Film suggests saying no to drugs, but yes to brickings
Hooligans finally have their day…
The Spoiler spent last night swanning around on a red carpet in Leicester Square, squealing excitedly about being at the premiere of Cass, the latest in a long list of movies dedicated to football violence – like Football Factory, and that one with Elijah Wood that wasn’t Lord of The Rings.
After a couple of hours slowly deflating in a comfortable cinema seat, The Spoiler re-emerged onto the streets of London feeling a little bit foggy about what it must have felt like to be a football maniac in the 1970s. According to the film, all Arsenal fans were Gollum-like weeds, trembling on amphetamines, scavenging around for guns and discarded biros. While Cass Pennant and his ICF mates didn’t need drugs to start a fight. Their violence just came naturally. Which was, of course, supposed to make it seem somehow more honourable, but instead, made it about a thousand times more terrifying.
Like most people, The Spoiler has only ever fought when completely high.
Scariest of all, however, was that bad actor Paul Kaye – aka Dennis Pennis – completely stole the show. How we wish that was a compliment to his performance.
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