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England's Away Uniform 1976 to 1981

 
Worn 11 times
45% successful

[Photos supplied by Bob Dooley - Kingston-upon-Thames]


Notes

In a reverse to the 1974 home shirt, England wore red shirts with white shorts and red stockings.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1976 Red Away Shirt
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Result H.T.
503 13-Jun-1976 Finland Olympiastadion, Helsinki WCP 4 1 AW [2-1]
512 08-Jun-1977 Brazil Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro F 0 0 AD [0-0]
England wore the red away shirt with the white away shorts, but wore plain blue stockings--against Brazil.
513 12-Jun-1977 Argentina Estadio Camilo Cichero, La Boca, Buenos Aires F 1 1 AD [1-1]
514 15-Jun-1977 Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo F 0 0 AD [0-0]
518 22-Feb-1978 West Germany Olympiastadion, München F 1 2 AL [1-0]
519 19-Apr-1978 Brazil Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 1 1 HD [0-1]
531 06-Jun-1979 Bulgaria Stadion Vasilij Levski, Sofiya ECP 3 0 AW [1-0]
England wore the red away shirt with the white away shorts, but wore white stockings--against Bulgaria.
532 10-Jun-1979 Sweden Rĺsunda Stadion, Solna F 0 0 AD [0-0]
533 13-Jun-1979 Austria Praterstadion, Wien F 3 4 AL [1-3]

551

29-Apr-1981

Romania Empire Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 0 0 HD [0-0]
England wore the new style red, white and blue Admiral logo, which was worn on their new white shirt, introduced the previous year. The shorts, however, remained with the old style logo.

552

12-May-1981

Brazil Empire Stadium, Wembley, London F 0 1 HL [0-1]
England wore the new style red, white and blue Admiral logo, which was worn on their new white shirt, introduced the previous year. The shorts, too, now adorned the new style logo.
England's Record Wearing The 1976 Away Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2 1 0.333 0.667 33.3 -1
Away 8 2 4 2 12 8 +4 3 4 1.500 1.000 50.0 =0
Neutral 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
Total 11 2 6 3 13 10 +3 5 5 1.182 0.909 45.5 -1

Uniforms Index

32 England internationals appeared in this shirt. Three players made 9 appearances each; Kevin Keegan, Dave Watson and Ray Wilkins.

Alvin Martin and Peter Withe both made their international debuts against Brazil in the last game in which the shirt was worn.

Three players won their last cap wearing the shirt. Tony Currie won his 17th, Bob Latchford his 12th and Gerry Francis captained England for the first time in the red shirt, on his 12th and last international appearance.

Kevin Keegan was top scorer in this shirt with 5 goals, and was also captain on 6 occasions.

Stuart Pearson was second top scorer, with 3 of his 5 international goals scored in this shirt (including his last). Peter Barnes also scored his last England goal in this shirt.

Ray Wilkins was the only player to score his first international goal in this shirt.

Dave Watson captained England for the first time in this shirt and Emlyn Hughes was the only other player to lead out his country in the shirt, taking the honour twice.

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