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Friday 13 March 2009
Awaydays
For all you Football Casual fans out there make sure you check out the April issue of Maxim Magazine.
It features a historical piece on the rise of Casual Culture which is quite interesting. However not quite as comprehensive as you would have thought. A good read nonetheless. One point it does raise is how Casual Culture was not exported across Europe, this is not actually correct, as many Casual sites document Barcelona fans donning Stone Island and CP Company jackets and the like during the late eighties. Especially now, as the laughable Danny Dyer has shown on his television program 'The Real Football Factories' that especially in Eastern Europe and Russia the firms have now taken on the Casual look themselves; opting for well known Italian brands in light of the British casual look.
One glaring omission from the feature is the lack of Stone Island, probably a key a player in the look as any brand noted. Especially in the early 90s.
In the A-Z list of Casuals this ITV documentary is listed, an interesting insight into the notorious ICF Firm in the 1980s.
Possibly the best feature in the whole magazine is the article on the cinematic birth of Kevin Sampson's Cult Classic 'Awaydays'.
I first read this book when I was about 13. I convinced my Mum to buy it for me, saying it was a "Football" story. Little did she know it was about sex, violence, drugs, music and fashion. Possibly my five favorite topics. A classic story of a confused adolescent, who seeks solace in the revelry of being a member of the firm. Camaraderie with the lads, following Tranmere Rovers is an escape from his drab life working as a Civil Servant. His nihilistic behavior, the consequence of his mother's death, provides a poetic story of miss spent youth.
You can buy Kevin Sampson's fantastic novel here. 'Awaydays'will hit screens on May 22nd, and I think will offer a proper insight into Casual Culture as opposed to the glorified bollocks of 'Green Streets' and the "Are You Trying To Mug Me Off In Front Of My Pals" brovado of 'Football Factory'. Since both films everyone wants to be in a Firm without actually understanding the music, fashion and scene which went with it. Sampson's film is going to set the record straight.
It features a historical piece on the rise of Casual Culture which is quite interesting. However not quite as comprehensive as you would have thought. A good read nonetheless. One point it does raise is how Casual Culture was not exported across Europe, this is not actually correct, as many Casual sites document Barcelona fans donning Stone Island and CP Company jackets and the like during the late eighties. Especially now, as the laughable Danny Dyer has shown on his television program 'The Real Football Factories' that especially in Eastern Europe and Russia the firms have now taken on the Casual look themselves; opting for well known Italian brands in light of the British casual look.
One glaring omission from the feature is the lack of Stone Island, probably a key a player in the look as any brand noted. Especially in the early 90s.
In the A-Z list of Casuals this ITV documentary is listed, an interesting insight into the notorious ICF Firm in the 1980s.
Possibly the best feature in the whole magazine is the article on the cinematic birth of Kevin Sampson's Cult Classic 'Awaydays'.
I first read this book when I was about 13. I convinced my Mum to buy it for me, saying it was a "Football" story. Little did she know it was about sex, violence, drugs, music and fashion. Possibly my five favorite topics. A classic story of a confused adolescent, who seeks solace in the revelry of being a member of the firm. Camaraderie with the lads, following Tranmere Rovers is an escape from his drab life working as a Civil Servant. His nihilistic behavior, the consequence of his mother's death, provides a poetic story of miss spent youth.
You can buy Kevin Sampson's fantastic novel here. 'Awaydays'will hit screens on May 22nd, and I think will offer a proper insight into Casual Culture as opposed to the glorified bollocks of 'Green Streets' and the "Are You Trying To Mug Me Off In Front Of My Pals" brovado of 'Football Factory'. Since both films everyone wants to be in a Firm without actually understanding the music, fashion and scene which went with it. Sampson's film is going to set the record straight.
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