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.

This week’s guest is the Stoke City and Republic of Ireland winger Terry Conroy, a big fan favourite at the Victoria Ground in the late sixties and through the seventies. More than a winger, I think. The Dublin-born Conroy knew how to find the back of the net scoring 74 goals in a 14-year career, 12 of which were spent at the Victoria Ground as Tony Waddington’s side transitioned from a retirement home for older players who had graced the game, into a young and hungry side that in 1972 upset a Chelsea side looking for a third consecutive year of cup success, Stoke downing the west London side in the League Cup Final, and in the 1974-75 season, would come close to landing the club’s first League Championship.

You can find Terry's book 'You don't remember me, do you?' here or any good bookshop and, of course, online.

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