England's Home Uniform 1987 to 1989

Shirt photo supplied by Paul Heasman - www.Footballnotmuggybonehead.com

Notes

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 revelotionary 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.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1987 Home White Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
625	19-May-1987	Brazil	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	1	HD	[1-1]
626	23-May-1987	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	T/C	0	0	AD	[0-0]
628	14-Oct-1987	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	8	0	HW	[4-0]
629	11-Nov-1987	Yugoslavia	Stadion JNA, Beograd	ECP	4	1	AW	[4-0]
631	23-Mar-1988	Netherlands	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	2	HD	[1-2]
632	27-Apr-1988	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	F	0	0	AD	[0-0]
633	21-May-1988	Scotland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	0	HW	[1-0]
635	28-May-1988	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
636	12-Jun-1988	Republic of Ireland	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany	ECF	0	1	NL	[0-1]
637	15-Jun-1988	Netherlands	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany	ECF	1	3	NL	[0-1]
638	18-Jun-1988	U.S.S.R.	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany	ECF	1	3	NL	[1-2]
639	14-Sep-1988	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
640	19-Oct-1988	Sweden	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	0	0	HD	[0-0]
643	08-Mar-1989	Albania	Stadiumi Kombetar "Qemal Stafa Stadium", Tiranë	WCP	2	0	AW	[1-0]
644	26-Apr-1989	Albania	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	5	0	HW	[2-0]
645	23-May-1989	Chile	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	0	0	HD	[0-0]
England wore the white home shirt with the white away change shorts, with red stockings--against Chile.
646	27-May-1989	Scotland	Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	T/C	2	0	AW	[1-0]
647	03-Jun-1989	Poland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	3	0	HW	[1-0]
648	07-Jun-1989	Denmark	Idrætsparken, København	F	1	1	AD	[1-0]
649	06-Sep-1989	Sweden	Råsunda Stadion, Solna	WCP	0	0	AD	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white away change shorts--against Sweden.
651	15-Nov-1989	Italy	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	0	HD	[0-0]
652	13-Dec-1989	Yugoslavia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	1	HW	[1-1]

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

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 86^th appearance and Glenn Hoddle’s 53^rd 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 6^th in total.

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

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