When Shorts Were Short concerns itself solely with what was actually a very narrow window in football history when teams wore, well, short shorts. The podcast takes 1954 as its starting point, when Umbro made their first England kit with shorter shorts, to 1992, when short shorts were all but finished as Umbro's baggy shorts for Tottenham's new kit, ahead of the '91 FA Cup Final, quickly caught on.
If the shorts weren't short, we don't talk about it.
In the first of two festive specials, this week’s guest is legendary comics editor Barrie Tomlinson, last on in Christmas 2020. Barrie enjoyed a long and illustrious career at Fleetway, initially as a writer. He worked as a sub-editor on Lion before becoming editor of Tiger in 1969 and then famously launching Roy of the Rovers in his own standalone and hugely successful title in 1976. Of course Barrie has worked many more titles than that, including the Daily Mirror football strip Scorer on which he spent 22 long years.
I asked Barrie if he fancied choosing his All-Time Comic Book Footballing X1, a traditional 1-11, no squad numbers and names on shirts, and only two subs allowed, something only introduced at the start of the 1987-88 season.
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