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England's Goalkeeper Uniforms

England's Goalkeeper Uniform
October1980

1974 Yellow Uniform
1976 Blue Uniform
1981 Blue Uniform
1981 Yellow Uniform
 
 

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Description  
Green long-sleeved shirt with black sleeves and chest, green wing collar and cuffs, and three green stripes down the sleeves, with a green adidas logo on the right breast. Black number one on the reverse, made up of three stripes.
Appearances

1 - Ray Clemence

Penalties Conceded

1 - Ray Clemence

  

When England travelled to Romania for a World Cup qualifying match in October 1980, Ray Clemence would probably have expected to wear a blue jersey, as Romania wore yellow shirts. However, he took to the field in a green adidas jersey.

It was identical to the one worn by the Romanian 'keeper, apart from the fact that it had no emblem. As Clemence wore the black shorts and socks that were normally worn with the yellow jersey, we can only assume that England accidentally packed the yellow and were left with no option but to borrow an alternative from their hosts. Whatever the reason, it also affected the Under-21 team, because John Lukic wore a plain blue jersey in the previous day's Under-21 international.

Coincidentally, when England opened their defence of the World Cup against Romania, in their previous meeting, back in 1970, Gordon Banks took to the field in a yellow shirt, thus clashing with the Romanian shirts and he had to change into a red shirt at half-time.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1980 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1980-81

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Ron Greenwood

World Cup Preliminary
548 15 October 1980 - Romania 2 England 1 [1-0]
Stadionul 23 August, Bucureşti (75,000/80,000)
 Ray Clemence wore this uniform, alongside England's 1980 white uniform, against Romania's yellow shirts, with blue shorts and socks.

 

England's (and Ray Clemence's) Record wearing the 1980 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
Total 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1

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