Casuals

by Thornton, Phil

• ISBN13: 9781903854143
• ISBN10: 1903854148
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Milo Books

Summary

First came the Teds, the the Mods, Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Suedeheads and Punks. But by the late Seventies, a new youth fashion had appeared in Britain. Its adherents were often linked to violent football gangs, wore designer sportswear and made the bootboys of previous years look like the dinosaurs they were. They were known as scallies, Perry Booys, trendies and dressers. But the name that stuck was Casuals. And this grassroots phenomenon, largely ignored by the media, was to change the face of both British fashion and international style. Casuals recounts how the working-class fascination with sharp dressing and sartorial one-upmanship crystallized the often bitter rivalries of the hooligan crews and how their culture spread across the terraces, clubs and beyond. It is the definitive book for football, music and fashion obsessives alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(3)
PART 1 -- Golden Years
From Scuttlers to Scallies	12	(6)
Scouse Powa OK?	18	(16)
Manchester Vibe In The Area	34	(10)
London Calling	44	(9)
Beginning of The End	53	(20)
The Beautiful South	73	(12)
It's Grim Up North	85	(8)
Once Upon A Time In The Midlands	93	(5)
North Of The Border	98	(8)
Hip Hop, Don't Stop	106	(6)
PART 2 -- Station To Station
A Flare for Fashion	112	(6)
Let's Go Retro!	118	(10)
On The Road	128	(10)
Band On The Run	138	(6)
There's A Riot Going On	144	(9)
Oh no, Paninaro!	153	(9)
Home Nations	162	(8)
House Arrest	170	(11)
Manchester E Posse	181	(6)
Love Is The Drug	187	(11)
The Day The Music Died	198	(6)
PART 3 -- Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
Scallydelic	204	(11)
No Alla Violenza	215	(7)
Rave Off?	222	(12)
High On Hope	234	(8)
New Lads for Old?	242	(7)
Mix and Match	249	(9)
Welcome to Clone Island	258	(7)
Fight For The Right	265	(13)
Casual Bits & Pieces	278