Watch The Teaser For The Robin Friday Movie Written By Founding Oasis Member

Below is the trailer for a movie based on founding Oasis member Giugsy and Paolo Hewitt's book best selling book.

He is responsible for one of the greatest photographs in English football history, and now The Robin Friday Story is set to be made into a film.

Based on the eponymous book written by former Oasis bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt, Friday was a Reading and Cardiff City striker in the 70s whose boozing, smoking, womanising and drug-taking contributed to his tragically young death at the age of 38.


Despite his short life, the film should make for an entertaining biography of one of English football's most memorable mavericks. Friday was also immortalised on the Super Furry Animals' album sleeve The Man Don't Give A F**k.

Although football has traditionally struggled on the big screen, the relative success of 2009's The Damned United and the 2006 documentary Once in a Lifetime suggests the 70s appears to be an auspicious era for depicting the beautiful game on film.

The movie is released later this year.

More On The Robin Friday Film ‘The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw'

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

Former Oasis Stars Book To Be Turned Into A Movie

He is responsible for one of the greatest photographs in English football history, and now The Robin Friday Story is set to be made into a film.

Based on the eponymous book written by former Oasis bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Paolo Hewitt, Friday was a Reading and Cardiff City striker in the 70s whose boozing, smoking, womanising and drug-taking contributed to his tragically young death at the age of 38.

Despite his short life, the film should make for an entertaining biography of one of English football's most memorable mavericks. Friday was also immortalised on the Super Furry Animals' album sleeve The Man Don't Give A F**k.



Although football has traditionally struggled on the big screen, the relative success of 2009's The Damned United and the 2006 documentary Once in a Lifetime suggests the 70s appears to be an auspicious era for depicting the beautiful game on film.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk