P 23 W 15 D 6 L 2 F 46:A 9 78% successful 16 clean sheets
Description
	Yellow shirts with black shoulder panel, with black collar/band, yellow trim,black cuffs, white Admiral logo and England crest.  Black shorts with yellow side trim. Black socks with yellow trim.
Most Appearances	Only three England goalkeepers wore this uniform. Peter Shilton made the most appearances, with seventeen, four of which were as captain.  Ray Clemence appeared four times, including on his 61st and last England appearance, and Joe Corrigan made just two appearances in it, the second of which was his ninth and last international.
Clean Sheets
This yellow shirt was part of a uniform that consisted of black shorts and black socks. A black number 1, in the same style as on the back of the 1980 white shirt and the 1982 red shirt, was worn on the back of the jersey, although Peter Shilton wore his squad number (22) throughout the 1982 World Cup.  It also appeared in white on his right thigh for the duration of the tournament.  The number on the back of the previous yellow goalkeeper’s jersey (1974-81) had been red. Against the Netherlands at Wembley in 1982, the shorts and socks from this uniform were worn with the blue goalkeeper's jersey introduced the previous year.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1981 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1981-82
x		Ron Greenwood
World Cup Preliminary
558	18 November 1981 - England 1 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (92,000)	Mariner	HW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Hungary’s red shirts and white shorts.
British Championships
559	23 February 1982 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (54,900)	Robson, Keegan, Wilkins, Hoddle	HW
	Ray Clemence wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Northern Ireland’s green shirts and white shorts.
560	27 April 1982 - Wales 0 England 1 [0-0] Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff (23,927)	T.Francis	AW
	Joe Corrigan wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Wales’ red shirts and white shorts.
British Championship
562	29 May 1982 - Scotland 0 England 1 [0-1] Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow (80,529)	Mariner	AW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Scotland’s navy blue shirts and white shorts.
Scandanavian Tour
563	2 June 1982 - Iceland 1 England 1 [1-0] Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik (11,110)	Gudjohnsen Goddard	AD
	Joe Corrigan wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Iceland’s blue shirts and white shorts.
564	3 June 1982 - Finland 1 England 4 [0-2] Olympiastadion, Helsinki (21,421)	Haaskivi (pen) Mariner (2), Robson (2)	AW
	Ray Clemence wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1982 red uniform, against Finland’s white shirts and blue shorts.
World Cup Finals in Spain
565	16 June 1982 - England 3 France 1 [1-1] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao (44,172)	Robson (2), Mariner Soler	NW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1982 red uniform, against France’s white shirts and blue shorts. The Admiral logos were removed from the uniform, though they were still incorporated into the design of the socks and the squad number (22) appeared on the right thigh of the shorts.
566	20 June 1982 - England 2 Czechoslovakia 0 [0-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao (38,000/44,182)	T.Francis, Barmos OG	NW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Czechoslovakia’s red shirts and white shorts.
567	25 June 1982 - England 1 Kuwait 0 [0-0] Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao (31,000/39,700)	T.Francis	NW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Kuwait’s red shirts and white shorts.
568	29 June 1982 - West Germany 0 England 0 [0-0] El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (70,000 to 80,000)		ND
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1982 red uniform, against West Germany’s white shirts and black shorts.
569	5 July 1982 - Spain 0 England 0 [0-0] El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (65,000/75,000)		AD
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Spain’s red shirts and blue shorts.
Season 1982-83
x		Bobby Robson
European Championship Preliminary
570	22 September 1982 - Denmark 2 England 2 [0-1] Idrætsparken, København (44,300/45,400)	A.Hansen (pen), J.Olsen T.Francis (2)	AD
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Denmark’s red shirts and white shorts.
Friendly
571	13 October 1982 - England 1 West Germany 2 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (68,000)	Woodcock Rummenigge (2)	HL
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against West Germany’s green shirts and white shorts.
European Championship Preliminaries
572	17 November 1982 - Greece 0 England 3 [0-1] Kaftatzoglio Stadio, Thessalonica (41,434 to 45,000)	Woodcock (2), S.Lee	AW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1982 red uniform, against Greece’s blue shirts and white shorts.
573	15 December 1982 - England 9 Luxembourg 0 [4-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (30,000 to 35,000)	Bossi OG, Coppell, Woodcock, Blissett (3), Chamberlain, Hoddle, Neal	HW
	Ray Clemence wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Luxembourg’s red shirts and white shorts.
British Championship
574	23 February 1983 - England 2 Wales 1 [1-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (24,000)	Butcher, Neal (pen) Rush	HW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Wales’ red shirts and white shorts.
European Championship Preliminaries
575	30 March 1983 - England 0 Greece 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (44,051 to 50,000)		HD
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1982 red uniform, against Greece’s white shirts and blue shorts.
576	27 April 1983 - England 2 Hungary 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (50,600 to 60,000)	T.Francis, Withe	HW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Hungary’s red shirts and white shorts.
British Championships
577	28 May 1983 - Northern Ireland 0 England 0 [0-0] Windsor Park, Belfast (22,000 to <30,000)		HD
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Northern Ireland’s green shirts and white shorts.
578	1 June 1983 - England 2 Scotland 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (84,000)	Robson, Cowans	HW
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Scotland’s navy blue shirts and white shorts.
Season 1983-84
European Championship Preliminaries
582	21 September 1983 - England 0 Denmark 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (79,323 to 82,050)	Simonsen (pen)	HL
	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Denmark’s red shirts and white shorts.
583	12 October 1983 - Hungary 0 England 3 [0-3] Népstadion, Budapest (19,956/20,000)	Hoddle, S.Lee, Mariner	AW
	Peter Shilton wore this jersey, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Hungary’s red shirts and white shorts. His shorts and socks were the same as England’s outfield players.
584	16 November 1983 - Luxembourg 0 England 4 [0-2] Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg (5,400/12,000)	Robson (2), Mariner, Butcher	AW
	Ray Clemence wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1980 white uniform, against Luxembourg’s red shirts and white shorts.

 

England's Record wearing the 1981 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	9	6	1	2	21	4	+17	2	6	2.333	0.444	72.2	+4
Away	10	6	4	0	19	4	+15	2	7	1.90	0.40	80.0	+6
Neutral	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	1	3	1.50	0.25	87.5	+3
Total	23	15	6	2	46	9	+37	5	16	2.00	0.391	78.3	+13

These goalkeeper shirts became commercially available towards the end of the 1982, presumably for the 1982 Christmas shopping occasion. The price of this Admiral jersey ranged from £9.99 for a 26" chest shirt, to a whacking £11.99 for a 38" chest shirt. The shorts started at a modest £5.00, to the larger £5.50.  All socks were £2.25.

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