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P 75 W 47 D 20
L 8 F 139:A 51
76% successful |
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Description |
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Most Appearances |
At nine years, this was England's
longest serving and most iconic uniform. If we include the short-sleeved
lightweight variations worn in the 1970s, it appeared in 81 full
internationals. 78 players had the honour of wearing the shirt, an average
of almost one new player selected by Sir Alf Ramsey or Joe Mercer for each
game.
In the table of appearances for this uniform, all of the top five won a World
Cup winners medal in 1966. Martin Peters is second, with 56 appearances,
followed by Alan Ball, with 53, and the two knights, Sir Bobby Charlton and
Sir Geoff Hurst, with 42.
52 players were capped for the first
time in this shirt, with five going on to win over 60 caps; Ball (with 72), Peters (with
67), Dave Watson (with 65), Kevin Keegan (with 63) and Emlyn Hughes (with
62).
46 players made their last England
appearance in the shirt, including Moore's 108th, Peters' 67th and Ray
Wilson's 63rd.
Eighteen England internationals wore only
this uniform at full level, with David Nish winning all five of his caps in
it. |
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Top Scorers |
World Cup Final hat-trick hero, Sir
Geoff Hurst was England's top scorer in the shirt, with nineteen goals, although
four were penalties. Martin Peters was one behind, on eighteen, with Sir Bobby
Charlton, England's all-time top scorer, weighing in with fifteen.
22 players netted their first England goals in the uniform, with Sir Geoff
going on to hit 24 in his international career.
24 players scored their last England
goal in the shirt, including Sir Bobby's record-breaking 49th, in Colombia,
in 1970, and Jimmy Greaves' 44th, against Spain, in 1967.
Francis Lee scored ten England goals,
all of which were netted whilst wearing this shirt. Eleven other players also
scored all their international goals in the same uniform, including Sir
Bobby's elder brother, and fellow World Cup winner, Jack Charlton, who
scored six. Bobby Moore also netted twice in his career, in this same shirt. |
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Captains |
England's World Cup-winning captain,
Bobby Moore won 66 of his 108 caps in this shirt, more than any other
player. In all but one of the games, he was captain, relinquishing the role
temporarily on the occasion of Sir Bobby Charlton's 100th cap in 1970. Moore
captained his country 90 times overall.
Aside from Moore, England were led out
by six other players in this uniform. Emlyn Hughes made five appearances as
captain and went on to lead England out on eighteen more occasions. Martin Peters
(5), Sir Bobby (3), Colin Bell (once) and Alan Mullery (once) only captained
England in this uniform, whilst Jimmy Armfield returned to the England team
to make his last two appearances as captain on the pre-World Cup tour of
1966, having previously led England out on thirteen occasions. |
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,%20Bobby.jpg) This classic
plain white, rounded-neck jersey, made by Umbro, was worn with navy blue
shorts and white socks from England's 1965 end-of-season tour to the end
of the 1973-74 season, through all but the evolution of
Alf Ramsey's managerial reign. The player numbers appearing on the
shirt's back were red, whilst the socks that accompanied the uniform became
a plain white, making the strip simple,
yet elegant, and that elegance befitted the players it adorned. When it first appeared, in 1965, it
was worn with short sleeves, but these were quickly discarded. England had
first worn short sleeves in 1950 and they had been in vogue continuously for
almost ten years, before long sleeves came back in and limited the shorter
length to end-of-season foreign tours.
Umbro's return to its role as the
national team's supplier after a five-year gap, began with them following
this trend by providing short-sleeved uniforms for the 1965 tour, followed
by long sleeves for the 1965-66 season. Whether it was the thought that the
summer weather at the 1966 World Cup would inevitably be very British, or
whether there was some other scientific reason, England stuck with long
sleeves for the historic tournament, which began in mid-July. This was the
furthest into a summer that any World Cup has ever been held.
The climate obviously held no problems
for England as they went on to lift the Jules Rimet Trophy
(although the white shirt yielded to
the red in the final match victory against West Germany),
and they did not wear short sleeves again until 1970, despite an appearance
at the
European Championship final tournament of 1968 in Italy, where England
finished third.
,%20Bobby.bmp) By 1969, however, Sir Alf Ramsey was
raising concerns about the heat and altitude in the next World Cup, and
England experimented with an Aertex lightweight long-sleeved shirt for their
friendly visit to Mexico.
A short-sleeved
version of the
Aertex shirt
was worn with plain white shorts and socks in the first round group
matches against Romania and Brazil at the
World Cup 1970 final tournament in Mexico, and the Aertex shirts were worn
again in 1973 and 1974 on foreign tours.
These were
England's primary colours during the most successful period in the national
side's history, but, regrettably, the strip's last years were marked by a
drastic decline in England's fortunes, the failures to qualify for the final
tournaments of the European Championship of 1972 and World Cup 1974.
This uniform
was last worn during
Joe Mercer's
stint as caretaker manager in May 1974. With new manager
Don Revie came a brand new strip made by a new
manufacturer as the 1974-75 season started.
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Matches in Which England Wore the
1965 Home White Uniform |
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1964-65 |
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389 |
9 May 1965 |
1-1
vs. Yugoslavia,
Stadion Crvena Zvezda,
Beograd |
Fr |
AD |
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391 |
16 May 1965 |
2-1
vs. Sweden,
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg |
Fr |
AW |
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Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Sweden. |
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1965-66 |
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392 |
2 October 1965 |
0-0
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
AD |
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393 |
20 October 1965 |
2-3
vs. Austria,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HL |
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394 |
10 November 1965 |
2-1
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
HW |
|
395 |
8 December 1965 |
2-0
vs. Spain,
El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
Fr |
AW |
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Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Spain. |
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396 |
5 January 1966 |
1-1
vs. Poland,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HD |
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397 |
23 February 1966 |
1-0
vs. West
Germany,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
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Notes |
England wore the white home shirt and blue
shorts with the 1965 red away change socks, against West Germany. |
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398 |
2 April 1966 |
4-3
vs. Scotland,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
|
399 |
4 May 1966 |
2-0
vs. Yugoslavia,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
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400 |
26 June 1966 |
3-0
vs. Finland,
Olympiastadion, Helsinki |
Fr |
AW |
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401 |
29 June 1966 |
6-1
vs. Norway,
Ullevĺl
Stadion, Oslo |
Fr |
AW |
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402 |
3 July 1966 |
2-0
vs. Denmark,
Idrćtsparken,
Křbenhavn |
Fr |
AW |
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World Cup Finals 1966 |
|
404 |
11 July 1966 |
0-0
vs. Uruguay,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCF |
HD |
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405 |
16 July 1966 |
2-0
vs. Mexico,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
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406 |
20 July 1966 |
2-0
vs. France,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
407 |
23 July 1966 |
1-0
vs. Argentina,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
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Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Argentina. |
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408 |
26 July 1966 |
2-1
vs. Portugal,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCF |
HW |
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1966-67 |
|
410 |
22 October 1966 |
2-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC/
ECP |
AW |
|
411 |
2 November 1966 |
0-0
vs.
Czechoslovakia,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
412 |
16 November 1966 |
5-1
vs. Wales,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC/
ECP |
HW |
|
413 |
15 April 1967 |
2-3
vs. Scotland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HL |
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414 |
24 May 1967 |
2-0
vs. Spain,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
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1967-68 |
|
416 |
21 October 1967 |
3-0
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC/
ECP
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AW |
|
417 |
22 November 1967 |
2-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
418 |
6 December 1967 |
2-2
vs. USSR,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
419 |
24 February 1968 |
1-1
vs. Scotland,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
BC/
ECP |
AD |
|
420 |
3 April 1968 |
1-0
vs. Spain,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
HW |
|
Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Spain. |
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421 |
8 May 1968 |
2-1
vs. Spain,
El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
ECP |
AW |
|
Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Spain. |
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422 |
22 May 1968 |
3-1
vs. Sweden,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
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Euro Champ Finals 1968 |
|
424 |
5 June 1968 |
0-1
vs. Yugoslavia, Stadio
Comunale di Firenze, Firenze,
Italy |
ECF |
NL |
|
425 |
8 June 1968 |
2-0
vs. USSR,
Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy |
NW |
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1968-69 |
|
427 |
11 December 1968 |
1-1
vs. Bulgaria,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
428 |
15 January 1969 |
1-1
vs. Romania,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
429 |
12 March 1969 |
5-0
vs. France,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
|
430 |
3 May 1969 |
3-1
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
|
431 |
7 May 1969 |
2-1 vs.
Wales,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
431 |
10 May 1969 |
4-1
vs. Scotland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
433 |
1 June 1969 |
0-0
vs. Mexico,
Estadio Azteca, Santa Úrsula, ciudad de México |
Fr |
AD |
|
Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Mexico. |
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434 |
8 June 1969 |
2-1
vs. Uruguay,
Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo |
Fr |
AW |
|
Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Uruguay. |
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435 |
12 June 1969 |
1-2
vs. Brazil,
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracană, Rio de Janeiro |
Fr |
AL |
|
Notes |
England wore all white, the white home shirt
and socks with the 1965 white away change shorts, against Brazil. |
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1969-70 |
|
436 |
5 November 1969 |
1-0
vs.
Netherlands,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
Fr |
AW |
|
437 |
10 December 1969 |
1-0
vs. Portugal,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
|
438 |
14 January 1970 |
0-0
vs.
Netherlands,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
440 |
18 April 1970 |
1-1
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
AD |
|
441 |
21 April 1970 |
3-1
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
442 |
25 April 1970 |
0-0
vs. Scotland,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
AD |
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1970-71 |
|
449 |
25 November 1970 |
3-1
vs. GDR,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
|
450 |
3 February 1971 |
1-0
vs. Malta,
Empire Stadium,
Gzira |
ECP |
AW |
|
451 |
21 April 1971 |
3-0
vs. Greece,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
452 |
12 May 1971 |
5-0
vs. Malta,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
453 |
15 May 1971 |
1-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Windsor
Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
|
454 |
19 May 1971 |
0-0
vs. Wales,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HD |
|
455 |
22 May 1971 |
3-1
vs. Scotland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
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1971-72 |
|
456 |
13 October 1971 |
3-2
vs.
Switzerland,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
ECP |
AW |
|
457 |
10 November 1971 |
1-1
vs.
Switzerland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HD |
|
459 |
29 April 1972 |
1-3
vs. West
Germany,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HL |
|
461 |
20 May 1972 |
3-0
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
|
462 |
23 May 1972 |
0-1
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HL |
|
463 |
27 May 1972 |
1-0
vs. Scotland,
Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
AW |
|
1972-73 |
|
464 |
11 October 1972 |
1-1
vs. Yugoslavia,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
|
465 |
15 November 1972 |
1-0
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
WCP |
AW |
|
466 |
24 January 1973 |
1-1
vs. Wales,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HD |
|
467 |
14 February 1973 |
5-0
vs. Scotland,
Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
Fr |
AW |
|
468 |
12 May 1973 |
2-1
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
BC |
HW |
|
469 |
15 May 1973 |
3-0
vs. Wales,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
470 |
19 May 1973 |
1-0
vs. Scotland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
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1973-74 |
|
475 |
26 September 1973 |
7-0
vs. Austria,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
|
476 |
17 October 1973 |
1-1
vs. Poland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
HD |
|
477 |
14 November 1973 |
0-1
vs. Italy,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HL |
|
478 |
3 April 1974 |
0-0
vs. Portugal,
Estádio da
Luz, Lisboa |
Fr |
AD |
|
479 |
11 May 1974 |
2-0
vs. Wales,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
|
480 |
15 May 1974 |
1-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
|
481 |
18 May 1974 |
0-2
vs. Scotland,
Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow |
AL |
|
482 |
22 May 1974 |
2-2
vs. Argentina,
Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HD |
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England's Record wearing the 1965 Home
Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
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Home |
43 |
25 |
13 |
5 |
81 |
31 |
+50 |
6 |
20 |
1.884 |
0.721 |
73.3 |
+20 |
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Away |
30 |
21 |
7 |
2 |
56 |
18 |
+38 |
5 |
17 |
1.867 |
0.60 |
81.7 |
+19 |
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Neutral |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Total |
75 |
47 |
20 |
8 |
139 |
51 |
+88 |
12 |
37 |
1.853 |
0.680 |
76.0 |
+39 |
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