England's Home Uniform 1997 to 1999

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
1996-97
730	12-Feb-1997	0-1 vs. Italy	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	HL
731	29-Mar-1997	2-0 vs. Mexico	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HW
732	30-Apr-1997	2-0 vs. Georgia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	HW
733	24-May-1997	2-1 vs. South Africa	Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HW
734	31-May-1997	2-0 vs. Poland	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów	WCP	AW
735	04-Jun-1997	2-0 vs. Italy	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	TC	NW
736	07-Jun-1997	1-0 vs. France	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier	TC	AW
1997-98
738	10-Sep-1997	4-0 vs. Moldova	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	WCP	HW
739	11-Oct-1997	0-0 vs. Italy	Stadio Olimpico, Roma	WCP	AD
740	15-Nov-1997	2-0 vs. Cameroon	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HW
741	11-Feb-1998	0-2 vs. Chile	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HL
742	25-Mar-1998	1-1 vs. Switzerland	Wankdorfstadion, Bern	Fr	AD
743	22-Apr-1998	3-0 vs. Portugal	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HW
744	23-May-1998	0-0 vs. Saudi Arabia	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HD
745	27-May-1998	1-0 vs. Morocco	Complexe Mohammed V, Casablanca	TC	AW
746	29-May-1998	0-0 (3-4) vs. Belgium	Complexe Mohammed V, Casablanca	TC	ND
World Cup Finals 1998
747	15-Jun-1998	2-0 vs. Tunisia	Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	WCF	NW
748	22-Jun-1998	1-2 vs. Romania	Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France	WCF	NL
750	30-Jun-1998	2-2 (3-4) vs. Argentina	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	WCF	ND
Notes		England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white home change shorts--against Argentina.
1998-99
753	14-Oct-1998	3-0 vs. Luxembourg	Stade Josy Barthel, Stad Lëtzebuerg	ECP	AW
754	18-Nov-1998	2-0 vs. Czech Republic	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HW
755	10-Feb-1999	0-2 vs. France	Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HL

(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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