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Description |
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White short-sleeved shirt,
with shadow pin-stripes. Navy blue winged collar. Three navy blue lions
on a white button fastener, on a thick red rectangular insert beneath
the neck, adjoining an overlapping thick navy blue rectangular insert,
with an English flag on a small tag. Navy blue rectangular panel, edged
with a red stripe down each side, on lower outer sleeves. An inner red
shard and an outer navy blue shard beginning at armpit and running down
each side of chest, separated by a thin white stripe. Embroidered
emblem, with light-blue lions, in centre of chest, with navy blue registered
trademark underneath left-hand side of emblem, 'ENGLAND' in capitalised
navy blue lettering below it and 'UMBRO' in large capitalised navy blue
lettering above it. Red number, with navy blue border, on reverse and in
the centre of the chest, beneath the emblem, in same font as previous
England shirts. 'FIFA WORLD CUP' and then 'FRANCE 1998' centralised in
capitalised navy blue lettering directly above the number on the chest.
Player's surname in an arc in capitalised red lettering, with a
navy blue border, above number on reverse.
Long navy blue shorts, with
navy blue drawstring. An inner red shard and an outer white shard
running down lower front side of each seam, separated by a thin navy
blue stripe. 'UMBRO'
in large capitalised white lettering on left thigh. Embroidered emblem on
right thigh, with white registered trademark underneath left-hand side
of emblem and 'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering below it. White
number, with red border in the same font as on the shirt, above the
emblem on right thigh.
White socks, with
navy blue turnover, two red hoops across each. Navy blue emblem on front
of each sock, with 'ENGLAND' in capitalised navy blue lettering below it
and 'UMBRO' in large capitalised navy blue lettering beneath. |
Variations |
- A long-sleeved
version of the shirt was also worn.
The cuffs were navy blue, with
a white stripe near the edge and there were no panels on the sleeves.
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Most Appearances |
3 -
Tony Adams, Darren Anderton, David Batty (1 sub), Sol Campbell, Paul
Ince, Graeme Le Saux, Michael Owen (2 sub), Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer
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Of the seven players who started
all three games in which the white shirt was worn, only Adams, Campbell and
Shearer stayed on the pitch for the full five hours, with Shearer also
taking part in the penalty shootout against Argentina.
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14 members of England's World
Cup squad appeared in this shirt.
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None of them were making their
international debuts, and no players won their last cap during this
tournament.
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Top Scorers |
2 -
Michael Owen, Alan Shearer (1 Pen.)
1 - Paul Scholes
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Both Owen and Shearer also
netted in the penalty shootout against Argentina.
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Owen became his country's
youngest ever World Cup scorer when he came on as a substitute to equalise
against Romania, but it was his goal against Argentina that alerted the
world to the 18-year-old's lightning pace and deadly finishing.
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Shearer had been the top scorer
at the 1996 European Championship and he was to net twice more in the 2000
tournament.
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Captain |
3 - Alan
Shearer
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England wore this
Umbro
strip, as singularly unattractive as the companion away uniform, in three of
their four matches at the World Cup 1998 final tournament in France.
In the last of those three matches, the round of 16 clash with Argentina, they
wore all white, substituting the white shorts from the away uniform for the
navy blue shorts of the home uniform. This looked fine, although a close
inspection would reveal that the number font on the shorts was different to that
of the shirts, due to it being from the
red uniform.
It was a tournament that began with high hopes, but
ended with the almost inevitable penalty shootout heartache. Romania were the
first to expose England's weaknesses, which left them needing to beat Argentina
for a place in the quarter-finals. A classic encounter followed, Michael Owen
scored a superb goal, David Beckham was given his marching orders for a petulant
kick and England ended up on the back foot, before it all ended in tears once
again. |
Matches in Which England Wore the
1998 World Cup Home White Uniform |
World Cup Finals 1998 |
747 |
15 June 1998 |
2-0 vs.
Tunisia,
Le
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France |
WCF |
NW |
748 |
22 June 1998 |
1-2 vs.
Romania,
Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France |
NL |
750 |
30 June 1998 |
2-2
(3-4) vs.
Argentina,
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France
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ND |
Notes |
England wore all white--the white home shirt
and socks with the white home change shorts, against Argentina. |
England's Record wearing the 1998 World Cup Home
Shirt |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
Neutral |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
1.333 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Total |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.667 |
1.333 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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CG/GI/JB/PY
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