England's Away Uniform 1994 to 1995

Notes

England wore this Umbro shirt, part of an all-red strip, described as 'wine', only three times in 1994 and 1995.  Its career began with great promise as England, having failed to qualify for World Cup 1994, trounced tournament-bound Greece, 5-0, at Wembley in May, 1994.  But the next match in which it was worn, against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin, was abandoned after 27 minutes because some louts masquerading as England fans rioted in the stands.  The last time it was worn was in June 1995 as England lost 3-1 to  reigning World Cup champions Brazil at Wembley in the Umbro Cup International Challenge Tournament.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1994 Away Wine Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
704	17-May-1994	Greece	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	F	5	0	HW	[3-0]
709	15-Feb-1995	Republic of Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	F	-	-	AAb	[Ab]
Abandoned after 27 minutes because of crowd violence with the Republic leading 1-0 and no official result recorded, although caps were awarded.
713	11-Jun-1995	Brazil	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	T/C	1	3	HL	[1-0]

*The single Away match was abandoned after 27 minutes because of crowd violence with the Republic leading 1-0 and no official result recorded, although caps were awarded.

Empire Stadium, Wembley, 11th of June, 1995 - Alan Shearer climbs high in a duel with Brazil's Marcio Santos.

Empire Stadium, Wembley, 11th of May, 1994 - David Platt celebrates
with Alan Shearer following England's 5-0 drubbing of Greece.

Uniforms Index

23 players represented their country in this uniform, which only appeared in three games, one of which was abandoned after 27 minutes.

3 players wore it for the entire 207 minutes; Graeme Le Saux, David Platt (who was captain for all three games) and Alan Shearer. Darren Anderton also started all three games.

3 players won their first England cap in the uniform. Kevin Richardson never appeared again, whilst Steve Bould won one more cap and Warren Barton also won his 3^rd and last cap in the strip. For 2 other players (Colin Cooper and John Scales) it was also the last England uniform they wore.

Top scorer, just as he had been in the 1993 white uniform and the previous red uniform, was David Platt, with the two he scored against Greece.

Graeme Le Saux’s spectacular volley against Brazil was his only goal for England. Darren Anderton also scored his first international goal in this uniform and went on to score 7. Meanwhile, Peter Beardsley’s 9^th goal was his last in England colours.

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