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I.D. is a 1994 British film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis and starring Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke. It is set in the 1980s, in England, mainly London, and also shot at Millmoor and Valley Parade football grounds in Rotherham and Bradford respectively. The tagline is “When you go undercover, remember one thing… Who you are.”
John (Reece Dinsdale) an ambitious young copper, is sent undercover into the hardcore football gangs to track down the ‘generals’ – the shadowy figures who orchestrate the violence. Gradually, the hard drinking, hard fighting macho world – where Saturday’s match and Saturday’s rumble are all that matters – proves irresistible and John slowly finds himself turning into one of the thugs he has been sent to destroy.
The film features the fictitious teams of Shadwell Town and Wapping FC. The locations the teams are based on are real – they are neighbouring areas on the north bank of the River Thames, in…
