England's Home Uniform 2003 to 2005

Uniform shirt photo supplied by Josh Benn

Notes

The main innovation in this shirt, yet another designed by Umbro, is the small gold star placed on the arm in recognition of England's sole World Cup triumph in 1966.  The uniform made its debut in the away European Championship 2004 qualification match against Liechtenstein on 29 March 2003.  England have worn the shirt 17 times, including four times with the white home change shorts.

For the third successive European Championship, England wore logos on each arm, the UEFA Fair Play badge on the left arm and the Euro 2004 tournament logo on the right. UEFA's policy of sewn-on badges, differed to that of FIFA's for the World Cup, where the 2002 tournament logo appeared to be printed on the right arm.

For the game with Wales, 9 October 2004, England wore the FIFA WORLD CUP GERMANY 2006 logo on the upper right arm.

At first glance, the newly-introduced practice of adding the fixture and date to the chest of the England shirt, seemed to have been discarded for the 2003 white shirt.  However, it was merely re-positioned to a less prominent location, the base of the front of the shirt, only visible when the shirt was not tucked into the shorts. - GI 

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 2003 Home White Uniform
No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	F	A	Result	H.T.
800	29-Mar-2003	Liechtenstein	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	ECP	2	0	AW	[1-0]
801	02-Apr-2003	Turkey	Stadium of  Light, Sunderland	ECP	2	0	HW	[0-0]
802	22-May-2003	South Africa	ABSA King's Park Stadium, Durban	F	2	1	AW	[1-1]
803	03-Jun-2003	Serbia and Montenegro	Walkers Stadium, Leicester	F	2	1	HW	[1-1]
804	11-Jun-2003	Slovakia	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough	ECP	2	1	HW	[0-1]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white home change shorts--against Slovakia.
805	20-Aug-2003	Croatia	Portman Road, Ipswich	F	3	1	HW	[1-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white home change shorts--against Croatia.
806	06-Sep-2003	Macedonia FYR	Gradski Stadion, Skopje	ECP	2	1	AW	[0-1]
807	10-Sep-2003	Liechtenstein	Old Trafford, Manchester	ECP	2	0	HW	[0-0]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white home change shorts--against Liechtenstein.
808	11-Oct-2003	Turkey	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul	ECP	0	0	AD	[0-0]
809	16-Nov-2003	Denmark	Old Trafford, Manchester	F	2	3	HL	[2-2]
810	18-Feb-2004	Portugal	Estádio Algarve, Faro Loulé	F	1	1	AD	[0-0]
814	13-Jun-2004	France	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal	ECF	1	2	NL	[1-0]
815	17-Jun-2004	Switzerland	Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	ECF	3	0	NW	[1-0]
817	24-Jun-2004	Portugal	Estádio da Luz, Lisboa	ECF	2	2	AD	[1-0]
819	04-Sep-2004	Austria	Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien	WCP	2	2	AD	[1-0]
821	09-Oct-2004	Wales	Old Trafford, Manchester	WCP	2	0	HW	[1-0]
823	17-Nov-2004	Spain	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	F	0	1	AL	[0-1]
England wore all white--the white home shirt and stockings with the white home change shorts--against Spain.

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