England's Home Uniform 1990 to 1992

Notes

England wore this Umbro for the start of the 1990's.  The shading on the shirt incorporated an abstract diamond shape which continued throughout the strip.  The collar was navy blue, as was the Umbro logo that tarnished the cuffs.  The shorts, still navy blue, were adorned with white and red triangles.  The stockings were somewhat more smarter, plain white with navy blue tops, where one could find the three lions emblem once more.  Nevertheless, however abstract, it will always be best remembered as the shirt worn by Paul Gascoigne and his tears.  The numbers on the back of the shirt were, once again, red, with a white border, outlined in red.

In this time, England twice wore the uniform as an all-white affair, adapting the use of the white away shorts from this period.

This classic white shirt made its debut in the friendly match against Brazil at Wembley Stadium on 28 March 1990 as England began a series of World Cup 1990 preparation matches.  It was worn for the last time in the World Cup 1994 qualification match against Turkey at Wembley on 18 November 1992.  

In between, it was England's uniform in their seven matches at the World Cup 1990 final tournament in Italy, albeit slightly modified to include the World Cup insignia, and in their three matches at the European Championship 1992 final tournament in Sweden.  

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1990 Home White Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
653	28-Mar-1990	Brazil	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
654	25-Apr-1990	Czechoslovakia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	4	2	HW	[2-1]
655	15-May-1990	Denmark	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[0-0]
657	02-Jun-1990	Tunisia	Stade Olympique El Menzah, Tunis	F	1	1	AD	[0-1]
658	11-Jun-1990	Republic of Ireland	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	1	1	ND	[1-0]
659	16-Jun-1990	Netherlands	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
660	21-Jun-1990	Egypt	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
661	26-Jun-1990	Belgium	Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Bologna, Italy	WCF	1	0	NW	[0-0]
662	01-Jul-1990	Cameroon	Stadio San Paolo, Napoli, Italy	WCF	3	2	NW	[1-0]
663	04-Jul-1990	West Germany	Stadio Delle Alpi, Torino, Italy	WCF	1	1	ND	[0-0]
664	07-Jul-1990	Italy	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	WCF	1	2	AL	[0-0]
665	12-Sep-1990	Hungary	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	1	0	HW	[1-0]
666	17-Oct-1990	Poland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
667	14-Nov-1990	Republic of Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	ECP	1	1	AD	[0-0]
668	06-Feb-1991	Cameroon	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[1-0]
669	27-Mar-1991	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	1	HD	[1-1]
671	21-May-1991	U.S.S.R.	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	3	1	HW	[2-1]
673	01-Jun-1991	Australia	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney	F	1	0	AW	[1-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1990 white away shorts--against Australia.
675	08-Jun-1991	New Zealand	Athletic Park, Wellington	F	2	0	AW	[1-0]
676	12-Jun-1991	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur	F	4	2	AW	[3-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1990 white away shorts--against Malaysia.
677	11-Sep-1991	Germany	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	0	1	HL	[0-1]
678	16-Oct-1991	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	ECP	1	0	HW	[1-0]
679	13-Nov-1991	Poland	Stadion Lecha, Poznań	ECP	1	1	AD	[0-1]
680	19-Feb-1992	France	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	2	0	HW	[1-0]
682	29-Apr-1992	C.I.S.	Lenin Stadion, Moskva	F	2	2	AD	[1-1]
683	12-May-1992	Hungary	Népstadion, Budapest	F	1	0	AW	[0-0]
686	11-Jun-1992	Denmark	Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	ECF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
687	14-Jun-1992	France	Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	ECF	0	0	ND	[0-0]
688	17-Jun-1992	Sweden	Råsunda Stadion, Solna	ECF	1	2	AL	[1-0]
690	14-Oct-1992	Norway	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	1	1	HD	[0-0]
691	18-Nov-1992	Turkey	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	4	0	HW	[2-0]

Uniforms Index

47 England internationals appeared in this shirt. Des Walker, with 29, made the most appearances, missing only two games, whilst Gary Lineker’s international retirement after the 1992 European Championship left him close behind on 27 games.

17 players won their first cap in the shirt, including Alan Shearer, who went on to win 63 caps, Martin Keown, who won 43 and David Batty (42).

Bryan Robson made his 90^th and last England appearance in the shirt, one of 16 players to win their last cap in it. Others included Gary Lineker, who won his 80^th cap, and Terry Butcher, who bowed out after his 77^th cap in the 1990 World Cup semi-final.

4 players won all their England caps in the shirt, with Keith Curle and David Hirst making 3 appearances each.

Gary Lineker was top scorer once again, as he had been in the 1984 and ’87 white shirts. As one of 4 players to end their international scoring in the shirt, he netted 17 times (4 of which were penalties) out of a total of 48 in his England career. David Platt was second, with 8 goals (1 penalty).

Only 3 players scored their first England goal in the shirt; Alan Shearer went on to score 30, David Platt (27) and Stuart Pearce (5).

Alan Smith scored both his international goals in this shirt, whilst 3 other players scored once only.

Gary Lineker was the captain on most occasions in this shirt, leading them out for 13 games, including for the first and last time, out of a total of 18 captaincies overall.

Stuart Pearce and Mark Wright also captained them for the first time. Wright never received the honour again, but Pearce went on to lead them out 10 times. Terry Butcher and Bryan Robson were the other skippers in the shirt. Both captained their country for the last time. In Robson’s case, it was the last of 65 games as captain.

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