"How the representation of football hooligans has changed since films based in the 1970s."

Within film there has been many films based upon football violence and the culture surrounding it, it has become a sort of "sub-genre" in itself and being based and made in different eras the films, storyline and characters alter greatly.

The representation of a "football hooligan" is represented in very different manners, for example in the film "Green Street" the characters in the film are shown to worship football and they base their whole lives upon going to and planning to go to the film, they are never shown within their jobs or social life and the scenes of violence in the film is to some extent glorified with all sorts of special effects etc.

Where as in the films "Awaydays" and "The Firm" the characters have other things to do within their lives: they have jobs, family's and other things to attend to even though this falls apart at certain points of the film due to football violence. Also in the film "The Firm" the scenes of violence are not added any effect and appear to be more realistic the scenes are over within a matter of seconds, and are just as effective as scenes from "Green Street".

I think the fact the violence in the film "Green Street" could be due to the fact that it is based within the time period of the 2000's and aimed at the people within this era, where as the other films were released in the same time period but set within the other times.

Another thing that changes greatly within the representation of football hooligans from time period is the the costume, clothing and the general way the characters look- In the film "Awaydays" the characters dress in brands such as Fred Perry and wear in a smart fashion, this is because the issues that surrounded the culture in that time period, where they didn't want to be seen and detected as actual "football hooligans" but to go unnoticed but police etc. Where as in films such as "The Firm" the characters dress in sportswear which became a part of the football hooligan image and was also part of the fashion in the time it was set in.