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White shirt, with shadow
pin-stripes. Navy blue v-neck, with thin white stripe in middle and two thin red stripes
either side of it. Navy blue cuffs, with thin white stripe in
middle and two thin red stripes either side of it. Thin navy blue stripe along
shoulder. Embroidered emblem on left breast. Two embroidered navy blue
concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'umbro' in navy blue
lower-case lettering underneath. Red numbers on reverse, with a white
border, outlined in red.
Navy blue shorts, with white
drawstring. White seams, with two thin navy blue stripes, each edged with a
thin
outer red stripe. Two embroidered
white concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in white
lower-case lettering underneath. Embroidered emblem on right thigh.
White socks.
Solid navy blue diamonds across tops, edged with two red hoops. |
Variations |
- An Airtex
short-sleeved version of the shirt, with red numbers on the reverse in the
old Umbro font last worn by England in 1974, was worn for the games in
Mexico and Los Angeles in 1985.
- A third
short-sleeved
version of the shirt was
worn at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and in the two warm-up games for the
tournament, in Los Angeles and Canada. This one featured wider shadow
stripes and a plain white hem replacing the cuffs. The red numbers on the
reverse were as in the previous year's tour. For the World Cup tournament
itself, 'FIFA WORLD CUP MEXICO'86' was displayed in navy blue directly
underneath the emblem.
- When Gary Lineker scored
four goals against Spain in Madrid in 1987,
two white concentric diamonds
were worn at the base of each digit of the red number 10 he wore on his
back.
- White numbers in the
same font as on the reverse of the shirts were worn on the left thigh of the
shorts, above the Umbro logo, for the 1986 World Cup tournament games.
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Most Appearances |
25 - Kenny Sansom
20 - Bryan Robson, Ray
Wilkins
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47 England internationals appeared in
this shirt.
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Kenny Sansom had also worn
the previous white shirt (1980) the most.
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Nineteen players won their first cap in the
shirt, including Gary Lineker, who went on to win 80 caps, Tony Adams, who won
66, and Chris Waddle, who won 62.
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Nineteen players made their last international
appearance in this shirt, including Ray Wilkins’ 84th cap, Trevor
Francis’ 52nd and Paul Mariner’s 35th.
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Of the five players that won all
of their caps
in this shirt, only two (Steve Hunt and Alan Kennedy) appeared more than once,
but their international careers were over after their second game. Hunt had
been substitute in both of his appearances.
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Top Scorers |
11 - Gary Lineker
5 - Bryan Robson
4 - Mark Hateley, Tony
Woodcock
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Seven players scored their first
international goal in the shirt, with Gary Lineker going on to hit 48 for
England.
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Tony Woodcock was one of eight players
to score his last goal for England in this shirt, when he netted for the
sixteenth
time at international level.
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Only three players scored all
of their
international goals in this shirt, and of them, only Viv Anderson scored
twice.
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Captains |
20 - Bryan Robson
6 - Ray Wilkins
1 - Terry Butcher
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England returned to Umbro at
the beginning of 1984, signing a five-year contract worth £1m. The red and
royal blue flamboyance of the previous Admiral kits was gone and in its
place was a predominantly white shirt, with only very minor red and navy
blue edgings.
One other noticeable feature was that of the Three Lions emblem appearing on the shorts for the
first time, a welcome addition.
This kit saw off the British Championship after a
century of competition, but it was also worn for England's first ever away win in
Brazil, a most unexpected result coming off the back of a very disappointing
season for Bobby Robson's side, who had failed to qualify for the 1984 European
Championship in France. The Brazil game also gave us a glimpse of the shorts and
socks from the new red uniform, revealed in its entirety in the next game, in
Uruguay.
England qualified unbeaten for the
next World Cup in Mexico and travelled out a year early to experience the
climate in advance. Just as in
1969 and '70, an
Airtex version of the shirt was
used and the design was further
modified for the tournament itself, in 1986, when
the cuffs were removed for extra ventilation, though the shirt was not in the
Aertex material.
After the traumas of the 'Hand of
God', England returned home to set about qualifying for the 1988 European
Championship finals in fine style and in May 1987, Umbro upgraded the white
uniform, a sure sign that all was well in their blossoming relationship with the
national team. |
Matches in Which England Wore the
1984 Home White Uniform |
1983-84 |
585 |
29 February 1984 |
0-2
vs. France,
Parc
des Princes, Paris |
Fr |
AL |
586 |
4 April 1984 |
1-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
HW |
587 |
2 May 1984 |
0-1
vs. Wales,
Y Cae Ras, Mold Road, Wrecsam |
AL |
588 |
26 May 1984 |
1-1
vs. Scotland,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
AD |
589 |
2 June 1984 |
0-2
vs. USSR,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HL |
590 |
10 June 1984 |
2-0
vs. Brazil,
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro |
Fr |
AW |
Notes |
England
wore the white home shirt with the 1984 white away
change shorts, and the 1984 red change socks against Brazil. |
592 |
17 June 1984 |
0-0
vs. Chile,
Estadio Nacional
de Chile, Ñuñoa,
Santiago |
Fr |
AD |
Notes |
England
wore the white home shirt with the 1984 white away
change shorts, and the 1984 red change socks against Chile. |
1984-85 |
593 |
12 September 1984 |
1-0
vs. GDR,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
595 |
14 November 1984 |
8-0
vs. Turkey,
Inönü
Stadyumu, İstanbul |
WCP |
AW |
596 |
27 February 1985 |
1-0
vs. Northern
Ireland, Windsor Park, Belfast |
AW |
597 |
26 March 1985 |
2-1
vs. Republic
of Ireland,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
Fr |
HW |
598 |
1 May 1985 |
0-0
vs. Romania,
Stadionul
23 August, Bucureşti |
WCP |
AD |
599 |
22 May 1985 |
1-1
vs. Finland,
Olympiastadion,
Helsinki |
AD |
600 |
25 May 1985 |
0-1
vs. Scotland,
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow |
TC |
AL |
Notes |
England
wore Airtex shirts for the following three games: |
601 |
6 June 1985 |
1-2
vs. Italy,
Estadio Azteca, Santa Úrsula, ciudad de México, Mexico |
TC |
NL |
602 |
9 June 1985 |
0-1
vs. Mexico,
Estadio Azteca, Santa Úrsula, ciudad de México |
AL |
604 |
16 June 1985 |
5-0
vs. USA,
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles |
Fr |
AW |
Notes |
England
wore all white, the white home shirt with the 1984 white away
change shorts, and white home socks against USA. |
1985-86 |
605 |
11 September 1985 |
1-1
vs. Romania,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
HD |
607 |
13 November 1985 |
0-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
HD |
608 |
29 January 1986 |
4-0
vs. Egypt,
Nasser
Stadium, Cairo |
Fr |
AW |
610 |
26 March 1986 |
1-0
vs. USSR,
Dinamo Stadion, Tbilisi, Georgia |
Fr |
AW |
611 |
23 April 1986 |
2-1
vs. Scotland,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
TC |
HW |
1986-87 |
620 |
15 October 1986 |
3-0
vs. Northern
Ireland,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
ECP |
HW |
621 |
12 November 1986 |
2-0
vs. Yugoslavia,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
HW |
622 |
18 February 1987 |
4-2
vs. Spain,
El Estadio
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
Fr |
AW |
Notes |
England
wore all white, the white shirt with the 1984 white change shorts, and white socks against Spain. |
623 |
1 April 1987 |
2-0
vs. Northern
Ireland, Windsor Park |
ECP |
AW |
624 |
29 April 1987 |
0-0
vs. Turkey,
Atatürk
Stadyumu, İzmir |
AD |
Other Match in Which England Wore the
1984 Home Blue Shorts |
1985-86 |
606 |
16 October 1985 |
5-0
vs. Turkey,
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London |
WCP |
HW |
Notes |
England
wore the 1984 red change shirt with the blue home shorts, and 1984 red
change socks against
Turkey. |
England's Record wearing the 1984 Home
Shirt |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
Home |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
5 |
+7 |
2 |
5 |
1.333 |
0.556 |
77.8 |
+5 |
Away |
17 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
29 |
9 |
+20 |
7 |
10 |
1.706 |
0.529 |
61.8 |
+4 |
Neutral |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
00.0 |
-1 |
Total |
27 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
42 |
16 |
+26 |
9 |
15 |
1.556 |
0.593 |
64.8 |
+8 |
This shirt was commercially available from its outset
via the mail order department at Wembley Stadium.

England pose for the camera
prior to the World Cup qualifying match with Romania in Bucharest in 1985.
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