P 5 W 1 D 3 L 1 F 6:A 6 50% successful 2 clean sheets
Description
	Plain royal blue shirts.
Most Appearances
Clean Sheets

  

Like the yellow jersey, the blue change jersey had a round neck and was worn on only five occasions, three of which were against Brazil. Colin McDonald (pictured above) wore a red number one on the back in the 1958 World Cup fixtures.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1956 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1955-56
x		Walter Winterbottom
Friendly
303	9 May 1956 - England 4 Brazil 2 [2-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	Reg Matthews wore this jersey, alongside England's 1954 white uniform, against Brazil's yellow shirts and blue shorts.
End-of-Season Scandinavian/European Tour
304	16 May 1956 - Sweden 0 England 0 [0-0] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Stockholm (38,000)	Reg Matthews wore this jersey, alongside England's 1954 white uniform, against Sweden's yellow shirts and blue shorts.
Season 1957-58
World Cup Finals in Sweden
323	11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0 [0-0] Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg (40,895)	Colin McDonald wore this jersey, alongside England's 1954 white uniform, against Brazil's yellow shirts and blue shorts.
324	15 June 1958 - England 2 Austria 2 [1-0] Ryavallen Stadion, Borås (16,800)	Colin McDonald wore this jersey, alongside England's 1954 white uniform, against Austria's red shirts and white shorts.
Season 1958-59
End-of-season American Tour
331	13 May 1959 - Brazil 2 England 0 [2-0] Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro (200,000)	Eddie Hopkinson wore this jersey, alongside England's 1954 white uniform, against Brazil's yellow shirts and blue shorts.

 

England's Record wearing the 1956 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	0	0	4.00	2.00	100.0	+1
Away	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	2	1	0.00	1.00	25.0	-1
Neutral	2	0	2	0	2	2	=0	1	1	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
Total	5	1	3	1	6	6	=0	3	2	1.20	1.20	50.0	=0

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