#and ted is a coach for both the girls and boys football teams at henrys school.

[shitpostblogwahoo]

choosing to believe everything after and including the scene of jamie and his dad was ted dreaming. no beard and jane wedding. no none information on what teds living situation is like. the real final minutes were ted coming to visit the team when they win the champions in the next year trust me

[thebookwassomuchbetter]

Ok ok ok. They had me in the first half not gonna lie but ultimately I love that Ted Lasso kept up its commitment to not prioritising romantic relationships.

Maybe Ted and Rebecca could have had a great thing, but they didn't need to. What they needed was to learn from each other, to heal from a lot of stuff and start letting people--not specifically romantic partners--in, and find their places. And they did that! Rebecca realised the club is her place and that wasn't about Rupert; and, in a much more bittersweet way, about Ted either. Ted realised his place was with Henry, and also in Kansas generally too, I think. Wanting 'a taste of home' in Amsterdam? And before that, 3.01, questioning what they were still doing in the UK? The way he said, there's no place like home, but there aren't many places like AFC Richmond either. He loved Richmond but it wasn't home. (I love that there's no place like home is probably most famously used to refer to Kansas... it all ties together). I think I first thought this when it's Keeley, not Ted, who rides the rickshaw with Rebecca in season one. It could have been a super romantic Tedbecca start, but it was a moment of friendship instead. Because that's what Rebecca needed. Sambecca, too, didn't get much time this season because it didn't need to--there's a wistfulness to what could have been, sure, but Sam and Rebecca are both happy in themselves (even if the Nigerian team was a dream, Sam has the restaurant and his team and his winnning goal!) and that's the ending we see for them.

Keeley/Roy/Jamie, too... we don't need to know what happened with them romantically, because we know they love each other. Roy's happy ending isn't getting Keeley back, it's having got to the point where he can, openly, tell Jamie he's proud of him, fistfight him over a girl and then immediately offer to share his sacred kebab place with him. He's learned to both accept help (from therapists and friends, not a lover) and give it as a coach and mentor--to Jamie, to Isaac, to the whole team now. Jamie's happy ending is facing his past and putting it behind him (the way he looked at his childhood room and shut the door in 3.11?). Absolutely, mixed feelings about him seeing his dad again, but he reconnected with his mum too. And has learned to embrace the team as his found-family, and has cemented himself as an incredible footballer in a much less selfish and lonely way than before. And Keeley! My girl is thriving, running a business, got good friends, lifting up other women behind her... Like the boys, her happy ending is that she has become who she wanted to be deep down and she has people in her corner. She'll figure the romantic stuff out later, and it's ok that we didn't see it.

[nofomoartworld]

Teds and clerics

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at Oratorio St Pietro. Goal keeper for Redemptoris Mater.

The Clericus Cup is a Vatican-backed football tournament that takes place every year in Rome. Most players are seminarians studying to be Roman Catholic priests. A few are ordained priests. The first cup took place in 2007. Two years later, photographer Chris Steele-Perkins flew to the Italian capital and documented the tournament. The fans of each team were so enthusiastic that complaints were lodged by residents near the grounds about the noise being made by Africa supporters playing loud Reggae, American supporters shouting “Come on you Knackers, kick some caboose,” Italian supporters using megaphones and Mexican supporters banging drums.

I discovered the photo series (and the existence of the competition) last week while i was visiting the exhibition L’Italia di Magnum. Da Henri Cartier-Bresson a Paolo Pellegrin at CAMERA in Turin. I wouldn’t normally associate catholic priests with kicking a ball around a surface of grass. As for Steel-Perkins, i associated his name with one of my favourite photos series ever made (maybe that’s just my admiration for the fashion style that’s speaking here): The Teds. Because the sporty priests surprised me (they have the most abominable trophy ever created) and the teddy boys and girls charm me no end, i’m going to just copy/paste below a few images from both series before continuing on my merry day.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Southend Promenade, England, Great Britain. 1976. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at Oratorio St Pietro. Seminario Gallico players warm up

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. Seminary students (trainee priests) at the North American College, who field one of the competing teams, the North American Martyrs, members of the team practice before mass. Putting balls away.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. Seminary students (trainee priests) at the North American College, who field one of the competing teams, the North American Martyrs, members of the team practice before mass. John Solmon

Italy. Rome. May 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at St Paolo College. Finals and play off for 3rd place. Finalsts Redemptoris Mater supporters sing before the game.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at Oratorio St Pietro. A priest gives half time talk to team Almo Pio-Capranica.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. May 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at St Paolo College. Finals and play off for 3rd place. Before the game Redemptoris Mater captain in yellow, accepts present from North American Martyrs captain of a Madona, Redemptoris Mater beat North American Martyrs 1-0

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at Oratorio St Pietro. team Guanelliani Internazionale celebrate a goal, but lost on penalties to Guanelliani Internazionale.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. May 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at St Paolo College. Finals and Redemptoris Mater beat North American Martyrs 1-0. Celebrating in front of fans at the end of the game they toss their coach, Father Simone Bionde in the air.

Italy. Rome. Feburary 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at Oratorio St Pietro. Sedes Sapientiae in orange top, beat Redemptoris Mater in a penalty shootout and celebrate after.

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. May 2009. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at St Paolo College. the odd looking Cup, looks like a Pokemon. © Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins, Italy. Rome. Vatican. The Clericus Cup. Matches played at St Paolo College. Redemptoris Mater beat North American Martyrs 1-0 in the final. They celebrate with the Clericus Cup

And now for the super snazzy crowd:

Chris Steele-Perkins, Adam and Eve pub in Hackney. London, England, Great Britain. 1976. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins, ‘Sunglasses’ Ron Staples, self-acclaimed King of the Teds. London, England, Great Britain. 1975. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins, Teds. London, England, GB. 1976. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins, Red Deer. Croydon, England, Great Britain. 1976. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

L’Italia di Magnum. Da Henri Cartier-Bresson a Paolo Pellegrin is at CAMERA in Turin until 21st May 2017.

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