'Awaydays' (2009) Pat Holden.

Pat Holden's locomotive 'Awaydays' is deffo one of the finer footie fight flicks out there, with large portions of the ol' in-out, lager-lashed lunacy, propah nasty GBH, and memorably lairy bants! This well played, Liverpool-set, vividly realised coming-of-rage drama is based on Kevin Sampson's popular novel about the blisteringly bellicose, retrograde wrongdoings of a cagoule-clad crew of gleefully antisocial, Adidas-prizing, thrill-seeking terrace trashing terrorists. 'Awaydays' has a terrifically energized young cast, and a score to die for, featuring classic choons by The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, Magazine, Joy Division, and Ultravox. A wanton weekend with these hyped up hedonistic hooligans makes 'A Clockwork Orange' look like a quashed kumquat!!! The intoxicating razor-slashing mayhem of 'Awaydays' should strike a Lois cord with fans of Alan Clarke's 'Firm', and Nick Love's 'The Football Factory'. Come 'Ed!! Liberate your inner Scallie with Pat Holden's compulsively watchable yobbo jamboree!