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Awaydays is a 2009 British crime drama film directed by Pat Holden and starring Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle and Stephen Graham. [1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Sampson that was published in 1998.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 4.75/10. [5] Mike McCahill, film critic of The Guardian gave the film 2/5 stars saying the film "treats one-time football hooligans as if they were Camelot knights, and features a twinkly David Essex".
The show looks at the in-depth life of football hooligans and hooligan firms. Interviews are conducted with past and present hooligans. The presenter of the show, Danny Dyer, also starred in the film The Football Factory. During the series Dyer visits Yorkshire, Scotland, The Midlands, North West England and London to meet up with and interview ...
I.D. is a 1995 film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis, written by Vincent O'Connell, and starring Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke. It is set in 1988 in the Shadwell area of London , England and is a story about a group of Metropolitan Police officers who are sent undercover to infiltrate a ...
The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by John King [1] 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.
That same week, after a Red Star Belgrade-Partizan cup match, three people were injured and a bus destroyed by hooligans. [129] Football firm graffiti in Prague. On 19 September 2008 a Serbian football hooligan was sentenced to ten years in jail for an attack against a police officer at a Red Star Belgrade–Hajduk Kula game. [130]
Set twenty-one years after I.D., Mo, a young Muslim police officer in the Metropolitan Police is sent by Trevor to infiltrate the hooligan firm of Shadwell Town Football Club, who are reportedly fired up following the clubs takeover by a wealthy Russian oligarch. Mo searches out Eddie who has now retired and is working as a stand-up comedian in ...
Producer Matthew Vaughn, while looking for a film vehicle to highlight ex-football star Vinnie Jones, came across director Robert Aldrich's 1974 American football comedy The Longest Yard. Jones, who was known for rough play and off-field rowdiness, seemed a natural for the lead role. [4] Mean Machine was filmed from April to June 2001.