England's Alternate Uniform 1992

Notes

England wore this Umbro strip--pale blue shirt with three lions in slightly darker blue, pale blue shorts also bearing the three lions and pale blue stockings with a broad navy blue band at the top--only twice, in friendly away matches against Czechoslovakia and Spain in 1992.

The socks worn with this uniform were the same as those worn with the previous year’s blue uniform.  The numbers on the back of the shirt, like the previous years pale blue shirt, were navy, outlined in pale blue with a navy border.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1992 Alternate Blue Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
681	25-Mar-1992	Czechoslovakia	Stadion Strahov, Praha	F	2	2	AD	[1-1]
689	09-Sep-1992	Spain	El Sardinero, Santander	F	0	1	AL	[0-1]

Uniforms Index

Even though this uniform was only worn twice, with a six-month gap in-between, 22 England internationals appeared in it; two complete teams and not including goalkeepers. Yet 6 players appeared in both games, with Stuart Pearce (the captain for both), David Platt and Des Walker completing 180 minutes in the uniform. The other players to appear in both games were Nigel Clough (who started both), Lee Dixon and Paul Merson.

3 players won their first cap in Spain, with Paul Ince going on to win a total of 53. David Bardsley won one more cap, but David White failed to add to his single appearance.

4 players made their last international appearance in the uniform. For Mark Hateley, it was his 32^nd cap.

Both goals scored in this uniform, against Czechoslovakia, were netted by players who had never scored for England before. Paul Merson added two more and Martin Keown added a second in 2000.

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