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The Football Factory Trivias
During the encounter between Billy Bright and Millwall Fred at the junior game, Frank Harper ad-libbed most of his lines, including the "Kebab shop" racial slur. The anger shown by Tammer Hassan is genuine and Nick Love kept it in the film.The Chelsea/Union Flag you can see hung up on the rear window of the coach when the firm is traveling "Up North", is in fact, a real Chelsea Headhunters flag given to the project by one of the original Headhunters. Also, the two skull and cross bone symbols on the flag are symbols for "Combat 18" - a Neo-Nazi organization. A showing of the movie in Malmö, Sweden led into a brawl in the cinema between supporters of rival soccer teams Malmö FF and Helsingborg IF. The movie was banned from cinemas after the brawl.Dougray Scott and Sean Bean were originally in the film before the original script, director and cast were scrapped. In one scene Rod is playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG). This game was made by Rockstar Games, who are also credited as being Executive Producers for this movie.Tommy Johnson walks into a lounge where his friend is playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG). Danny Dyer who plays Tommy Johnson in Football Factory was the voice of Kent Paul in Vice City. Bill takes his wife out for an evening meal then to watch the FA Cup draw. FA Cup draws always take place on a Monday afternoon at 13:00 not in the evening.When Tommy Johnson's grandfather has a heart attack on the bus, he stumbles off with jacket in hand. In the next shot, Zebedee throws the jacket at him from the back of the bus.When Tommy and Billy leave the massage place and Billy gives Tommy the Viagra, Tommy is carrying his jacket. But in the next shot, when he is walking through town, he does not have it.
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