When Shorts Were Short - S2: E02: Steve Hunt

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 just don't talk about it.

This week’s guest is former Villa, New York Cosmos, Coventry, West Brom and England midfielder Steve Hunt. Steve’s recently released autobiography, ‘I’m with the Cosmos’ looks back at a playing career that saw him overcome an early blow when the club he supported, Aston Villa, transferred him to that mythical NASL club New York Cosmos. This early blow of being let go by the club of his childhood was more than softened by his time in New York, a period that saw him play alongside Pele, Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbaur and the super confident Italian forward Giorgio Chinaglia.

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SHOW LINKS

1977 Soccer Bowl

1978 NASL Play Offs

1978 Soccer Bowl  

Chelsea v New York Cosmos, Sept 1978

1980-81 Steve Hunt (Coventry) v Birmingham Goal of the Season

Coventry v West Ham League Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg, 1980-81

Scotland v England 1984

England v Soviet Union 1984

WBA v Coventry 1984-85

Aston Villa v Bradford City 1987-88

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