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22 to May1935

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England discarded their buttoned-down collars in the early twenties and reverted back to their traditional shirt design with four buttons down the front.

It was towards the end of this period that a soon-to-be-familiar label began to appear more regularly on the shirts, that of St. Blaize, and it was also a period when the subject of full England uniforms first began to be addressed. The Football Association, still steeped in their amateur traditions, had been getting away with only providing the England team with shirts to wear.

Each player had to bring his own shorts and socks, but with photographs now appearing more regularly and newsreels beginning  to feature international games at the local cinema, it was becoming evident that our finest professionals were resembling a team kitted out from a charity box. Dixie Dean is pictured (right) in action against Spain in 1931, wearing his Everton club shorts, with the white seam. Perhaps, the 1932 fixture with Wales was the last straw (click here to see photo).

Furthermore, with Wembley now being used for the Scotland fixture every other year, the national team's profile was raised and, all of a sudden, we began to see England in complete matching uniforms in selected games. The shorts were either navy or possibly black, whilst the socks were probably black, with white tops. For the 1933-34 season, it would appear that England switched to a different design of socks, with two white hoops around the tops and possibly wore complete uniforms in every fixture. This arrangement lasted until, at least, the end of 1934.

The following year's Scotland fixture saw another change in sock design and this was the one that was adopted for virtually every game up until the Second World War, though not in the final game of that 1934-35 season, in Amsterdam.

Picture above left features a shirt worn by Fred Kean, sold at Mullock's auction (more details here). The shirt next to it (right) was also worn by Fred Kean against Belgium at Highbury in 1923 and is part of Richard Clarke's 'Three Lions - England Match Worn Shirts' Facebook Collection.

Matches in Which England Wore the 1923 Home White Shirt

* these games are based on photographic evidence, the rest are presumed.

1922-23
130 21 October 1922* 2-0 vs. Ireland, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich BC HW
131 5 March 1923* 2-2 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff AD
132 19 March 1923* 6-1 vs. Belgium, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London Fr HW
133 14 April 1923* 2-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow BC AD
134 10 May 1923* 4-1 vs. France, Stade Pershing, Paris Fr AW
135 21 May 1923* 4-2 vs. Sweden, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm AW
136 24 May 1923* 3-1 vs. Sweden, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm AW
1923-24
137 20 October 1923 1-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AL
138 1 November 1923* 2-2 vs. Belgium, Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen Fr AD
139 3 March 1924* 1-2 vs. Wales, Ewood Park, Blackburn BC HL
140 12 April 1924* 1-1 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London HD
141 17 May 1924 3-1 vs. France, Stade Pershing, Paris Fr AW
1924-25
142 22 October 1924 3-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC HW
143 8 December 1924* 4-0 vs. Belgium, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich Fr HW
144 28 February 1925* 2-1 vs. Wales, Vetch Field, Swansea BC AW
145 4 April 1925* 0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AL
146 21 May 1925* 3-2 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris Fr AW
1925-26
147 24 October 1925 0-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AD
148 1 March 1926* 1-3 vs. Wales, Selhurst Park, London HL
149 17 April 1926* 0-1 vs. Scotland, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester HL
150 24 May 1926* 5-3 vs. Belgium, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen Fr AW
1926-27
151 20 October 1926* 3-3 vs. Ireland, Anfield, Liverpool BC HD
152 12 February 1927* 3-3 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham AD
153 2 April 1927* 2-1 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AW
154 11 May 1927* 9-1 vs. Belgium, Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles Fr AW
155 21 May 1927 5-2 vs. Luxembourg, Stade de la Frontičre, Jeunesse, Esch-sur-Alzette AW
156 26 May 1927* 6-0 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris AW
1927-28
157 22 October 1927* 0-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AL
158 28 November 1927 1-2 vs. Wales, Turf Moor, Brunshaw Bottom, Burnley HL
159 31 March 1928* 1-5 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London HL
160 17 May 1928* 5-1 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris Fr AW
161 19 May 1928* 3-1 vs. Belgium, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen AW
1928-29
162 22 October 1928* 2-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC HW
163 17 November 1928 3-2 vs. Wales, Vetch Field, Swansea AW
164 13 April 1929* 0-1 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AL
165 9 May 1929* 4-1 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris Fr AW
166 11 May 1929* 5-1 vs. Belgium, Parc Duden, Bruxelles AW
167 15 May 1929 3-4 vs. Spain, Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid AL
1929-30
168 19 October 1929 3-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AW
169 20 November 1929* 6-0 vs. Wales, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London HW
170 5 April 1930* 5-2 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London HW
171 10 May 1930* 3-3 vs. Germany, Grunewald Stadion, Berlin Fr AD
172 14 May 1930* 0-0 vs. Austria, Hohe Warte Stadion, Döbling, Wien AD
1930-31
173 20 October 1930 5-1 vs. Ireland, Bramall Lane, Little Sheffield, Sheffield BC HW
174 22 November 1930 4-0 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham AW
175 28 March 1931 0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AL
176 14 May 1931 2-5 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris Fr AL
177 16 May 1931* 4-1 vs. Belgium, Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles AW

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Belgium.
1931-32
178 17 October 1931 6-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AW
179 18 November 1931 3-1 vs. Wales, Anfield, Liverpool HW
180 9 December 1931* 7-1 vs. Spain, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London Fr HW
181 9 April 1932* 3-0 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC HW

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Scotland.
1932-33
182 17 October 1932* 1-0 vs. Ireland, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool BC HW
183 16 November 1932* 0-0 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham AD
184 7 December 1932* 4-3 vs. Austria, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London Fr HW
185 1 April 1933* 1-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow BC AL

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Scotland.
186 13 May 1933* 1-1 vs. Italy, Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F., Roma Fr AD

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Italy.
187 20 May 1933 4-0 vs. Switzerland, Sportplatz Neufeld, Bern Fr AW
1933-34 It seems likely that, for this season, England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, in every game, though we have yet to see photographic evidence from three of these fixtures.
188 14 October 1933 3-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast BC AW
189 15 November 1933 1-2 vs. Wales, St. James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne HL
190 6 December 1933* 4-1 vs. France, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London Fr HW
191 14 April 1934* 3-0 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London BC HW
192 10 May 1934* 1-2 vs. Hungary, Stadion Üllői úti, Budapest Fr AL
193 16 May 1934 1-2 vs. Czechoslovakia, Stadion Letná, Milady Horákové, Praha Fr AL
1934-35
194 29 September 1934* 4-0 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff BC AW

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, against Wales.
195 14 November 1934* 3-2 vs. Italy, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London Fr HW

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, against Italy.
196 9 February 1935 2-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool BC HW
197 6 April 1935* 0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow AL

Notes

England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops and a white calf band, against Scotland.
198 18 May 1935* 1-0 vs. Netherlands, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Fr AW

 

England's Record wearing the 1922 Home Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 24 17 2 5 72 34 +38 1 6 3.00 1.417 75.0 +12
Away 44 24 9 11 117 63 +54 8 10 2.660 1.432 64.8 +13
Total 68 41 11 16 189 97 +92 9 16 2.779 1.426 68.4 +25

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