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 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

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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