \| fuk.co.uk
		May 14th sees the release of The Football Factory, a film in which some football hooligans don their Burberry caps with pride whilst carrying out acts of violence.
		While social commentators are concerned that the film reinforces English football fans' already dismal reputation in the run-up to Euro 2004, The Football Factory is unremorseful.
		There is also range of Football Factory merchandise for those that want it.
	www.fuk.co.uk /node/3180 (190 words)

	The Football Factory - Reviews - www.smh.com.au
		These are the writers and filmmakers who propagate the view that the macho, Anglo-Saxon, white male is an endangered species, forced to find his kicks in turning on his own kind because the rest of society gives him so little satisfaction.
		The Football Factory's Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is just such a character - a twentysomething Chelsea supporter who is putting off his fate, a dead-end job and a sexless marriage, for as long as possible.
		The Football Factory, on the other hand, is half in love with these characters.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Reviews/The-Football-Factory/2004/10/13/1097607282183.html (668 words)

	The Football Factory - Chelsea Football Club Blog
		Established in early 2004, the Chelsea Football Club Blog is an unofficial collaborative weblog dedicated to the world's greatest football club, the mighty Chelsea FC.
		And if they go to see The Football Factory, I’d bet it stirs little more than nostalgia and earache in the old dears.
		The Football Factory tells it like it was — simple as that.
	www.chelseablog.com /2004/05/16/the-football-factory (308 words)

	The Football Factory - Moviefone
		Synopsis: Testosterone and football combine to paint a violent portrait of middle-class England in director Nick Love's adrenaline-charged adaptation of John...
		The Football Factory (2004) Football Factory does entertain and is packed with Violence and Humour.
		The Football Factory Review (DVD Movie/Film) Movie Review of Football Factory DVD directed by Nick Love and staring Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Dudley Sutton, Jamie Foreman, Roland Manookian,...
	movies.aol.com /movie/the-football-factory/1256789/main (165 words)

	BBC - Tyne Features - The Football Factory
		The Football Factory is a candid snapshot of the darker side of the beautiful game.
		The Football Factory (Cert 18) is released on May 14.
		Based on the hit novel by John King of the same name, Brit flick The Football Factory takes a no holds barred look at working class male culture through the eyes of four different generations.
	www.bbc.co.uk /tyne/features/2004/05/football_factory.shtml (1273 words)

	FootyMania Football (Soccer) Movies: The Football Factory
		Middle England, football violence and male culture involving Tommy Johnson a bored twenty something who lives for the weekend, casual sex, watered down lager, heavily cut drugs.
		Based on a 1997 cult novel by John King, The Football Factory follows a group of men of four different generations, and their outlook on life, especially hooliganism.
		The movie is set to be released on May 14th in the UK.
	www.footymania.com /movies.phtml?movieID=9 (182 words)

	Dick's Sporting Goods - 2003 Topps Football Factory Set
		Then the 2003 Topps® Football Factory set is for you.
		There are 385 cards featuring all of the base cards from the 2003 Topps® Football product plus all 75 of the rookie cards from the Topps® set.
		Conveniently packaged in a stylish box, this set is the perfect gift for the football fan in your life.
	www.dickssportinggoods.com /sm-2003-topps-football-factory-set--pi-1428959.html (209 words)

	Artificial Grass - Evergreens UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bahrain racetrack was supplied with over 7000sqm of artificial grass including a further 2000sqm produced in colour to match the sand dunes around the race track.
		The product was factory cut to exact dimensions from cad drawings to assist with installation.
		From factory joins to precise CAD shape cutting, everything you require to make your project go smoothly.
	www.evergreensuk.com (631 words)

	Blind, Stupid and Desperate - Watford FC site - Book reviews
		Anyone who's watched and listened at English football grounds in the last twenty years will learn little new from this but there's a certain interest to be found in filling in the gaps.
		But it's that quality to the book that rather begs the question of what it's target audience is. To regular fans, it's simply another book about football, albeit with a new angle; to outsiders, who do have much to learn about football violence, it'll probably be just a bit too supporter-orientated to be approachable.
		The Brimsons' protestations that nobody else had successfully written about football violence so they had to do it, don't hold a lot of weight when you realise that Buford's work has been on the shelves for five years.
	www.bsad.org /reviews/books1.html (1401 words)

	Green Umbrella Sport & Leisure Ltd Football Factory (DVD)
		This stunning second feature film from director Nick Love, 'Football Factory', sees Danny Dyer (Human Traffic) in the performance of his career and Frank Harper (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking barrels), in this drug fuelled adrenaline rush of a story about friendship, revenge and violence.
		Shot on a low budget, the film deftly explores the study of life in middle England; football violence and male culture at it’s extreme.
		Told through Tommy's eyes and linked together by his relationships with three other generations of males, Nick Love has taken John King's bestselling novel 'The Football Factory' and turned it into a film that leaves a brilliant mixture of excitement and anguish in the pit of your stomach.
	www.greenumbrellashop.co.uk /acatalog/football_factory_dvd.html (239 words)

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