“Football Factory” is a raw and powerful novel by John King describing football hooliganism in Great Britain. The central character is Tom Johnson; he is in his thirties and a white Anglo-Saxon working-class male. He is a hooligan who supports Chelsea, the football club from south London. For the protagonist, Tom Johnson, and others like him, Chelsea's football matches, both home and away, have offered the opportunity to vent pent-up anger and fight "wars" against what they see as a repressive society in Great Britain. In their minds, this repressive society is represented by the police, politicians, the press, armchair fans, the middle class, intellectuals, communists, women and, in terms of football-related violence, companies or fans who oppose. Hooligans refer to almost everyone as the "scum of the earth" (King, 31). The book provides detailed information on brutal clashes and violence. The novel does not follow a classic narrative structure. There is no character development or attempts at redemption. “Football Factory” isn't really driven by plot or character development as you would expect in a classic narrative, but uses characters and circumstances to make a statement about society, social status and poverty looks at the class divide from the perspective of working class British society, as well as providing an inside look at hooliganism in general, without prejudice or judgement, allowing the reader to make their own judgments and address the frustrations of young people in Britain. The novel "Football Factory", by John King, follows a group of Chelsea hooligans in England. Tommy is a male in his late 30s, a Chelsea fan and football hooligan. He has no other relatives other than his gr.... .. middle of paper...... and not as if it was derived from a subplot to make a further point. "The Football Factory" is a story about working-class youth in Britain, and does not aspire to be anything else. It's a raw, real and often embarrassing look at life. It doesn't overtly judge or try to point the reader in one direction, but simply lets the reader analyze the characters' decisions and actions for themselves. The book mainly focuses on British society, welfare state and class divide. The characters represent the white working class in Britain and the choices made by those caught up in its sociological structure. Tommy is stuck in a circle, with no options or desire to get out. Both the state and the classes have helped shape this cycle that everyone perpetuates. This is the insight provided by the book, an honest look at working-class white youth in Britain.