The True Pride of British Football brought to film

Rating: 9/10 (11 September 2006)

In my own opinion from what i saw it should Really be a 10, i know hooligans i have friends who are football hooligans and basically this film depicts the truth of what it is really like, I know a lot of people who have reviewed this film are American and i don't want to insult your opinions and reviews, but there is not one British person i know that would say Green Street (british Title) is a better film than the football factory. between the two football factory has real British actors original come from working class backgrounds where football hooliganism comes from where has Green street yes it was a good film but has many actors going about doing British things but as usual exaggerate on everything like when the firm of the GSE walks no hooligan or fan walks with that much waddle without something wrong with their leg. anyway the football factory,what i loved was prior to that time i was very interested in football i used to go to all my teams games the years before and have such a great time and the first act i saw which made me believe was a game between my team Chesterfield (proud of where i'm from) and Manchester City (the other team in Manchester other than United for you Americans) i was about 10 at the time and me and my dad were sat in the family stand every kid has pride no matter what your background and there was man city fans there and i couldn't believe it next min Kick Off and man city fans had been arrested been brought round the ground past us F'ing and blinding " F**k you, You Spireite C*nts" etc they would shout banter but with there own pride when the came ended there firm which i think is Another one called the ICF (inter city firm) had come out early to wait for ours the CBS (chesterfield B**tard Squad) coming out of the Kop end of the Ground ironically all the stands come out of this end so with me only being little my dad was like surrounding me while running cos we were going to the club shop Bottles and Bricks were flying about people were bloody but at this stage the shouting had already been down we could hear it leaving the ground and walking out by the time we were out it was the fight.
Football Factory makes me remember that day but with a smile and as i am nearly 18 now i wish i was this age then i'd have joined in for my own pride. My Father was from a rough area of Chesterfield originally a place called Birdholme and that makes my roots from there to live up to my working class family to what they would have done to be with most of the people from my dads area some he may have known years ago. I feel you cannot truly appreciate this film unless you are British or European I'm sure you don't really have this sort of thing in the states where in a contact sport your all padded up head to toe. I know of one or two people who for one hate violence can't stand especially football violence but when they saw these films Green street and Football factory you'd think as i am talking about girls they would say Green streets better its more story less about the violence more plot but half of it isn't to do with what its supposed to be about but getting to the point all these girls say football factory is better by fair it gives you the true atmosphere the reality of what it's like to be not just a football hooligan but a football fan, and to be fair most hooligans that are in their 30's and forties that still do it, don't even go to games like Green street announces because they are banned and just organise the fights and use their time as a worthy cause.