Not worn in play

Pale blue shorts, with white drawstring. A white strip comprising upper third of seams, with navy blue diagonal stripes rising from right to left, with two navy blue concentric diamonds after every fourth stripe. Large white triangle, overlapped with a slightly lower large navy blue triangle, underneath navy blue stripes. Two embroidered navy blue concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in navy blue lower-case lettering underneath. Embroidered emblem on right thigh.

Pale blue socks, with navy blue turnover, three white lions on each.

This sky blue shirt, the 1990 alternative jersey, modified to include the World Cup insignia, was issued to the England squad but never worn in match play.  England wore the 1990 white home shirt in all seven of their matches in Italy.

Yet again, a blue uniform was surplus to requirements. It seems only England were prepared to take three choices of kit to the World Cup finals, when they were only instructed to register two. An indication of its marketable value, however, came in the weeks leading up to the tournament. The England squad recorded a song (World in Motion), with the band, New Order, whose lead singer, Bernard Sumner, was filmed in the promotional video for the single in May, wearing this new blue shirt (without the World Cup lettering). The single shot to the top of the UK charts and the shirt got plenty of subliminal advertising, no doubt prompting replica sales to rise during a successful tournament for England.

This design did actually appear, the following year, for one international match, without the World Cup lettering, where the white band across the chest of Turkey's red shirts, gave the FA a feeble excuse to replace the white home shirt with the blue.