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 specific skull and cross bone (Deads Head/Totenkopf) symbol on the flag are symbols first used by the Prussian army under Frederick the Great and later used by the Stabswache, which turned into the Nazi Schutzstaffel, and is commonly used worldwide by Neo-Nazi and White Supremacy organizations.
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.
Tommy Johnson's Grandfather is seen wearing a poppy and getting ready to attend Remembrance Sunday. Remembrance Sunday is in November, the 3rd round FA Cup games are held the first weekend in January.
During the fight against Millwall, we see Raff on the floor with blood and bruises on his face. However, when the police arrive, we see Raff taunting them with no signs of being hurt at all.
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.
Tommy Johnson: My granddad, old Bill Farrell, drove us to drink with his stories about the war and how he fought to put the "Great" into Britain. He said fighting at football was nothing compared to fighting with the Germans... Although, he was right. We're an island race. It's what we do best. It's not about color or race, it's just the buzz of being in the frontline. Truth is, I just love to fight.
Possibly. The scene in which Billy scares Zeberdee and claims it was just a joke is very similar to the scene in Goodfellas (1990) in which Joe Pesci's character does the same to Ray Liotta's. Also, the scene at the end where Zeberdee is shot resembles the final scene from American History X - both scenes contain a teenager being shot dead in a public bathroom by somebody they had offended earlier in the film.
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Which football teams are depicted is this film via a firm?
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Chelsea - the protagonists of the film.Tottenham Hotspur - at the start of the film, a fight takes place outside a pub with the Spurs firm.Stoke City - the firm stops off at a petrol station and Billy spots some Stoke fans who beat them up at a game once. They attack the fans but are arrested.Liverpool - after being thrown off the coach when Billy finds out that they were the ones who robbed his house, Zeberdee and another young firm member are confronted by Liverpool F.C. fans who realise that the boys are Chelsea fans. They case them with stanley knives but the rest of the firm stop the bus and chase the rivals off.Millwall - the main antagonists. Fred is the leader and is first seen when Billy sells him drugs - a bizarre relationship considering that the two men head rival football firms. The film's climatic clash takes place between these two firms.