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Video: West Ham and Millwall Hooligan Violence

// August 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // Football

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Scenes from inside and outside Upton Park

Why one of the worlds most heated derbies was policed so poorly, and allowed to boil over I’ll never know, but many questions need to be asked, and the clubs need to be held accountable. Racial abuse, multiple pitch invasions, pre-arranged fights in front of the ground, is this a return to the 80′s??

From The Guardian

The Football Association is holding talks with West Ham, Millwall, the Football League and the Metropolitan police as it begins to gather information relating to the violent scenes inside and outside Upton Park that marred last night’s Carling Cup tie at the Boleyn Ground.

A 44-year-old man is in a “stable” condition having been stabbed in the chest during clashes between supporters around Upton Park tube station before kick-off. A number of arrests were made and the police are currently studying CCTV footage of the incidents in a bid to pinpoint troublemakers.

The FA will also scrutinise those pictures, as well as seeking reports on the violence that spread into the stadium later in the evening, with home supporters invading the pitch three times and missiles thrown between fans.

There are further allegations that Millwall fans subjected the England forward Carlton Cole to monkey chants just before his substitution in extra-time, and the game’s authorities will seek clarification from the referee, Paul Taylor, on that issue. They will also gather reports from their own crowd control officer, who was in attendance, as well as both clubs’ safety officers. Any fan found guilty of offences faces a lifetime ban from attending football matches.

Lifetime bans don’t go far enough in my opinion significant fines, and jail time need to be added to the equation. As for the clubs, I’ll reserve judgment until the FA’s report comes back, but I suspect they’ll come down hard (hopefully one club in particular known for crowd trouble) on both clubs. Considering how this could have seriously damaged the English bid for the 2018 World Cup, the FA needs to show the world it’s on top of the problem.

Film: Gary Oldman Football Classic “The Firm” Being Remade

// July 9th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Football, Media

We’re excited for this one. The vintage track suits and kicks alone make this a must see, but the fact that it’s going to be a remake of the classic hooligan movie “The Firm” which put Gary Oldman on the map does it for us. Nick Love who directed another Never Famous favorite “The Football Factory” is at the helm.

Daniel Mays says the violence in his forthcoming remake of The Firm will be unlike anything that’s been seen before in a football film.

The British actor, who’s currently winning acclaim for urban drama Shifty, says the fighting scenes have been designed to look brutal.

Nick Love, director of The Football Factory and Outlaw, is remaking The Firm, the movie that made a name of Gary Oldman.

Mays told Orange: “I’m aware that there’s a lot of purists out there and people who are going to say ‘Why bother?’

“But what’s different with Nick Love’s version is that there’s a peripheral character called Dominic, who’s played by Jay Simpson from Shifty, who is now very much the lead character in the remake. So, the story is told from a different perspective and hopefully that’ll give it a refreshing and different take on things.”

Commenting on the violence, he added: “The fight scenes, in particular, are going to be something that you’ve never seen before in a football film. We certainly spent a lot of time choreographing them and trying to make them as realistic as possible. It’s going to be brutal.”