Jul 24 2008
Was Lame Rumble in Columbus a Publicity Stunt?
Over at Soccer FanHouse, I’ve been writing a little about the so-called rumble between Columbus Crew fans and the Inter City Firm, a band of West Ham United hooligans. As you can see from this video, the actual confrontation turned out to be quite lame.
Well, guess what shows up in my inbox today?
Hello Dave,
I am currently working on the cinema release of Cass, which is based on the life of Cass Pennant member of West Ham’s ICF.
The film is due for released on 1st August and I was hoping you might be interested in feature the trailer and information about the film on your blog.
Please let me know if this is possible, I have placed the synopsis and trailer links for you below and here is a link to the website - http://www.cassmovie.co.uk/
I hope to hear from you soon.
Yes, it’s a movie about the Inter City Firm — just four days after the Inter City Firm shows up in the news, attempting to make trouble at an MLS match in America. Could it be that this so-called hooligan attack was really *gasp* a publicity stunt for this film?
If so, it’s either utter baloney or utter genius. Or both. I haven’t figured it out just yet. Either way, I have a hard time believing this is a total coincidence.
(Photo by Mike Thorn)
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Please, please, please let it be true.
Fuel for the conspiracy theory: Why are ICF over here trying to wreak havoc when, unless I’m seriously missing something, they’re not really all that active in England any more? Is stadium security in the UK so good that their only chance of actually fighting at a match is to charter a flight to Ohio?
Also, that “30 years undefeated” banner that the West Ham fans unveiled to celebrate the ICF had a weird feel of promoting brand awareness even if it wasn’t a movie stunt…it almost makes more sense if it was.
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