P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0 F 11:A 3 100% successful 3 clean sheets
Description
	Light-blue shirts with diamond shadows, each diamond made up of four separate diamonds, black collar, cuffs and shoulder padding. Padding on sleeves. Embroidered emblem on left breast. Two embroidered navy-blue concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'umbro' in black lower-case lettering underneath. Navy blue number one on reverse, with a light-blue border, outlined in navy blue. Navy blue shorts, with light-blue stripe on upper seams, with a grey triangle below it and another grey triangle overlapping it. Two embroidered light-blue concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in light-blue lower-case lettering underneath and embroidered emblem on right thigh. Navy blue socks with solid light-blue diamonds across tops, edged with two light-blue hoops.
Appearances	5 - Chris Woods Woods played in every game of the tour because David Seaman was left at home, resting after Arsenal's League Championship-winning season. The reserve 'keepers were Tony Coton of Manchester City and Crystal Palace's Nigel Martyn.
Clean Sheets	3 - Chris Woods

 

This kit was originally issued as England's second-choice goalkeeping kit for the 1990 World Cup, but was not required because England did not meet any opponents in yellow shirts to clash with the first-choice yellow shirt.  It eventually appeared at the end of the 1990-91 season, where it enjoyed a brief spell as first choice, before being discarded in favour of the yellow shirt at the beginning of the 1991-92 season. The photographs above are of the shirt issued to Chris Woods for the 1990 World Cup, kindly provided by Simon Shakeshaft, curator of the Neville Evans National Football Shirt Collection. The FIFA WORLD CUP ITALY '90 lettering was removed when the kit appeared in match play for the first time, the following year. With thanks to Dan Tillson for spotting the kit worn against the USSR.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1991 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1990-91
x		Graham Taylor
England Challenge Cup
671	21 May 1991 - England 3 USSR 1 [2-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (23,789)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against USSR's red shirts, white shorts and red socks. His shorts were the same as the outfield players.
Summer Tour of Oceania
673	1 June 1991 - Australia 0 England 1 [0-1] Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney (35,472)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 all-white uniform, against Australia's gold shirts, with green shorts and socks.
674	3 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 1 [0-0] Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland (17,520)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 red uniform, against New Zealand's all-white kit.
675	8 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 2 [0-1] Athletic Park, Wellington (12,000)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against New Zealand's all-red kit.
676	12 June 1991 - Malaysia 2 England 4 [0-3] Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur (38,000/42,000)	Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 all-white uniform, against Malaysia's yellow shirts, black shorts and yellow socks.

England's (and Chris Woods') Record wearing the 1991 Blue Goalkeeper Uniform
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	0	0	3.00	1.00	100.0	+1
Away	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	0	3	2.00	0.50	100.0	+4
Total	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	0	3	2.20	0.60	100.0	+5

A shirt issued to Glen Livingstone for the 1991 World Youth Championship in Portugal, and reproduced here by courtesy of Ed Holland's Wolves Football Shirts Instagram collection.

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