England's Home Uniform 1980 to 1983

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 65^th cap), Kevin Keegan (63^rd) and Emlyn Hughes (62^nd).

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 21^st.

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 5^th time in the shirt), Mick Mills (4^th), Dave Watson (2^nd) 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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