In 2005 we'll see Elijah Wood as a West Ham yob in The Yank, but first we have The Football Factory, a grim and earthy look at soccer's underbelly based on John King's cult 1996 novel.

Written and directed by Nick Love and based on the novel by John King, 'The Football Factory' follows the lives of four men, three of whom use their love of 'the beautiful game' as an excuse to be ...

Dir: Nick Love. UK 2004. 90minsNick Love's low-budget, digitally shotadaptation of John King's novel is an energetic and creditable addition to whatseems to what seems to be blossoming into a mini ...

The Football Factory. Andrew Dembina + FOLLOW. Published: 12:00am, 21 Nov, 2004. Why you can trust SCMP. ... Based on John King's 1996 best-selling novel of the same name, ...

In 2005 we'll see Elijah Wood as a West Ham yob in The Yank, but first we have The Football Factory, a grim and earthy look at soccer's underbelly based on John King's cult 1996 novel.