Plot

"The Football Factory" focuses on two different groups of English football supporters -- the Headhunters, who support Chelsea F.C., and the Bushwhackers, who support Millwall F.C. Throughout the movie, the Headhunters fight with other English groups such as those supporting Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Liverpool F.C., and Stoke City F.C..
The film follows Tommy Johnson (Dyer), a football hooligan in his mid 20s who has begun to question his morals and the morals of those around him. Tommy's major conflict in the film stems from his inevitable aging. Although he loves his weekend 'meets', he knows he cannot possibly play forever.
While enjoying a night out with his pal Rod, they meet a couple of young women in a bar and both end up back at one of the girls' houses. In the morning, Tommy awakes to a man sitting over him with a knife against his throat. Rod arrives at the scene, hits the man over the head with a cricket bat, and they both are able to run home alive. It then emerges that the cuckolded householder is in fact Millwall Fred's (Hassan) brother.
The remainder of the film focuses on Tommy trying to evade the Millwall gang who are seeking retribution for the attack while trying to decipher the meaning behind strange dreams that have plagued him throughout the film.

Cast

Danny Dyer — Tommy Johnson, a bored twenty something who lives for the weekend. The thrill of the big Millwall Versus Chelsea meet leaves his life scrambled as he tries to pull himself out of his nightmare.
Frank Harper — Billy Bright, is a forty something forming part of the older generation of The Firm he is full of bitterness in what he sees as the country and system that have failed him. Away from the crowds where he commands an audience to impress the younger guys, he's a sad and lonely character whose life is fast spiralling out of control.
Neil Maskell — Rod, Tommy's oldest friend and confidant, ambling along the path lead by his mates.
Roland Manookian — Zeberdee, younger breed coming through the ranks of Chelsea, his life has already run into a cul de sac of crime and drugs. With nothing to lose and no one to look out for him, Zeberdee aspires to be a future top boy, unfortunately his lack of intellectual guile get him into a lot of trouble.
Tamer Hassan — Millwall Fred, heads the rival Millwall firm an arch enemy of Chelsea, things come to ahead when Tommy inadvertently crosses path with Fred and a revenge situation begins.
Dudley Sutton — Bill Farrell, is representative of the older generation from a bygone era, a second-world war veteran in his mid seventies who lives out the remainder of his days with childhood friend Albert Moss who plan to retire in Australia.
John Junkin — Albert Moss
Jamie Foreman — Taxi Driver who is never afraid of letting his customers know his true feelings about society.
Tony Denham — Harris, the Chelsea firms head who runs it like a military operation.
Kara Tointon — Shie
Sophie Linfield — Tamara
Danny Kelly — Radio announcer