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White shorts, with red drawstring, edged with navy blue. Thick red rectangular panel, edged with navy blue, comprising lower third of seams. 'UMBRO' in large capitalised navy blue lettering on left thigh. Embroidered emblem on right thigh, with navy blue registered trademark underneath left-hand side of emblem and 'ENGLAND' in capitalised navy blue lettering below it. Red number, with navy blue border in the same font as on the shirt, above the emblem on right thigh.

Red socks of lighter tone, with two navy blue hoops across tops and 'UMBRO' in large capitalised white lettering around calf.

• A long-sleeved version of the shirt was also worn. The cuffs were navy blue, with a white stripe near the edge.

• For the first two games in which this shirt was worn, the player's surname was worn above the number on the reverse in capitalised white lettering, with a navy blue border, in a new font.

• For the game against Brazil, the shirts worn by the Neville brothers also included their first initial i.e. G. NEVILLE and P. NEVILLE.

• For the game against Colombia, 'FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE 1998' was displayed in white directly above the number on the chest.

6 - Sol Campbell, Graeme Le Saux (1 sub), Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer

• 27 players appeared in this uniform.

• Shearer was the only man to play the entire ninety minutes of all six games in which this shirt was worn.

• Two players were sent off wearing this shirt, both against Sweden (Paul Ince and Paul Scholes).

• Two players made their international debuts in this shirt. Ray Parlour went on to represent his country on ten occasions. Tim Sherwood appeared twice more, with his third and last cap also being won in this uniform.

• Besides Sherwood, Andy Hinchcliffe was the only other player to win his last cap in this shirt. It was his seventh.

3 - Paul Scholes

1 - Darren Anderton, David Beckham, Alan Shearer

• The six games only yielded six goals for the national team, with England remaining scoreless in three of them.

• All of Scholes' goals came in a hat-trick against Poland to give Kevin Keegan a winning start to his brief career as England's coach.

• Beckham's goal, from a trademark free kick, was his first of 17 in international football.

6 - Alan Shearer

• Shearer played the full captain's role, completing the entire nine hours on the field in the shirt.

• Two coaches (Hoddle and Keegan) sent England out in this uniform and both selected Shearer as skipper.

This ugly Umbro jersey--designed by someone who apparently didn't know when to stop--appeared for the first time at the Tournoi de France in the 1-0 loss to Brazil and ended its time in three home European Championship fixtures at Wembley Stadium.

It was a time of mediocrity for the England team, although they actually lifted a trophy in the uniform following their defeat to Brazil, having already won the tournament. Lifting the World Cup on their next visit to France, twelve months later, would have been much more significant, but it was not to be, despite a convincing display against the Colombians.

Then it all turned sour for Glenn Hoddle. The European Championship campaign got off to an inauspicious start and he was soon replaced by Kevin Keegan, who steered the crew towards the Low Countries, in brand spanking new uniforms...