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England's Home Uniform 1987 to 1989


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England wore this Umbro shirt from 1987 to 1989.  England were described as 'parading' this new kit, against Brazil, May 1987.  It was made from a revolutionary new material called 'Tactel', for maximum coolness in hot weather, yet still warm enough to keep away the English chill.  There is a faint self-diamond pattern on the shirts and the socks feature the three lions motif.

It was worn in England's three matches at the European Championship 1988 final tournament in West Germany. 

From the Albania game in Tirana in 1989, a long-sleeved version of this shirt appeared, with a new design for the cuffs, significantly different from the short-sleeved version. It contained red, white and blue stripes, as in the 1984 white uniform, rather than the red, white and blue block sections of the short sleeves.

The numbers on the back of the shirt were unchanged from the 1984 white uniform; red, with a white border, outlined in red.  For the 1988 European Championship, they also wore plain white numbers on the left thigh of the blue shorts, just above the Umbro logo.

The Three Lions appeared on each sock, without the rest of the emblem.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1987 Home White Uniform

1986-87

625 19-May-1987 1-1 vs. Brazil Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London TC HD
626 23-May-1987 0-0 vs. Scotland Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow TC AD
1987-88
628 14-Oct-1987 8-0 vs. Turkey Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP AW
629 11-Nov-1987 4-1 vs. Yugoslavia Stadion JNA, Beograd ECP AW
631 23-Mar-1988 2-2 vs. Netherlands Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HD
632 27-Apr-1988 0-0 vs. Hungary Népstadion, Budapest Fr AD
633 21-May-1988 1-0 vs. Scotland Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London TC HW
635 28-May-1988 1-0 vs. Switzerland Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Fr AW
Euro Champ Finals 1988

636 12-Jun-1988 0-1 vs. Republic of Ireland Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany ECF NL
637 15-Jun-1988 1-3 vs. Netherlands Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany ECF NL
638 18-Jun-1988 1-3 vs. USSR Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany ECF NL
639 14-Sep-1988 1-0 vs. Denmark Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW
1988-89
640 19-Oct-1988 0-0 vs. Sweden Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HD
643 08-Mar-1989 2-0 vs. Albania Stadiumi Kombetar Qemal Stafa, Tiranë WCP AW
644 26-Apr-1989 5-0 vs. Albania Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW
645 23-May-1989 0-0 vs. Chile Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London TC HD

Notes

England wore the white home shirt with the white away change shorts, with red stockings--against Chile.
646 27-May-1989 2-0 vs. Scotland Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow TC AW
647 03-Jun-1989 3-0 vs. Poland Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HW
648 07-Jun-1989 1-1 vs. Denmark Idrætsparken, København Fr AD
1989-90
649 06-Sep-1989 0-0 vs. Sweden Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län WCP AD

Notes

England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white away change shorts--against Sweden.
651 15-Nov-1989 0-0 vs. Italy Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HD
652 13-Dec-1989 2-1 vs. Yugoslavia Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW
England's Record Wearing The 1987 Home Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 11 6 5 0 24 4 +20 3 8 2.182 0.364 77.3 +6
Away 8 4 4 0 10 2 +8 3 6 1.250 0.25 75.0 +4
Neutral 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 1 0 0.667 2.333 00.0 -3
Total 22 10 9 3 36 13 23 7 14 1.636 0.591 65.9 +7

This shirt was commercially available from it's outset.  Available from The Leisure Shop at Wembley Stadium.    The price of this 'Tactel' Umbro shirt ranged from £18.49 for a 22" chest shirt, to £20.49 for a 42" chest shirt.  The shorts started at £9.25, to the larger £10.25.  Socks were between £3.95 and £4.49.

Uniforms Index

37 England internationals appeared in this shirt. Bryan Robson was captain in 21 of the 22 games in which it was worn. The other skipper was Terry Butcher, during his blood-stained heroics in Stockholm.

Gary Stevens made the second most appearances in the shirt, with 19.

13 players won their first cap in the shirt, including Stuart Pearce, who went on to win 78 caps, David Platt, who won 62, Des Walker (59) and Paul Gascoigne (57).

10 players won their last cap in the shirt, as it was worn for both Kenny Sansom’s 86th appearance and Glenn Hoddle’s 53rd in the final match of the 1988 European Championship.

John Fashanu and Mike Phelan were the only players to make all their international appearances in the shirt, though for Phelan it was for a mere 45 minutes. Fashanu appeared just twice.

The shirt’s top scorer was Gary Lineker, with 9 goals, followed by Bryan Robson, with 6. Lineker had also been the top marksman in the 1984 white shirt. Robson’s goals included his last of a total 26 as a full international.

Chris Waddle was the only other player to score his last England goal in the shirt, his 6th in total.

4 players scored their first international goal in this shirt, including Paul Gascoigne’s first of 10.

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