More On The Robin Friday Film ‘The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw'
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August 29, 2012
Cardiff City’s iconic champagne football maverick Robin Friday will be the feature of a film called ‘The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw.'
The movie, which will be part funded by Film Agency Wales, will take the title of the book written about Friday by Paolo Hewitt and Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan in 1998 and will document the story of the drinking, drug taking fans hero.
In 1996, the Super Furry Animals dedicated their song ‘The Man Don't Give a F***’ to their hero who they had watched on the terraces, who played and lived in the image of fellow football icon George Best.
On the inside cover, it says: “This record is dedicated to the memory of Robin Friday and his stand against the 'Man'."
Former NME journalist Hewitt, who also wrote The Fashion of Football and Young Mods Forgotten Story, claims he always thought Friday’s story would make a good film, saying: “When I was writing The Robin Friday Story with Guigsy all those years ago, I kept saying it would make a great film.”
Six years after the book was released, Friday was voted the top "all-time cult hero" by fans of Cardiff City and his previous club Reading.
Football film fans who enjoyed the likes of The Damned United, Once In A Lifetime and Best should look out for The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw because Robin Friday’s tragic tale is a roller coaster ride of intrigue.
Source: www.walesonline.co.uk