When Did Footballers Stop Tucking There Shirts In?

[WA Toffee]

Some referees in my local league used to enforce the tuck. You knew you weren't getting away with any shenanigans in those matches.

To answer the OP, I'll put a date of November 23rd 2004 as the date that untucks first exceeded 50%

 

[BigDunc'sFod]

I just learned about the half tuck from a female colleague

Only a matter of time...

 

[Bluerover]

Stan Bowles RIP

Peter Eastoe outside...



...and tucked inside




Charlie half tuck

 

[gonetomorrow]

Seamus Coleman is surely a shirt tucker, no?
Please say he is.

 

[Raino85]

Some referees in my local league used to enforce the tuck. You knew you weren't getting away with any shenanigans in those matches.

To answer the OP, I'll put a date of November 23rd 2004 as the date that untucks first exceeded 50%

I'm thinking possibly later, this is the Euro 2004 side

2006

2008

2010 its emerging

2012


2014 - Untucked FC


It has to be some point between 2010 & 2014

 

[degsy]

When Did Footballers Stop Tucking There Shirts In?

Fashions and styles in football come and go, and i only pretty remember back to the early 90s, and obviously seen a fair bit from the 80s, were the majority of players loved a tucked in shirt
Some Excellent Shirt Tucking in from the Brazil 1998 Side
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You obviously had your mavericks like Big Dunc, George Best, Platini & Steve Claridge who would go against the grain and untuck
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You had the great Shaka Hislop who went against the grain and went one better and went humungous in the 90s, but as he got older, got more sensible
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So going back to my point, when was the exact time the ratio of shirts out beat shirts tucked in? Was there a meeting? It used to help us decide who were the cool players and who were the squares!

Some honorable mentions for your favorite shirts out/shirts in players
Even better would be the rarely spotted half in/half out players

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Dennis Law early 60s

 

[Raino85]

You're obviously too young to remember George Best and Glenn Hoddle.

You didn't read the post did you, were i literally name checked Best

 

[Bluerover]

Seamus Coleman is surely a shirt tucker, no?
Please say he is.

 

[chrismpw]

You didn't read the post did you, were i literally name checked Best

Mea culper! Soz.

TLDR.

 

[Bluerover]

That's me front left about 30 years ago

 

[Kdkdkdnxdnnd]

Players stopped having their shirts tucked in when football shirts stopped being baggy which was a gradual process, you could say by 2010 most football shirts were form fitted

 

[SAFCInPeace]

 

[summerisle]

Players stopped having their shirts tucked in when football shirts stopped being baggy which was a gradual process, you could say by 2010 most football shirts were form fitted

Michael Kean's shirt then must be the baggiest in Christendom.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Think when Lineker had to have a poo on the pitch in 1990 was the beginning of the end.

 

[Pilks]

Robin Friday. Coolest 'untucker' ever.

The man made George Best look like Michael Owen