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England's All-White Uniform World Cup 1970, also 1973 to 1974

 

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England designated all-white as their uniform colour for the World Cup 1970 final tournament.  They wore this special light-weight summer shirt four times, in the two South American World Cup warmup matches against Colombia and Ecuador on 20 and 24 May 1970, and in the first two World Cup group matches against Romania and Brazil at Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico on 2 and 7 June, 1970.   Against Colombia they wore navy blue shorts with the white shirt and shorts, but donned all-white strip for the other three matches.

The 1970 lightweight shirt apparently made a couple of reappearances three and four years later.  A game in Moscow, and also Belgrade, seems to be the only other occasions in this period where England wore short sleeves and it looks identical to the kit worn in the 1970 World Cup finals.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the World Cup 1970 All-White Uniform
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Result H.T.
443 20-May-1970 Colombia Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá F 4 0 AW [2-0]
England wore navy blue shorts with the 1970 white shirts and white stockings against Colombia.
444 24-May-1970 Ecuador Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito F 2 0 AW [1-0]
445 02-Jun-1970 Romania Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico WCF 1 0 NW [0-0]
446 07-Jun-1970 Brazil Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico WCF 0 1 NL [0-0]
473 10-Jun-1973 U.S.S.R. Lenin Stadion, Moskva F 2 1 AW [1-0]
England wore navy blue shorts with the 1970 white shirts and white stockings against USSR.
485 05-Jun-1974 Yugoslavia Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Beograd F 2 2 AD [1-1]
England's Record Wearing The 1970 World Cup White Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 =0
Away 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 0 2 2.667 0.333 100.0 +3
Neutral 2 1 0 1 1 1 =0 1 1 0.500 0.500 50.0 =0
Total 5 4 0 1 9 2 +7 1 3 1.800 0.400 80.0 +3

   
(left) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, 7th of June, 1970 - Brazil's Clodoaldo prepares himself for Bobby Charlton's shot.
(right) Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, 7th of June, 1970 - Gordon Banks makes his miraculous save from Pele's header as Bobby Moore (partly hidden), Brian Labone and Terry Cooper watch.

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