England's Home Uniform 1965 to 1974

[From england-direct.com, the official F.A. Online Store]

Notes

This classic, plain white, rounded-neck jersey, made by Umbro, was worn with navy blue shorts and white stockings from the beginning of the 1965-66 season to the end of the 1973-74 season, through all but the evolution of Alf Ramsey's managerial reign.  The player numbers appearing on the shirt's back were red.  The stockings that accompanied the uniform became a plain white, making the strip simple yet elegant, and that elegance befitted the players it adorned.   

England sported these colours at several matches during the World Cup 1966 final tournament at Wembley,  although the white shirt yielded to the red in the final match victory against West Germany, and at the European Championship final tournament of 1968 in Italy, where England finished third.  A lightweight version of the plain white shirt was worn with plain white shorts and stockings in the first round group matches against Romania and Brazil at the World Cup 1970 final tournament in México.  

These were England's primary colours during the most successful period in the national side's history, but, regrettably, the strip's last years were marked by a drastic decline in England's fortunes, the failures to qualify for the final tournaments of the European Championship of 1972 and World Cup 1974.

This uniform was last worn during Joe Mercer's stint as caretaker manager in May 1974.  With new manager Don Revie came a brand new strip made by a new manufacturer as the 1974-75 season started. 

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1965 Home White Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
391	16-May-1965	Sweden	Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg	F	2	1	AW	[1-1]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Sweden.
392	02-Oct-1965	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	0	0	AD	[0-0]
393	20-Oct-1965	Austria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	3	HL	[1-0]
394	10-Nov-1965	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[1-1]
395	08-Dec-1965	Spain	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Spain.
396	05-Jan-1966	Poland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	F	1	1	HD	[0-1]
397	23-Feb-1966	West Germany	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
England wore the white home shirt and blue shorts with the 1960's red away change stockings--against West Germany.
398	02-Apr-1966	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	4	3	AW	[2-1]
399	04-May-1966	Yugoslavia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[2-0]
400	26-Jun-1966	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	F	3	0	AW	[2-0]
401	29-Jun-1966	Norway	Ullevĺl Stadion, Oslo	F	6	1	AW	[5-1]
402	03-Jul-1966	Denmark	Idrćtsparken, Křbenhavn	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
404	11-Jul-1966	Uruguay	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	0	0	HD	[0-0]
405	16-Jul-1966	Mexico	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	0	HW	[1-0]
406	20-Jul-1966	France	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	0	HW	[1-0]
407	23-Jul-1966	Argentina	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	1	0	HW	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Argentina.
408	26-Jul-1966	Portugal	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCF	2	1	HW	[1-0]
410	22-Oct-1966	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC/ ECP	2	0	AW	[1-0]
411	02-Nov-1966	Czechoslovakia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
412	16-Nov-1966	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	5	1	HW	[3-1]
413	15-Apr-1967	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	2	3	HL	[0-1]
414	24-May-1967	Spain	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[0-0]
416	21-Oct-1967	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC/ ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
417	22-Nov-1967	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC/ ECP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
418	06-Dec-1967	U.S.S.R.	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-2]
419	24-Feb-1968	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ ECP	1	1	AD	[1-1]
420	03-Apr-1968	Spain	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	0	HW	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Spain.
421	08-May-1968	Spain	El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	ECP	2	1	AW	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Spain.
422	22-May-1968	Sweden	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[2-0]
424	05-Jun-1968	Yugoslavia	Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze, Italy	ECF	0	1	NL	[0-0]
425	08-Jun-1968	U.S.S.R.	Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy	ECF	2	0	NW	[1-0]
427	11-Dec-1968	Bulgaria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[1-1]
428	15-Jan-1969	Romania	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[1-0]
429	12-Mar-1969	France	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	5	0	HW	[1-0]
430	03-May-1969	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	3	1	AW	[1-0]
431	07-May-1969	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	2	1	HW	[0-1]
432	10-May-1969	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	4	1	HW	[2-1]
433	01-Jun-1969	Mexico	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Mexico.
434	08-Jun-1969	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	F	2	1	AW	[1-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Uruguay.
435	12-Jun-1969	Brazil	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro	F	1	2	AL	[1-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1960's white away change shorts--against Brazil.
436	05-Nov-1969	Netherlands	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
437	10-Dec-1969	Portugal	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
438	14-Jan-1970	Netherlands	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
440	18-Apr-1970	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	1	1	AD	[0-1]
441	21-Apr-1970	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	1	HW	[1-0]
442	25-Apr-1970	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	0	0	AD	[0-0]
449	25-Nov-1970	German Democratic Republic	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	3	1	HW	[2-1]
450	03-Feb-1971	Malta	Empire Stadium, Gzira	ECP	1	0	AW	[1-0]
451	21-Apr-1971	Greece	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	3	0	HW	[1-0]
452	12-May-1971	Malta	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	5	0	HW	[2-0]
453	15-May-1971	Northern Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	1	0	AW	[0-0]
454	19-May-1971	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	0	0	HD	[0-0]
455	22-May-1971	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	1	HW	[3-1]
456	13-Oct-1971	Switzerland	St. Jakob Park, Basel	ECP	3	2	AW	[2-2]
457	10-Nov-1971	Switzerland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	1	HD	[1-1]
459	29-Apr-1972	West Germany	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	3	HL	[0-1]
461	20-May-1972	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	3	0	AW	[1-0]
462	23-May-1972	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	0	1	HL	[0-1]
463	27-May-1972	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	1	0	AW	[1-0]
464	11-Oct-1972	Yugoslavia	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	1	HD	[1-0]
465	15-Nov-1972	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	WCP	1	0	AW	[1-0]
466	24-Jan-1973	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	1	1	HD	[1-1]
467	14-Feb-1973	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	F	5	0	AW	[3-0]
468	12-May-1973	Northern Ireland	Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	2	1	HW	[1-1]
469	15-May-1973	Wales	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	3	0	HW	[2-0]
470	19-May-1973	Scotland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	0	HW	[0-0]
475	26-Sep-1973	Austria	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	7	0	HW	[3-0]
476	17-Oct-1973	Poland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	1	1	HD	[0-0]
477	14-Nov-1973	Italy	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	1	HL	[0-0]
478	03-Apr-1974	Portugal	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
479	11-May-1974	Wales	Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	2	0	AW	[1-0]
480	15-May-1974	Northern Ireland	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	1	0	HW	[0-0]
481	18-May-1974	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	0	2	AL	[0-2]
482	22-May-1974	Argentina	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-0]

Uniforms Index

____________________

CG/GI/PY