P 16 W 10 D 3 L 3 F 28:A 9 72% successful 10 clean sheets
Description
	Dark blue shirt with striped shadows, red collar/forearm padding/cuffs and white panel, white side panels. England crest in centre under UMBRO. Dark blue shorts with red/white trim and England crest under UMBRO.
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During the World Cup, the jersey was modified to include the words FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE 1998 in white underneath the emblem.

Matches in Which England Wore the 1997 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1996-97
x		Glenn Hoddle
Friendly
731	29 March 1997 - England 2 Mexico 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (48,076)	Sheringham (pen), Fowler	HW
	David James wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Mexico’s green shirts and white shorts.
World Cup Preliminary
732	30 April 1997 - England 2 Georgia 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (71,208)	Sheringham, Shearer	HW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Georgia’s red shirts and black shorts.
Friendly
733	24 May 1997 - England 2 South Africa 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (52,676)	R.Lee, I.Wright Masinga	HW
	Nigel Martyn wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against South Africa’s yellow, green and white shirts, and green shorts.
Season 1997-98
World Cup Preliminaries
738	10 September 1997 - England 4 Moldova 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (74,102)	Scholes, I.Wright (2), Gascoigne	HW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Moldova’s blue shirts and red shorts.
Friendlies
741	11 February 1998 - England 0 Chile 2 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (65,228)	Salas (2 (1 pen))	HL
	Nigel Martyn wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Chile’s red shirts and blue shorts.
742	25 March 1998 - Switzerland 1 England 1 [1-0] Wankdorfstadion, Bern (17,100)	Vega Merson	AD
	Tim Flowers wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Switzerland’s red shirts and red shorts.
743	22 April 1998 - England 3 Portugal 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (63,463)	Shearer (2), Sheringham	HW
		Capucho
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Portugal’s red shirts and green shorts.
World Cup Finals in France
747	15 June 1998 - England 2 Tunisia 0 [1-0] Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (54,587)	Shearer, Scholes	NW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1998 white World Cup uniform, against Tunisia’s red shirts and white shorts.
748	22 June 1998 - Romania 2 England 1 [0-0] Stade Municipal, Toulouse (37,500)	Moldovan, Petrescu Owen	NL
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1998 white World Cup uniform, against Romania’s yellow shirts and yellow shorts.
749	26 June 1998 - England 2 Colombia 0 [2-0] Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens (41,275)	Anderton, Beckham	NW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1998 red World Cup uniform, against Colombia’s yellow shirts and blue shorts.
Season 1998-99
European Championship Preliminaries
751	5 September 1998 - Sweden 2 England 1 [2-1] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län (35,394)	A.Andersson, Mjällby Shearer	AL
		Ince
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 red uniform, against Sweden’s yellow shirts and blue shorts.
752	10 October 1998 - England 0 Bulgaria 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (72,974)		HD
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 red uniform, against Bulgaria’s white shirts and green shorts.
753	14 October 1998 - Luxembourg 0 England 3 [0-2] Stade Josy Barthel, Stad Lëtzebuerg (8,000 to 8,200)	Owen, Shearer (pen), Southgate	AW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Luxembourg’s red shirts and red shorts.
Friendlies
754	18 November 1998 - England 2 Czech Republic 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (38,535)	Anderton, Merson	HW
	Nigel Martyn wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 white uniform, against Czech Republic’s red shirts and white shorts.
x		Kevin Keegan
European Championship Preliminary
756	27 March 1999 - England 3 Poland 1 [2-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (73,836)	Scholes (3) Brzęczek	HW
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 red uniform, against Poland’s white shirts and red shorts.
European Championship Preliminaries
758	5 June 1999 - England 0 Sweden 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London (75,824)		HD
		Scholes
	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England’s 1997 red uniform, against Sweden’s yellow shirts and blue shorts.

 

England's Record wearing the 1997 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	10	7	2	1	18	4	+14	3	7	1.80	0.40	80.0	+6
Away	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	0	1	1.667	1.00	50.0	=0
Neutral	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	0	2	1.667	0.667	66.7	+1
Total	16	10	3	3	28	9	+19	3	10	1.75	0.563	71.9	+7

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