unrealistic

Rating: 1/10 (26 July 2012)

i have seen all the films that have been made about the English football hooligan scene, they are all rubbish. The most realistic you can get to seeing how the 1980"s football gangs or firms dressed and went to the games is a 1 hour documentary called "hooligan",made in 1985 by Ian Studdard available from Amazon,on found on google. most of the lads had jobs,you needed money, spending £100,on a Saturday was no problem even 30 years ago. They were builders, electricians, ,waggon drivers, with the odd teacher,banker, a lot are self employed and earn big money; i know of a RAF fighter pilot who was arrested. At the beginning of the film when the 2 groups see each other on opposite sides of the train platform,in the film they stand shouting at each other,in reality they would have jumped onto the train lines and ran into each other fighting. when your at a home game you don't jump up and down on the tables in the pubs ,everyone is just talking,when away the jumping about happens usually because everyone is drunk .its not a planed thing..its probably the fight scenes that are filmed the worse,all the shouting and jumping, in reality if you are walking through a city on a away trip and you see a group of the home fans(only the lads wanting to fight not the ones with the scarves)the 2 groups would run straight at each other and start fighting,a few black eyes and sore legs from kicks.if you want to see the real 80"s you can probably see "hooligan" the documentary ,its about west ham,the same as this film, or look at you tube just type leeds v millwall "fans"