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First came the Teds, then the Mods and the Rockers, then Hippies, Skinheads and Punks. But by the late '70s, there was a new youth culture, one whose followers formed violent gangs, and were known as scallies,' 'trendies' and 'dressers' until the name Casuals finally stuck. Definitively tracing the roots of this inner-city Liverpool movement through first-person interviews with the main 'faces' of the gangs, Casuals explains how these hooligans evolved through the working-class fascination with sharp dressing to form bitter rivalries across England. With 16 pages of photos.'

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9781903854143

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Phil Thornton began writing for club and football fanzine Boys Own in the late 80s and went on to contribute to titles such as The Face, the Guardian, NME and Mixmag. He produces fanzine The Guttersnipe and is a founder of Partizan Media, an online multi-media collective based in Liverpool.

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