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England's Goalkeeper Uniforms


 

England's Goalkeeper Uniform
February1992 to November1993

1990 Yellow Uniform
1991 Blue Uniform
1992 Blue Uniform
1994 Yellow Uniform
 
 

P 17 W 7 D 7 L 3 F 32:A 13
62% successful
8 clean sheets

Description
Yellow shirts with black zig-zag stripes from each shoulder down to the sides and down the sleeves. In between the middle zig-zag stripes is coloured orange. Shadow pattern includes wide diagonal stripes rising from right to left, including parts of repeating large concentric diamonds, with a three-dimensional effect. Printing underneath each diamond section alternates between two versions of 'ENGLAND', one appearing in reverse i.e. as viewed through a mirror. Black collar, edged with a thick yellow stripe and a thin black stripe. Black cuffs and diamond-shaped elbow padding, with three concentric shadow-diamonds within. Embroidered emblem on left breast. Two embroidered black concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'UMBRO' in capitalised black lettering underneath and a registered trademark placed above the gap between the 'R' and the 'O' in black. Black number one on reverse, with a yellow border, outlined in black. Black shorts, with white drawstring, with a black zig-zag stripe on left seam, surrounded by thick yellow zig-zags. Two embroidered white concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'UMBRO' in capitalised white lettering underneath and a registered trademark placed above the gap between the 'R' and the 'O' in yellow. Embroidered emblem on right thigh. Black socks with sets of two yellow concentric diamonds repeating around each turnover, edged with two yellow hoops.
Variations
  • Nigel Martyn wore number 13 against CIS, David Seaman wore number 13 against Hungary and Tim Flowers wore number 22 against Brazil.

  • For the games played in the 1992 European Championship tournament, 'EURO 92 SWEDEN' was displayed in white directly underneath the emblem. The number was also worn in the middle of the chest in black, in the same font as on the reverse of the shirt, with a yellow border, outlined in black, and the player's surname was worn above the number on the reverse, in capitalised plain black lettering.

  • For the last eight matches in which this shirt was worn, the emblem was changed to accommodate a white margin around it.

  • The number on the reverse of the shirt changed to the font used on the outfield players' shirts for the last eight games in which this shirt was worn.

  • On the reverse of the shirt worn in the US Cup, the player's surname was printed above the number in capitalised plain black lettering in a different font to that worn in the previous year's European Championship.

  • A yellow number one in the same font as was to be used on England's 1993 white shirts, was worn on the right thigh of the shorts, above the emblem, for the two tournament fixtures in the 1992 European Championship.

  • In the two games played in the US Cup, on the right thigh of the shorts, to the left of the emblem, England wore yellow numbers in the same font as on the reverse of the shirt.

Appearances

11.87 - Chris Woods

3.5 - David Seaman

1 - Tim Flowers

0.63 - Nigel Martyn

  • Nigel Martyn was a 78th-minute substitute for Chris Woods in Moscow, against the CIS (the short-lived Commonwealth of Independent States).

Clean Sheets

6 - Chris Woods

1.5 - David Seaman

0.63 - Nigel Martyn

 

This yellow shirt emerged in time for the 1992 European Championship Finals, with Chris Woods still holding on to the number one shirt, but it was to be the last shirt that he wore for England.

David Seaman and Nigel Martyn were given opportunities to impress in early-1992, but Woods was back for the European Championship in Sweden, and for the entire 1992-93 season, but with England stuttering in their World Cup qualifying campaign, two humiliating defeats were to spell the end of Woods' international career; a World Cup defeat in Norway, and then losing to the USA in the US Cup.

Although Tim Flowers was added to the understudy list, and became the first England goalkeeper to wear black cycling shorts protruding from underneath his black England shorts, on his debut against Brazil, it was David Seaman, fresh from winning both domestic cup competitions with Arsenal (beating Chris Woods' Sheffield Wednesday in both finals) who got the nod for the best part of the next ten years (long after Graham Taylor's exit as manager). Woods, however, could hold his head up high, having only conceded 25 goals in his 43 England internationals (just over a goal for every two games).

All of the shirts displayed on this page were from the personal collection of Chris Woods and we are extremely grateful to Simon Shakeshaft, curator of the Neville Evans National Football Shirt Collection. This magnificent set of photographs enables us to illustrate a number of variations in the history of this design. From left to right above, we have the original style worn against the CIS in 1992; the reverse of the shirt worn against the CIS; the shirt with the new larger emblem worn in 1993, and the back of the 1993 shirt with the different style of numbering, without the borders. There are more photos at the bottom of the page.

 

Matches in Which England Wore the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Season 1991-92

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Graham Taylor

Friendlies
680 19 February 1992 - England 2 France 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (58,723)
  Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against France's blue shirts, white shorts and red socks.
681 25 March 1992 -
Czechoslovakia 2 England 2 [1-1]
Stadion Evzena Rošického, Praha (3,300)
  David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England's 1992 blue uniform, against Czechoslovakia's red shirts, white shorts and blue socks.
682 29 April 1992 - CIS 2 England 2 [1-1]
Lenin Stadion, Moskva (10,000/25,000)
 Chris Woods and Nigel Martyn wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against CIS' all-red kit.
683 12 May 1992 - Hungary 0 England 1 [0-0]
Népstadion, Budapest
(25,000)
 Nigel Martyn and David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against Hungary's red shirts, white shorts and green socks.
European Championship Finals in Sweden
686 11 June 1992 - Denmark 0 England 0 [0-0]
Malmö Stadion, Malmöt
(26,385)
 Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's Euro 1992 white uniform, against Denmark's red shirts, with red and white striped sleeves, with white shorts and red socks.
687 14 June 1992 - France 0 England 0 [0-0]
Malmö Stadion, Malmöt
(26,535)
  Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's Euro 1992 white uniform, against France's blue shirts, white shorts and red socks.
Season 1992-93
Friendly
689 9 September 1992 - Spain 1 England 0 [1-0]
Estadio El Sardinero, Santander
(22,000)
 Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1992 blue uniform, against Spain's red shirts, blue shorts and black socks.
World Cup Preliminaries
690 14 October 1992 - England 1 Norway 1 [0-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (51,441)
  Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against Norway's red shirts, with white sleeves, white shorts and blue socks.
691 18 November 1992 - England 4 Turkey 0 [2-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (42,984)
 Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 white uniform, against Turkey's all-red kit.
692 17 February 1993 - England 6 San Marino 0 [2-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (51,154)
Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against San Marino's light blue shirts, white shorts and light blue socks.
693 31 March 1993 - Turkey 0 England 2 [0-2]
Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir (60,000)
  Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against Turkey's all-red kit.
695 29 May 1993 - Poland 1 England 1 [1-0]
Stadion Slaski, Chorzów (60,000)
  Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against Poland's all-red kit.
696 2 June 1993 - Norway 2 England 0 [1-0]
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (22,500)
 Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against Norway's red shirts, with white sleeves, white shorts and blue socks.
U.S. Cup
697 9 June 1993 - USA 2 England 0 [1-0]
Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro (37,652)
 Chris Woods wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 red uniform, against USA's all-white kit.
698 13 June 1993 - England 1 Brazil 1 [0-0]
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington
(54,118)
 Tim Flowers wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against Brazil's blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.
Season 1993-94
World Cup Preliminaries
700 8 September 1993 - England 3 Poland 0 [1-0]
Wembley Stadium, Wembley (70,220)
 David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England's 1993 white uniform, against Poland's all-red kit.
702 17 November 1993 - San Marino 1 England 7 [1-3]
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
(2,378)
 David Seaman wore this uniform, alongside England's 1990 red uniform, against San Marino's all-light-blue kit.

 

England's Record wearing the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 5 4 1 0 16 1 +15 0 4 3.20 0.20 90.0 +4
Away 9 3 3 3 15 11 +4 3 2 1.667 1.222 50.0 =0
Neutral 3 0 3 0 1 1 =0 2 2 0.333 0.333 50.0 =0
Total 17 7 7 3 32 13 +19 5 8 1.882 0.765 61.8 +4

 

Chris Woods' Record wearing the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 0 3 3.250 0.250 87.5 +3
Away 5.870 1 2 3 5 8 -3 3 1 0.852 1.363 34.1 -2
Neutral 2 0 2 0 0 0 =0 2 2 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
Total 11.870 4 5 3 18 9 +9 5 6 1.516 0.758 54.8 +1

 

David Seaman's Record wearing the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Away 2.50 1 2 0 10 3 +7 0 0.50 4.00 1.20 80.0 +1
Total 3.50 2 2 0 13 3 +10 0 1.50 3,714 0.857 85.7 +2

 

Tim Flowers' Record wearing the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Neutral 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

 

Nigel Martyn's Record wearing the 1992 Yellow Goalkeeper Uniform
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Away 0.630 1 1 0 0 0 =0 0.630 0.630 0.00 0.00 100.0 =0
Total 0.630 1 1 0 0 0 =0 0.630 0.630 0.00 0.00 100.0 =0

Left to right: the shirt worn at the 1992 European Championship, with numbers appearing on the chest for the first time; the emblem with tournament labelling in white; the regular 1992 version of the shirt, without the name on the back; and the updated 1993 version, with a different style of numbering.

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