History Film / TheFootballFactory

** There was an obvious racial divide in the novels, especially with the Millwall and Chelsea fans: the Millwall fans were mostly Middle-Eastern Britons, whereas the Chelsea fans were all white, but in the movie, both sides have fans of different ethnicities (although Chelsea's side is [[ButNotTooBlack harder to notice]]).

* TeensAreMonsters: Zeberdee and Raff in order to get into Billy's good books.

* BarBrawl: Tommy and Rod get into one with Millwall FC fans that catch them celebrating over the announcements of Chelsea being qualified for UsefulNotes/TheFACup.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Anyone would think from the title that this movie (and book series) is about FIFA or football club, but it's actually about the extremism of European soccer fans.

* BaldOfAwesome: Billy and Harris. All the people in the Chelsea firm underneath them all have hair.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Tommy wakes up on a sofa, hung over from the night before, with Rod giving him a DeathGlare. Tommy doesn't understand why until Rod gives him the reason: [[spoiler:Tommy tried to "get off" with Billy Bright's wife Barbara, only to beat her up and break her jaw]]. Tommy refuses to believe this at first, and calls Zeberdee to try to disprove Rod's claim, only for Zeb to ''also'' confirm what happened. Rod tells Tommy that he'll have to go round [[spoiler:Bright's]] house and beg for his life if he wants to spare himself of Billy's wrath, and beg he does. [[spoiler:Of course, it turns out to be a prank set up by Bright and Tommy's mates. Tommy is ''not'' amused.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Tommy throughout the movie. One incident has him try to confide in Billy as subtly as he can (without sounding like a wimp) by going to a massage parlour with him. When he looks into the beautician's eyes, he sees the bandaged-face kid and flashes of everyone that's doubted his actions, making him shriek all over the building. Billy asks what happened, making Tommy say that the beautician gave him fellatio.
* VillainsOutShopping: When they're not meeting up to support their favourite soccer teams, the members of the Millwall and Chelsea firms spend their weekdays working at petrol stations, car washes and garden centres. Sometimes, working alongside ''each other''!
* VolleyingInsults: Fred and Billy, in an infamous scene next to their children's football game.

* SocietyMarchesOn: There are many scenes of the fans smoking in pubs and trains stations. In 2007, a law was passed that banned people from smoking in public places to stop the spread of passive smoking.

* ProductPlacement: Rod is seen playing ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' in one scene - the inevitable result of this film having been partially funded by Rockstar.

* PapaWolf: Fred, who wants Tommy dead after an encounter that leaves his brother Terry knocked unconscious with a cricket bat.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: There are a couple of them in this movie. The most notable one is given to Tommy by a former firm member that works at a florist, who tells him that he's almost 30 and shouldn't be breaking the law continuously.
-->'''Tommy:''' I got nicked with Bright the other day, kicking off with the OB. You'd have loved it, mate.\\
'''Adam:''' [[SarcasmMode Nice one, Tom. Sounds really clever.]] It's not my scene any more.\\
'''Tommy:''' Yeah, well, I'm just saying.\\
'''Adam:''' Well, go and say it somewhere else, and don't come down my stall giving it the big 'un.

->''"There's nothing different 'bout me. I'm just another bored male pushing 30 in a dead-end job who lives for the weekend -- casual sex, watered-down lager, heavily-cut drugs ... and occasionally, kicking the fuck out of someone."''

After getting into a few {{bar brawl}}s, Tommy realises that it's time to leave the hooliganism behind, but an outburst with the son of Millwall firm leader Fred (Tamer Hassan) leaves him in Millwall's wanted books. He also has to look out for the impressionable teenagers Zeberdee (Roland Manookian) and Raff (Calum [=McNab=]), who desperately want to be members of the Chelsea firm.

--->'''Tommy:''' But Bill, Harris looks up to you because you were in the army.\\
'''Bill:''' What he doesn't understand is that the reason I was at the front-line was to fight fascists like him. And that Billy Bright is an idiot.

-->'''Tommy:''' Why is it when your friend gets a girlfriend, he acts like he's only known you for ten seconds?

-->'''Judge:''' Billy Bright, you're almost forty years old and you seem to break the law persistently. I've seen children in this courtroom with more common sense.\\
'''Billy:''' ''[crossly]'' Whachoo fucking say?\\
'''Judge:''' ''[tightly]'' Don't you use that insolent tone with me, you fat fucking slob!\\

* PapaWolf: Fred, who wants Tommy dead after an encounter that leaves a relative knocked unconscious with a baseball bat.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Hello ... Zeberdee..."

-->'''Tommy:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Billy's extensive vocabulary wasn't going to get him into Parliament.]]

-->'''Florist:''' Now don't you dare come down t'my shop an' give it the big 'un.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The most-hated firm is Stoke City, and sometimes Millwall. This is sort-of TruthInTelevision with most of the England soccer teams' worldwide fanbase, due to both [=FCs=]' fans' history of violence and other misbehaviour.

''The Football Factory'' is a 2004 British film, based on the award-winning 1996 novel of the same name by John King, which was the first story of the ''Football Factory'' trilogy. It stars Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Tamer Hassan, Neil Maskell, Dudley Sutton and Roland Manookian, and was directed by Nick Love.

* {{Adorkable}}: Rod.

-->'''Fred:''' Well how's it feel doing business with a Turk, when you're supposed to be right-wing?

* LondonGangster: Practically every character in the Chelsea and Millwall gangs.
* LovableRogue: Billy. He constantly breaks the law, but is liked by everyone to be seen as terrifying (if you're on the right side of him).
-->'''Judge:''' Billy Bright, you're almost forty years old and you seem to break the law persistently. I've seen children in this courtroom with more common sense.\\
'''Billy:''' ''[crossly]'' Whachoo fucking say?\\
'''Judge:''' ''[tightly]'' Don't you use that insolent tone with me, you fat fucking slob!\\
''(Billy lashes out and throws his hands around the judge's neck)''

* YouAndWhatArmy: Being in the middle of nowhere in the North of England, Zeberdee and Raff are caught by a gang of about eight northern Liverpool fans, who chase them down the motorway when they realise they're supporting Chelsea. The two boys manage to get far enough to catch up with the Chelsea coach, which stops to let out the Chelsea firm, who chases the northern boys away.

* HairTriggerTemper: Billy always seems to be annoyed or grumpy over something, and the level just increases more and more whenever Fred taunts about their teams possibly playing each other in TheFACup.

* BarBrawl: Tommy and Rod get into one with Millwall FC fans that catch them celebrating over the announcements of Chelsea being qualified for TheFACup.

The novel series centres around the extreme fans of UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball, mostly the obsessed fans of BritishFootyTeams, to the point of forming large gangs (called "firms") in their neighbourhoods to seek out and attack fans of rival teams. Late-20s lowlife Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) is a member of a firm that supports Chelsea FC, and is desperate to get himself out of the lifestyle, despite his enjoyment of womanizing, cocaine and supporting his favourite team every week.

** There was an obvious racial divide in the novels, especially with the Millwall and Chelsea fans: the Millwall fans were mostly Middle-Eastern Britons, whereas the Chelsea fans were all white, but in the movie, both sides have fans of different ethnicities (although Chelsea's side is [[NotTooBlack harder to notice]]).

* AluminumChristmasTrees: There are many scenes of the fans smoking in pubs and trains stations. In 2007, a law was passed that banned people from smoking in public places to stop the spread of passive smoking.

-->'''Flourist:''' Now don't you dare come down t'my shop an' give it the big 'un.

''The Football Factory'' is somewhat of a cult classic to some, often being the UrExample of hooliganism and fanclub extremism in British soccer, along with ''The Firm'' and ''Film/GreenStreet''. The film led to having a spin-off documentary series called ''The Real Football Factories'', in which a few actors from the movie visit areas around Europe that have similar football firms and fans [[LooselyBasedOnATrueStory like in this movie]].

** Billy was an orphan who had rage issues throughout his child, and has racist and extreme xenophobic views -- shown through the annoyance of having a black man being in charge of his firm. He wasn't married with children and had a broken arm.

** When Rod cheers for Chelsea in a nightclub after hearing that the team's going to play against Millwall FC, about five men turn and glare at him and Tommy in digust. Cue both men being chased down the high street.

* PapaWolf: Fred, who wants Tommy dead after an encounter that leaves his son knocked unconscious with a baseball bat.

* RaceLift: There was an obvious racial divide in the novels, especially with the Millwall and Chelsea fans: the Millwall fans were mostly Middle-Eastern Britons, whereas the Chelsea fans were all white, but in the movie, both sides have fans of different ethnicities (although Chelsea's side is harder to notice).