Liverpooldressing casual

[Guest jjasonuk]

Just watching a program on Bravo about Aberdeen fans and they said they travelled down to Liverpool in the 80's all as skin heads kicked of in Manchester on the way and couldn't understand the Liverpool fans with no colours on, thought it was brilliant and from that day they all switched to no colours and called themselves the "Aberdeen Casuals".

 

Was going on about how Liverpool started the trend of no colours and wearing tennis and golf clothing with tight jeans / trousers (Farah anybody?) golfing sweaters and white trainers (I thought it was Samba?).

 

Another example of Liverpool fans leading and the rest following, in a few years you watch the rest of the league have loads of banners and scarfs and try to say they started the trends.... We Lead They Follow!

[Rico]

Surely "no colours" came before "colours", since replica shirts weren't sold in the old days. Or by colours do you mean red/white scarves etc.? Even then, surely just about every football fan in the country went to watch games wearing no colours if you go back far enough.

 

I wasn't there, I'm just guessing.

[Wazz]

Try and get hold of a copy of Nicky Alt's 'Boys from the mersey'

Its about the 80's anny road crew and spends quite a bit of time focusing on the clobber. Great read. Also has the definitve guide to bunking in and aquiring free tickets from touts, quite handy if your travelling next week!

[Fenderbaum]

There's a good feature on this on the official

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs...050922-1407.htm

[Mike]

Was going on about how Liverpool started the trend of no colours and wearing tennis and golf clothing with tight jeans / trousers (Farah anybody?) golfing sweaters and white trainers (I thought it was Samba?).

 

puma g vila's

[Lee W]

Think you'll find the whole casual movement started in Liverpool - and they did sell replica shirts back then.

 

There's a whole chapter devoted to the Scally in this quality book by Phil Thornton

 

[Guest SteMano]

Ahhh the good old days .........Theres's a woolie over there and he's wearin brown airwair etc....and my all time fav 'Kopites are gobsh*tes. The Annie Road then was a great place not like now with the PTS jesters hat brigade!!. Nicky Allts book brings it all back, a crackin read.

[dodgy1]

There's a good feature on this on the official

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs...050922-1407.htm

 

Just read that - spot on. Everything is true to the very end. And weirdley enough he sits next to me at the match - didnt even know he did that sort of thing.

[Guest Steve]

We started moving away from the bover boot and flares look around late 76, though it was only a small group. Saying that I was still seeing flares and feather cuts around Anfield as late as 85. Probably St helens lads.

 

By late 77 most of us had had a wedge and were wearing drainees, jumper or cagool, and trainer of choice. I had a lovely pair of brown Adidas shoes.

 

The Aberdeen lot and mancs weren't far behind. It didn't reach London until the early 80's, though most of it was just sports gear - Fila, Tachini, etc. The London clubs tended to have their own looks and styles.

[theredfella]

Think you'll find the whole casual movement started in Liverpool - and they did sell replica shirts back then.

 

There's a whole chapter devoted to the Scally in this quality book by Phil Thornton

 

 

Fantastic book.

[Kenny_]

There's a good feature on this on the official

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs...050922-1407.htm

 

The author of that article, Dave Hewitson, has written a brilliant book about this, cracking read, got mine from the HJC shop.

[Benzo-13]

Try and get hold of a copy of Nicky Alt's 'Boys from the mersey'

Its about the 80's anny road crew and spends quite a bit of time focusing on the clobber. Great read. Also has the definitve guide to bunking in and aquiring free tickets from touts, quite handy if your travelling next week!

 

It's a class read that..