England's Away Uniform 1982 to 1983

Notes

England wore this Admiral shirt in 1982 and 1983.  It was worn at the World Cup final tournament in Spain in 1982.

However, on 29 June 1982 against West Germany in Madrid, England wore a variation of this design.  The blue line across the chest was in the middle of the white band, instead of underneath it and they wore black outlined squad numbers on the right thigh.  At half-time however, Paul Mariner and Phil Thompson changed into the shirts worn against France, in the opening game of the tournament, the other design.

This was the first uniform in which England wore numbered shorts, against France in Bilbao.  The numbers were red and appeared on the right thigh of the white shorts, though when they played West Germany in Madrid, with a modified red shirt, the numbers on the shorts were merely outlined in black.  This may have been because the red numbers were not secure enough to last a whole game.  Paul Mariner's number 11 had fallen of his shorts before the end of the match against France!

For the final game in which this shirt was worn, against Greece, Admiral logos appeared at the base of the numbers on the back of the shirt.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1982 Red Away Shirt
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
564	03-Jun-1982	Finland	Olympiastadion, Helsinki	F	4	1	AW	[2-0]
565	16-Jun-1982	France	Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain	WCF	3	1	NW	[1-1]
England wore the red away shirt with white away shorts, but wore white stockings--against France.  The kit bore no Admiral logos.
568	29-Jun-1982	West Germany	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
England wore a variation of the red shirt, the blue line across the chest was in the middle of the white band, instead of underneath it.
572	17-Nov-1982	Greece	Kaftantzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki	ECP	3	0	AW	[1-0]
575	30-Mar-1983	Greece	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	0	0	HD	[0-0]

 
(left) Two different shirt designs in the same game! Terry Butcher in the modified design of the red Admiral shirt against West Germany in Madrid on June 29^th, 1982. Note the position of the white and blue bands below the v-neck.

(right) Paul Mariner appeared for the second half in the same shirt that he had worn against France in the opening game of the World Cup, complete with tear at the neck! This was the original design of the red shirt, with the white and blue bands either side of the v-neck. It was worn again by England in the two European Championship fixtures with Greece, the following season, whilst the new design, sported by Butcher, never appeared again.

These shirts became commercially available towards the end of the 1982, presumably for the 1982 Christmas shopping occasion.  The price of this red 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

20 England internationals appeared in this shirt and Kenny Sansom appeared in all 5 games in which it was worn. Sansom also made most appearances in the white 1980 shirt.

Sammy Lee was the only player to make his international debut in this shirt and he scored in England’s 3-0 win in Greece, making him the only player to score his first England goal in the shirt.

Three players made their last international appearance in this shirt and, curiously, two of them (Steve Coppell and Phil Thompson) were each winning their 42^nd cap. The other player ending his England career in the shirt was Tony Morley, whose last cap was his 6^th.

Bryan Robson was top scorer in the shirt, with 4 goals scored in the first two games that the shirt was worn. Paul Mariner was second with 3 goals, also scored in the first two games.

Three players captained England in this shirt, with Mick Mills leading them out on two occasions, both in the 1982 World Cup. Kevin Keegan captained England for the 31^st and last time in his last full game for his country and Bryan Robson captained them for the first time in this shirt.

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