#Tottenham in the mud

[pernillecfcw]

London is blue babyyy 💙💙

[onlyscorestapins]

do you know that spurs could have a 5-0 lead with ten minutes to go and we'd still end up losing 7-5 at full time

[georgia-stanway]

So much this, about the trying to do something. I really hope Ange holds his nerve. If we look at where we were the end of last season, it was all Mason could do to like keep the remaining players�� souls in their bodies. And we started from there and then we lost Kane and, whatever anyone might say about him, it’s hard to argue he was a handy person to have around the place in some respects. To have found the fight that Ange has found is immense. We’re gonna get mudded at city with the availability problems we’ll still have, and it’ll be very tough against Newcastle, but we get through it and then I think we start to build again 💪

Exactly at the end of the day we're right at the start of a rebuild, one that actually looks like it'll come to fruition and one that looks like our Tottenham again. Rival fans talking about him being under pressure are ridiculous and in many ways it shows how nervous the idea of Ange's Tottenham Hotspur makes them. You look at arsenal and Arteta, they stuck with him and they're hopefully not going to reap the rewards but they're looking like they could. As much as I despise Joey Barton, from a purely footballing perspective if we'd have sacked him during our promotion season when many people wanted to we probably wouldn't have gotten promoted. If the owners properly back Ange and allow him to build up a squad and not just a first team then there's a lot of potential there.

It's the same with the women too tbf, there's lots of potential there but obviously they did get mudded by city because city are one of the best teams in the league. Vilahamn is a new manager, we nearly got relegated last season. Again he and the team need time and also reinforcements. Olga out is a big loss in midfield and we need more scoring power on the wings because we can't completely rely on Martha and Beth although it'll be interesting to see how that plays out when Beth is back because I personally think they could play together. When I watched them against Leicester, even though Martha didn't get a goal her hold up play was brilliant.

[whitehartlane]

extended when we were performing our worst under nuno, a manager nobody had ever heard of and was deeply uncharismatic and overall trash, but sonny was performing well. never went after madrid, barcelona, and liverpool interest. put saudi rumours in the mud before they even had a chance to fully flare up. overperformed as a winger for every season he was here apart from his first. takes in every new teammate and learns bits of their language to communicate with them. had no ties to tottenham before rocking up to hotspur way one sunny day in august 2015, but loves this club with his heart and soul.

heungmin son. mr tottenham.

[uswnt5]

As an arsenal fan it brings me great joy to see Chelsea losing to Fulham and Joao getting a red lmao. The way that if it was the NWSL that wouldn’t even be a foul our refs are so clueless😭

EPL top 4: Arsenal, City, United and Newcastle/Tottenham is my way too early bet. Chelsea and Liverpool are in the mud 😍

I hate Arse too but yeah chelsea is so annoying. They always think they can buy their way to wins.

[louisvongaal]

Repeat after me: Harry Kane is a fraud.

[formulaonedirection]

Since the premier league is currently in the (covid) mud should I adopt a european team? A basketball team? Who is the Tottenham Hotspur of basketball?

[zalimaaa]

we did it radia we jinxed tottenham into dropping points

MOURINHO IN THE MUD SIUUUUUU

[pernillecfcw]

Tottenham fans thinking that emergency alarm was a notification for another goal from Newcastle 🚨🚨

[onlyscorestapins]

did stellini accidentally hit forfeit match on fifa?

[benmitchellshearingaid]

okay i missed lola’s birthday on the 3rd of july but i did this for ben and callum, so have 24 lola pearce facts for her 24th birthday:

1. in lola’s first scene, she launched across a table at a girl from her home and tried to rip the girls hair extensions off her head

2. she also stole billy’s wallet in that same episode so she could discover where he lived and get to albert square

3. lola slept with ben in a misguided attempt to let him ‘test out’ his sexuality, she had already predicted that he was gay and was one of the first to point it out

4. after lola tried to sneak out after being grounded, shirley locked her in a room by taking the door handle off- which ended up with the both of them trapped in a room, trying to smash the window out  (thats where the classic ‘the nob is in the kitchen’ comes from)

5. not knowing jay was in the pit at the arches, lola kicked a wheel jack under a car which hit him in the head. she panicked, thinking she’d killed him, and initially ran off. they hid what had happened from the police

6. lola skipped her first 12 week scan so abi, jay, ben and billy all went with her to make sure she went to the next one

7. she named lexi after a friend she had in care- a girl who later came back and harassed lola and abi. alexa was partially responsible for lola losing custody of lexi

8. lola gave birth in the chippy

9. when phil tried to take custody of lexi, lola once ran away with lexi in a desperate attempt to keep her, and the pair were only found when sharon figured out they’d be in the park lola used to go to as a child

10. the alexa that she named lexi after covered for her when she ran away with lexi, hiding them both in her house while telling phil that lola had ran off to tottenham

10. she, jay, dexter, abi, peter (& cindy who hid in the car) all went on a trip while jay and dexter were doing a job for phil. lola turned up with about five different bags of stuff for the weekend.

11. on said trip lola got sprayed with mud after the car got stuck in a ditch and had to get changed while peter held up a hoodie and gave her his shirt

12. before the current salon was around, lola worked at the cafe, the chippy and for tanya at her salon

13. when fatboy was working at the car lot, she convinced him to let her test drive a car with no licence, and then crashed said car into the chip shop while trying to avoid hitting billy

14. for lexi’s first birthday, she planned a party, tricked phil into hosting it at his place. they stole a bunch of decorations from a party janine butcher was hosting for her kid

15. lola and peter dated around christmas of 2013, and ian forced him to break up with her, so they then dated in secret for a few months

16. while trying to impress peter, she borrowed a dress from ronnie and applied for college courses

17. ronnie ran her over later that same day. at the hospital, lola was panicking about the dress being ruined and about lexi being taken away- while she was concussed, ronnie didnt correct the staff when they kept calling lola her daughter

18. lola tried to set up her own ‘home manicure’ business, even going as far to print cards. she threw them in the bin after peter made a comment about a child care course he wanted her to enroll in. jay fished the cards out the bin and dished them out to the square

19. when ben got out of prison, phil tried to force him to take custody of lexi from lola, so lola had to leave the square for a month ‘to go to a friends’. to lola’s relief, ben refused, reassuring her that she was a great mother

20. lola was the only one jay confided in about the fact that he and ben had mugged lucy on the night that she was killed

21. after she was fired for leaving work to do phil a favour, lola and paul had to compete for the same job at the hair salon, which she won

22. when jay brought lola on a double date with ben and abi, lola realised it was only to make abi jealous and left him there alone. he tried to make it up by kissing her, but she shoved him away

23. in 2015, lola, jay and dexter planned to leave for newcastle, until billy called the police on jay to stop them. lola still left for newcastle with lexi, and eventually got with dexter, stopping jay from joining them once he was able

24. in her initial departure in 2015, she asked billy to be happy for her leaving, saying it might be her chance to change her life

[stevecanmakeanythingnerdy]

Battle #5

Duran Duran: S/T ( Side A )

Vs.

Dave Clark Five: Return! ( Side 1 )

Duran Duran: S/T ( Side A )

Duran Duran are an English new wave band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The name of the band is formed from "Dr. Durand Durand", Milo O'Shea's character from the sci-fi film Barbarella. The band were one of the most successful acts of the 1980s and had some of the biggest hits as well...quite a few from this album actually. One of the biggest probably being “Girls on Film”. It’s the lead track, but was actually the 3rd single released. It’s the one that picked up the most steam on the U. S. Charts and apparently the video was shot without the concept of MTV in mind. You see, MTV used to actually play music videos, but it was brand new on the scene at the time and not yet a part of the music industry promo machine. The band filmed the video (which has an uncensored version featuring topless women mud wrestling) to be shown in night clubs and video bars. MTV began playing an edited version and the song took off. I am sure you can guess from my description and the song title exactly what the subject matter is. “Planet Earth” is actually the first single and is a very catchy song, hitting the new wave craze at just the right time. I love the keys on the simple but effective breakdown. There’s also a cheesy 80s video for this where everyone is fully clothed. THIS is planet earth.

“Anyone Out There” is a minor B-Side level hit. I don’t know if it actually chartered anywhere but it has that vibe. I never realized just how disco the underlying bass lines sound. They are a very well put together band. Much Duran. “To The Shores” is a new wave ballad if I’ve ever heard one. Now that I think about it, this version is the UK version so it may well be an unreleased song on the US Long Player. Pretty good, so if it is, not sure what the decision was to include/exclude. The last kiss is a track called “Careless Memories”. It’s almost punky. Almost. But certainly a good alternative to the rest of 1981. Simon LeBon even has some moments where he belts it out perfectly! Needless to say for a debut record, it’s certainly up there. I alluded to this earlier but this is an import version of the LP. I bought it completely by accident (probably because the cover looked different?) thinking that I didn’t have the album yet. Turns out I did, but it’s OK because I like The D squared. It has a cool “Polaroid photo-like” cover and it’s made of that nice heavyweight card stock. Yeeaaahhhhh.... other randomness : I vividly remember my sister being obsessed with them for a time with the usual teen beat posters plastered to bedroom walls. Too bad I don’t have those... I might consider putting them up.

Dave Clark Five: Return! ( Side 1 )

The Dave Clark Five, often truncated to the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in Tottenham in 1957. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten single, "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK Singles Chart. It was the only time that would happen and their only UK #1, but believe me. DC5 have just as many golden hits as The Beatles. I used to (foolishly) compare the two, but they are absolutely different beasts. DC5 have a more soulful approach but still fall squarely into that Mersey madness, back beating stomp. Oh, and they have sax on the regular (#seewhatididthere). This album is them, all five of them, returning. To rock and roll your pants off I assume. I also assume that since there were five of them, they at the very least outnumbered The Beatles in a street brawl. Though McCartney is pretty scrappy I hear. “Can’t You See That She’s Mine” is the first single. I think the only single off this album, but hey when you record 3 FREAKING ALBUMS in one year, I guess what can you really expect. No joke, 1964 saw 3 DC5 albums charted. Oh yeah, the songs. This one is pretty good. “I Need You, I Love You” is another notch on the hit belt. At least it’s on most of the best of comps. Pretty straight up, with Dave Clark Five, you get 2 1/2 minutes of predictable pop ‘64 and all of it is grander than a piano. Love (or lack of) is the theme continued with “I Love You No More” and

“Rumble” (an often covered Link Wray tune) is just there to keep it going...like the kids on the curb shouting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” I mean that in the best possible way. It’s done up with some nasty distortion and Huxley brings the bravado on his sax-a-ma-phone. In all scenarios this is a fantastic tune, so I appreciate all attempts to cover it. “Funny” is an even faster version of a pop song, hanging in at just under 2 minutes. Same style though, so nothing is groundbreaking by any means. Overall notes: this album was produced BY Dave Clark (yes he is a real dude) himself. He’s actually a musical hero of mine because he has his hands in his music. He understood the industry and was very involved on with his IP. Pioneering really. Dave Clark was also the band's manager and producer (including this one) of their recordings. Dave Clark even went on to write and produce a 1986 stage musical called Time. DC5 has always been a favorite of mine since my DJ days when I discovered them. This was a working band, they used to put out 2 or 3 albums a year AND tour for them. This whole side is laid out like a relationship. Fall in Love, break up, fight, then laugh about it.

So in today’s battle, The D was the key. As in Duran Duran vs. Dave Clark. Duran x two took 20 minutes to blitz through 124 calories and 5 songs. They averaged 24.80 calories burned per song and 6.20 calories burned per minute and earned 12 out of 15 possible stars. The Dave Clark Five took their 12 minutes to rapid fire through 80 calories and 5 tunes. DC5 burned 16 calories per song and 6.67 calories per minute. They earned 11 out of 15 possible stars, but more importantly - they returned...for the win!

Dave Clark Five: “Can’t You See That She’s Mine”

https://youtu.be/Mh_jZxmsmZ0

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#Randomrecordworkout

[sherlockfreak05]

This truly is refreshing, though. Cause here's the thing:

Holmes, as written by Conan Doyle, is arrogant. He's incredibly observant, wheras your average person, even your booksmart person, is not. He asks Watson in one story how many steps lead up to the Baker Street rooms, which Watson can't answer. It's a lesson in observation, bc at that point Watson has seen and gone up and down those steps hundreds of times, but has never really NOTICED them.

Holmes also takes it upon himself to know every single shred of information about anything that might help him in his line of work--and nothing else. He can get a little bit snooty about it, like "Oh, I can see that mud on your pant leg is red-brown and has a high silica content, so you obviously came from Tottenham and rode in a dog cart bc only that vehicle throws up mud in that particular pattern" or whatever. He's like "oh, it's nbd, i just know all the dirt everywhere and can identify it on sight. :3 " And for him, he's right. It helps him solve crimes, so he knows it. Other people aren't this way, which he acknowledges, even if it simultaneously frustrates him that everyone else DOESN'T operate on his level, while also making him feel superior bc he's just that good.

Now, despite all this, Holmes doesn't HATE Scotland Yard or other real life colleagues (he hates other fictional detectives, but that's another story, lol). He has a lot of respect for Scotland Yard... as long as they earn it. If you respect what Holmes is doing, if you arent prejudiced and closed minded to methods that aren't your own, if you are willing to help or, perish the thought, LEARN, then boy howdy is Holmes gonna be the best colleague you've ever had. Shit, he gives the police credit for the work he does--ie, solving the crime and catching the bad guy--a good percentage of the time.

On the flip side, if you're bad at your job and inflexible and on top of that act shitty to him then he will use allll of that brain capacity and knowledge and experience to do the job AND show you just how incompetent you are. He might still give you credit anyway, but you'll know you didn't earn it.

So, Holmes was never a fucking "high functioning sociopatch" or raging asshole 1000% of the time. He was arrogant and flawed in other ways, but he didn't just hold the entire rest of the human race in disgusted contempt and share that with them with no filter.

Watson and I feel that, in order to do our best work, the chemistry needs to be right.

[gadgetsrevv]

Premier League W2W4: Arsenal primed to take derby spoils against Tottenham

Ten clubs find themselves with one win, one draw and one loss after three games, making the 2019-20 Premier League picture as clear as mud. Nick Miller tries to make sense of the madness ahead of matchday four.

Jump to: The folly of Man United’s summer | Spotlight on Gracia | Bruce still fighting Rafa’s ghost | Time for the Toffees to unleash Kean

Who will cut through the chaos in north London?

The north London derby arrives this Sunday with two teams in differing sorts of chaos and flux.

Arsenal have begun the season in reasonable fashion but are still figuring out what they are, still unpicking the problems left by the last, neglectful days of Arsene Wenger’s reign, a team with a promising attack and an unpredictable defence but one that is arguably on the upswing.

For Tottenham, is this the beginning of the end of the Mauricio Pochettino glory days? Maybe. Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be a surprise, the only surprise being those glory days have lasted this long. They have looked tired and bereft of ideas in their last three fixtures, which is troubling considering these are the opening few weeks of the season.

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Pochettino said after their defeat to Newcastle last weekend that his squad were “unsettled,” with doubts over the futures of Jan Vertonghen and Christian Eriksen, among others, which could explain a few things.

In some respects it might be a relief for them both that they are playing each other this weekend. For a day they can forget the weighty business of wider context, of where both clubs are headed, and instead just concentrate on the frantic, self-contained world of the derby.

Then again, it might be impossible to do that, so the question then becomes: Who will best be able to cope with the uncertainty around their clubs to win this game?

The folly of Man United’s summer becomes clear

The sight of Anthony Martial limping around the Old Trafford pitch last weekend was alarming for Manchester United fans, but also inevitable. Of course he’s going to suffer an injury at some point, an injury which lays bare the paucity of resources available to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and by extension the strangeness of their summer transfer business.

The departures of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez without signing a replacement have left United with a pretty bare cupboard when it comes to strikers, with Martial and Marcus Rashford their only two senior options through the middle. Next on the list is Mason Greenwood, still only 17 and very promising, but not at the stage of his career when a club like Manchester United should be relying upon him.

United had better hope that Martial is miraculously fit for this weekend’s trip to Southampton, or else the mistakes they have made will be laid out for all to see, in glorious technicolour.

Could this be it for Gracia?

Watford, as you will know, are not shy about sacking managers. The Pozzo family — the club’s owners — have got through nine of them in seven years at Vicarage Road, so maybe the big surprise is arguably that Javi Gracia has lasted this long; never mind their solid league form last season and reaching the FA Cup final.

But the Pozzos do not just sack for the sake of it. They’re decisive and ruthless when they think a problem is more trouble than it’s worth, which is probably why reports have been circulating that Gracia’s position is in danger. Watford have lost their first three games of the season, as well as losing the last three of last season, and since around November last year have basically been in little better than relegation form.

It may seem harsh to the outside world, but this is how Watford have operated for the last few years. If Watford lose at Newcastle on Saturday, it might be enough for them to conclude Gracia is not the man to stop the rot, and make a change.

Bruce needs another win to convince the Newcastle crowd

In the other dugout at St James’s Park will be another man with a point to prove. The extent to which Steve Bruce is disliked among the Newcastle fans is probably overstated: they will give their new manager a chance of course, but they will need to be convinced pretty quickly that he is a worthy successor to Rafa Benitez.

Of course, the only way he will do that is with more victories to follow the excellent 1-0 win at Tottenham last weekend, but it will be interesting to see how they play at home against a struggling side, as opposed to at a team expected to make all the running. Being the underdog and winning is one thing, but setting a side up to play on the front foot and be the protagonists on the pitch is another entirely.

If Bruce can pull this off too, he’ll go a long way to convincing the faithful that he’s their man. But the midweek defeat at home to Leicester in the Carabao Cup hasn’t helped his cause, and they need to bounce back.

Will Kean start for Everton?

It’s been an indifferent start to the season for Everton. They have a win, a draw and a defeat to their name, but haven’t been convincing in any of those three games and what’s more, they haven���t been scoring goals. They have just one from 270 minutes of football so far, Bernard‘s winner against Watford in their second game.

The good news for Marco Silva is it’s not as if his team aren’t creating chances: They’ve taken 34 shots so far, placing them in the middle of the Premier League’s chance creators. It’s good news because that statistic suggests they’re creating chances but not converting them, a slightly easier structural problem to solve than if they weren’t carving out those opportunities.

With that in mind, you would think Moise Kean has a great chance of starting an Everton game for the first time, against Wolves on Saturday. The Italian has shown flashes of encouraging play during his three substitute appearances so far, and with Dominic Calvert-Lewin having not scored since March, surely the time is right to see what Kean can do against Premier League defences.

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[fossadeileonixv]

Europa... Kaput

Lotta opinions out there surrounding this one, so I’ll give ya the right one.

It’s a bit embarrassing, but it is the right move.

James Horncastle wrote this morning that this is a black mark on a historic club, and that calcio fans kind of live in this bubble where we accept our governing body and beloved clubs operating with levels of dysfunction that would shock fans from other leagues. He’s not wrong. If a club like Arsenal were to cut a deal with UEFA banning them from European play, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone outside the most naïve and optimistic who wouldn’t consider them in crisis. Tottenham fans would probably have a chant about being broke that would ring through whatever their bum-ass stadium is for the next twenty five years. British pundits like Danny Ward or Clayton Ashby (made up) would lament the ding to the reputation of such a prestigious club, and there would be a palpable, tangible, dip in the club’s ability to regain its former position.

But, since we do live in this bubble, and the bar is set so low for calcio administratively, I don’t see this as a dark day. I mean, I’m a living, breathing, honest-to-God Milanista that has watched 95% of Milan games the past decade and... well, I welcome it. Pardon my English, but maybe I’m too used to fuckshit in Italy. The refereeing, VAR controversies, Juve favoritism, victim-blaming after racist incidents, fan walkouts, liquidations, paperwork not being registered to play, fielding a shorthand team full of sixteen years olds, Mike Piazza, the ghosts of calciopoli; I’m nub to it. And couple that with nearly ten years of painfully comedic banter, and this seems like just another chapter of shame. Is this really worse than 10th place in 2014-2015? Is it worse than the Mr. X saga? Worse than selling Zlatan and Thiago Silvio for a cut-rate price in 2012? Worse than dragging club legends through the mud? Worse than the waves and waves of mediocre signings during that period? We have been a dumpster fire for a minute here, and while the embers are still hot, this is nothing more than another bag of office shreds thrown on the heap. The flames will climb, and it’ll look fierce from the other side, but it will die down and eventually, this thing will burn out.

This is the right move. I’d sacrifice Europa for more investment ten times out of ten from this position. For the first time in a grip, we have serious owners, serious administrators, serious directors, and a serious coach. Building something that has legs takes precedence over the N.I.T. of Europe and the imagined prestige of the club in the eyes of, let’s face it, the British-centric soccer world. This is how we living over here on the peninsula, so take the good with the bad and to hell with what the haters say. Regardless, this is as excited I’ve been for a season in well over a decade, maybe even moreso now that we aren’t slumming it in Europa.

Your mileage may vary. Sound off below!

[hicandyren-blog]

Teddy boy

This article is about the subculture. For other uses, see Teddy Boy (disambiguation).1980s Teddy Boy outfit worn by Smutty Smiff, bassist of Levi and the RockatsThe Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British subculture of young men wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after the Second World War.

The fashion phenomenon often referred to as Teddy Boy style appeared in Britain during the mid 1950s as a rebellious side effect to the introduction of American Rock and Roll music. The Teddy Boy was a uniquely British phenomenon.[2]

The subculture started amongst teenagers in London in the early 1950s, and rapidly spread across the UK, then becoming strongly associated with rock and roll. Originally known as Cosh Boys, the name Teddy Boy was coined when a 1953 Daily Express newspaper headline shortened Edwardian to Teddy.

Wealthy young men, especially Guards officers, adopted the style of the Edwardian era.[citation needed] The Edwardian era had been just over 40 years earlier, and their grandparents, if not their parents, wore the style the first time around. The original Edwardian revival was far more historically accurate in terms of replicating the original Edwardian era style than the later Teddy Boy style. It featured tapered trousers, long jackets that bear a similarity to post-war American zoot suits and fancy waistcoats.

There are differing accounts of where the Teddy Boy style actually started and the ensuing pattern of geographical expansion. Some writers[who?] maintain that the first Teds emerged in the East End and in North London, around Tottenhamand Highbury, and from there they spread southwards, to Streatham, Battersea and Purley, and westwards, to Shepherd's Bush and Fulham, and then down to the seaside towns, and up into the Midlands until, by 1956, they had taken root all over Britain.[3] There is however now more evidence[citation needed] to support the view that the working class Edwardian style and fashion actually started around the country at about the same time. Part of the reason that South London is seen as the birthplace of the working class Edwardian style is because the popular press of the day reported the emergence of the style. However, there are many reports of the style being adopted in other parts of the country in the early 1950s with young men wearing tighter than normal trousers, long jackets, 'brothel creeper' shoes and sporting Tony Curtis hairstyles.

In 1953, the major newspapers reported on the sweeping trend in men's fashion across all the towns of Britain, towards what was termed the New Edwardian look. However, the working class Edwardian style had been on the street since at least 1951, because the style had been created by working class teenagers and not by Saville Row or fashion designers such as Hardy Amies.[citation needed]

Although there had been youth groups with their own dress codes called scuttlers in 19th century Manchester and Liverpool,[4] Teddy Boys were the first youth group in Britain to differentiate themselves as teenagers, helping create a youth market. The US film Blackboard Jungle marked a watershed in the United Kingdom. When shown in Elephant and Castle, south London in 1956, the teenage Teddy boy audience began to riot, tearing up seats and dancing in the cinema's aisles.[5] After that, riots took place around the country wherever the film was shown.[6]

Some Teds formed gangs and gained notoriety following violent clashes with rival youth gangs as well as unprovoked attacks on immigrants. The most notable clashes were the 1958 Notting Hill race riots, in which Teddy Boys were present in large numbers and were implicated in attacks on the West Indian community. According to reports released decades after the riots, "Teddy boys armed with iron bars, butcher's knives and weighted leather belts" participated in mobs "300- to 400-strong" that targeted Black residents, in one night alone leaving "five black men lying unconscious on the pavements of Notting Hill." [7]

The violent lifestyle was sensationalised in the pulp novel Teddy Boy by Ernest Ryman, first published in the UK in 1958.

Style[edit]

Examples of Teddy Boy clothing worn by Ray Stiles and

Les Gray

of '70s

glam rock

band

Mud

: drape jackets, brothel creepers and

drainpipe trousers

Teddy Boy clothing included drape jackets reminiscent of 1940s American zoot suits worn by Italian-American, Chicano and African-American communities (such as Cab Calloway or Louis Jordan), usually in dark shades, sometimes with a velvet trim collar and pocket flaps, and high-waist "drainpipe" trousers, often exposing the socks. The outfit also included a high-necked loose-collared white shirt (known as a Mr. B. collar, because it was often worn by jazz musician Billy Eckstine); a narrow "Slim Jim" tie or western bolo tie, and a brocade waistcoat.[9] The clothes were mostly tailor-made at great expense, and paid through weekly installments.[10]

Favoured footwear included highly polished Oxfords, chunky brogues, and crepe-soled shoes, often suede (known as brothel creepers or beetle crushers). Preferred hairstyles included long, strongly-moulded greased-up hair with a quiff at the front and the side combed back to form a duck's arse at the rear. Another style was the "Boston", in which the hair was greased straight back and cut square across at the nape.

Teddy Girls[

edit

]

Teddy Girls[11] wore drape jackets, pencil skirts, hobble skirts, long plaits, rolled-up jeans, flat shoes, tailored jackets with velvet collars, straw boater hats, cameo brooches, espadrilles, coolie hats and long, elegant clutch bags. Later, they adopted the American fashions of toreador pants, voluminous circle skirts, and hair in ponytails.[12]

The Teddy Girls' choices of clothes were not intended strictly for aesthetic effect; these girls were collectively rejecting post-war austerity. They were young working-class women from the poorer districts of London. They would typically leave school at the age of 14 or 15 and work in factories or offices.[13]Teddy Girls spent much of their free time buying or making their trademark clothes. It was a head-turning, fastidious style from the fashion houses, which had launched haute-couture clothing lines recalling the Edwardian era.[14]