Lineker wears a Tottenham jersey in a match against Nottingham Forrest. This image showing Gary wearing a blue and white sports kit was taken in 1990.
TV presenter and sports pundit Gary Lineker dressed in his football kit. Hardyman who's head to toe in red has such tiny soccer shorts that you can almost see his underwear up the leg hole.Ī familiar face to many. Andy Gray dressed in a white football kit with red and blue diagonal line across the shirt, his retro white football shorts feature red chevrons down the side. Crystal Palace ultimately won the match 1-0. The picture above throws back to 1989. Andy Gray who plays for Crystal Palace tries his best to shield the ball from Paul Hardyman attacking for Portsmouth during the League Division One match played at Selhurst Park in London, England. Whilst it's fair to assume no-one in the Beautiful Game wants to see pay return back to lower levels perhaps with the exception of payroll staff, there is one feature of the game which spanned several decades from the 1960's to the early 1990's which has made a comeback and that's retro short shorts. Soccer stars in the England's top flight teams can be paid upwards of £200,000 per week - Manchester United's goal keeper David De Gea has a pay-packet of £375,000 per week and Kevin De Brouyne is just behind with £328,000 weekly. 40 years ago (yes the 80s was really that long back eek!) it was closer to £20 a week, and it is true that longer hair has made a moderate comeback it hasn't got anything on the Mullet which used to be the height of fashion back then. Of course, it's the same game with the same rules with the exception of VAR (video playback to aid the referee with decisions) but on the pitch, everything has changed.
Dennis Wise has smooth muscled quads leading up his retro blue and yellow detailed shorts.Įnglish football in the 1980's looks a whole lot different than it does in the 2020's.
Image above shows Wimbledon player Dennis Wise, wearing super short shiny blue football shorts in action during the 1988 FA Cup Final between Wimbledon and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, London. Concentrating with his tongue sticking out the professional soccer player leans forward approaching the ball with his thick and toned legs on show. When short shorts ruled the football pitch.