P 3 W 0 D 1 L 2 F 1:A 5 17% successful no clean sheets
Description
	Green shirts with round collar, red/black Umbro diamond and England crest.
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This green aertex jersey was introduced alongside England’s yellow aertex kit for the 1973 end-of-season tour. Like the yellow goalkeeper’s jersey, it included an Umbro double-diamond logo on the right breast. Peter Shilton became the first England goalkeeper to wear a green jersey since the war. At the time, virtually every 'keeper in the Football League wore green, and Shilton was about to break the mould by wearing a dazzling all-white outfit for his club, Leicester City, in the following season. The photo top left is of the jersey worn in a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Poland in a World Cup qualifier, a result that probably did more damage to England's hopes of making the following year's trip to Germany than the famous 1-1 draw in the return, four months later, at Wembley. It was kindly sent to us by Simon Shakeshaft, curator of the National Football Shirt Collection at England Match Shirts and is part of the Neville Evans Collection. Shilton is pictured top right in the very same jersey, before the Poland game.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1973 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1972-73
x		Alf Ramsey
Friendly
471	27 May 1973 - Czechoslovakia 1 England 1 [0-0] Stadión Letná, Praha (22,000)	Novák Clarke	AD
	Peter Shilton wore this jersey, alongside England’s 1973 yellow uniform, against Czechoslovakia’s red shirts, white shorts and blue socks.
World Cup Preliminary
472	6 June 1973 - Poland 2 England 0 [1-0] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (73,714/100,000)	Moore OG, Lubański	AL
		Ball
	Peter Shilton wore this jersey, alongside England’s 1973 yellow uniform, against Poland's white shirts, red shorts and white socks.
Italian F.A. 75th Anniversary Match
474	14 June 1973 - Italy 2 England 0 [1-0] Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino (60,000)	Anastasi, Capello	AL
	Peter Shilton wore this jersey, alongside England’s 1973 yellow uniform, against Italy's blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.

 

England's Record wearing the 1973 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Away	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	2	0	0.333	1.667	16.7	-2
Total	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	2	0	0.333	1.667	16.7	-2

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