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Description |
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Pale-blue short-sleeved
shirt, with multi-layered shadow pattern, including large striped square
rhombus shapes, some with the right-hand side blank, small square
rhombus shapes, some blank and some dark, and long thin-striped panels.
Navy-blue winged collar, with small white stripes in a strip near the
outer edge. Large navy-blue upside-down triangular insert beneath the
neck, split down the middle, with a navy-blue button fastening via a
loop of navy-blue material attached to the left side of the insert. Navy-blue diagonal stripes rising from left to right in a white strip near
the edge of the sleeves, with two navy-blue concentric diamonds after
every fourth stripe. Embroidered emblem on left breast.
Two embroidered navy-blue concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'umbro' in navy-blue
lower-case lettering underneath. Navy-blue numbers on reverse, in the same
font as on the previous Umbro England shirts, with a pale-blue
border, outlined in navy blue.
Pale-blue shorts, with white
drawstring. A white strip comprising upper-third of seams, with navy-blue diagonal stripes rising from right to left, with two navy-blue
concentric diamonds after every fourth stripe. Large white triangle,
overlapped with a slightly lower large navy-blue triangle, underneath
navy-blue stripes. Two
embroidered navy-blue concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in
navy-blue
lower-case lettering underneath. Embroidered emblem
on right thigh.
Pale-blue socks, with
navy-blue turnover, three white lions on each. |
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Variations |
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version of the shirt was
prepared for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, but was never worn in a full
international. 'FIFA WORLD CUP ITALY '90' was displayed in
navy blue directly
underneath the emblem.
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Most Appearances |
1 - John
Barnes, Lee Dixon, Steve Hodge (sub), Gary Lineker, Gary Pallister, Stuart
Pearce, David Platt, Alan Smith, Geoff Thomas, Des Walker, Dennis Wise
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Thomas and Wise were each
winning their first cap.
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Wise went on to win 21 caps,
whilst Thomas won nine.
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Hodge came on as substitute at
half-time to make his 24th and last international appearance.
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Top Scorer |
1 - Dennis Wise
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Captain |
Gary
Lineker |
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 ,%20John.bmp) After
five years waiting in the wings, the FA finally managed to unleash this all-blue
strip (albeit with a mottled shadow pattern) in a full international, thanks to
the combination of red and white worn by Turkey.
It had been around for a year, due to it being
officially launched as
one of England's
alternative kits for the World Cup in Italy, but the seven games played in
the tournament didn't offer any opportunity for England to wear anything but
their traditional white shirts and navy shorts.
The Turkish game meant that England were wearing a blue shirt for the first time
since the 1970 World
Cup, thus succeeding where the two previous
blue kits had failed, though they did wear pale-blue shorts and socks
against Argentina at the 1986 World Cup.
This shirt was never worn again, but having made the
breakthrough, the FA went ahead and commissioned their most ambitious blue shirt
yet, ready to be launched the following year...
The
photo above is of the shirt worn by Dennis Wise. It appears by kind permission of the National Football Shirt Collection (England
Match Shirts), also part of
the Neville Evans Collection (curator Simon Shakeshaft). |
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Match in which England wore the
1991 Away Blue Uniform |
It was also worn on the bench by
unused substitutes, David Batty, Nigel Clough and Gary Stevens.
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England's Record wearing the 1991 Away
Blue Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
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Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Total |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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CG/GI/JB/PY
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