Notes
England wore this very popular
Admiral shirt from 1980 to 1983. It was worn at the
1982 World Cup finals in Spain.
The shorts underwent a number of changes
when the major tournaments came around. For the three games at the 1980
European Championship, the Admiral logo was removed. Two years later, at
the World Cup, white numbers appeared on the right thigh with the Admiral logo
appearing above it, instead of its more usual position on the left thigh.
However, for the final game of the tournament, against Spain, it went back to
the left thigh, where it stayed for the remainder of the Admiral contract. The white socks England wore, white with a red and blue
stripe across the top, were the same ones worn with the
1974 home strip, until the end of the 1980-81 season. A new design was
worn from September 1981, it consisted of white, with red
Admiral logos along a blue stripe across the tops. Although the old
style socks made a reappearance during the
1982 World Cup finals in Spain.
Admiral logos were worn at the base of the numbers on
the back of the shirt, for the first time, against Kuwait in the 1982 World
Cup. They did not then appear again, until the fixture with West Germany at
Wembley, but were then retained on the shirt for all the remaining games in
which it was worn.
This uniform was also worn on 24th
March, 1982, when England drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao in Francisco 'Checo'
Rojo's testimonial, a game used as a PR exercise to introduce England to the
fans in Bilbao, which was to become their base for the first round of the
World Cup, three months later.
|
Matches in Which England Wore the
1980 Home White Uniform |
|
No. |
Date |
Opposition |
Venue |
Type |
F |
A |
Result |
H.T. |
|
539 |
13-May-1980 |
Argentina |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
F |
3 |
1 |
HW |
[1-0] |
|
540 |
17-May-1980 |
Wales |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
BC |
1 |
4 |
AL |
[1-2] |
|
541 |
20-May-1980 |
Northern
Ireland |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
1 |
1 |
HD |
[0-0] |
|
542 |
24-May-1980 |
Scotland |
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
BC |
2 |
0 |
AW |
[1-0] |
|
543 |
31-May-1980 |
Australia |
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney |
F |
2 |
1 |
AW |
[2-0] |
|
544 |
12-Jun-1980 |
Belgium |
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino, Italy |
ECF |
1 |
1 |
ND |
[1-1] |
|
The Admiral logo did not appear on the kits. |
|
545 |
15-Jun-1980 |
Italy |
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino |
ECF |
0 |
1 |
AL |
[0-0] |
|
The Admiral logo did not appear on the kits. |
|
546 |
18-Jun-1980 |
Spain |
Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, Italy |
ECF |
2 |
1 |
NW |
[1-0] |
|
The Admiral logo did not appear on the kits. |
547 |
10-Sep-1980 |
Norway |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
4 |
0 |
HW |
[1-0] |
548 |
15-Oct-1980 |
Romania |
Stadionul
23 August, Bucureşti |
WCP |
1 |
2 |
AL |
[0-1] |
|
England
wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1974 white away
change shorts--against Romania. |
549 |
19-Nov-1980 |
Switzerland |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
2 |
1 |
HW |
[2-0] |
550 |
25-Mar-1981 |
Spain |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
F |
1 |
2 |
HL |
[1-2] |
|
England
wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1974 white away
change shorts--against Spain. |
553 |
20-May-1981 |
Wales |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
0 |
0 |
HD |
[0-0] |
554 |
23-May-1981 |
Scotland |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
0 |
1 |
HL |
[0-0] |
555 |
30-May-1981 |
Switzerland |
St.
Jakob Park, Basel |
WCP |
1 |
2 |
AL |
[0-2] |
556 |
06-Jun-1981 |
Hungary |
Népstadion, Budapest |
WCP |
3 |
1 |
AW |
[1-1] |
557 |
09-Sep-1981 |
Norway |
Ullevål
Stadion, Oslo |
WCP |
1 |
2 |
AL |
[1-2] |
558 |
18-Nov-1981 |
Hungary |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
1 |
0 |
HW |
[1-0] |
559 |
23-Feb-1982 |
Northern
Ireland |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
4 |
0 |
HW |
[1-0] |
560 |
27-Apr-1982 |
Wales |
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
1 |
0 |
AW |
[0-0] |
561 |
25-May-1982 |
Netherlands |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
F |
2 |
0 |
HW |
[0-0] |
562 |
29-May-1982 |
Scotland |
Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
BC |
1 |
0 |
AW |
[1-0] |
563 |
02-Jun-1982 |
Iceland |
Laugardalsvöllur,
Reykjavik |
F |
1 |
1 |
AD |
[0-1] |
566 |
20-Jun-1982 |
Czechoslovakia |
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain |
WCF |
2 |
0 |
NW |
[0-0] |
567 |
25-Jun-1982 |
Kuwait |
Estadio
San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain |
WCF |
1 |
0 |
NW |
[1-0] |
569 |
05-Jul-1982 |
Spain |
El Estadio
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
WCF |
0 |
0 |
AD |
[0-0] |
570 |
22-Sep-1982 |
Denmark |
Idrætsparken,
København |
ECP |
2 |
2 |
AD |
[1-0] |
571 |
13-Oct-1982 |
West
Germany |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
F |
1 |
2 |
HL |
[0-0] |
|
England
wore the white home shirt with blue home shorts, but wore red stockings--against
West Germany. |
573 |
15-Dec-1982 |
Luxembourg |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
9 |
0 |
HW |
[4-0] |
574 |
23-Feb-1983 |
Wales |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
2 |
1 |
HW |
[1-1] |
576 |
27-Apr-1983 |
Hungary |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
2 |
0 |
HW |
[1-0] |
577 |
28-May-1983 |
Northern
Ireland |
Windsor
Park, Belfast |
BC |
0 |
0 |
AD |
[0-0] |
578 |
01-Jun-1983 |
Scotland |
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
2 |
0 |
HW |
[1-0] |
579 |
12-Jun-1983 |
Australia |
Sydney Cricket
Ground, Moore Park, Sydney |
F |
0 |
0 |
AD |
[0-0] |
580 |
15-Jun-1983 |
Australia |
Lang Park,
Milton, Brisbane |
F |
1 |
0 |
AW |
[0-0] |
581 |
19-Jun-1983 |
Australia |
Olympic
Park Stadium, Melbourne |
F |
1 |
1 |
AD |
[1-1] |
582 |
21-Sep-1983 |
Denmark |
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
0 |
1 |
HL |
[0-1] |
583 |
12-Oct-1983 |
Hungary |
Népstadion,
Budapest |
ECP |
3 |
0 |
AW |
[3-0] |
584 |
16-Nov-1983 |
Luxembourg |
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City |
ECP |
4 |
0 |
AW |
[2-0] |
|

(left)
Kevin Keegan lines up against
Spain on June18th, 1980. Note the absence of Admiral logos. Kit
manufacturers were not allowed to advertise their products during the European
Championship in Italy.

(right)
The practice of adding an Admiral logo to
the base of the number, began at the 1982 World Cup and continued intermittently
until the end of the Admiral contract in November 1983. England did not
use the space again until 2005, when the Three Lions emblem appeared in the same
place.
These shirts became commercially available towards the end
of the 1982, presumably for the 1982 Christmas shopping occasion. The
price of this white Admiral shirt ranged from £8.49 for a 26" chest shirt, to a
whacking £11.99 for a 38" chest shirt. The shorts started at a modest
£5.00, to the larger £5.50. All socks were £2.25.
Uniforms Index
59
England internationals appeared in this shirt. It was worn on 28 occasions by
Kenny Sansom, followed by Paul Mariner with 24 and Phil Neal close behind on
23.
29
players made their international debut in the shirt, including John Barnes,
who went on to win 79 caps, and Terry Butcher, who won 77.
30
players won their last cap in the shirt, including Dave Watson (his 65th
cap), Kevin Keegan (63rd) and Emlyn Hughes (62nd).
11
players won all their caps in this shirt, including Garry Birtles, Steve
Foster and Derek Statham, who won 3 caps each.
Paul Mariner was top scorer in this shirt, with 9 goals, followed by Trevor
Francis, with 7, and Tony Woodcock, with 6.
9
players scored their first international goal in this shirt, including Bryan
Robson, who went on to score 26.
15
players scored their last international goal in this shirt, including Kevin
Keegan’s 21st.
6
players scored all their international goals in this shirt, with Luther
Blissett’s 3, all coming in one match against Luxembourg, at Wembley, in 1982.
9
players captained England in this shirt, with Kevin Keegan leading them out on
11 occasions. Only 3 of the 9 had not captained England before, and two of
those (Trevor Cherry and Phil Neal) only made the one appearance as skipper.
Ray Wilkins was the other to captain them for the first time in this shirt and
3 times overall in it.
Four defenders wore this shirt when they captained England for the last time;
Phil Thompson (for the 5th time in the shirt), Mick Mills (4th),
Dave Watson (2nd) and Emlyn Hughes (for the only time in this
shirt). Bryan Robson, with 4 games, was the other captain in this shirt.
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