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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 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]
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 0.250 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



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.

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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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