Waistcoat Wednesday: Fans take to Twitter to support Gareth Southgate's iconic style - but fail to spot their glaring mistake

Get your waistcoat: England manager Gareth Southgate celebrating on Saturday
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Alexandra Richards11 July 2018

England football fans took to Twitter to support Gareth Southgate’s iconic satirical choices - but thousands failed to spot a glaring error in the trending hashtag.

As the England team prepared to face off against Croatia in the world Cup semi-finals, the hashtag #WaistcoastWednesday trended on Twitter in a nod to Southgate's signature waistcoat.

However, eager supporters did not notice that they failed to spell the word waistcoat correctly.

The embarrassing error which was made by thousands led to the hashtag #WaistcoastWednesday trending on Twitter.

In true self-deprecating British fashion, people were quick to make fun of the spelling mistake.

Lee Newman wrote: “Who did we put in charge of the #WaistcoastWednesday hashtag?...David Davis? #WaistcoatWednesday."

While another person said: “Can we all take a second to appreciate that #WaistcoastWednesday is trending.

“Thankfully we're better at playing football than we are at spelling!”

One person said: “Can anyone tell me why the whole of the UK has misspelled "waistcoat" in the trending #WaistcoastWednesday like is it a massive inside joke or is everyone really stupid.”

While BBC Comedy tweeted: “Is spelling coming home at all?”

Welsh fan Steve Paine supports England in his themed waistcoat

Southgate’s waistcoat, which he has worn on the sidelines of every match in the tournament so far, has led him to become a style icon in Britain.

England will play Croatia in the semi-final
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Fans have rushed out to Marks and Spencer, the official tailors for the World Cup to recreate the look.

The store has reported a 35 per cent rise in sales so far.

England fans in their waistcoats in Moscow
Mark Large

Online thousands of fans posted photos of themselves wearing the waistcoat in support of Southgate and his team.

Radio station Capital FM claimed they had put a waistcoat on the Angel of The North but later revealed the image was "just a bit of photoshop fun."

A number of celebrities posted pictures of themselves channelling Southgate’s style.

Philip Schofield wears a waistcoat ahead of the big game

The entire Good Morning Britain team appeared on their show wearing the waistcoats in front of a huge screen which read: “It’s coming home.”

The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire also showed her support appearing on her show on Wednesday morning in a waistcoat, shirt and red tie.

The roaring Three Lions – who have had a successful campaign in Russia so far – will take on Croatia at 7pm in the second World Cup 2018 semi-final.

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