Trivia / The Football Factory

• Banned in China: When the movie was in cinemas in Sweden, a riot broke out in one of the theatres, leading to the film being banned.
• Billing Displacement: Jamie Foreman, who plays the racist cabbie, is billed alongside the main cast in the opening credits despite only appearing in three scenes.
• The Danza: Tony Harris shares his first name with the actor who plays him, Tony Denham.
• Throw It In!:
  • Neil Maskell clearly cracks up after Danny Dyer utters "I'm gonna smash the fucking granny out of that, I swear". The shot was kept in as both of their characters were supposed to be drunk and it fit the tone of the scene.
  • Billy's taunt of "Kebab shops" at Fred during the Volleying Insults scene was ad-libbed by Frank Harper. Tamer Hassan's confused/offended facial expression shows off his surprise.
  • One of the extras in the climactic fight scene at the end of the film actually had his arm broken by another extra playing a policeman; the shot of said policeman tending to the injured extra was kept in.
• The movie made over £1,400,000 at the box office.

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