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England's Home Uniform 1997 to 1999


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71% successful

Uniform shirt photo supplied by Josh Benn


Notes

England wore this Umbro strip, as singularly unattractive as the companion away uniform, in three of their four matches at the World Cup 1998 final tournament in France, although in the last of those three matches, the round of 16 clash with Argentina, they wore all white, substituting the white shorts from the away uniform for the navy blue shorts of the home uniform.  The jersey made its first appearance in the1-0 World Cup 1998 qualification loss to Italy at Wembley Stadium on 12 February 1997.  It was worn for the 22nd and last time in the 2-0 friendly match loss to France at Wembley on 10 February 1999.  

The colour of the three lions in the emblem was changed from the traditional navy blue to a light blue.  The navy blue lions, however, reappeared on the next home white shirt in 1999.

Like the 1995 home white and 1996 away blue shirts, this jersey sported the manufacturer's name in large, capitalised letters above the three-lions emblem in the middle of the shirt, although, as on the 1996 away blue shirt, the team name also appeared in smaller capitalised letters below the emblem.  Still, a stranger to football might conclude it was the Umbro team's jersey.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1997 Home White Uniform
No. Date Opposition Venue Type F A Result H.T.
730 12-Feb-1997 Italy Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 0 1 HL [0-1]
731 29-Mar-1997 Mexico Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 HW [1-0]
732 30-Apr-1997 Georgia Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 2 0 HW [1-0]
733 24-May-1997 South Africa Old Trafford, Manchester F 2 1 HW [1-1]
734 31-May-1997 Poland Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP 2 0 AW [1-0]
735 04-Jun-1997 Italy Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France T/C 2 0 NW [2-0]
736 07-Jun-1997 France Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France T/C 1 0 AW [0-0]
738 10-Sep-1997 Moldova Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP 4 0 HW [1-0]
739 11-Oct-1997 Italy Stadio Olimpico, Roma WCP 0 0 AD [0-0]
740 15-Nov-1997 Cameroon Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 HW [2-0]
741 11-Feb-1998 Chile Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 0 2 HL [0-1]
742 25-Mar-1998 Switzerland Wankdorf Stadion, Bern F 1 1 AD [0-1]
743 22-Apr-1998 Portugal Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 3 0 HW [1-0]
744 23-May-1998 Saudi Arabia Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 0 0 HD [0-0]
745 27-May-1998 Morocco Complexe Mohammed V, Casablanca T/C 1 0 AW [0-0]
746 29-May-1998 Belgium Complexe Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco T/C 0 0 ND [0-0]

3-4 on penalty kicks at end of regulation time for extra point under special rules of King Hassan II International Cup Tournament

747 15-Jun-1998 Tunisia Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France WCF 2 0 NW [1-0]
748 22-Jun-1998 Romania Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France WCF 1 2 NL [0-0]
750 30-Jun-1998 Argentina Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France WCF 2 2 ND [2-2]

2-2 full-time, 2-2 after extra time, 3-4 on penalty kicks

England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the 1997 white away shorts--against Argentina.

753 14-Oct-1998 Luxembourg Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City ECP 3 0 AW [2-0]
754 18-Nov-1998 Czech Republic Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 2 0 HW [2-0]
755 10-Feb-1999 France Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London F 0 2 HL [0-0]
England's Record Wearing The 1997 Home Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 11 7 1 3 17 6 +11 4 7 1.545 0.545 68.2 +4
Away 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 1 5 1.333 0.167 83.3 +4
Neutral 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 1 3 1.400 0.800 60.0 +1
Total 22 13 5 4 32 11 +21 6 15 1.455 0.500 70.5 +9


(Left) Alan Shearer models the new home strip.
(Right) England line-up against Belgium.


image supplied from and available at Wiggysports

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