Billy Bright is a kind of characters that sticks within the reminiscence.
The wannabe ring chief of the Chelsea agency in Nick Love’s The Football Factory was portrayed to a tee by actor Frank Harper. But folks won’t know that Frank didn’t simply raid his rivals’ pubs with Danny Dyer and batter a couple of fictional Stoke City followers on the massive display, however he may’ve nicely performed so in actual life while following a really totally different staff.
Harper was made to change his beloved Millwall for the Blues of Chelsea, the aspect whose agency gave his character a coronary heart assault within the movie, and handed out a beating to his fictional mates.
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Speaking in Terrace Legends by Cass Pennant and Martin King, Harper revealed what the police needed to do to place a cease to soccer hooliganism within the 80s and 90s.
He mentioned: “Cameras have stopped a hell of lots of people from going to soccer. I had a copper chasing me across the pub on the first recreation of the season after the Millwall v Birmingham riots, and it wasn’t for my autograph.
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“He had a photograph board with all of the suspects from that recreation on. He stored taking a look at me, taking a look at his boards, and all my mates made issues worse by telling him to arrest me and that I used to be scum and one of many ringleaders. He got here proper up near me.”
He added: “I turned away and went to the toilet, but he followed me in and tried to nick me. A sergeant turned up and led the young copper away.
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“As he got to the door, I could see the sergeant talking to him, and the young copper looked back and smiled. He now knew where he’d seen my face.”
It was his father that bestowed Harper with a love for the Lions, as his dad Dave performed for Millwall within the Sixties for nearly 10 years, leaving his son with little-to-no selection as to who he’d comply with.