P 6 W 2 D 2 L 2 F 6:A 8 50% successful 2 clean sheets
Description
	Four-tone green striped shirts appearing as diamonds, making the overall effect look zig-zagged, with black shoulder and forearm pads. Black collar, edged with a thick light-green stripe and a thin dark green stripe within. Embroidered emblem on left breast. Two embroidered white concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'umbro' in white lower-case lettering underneath. White number one on reverse in same font as worn at the 1986 World Cup. Black shorts with two embroidered white concentric diamonds on right thigh, with 'umbro' in white lower-case lettering underneath. Embroidered emblem on right thigh. Plain black socks.
Variations	A white number one in the same font as on the reverse of the shirts was worn on the left thigh of the shorts, above the Umbro logo, for the 1988 European Championship games. Chris Woods wore number 13 against USSR and Denmark, and Dave Beasant wore number 13 against Italy.
Appearances	3 - Peter Shilton 1.5 - Chris Woods 1 - David Seaman 0.5 - Dave Beasant Bobby Robson managed to use four goalkeepers in the six games when this kit was worn, introducing two new understudies for Shilton, who was forty years old when this kit was replaced. David Seaman won the first of his 75 caps in this kit. Dave Beasant made his first international appearance, as a half-time substitute for Shilton against Yugoslavia. He only made one more appearance, again as a half-time substitute for Shilton.
Clean Sheets	1 - Peter Shilton 0.5 - Dave Beasant, Chris Woods
Penalties Conceded	1 - Peter Shilton Greece scored in the second minute against England.

 

This rather striking shirt was initially thought to be yellow and black, on its first appearance in the bright sunlight of a June afternoon in Düsseldorf. Closer inspection in gloomier conditions revealed that it was actually four different shades of green. Peter Shilton's autobiography revealed that he was originally issued with a green shirt for the opening game of the 1988 European Championship final tournament against the Republic of Ireland; obviously clashing with the emerald shirts of their opponents. For that game, he wore the black shorts and socks of this kit with the grey and silver shirt that had been England's first-choice goalkeeping top for the past two years. The zig-zags then made their debut in the second match of the tournament, as Peter Shilton conceded three goals on his hundredth appearance for England; Marco Van Basten netting a hat-trick. Over the course of the eighteen months that these shirts were worn in England internationals, it appears that every single one of them was subtly different. Three days after the Dutch game, the jersey worn by Chris Woods against the USSR was different (apart from the fact that Woods wore a white number 13 on the back, as opposed to Shilton's number 1). The zig-zag columns were positioned slightly over to the left side of the chest so that both the emblem and the Umbro logo sat more centrally across a dark green column. Meanwhile, Peter Shilton was on the bench against the USSR, and his shirt, shown at the top of the page, shows a further shift of zig-zags to position the central dark column directly in line with the middle of the collar, meaning that both of his shirts were different and that even Shilton's and Woods' shirts were different for the same game! There does not seem to have been any sort of consistency for any of the other later games. They all vary in these respects and it suggests that they were made without any set template to line the zig-zags up with any other parts of the shirt. Many thanks to Simon Shakeshaft for providing the photo of Shilton's shirt above. It is part of the Neville Evans National Football Shirt Collection.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1987-88
x		Bobby Robson
European Championship Finals in West Germany
637	15 June 1988 - England 1 Netherlands 3 [0-1] Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf (68,400)	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, alongside England's 1987 white uniform, against Netherlands' orange shirts, white shorts and orange socks.
638	18 June 1988 - England 1 USSR 3 [1-2] Waldstadion, Frankfurt (53,000)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1987 white uniform, against USSR's red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
Season 1988-89
Friendlies
639	14 September 1988 - England 1 Denmark 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (25,837)	Peter Shilton and Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1987 white uniform, against Denmark's red shirts, white shorts and red socks.
641	16 November 1988 - Saudi Arabia 1 England 1 [1-0] King Fahd II International Stadium, Riyadh (8,000)	David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England's 1988 red uniform, against Saudi Arabia's white shirts, green shorts and white socks.
642	8 February 1989 - Greece 1 England 2 [1-1] Olympiako Stadio Athinas Spyros Louis, Athína (3,364)	Peter Shilton wore this uniform, with black tracksuit trousers, alongside England's 1988 red uniform, against Greece's light blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks.
Season 1989-90
651	15 November 1989 - England 0 Italy 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (67,500)	Peter Shilton and Dave Beasant wore this uniform, alongside England's 1987 white uniform, against Italy's blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.

 

Other Match in Which England Wore the 1988 Black Shorts and Socks

Season 1987-88

x		Bobby Robson
European Championship Finals in West Germany
636	12 June 1988 - England 0 Republic of Ireland 1 [0-1] Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (53,000/55,500)	Peter Shilton wore the 1986 grey shirt, alongside England's 1987 white uniform, against Republic of Ireland's green shirts, white shorts and green socks.

 

England's Record wearing the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	1	2	0.50	0.00	75.0	+1
Away	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	0	0	1.50	1.50	75.0	+1
Neutral	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-2
Total	6	2	2	2	6	8	-2	1	2	1.00	1.333	50.0	=0

 

Peter Shilton's Record wearing the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	1	1	1	0	1	0	+1	1	1	1.00	0.00	150.0	+1
Away	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	2.00	1.00	100.0	+1
Neutral	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
Total	3	2	1	1	4	4	=0	1	1	1.333	1.333	83.3	+1

 

Chris Woods' Record wearing the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	0.50	1	0	0	0	0	=0	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	200.0	+1
Neutral	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	0	1.00	3.00	0.00	-1
Total	1.50	1	0	1	1	3	-2	0.50	0.50	0.667	2.00	66.7	=0

 

David Seaman's Record wearing the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Away	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
Total	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0

 

Dave Beasant's Record wearing the 1988 Green Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	0.50	0	1	0	0	0	=0	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	50.0	=0
Total	0.50	0	1	0	0	0	=0	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	50.0	=0

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