Along with The Football Factory and England Away, it comprises The Football Factory Trilogy, a series that challenges the official position on subjects such as class, racism, sexism, and patriotism in the UK. The Football Factory is frighteningly real yet full of painful humour as the four character's extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us. Headhunters is the second novel by English author John King. This paper attempts to analyze some aspects of the genesis and cultural production of The Football Factory by John King, a best selling cult fiction book. Zeberdee (Roland Manookian) a mouthy hooligan whose life has already run into the cul de sac of crime and drugs.Īnd Bill Farrell a seventy year old war veteran who tries to enjoy every day to the limit.

All Book Search results » Bibliographic information. Tommy Johnson (Danny Dyer) a bright thirty year old with a steady job and close family leads us through the story and is the link to the other three characters.īilly Bright (Frank Harper) a right wing fascist who forms part of the older generation of the Chelsea Headhunters but is full of bitterness in what he sees as a country that has failed him. The Football Factory John King No preview available - 2015. Based on the acclaimed novel by John King, The Football Factory is about a forgotten culture of males fed up with being told they're no good and using violence as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.Īdapted and directed by Nick Love, The Football Factory is seen through the eyes of four men, all of who have a different story to tell about their experience with tribal culture on the terraces of the beautiful game.

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