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England discarded their buttoned-down collars in the early twenties and reverted back to their traditional shirt design with four buttons down the front. It was towards the end of this period that a soon-to-be-familiar label began to appear more regularly on the shirts, that of St. Blaize, and it was also a period when the subject of full England uniforms first began to be addressed. The Football Association, still steeped in their amateur traditions, had been getting away with only providing the England team with shirts to wear. Each player had to bring his own shorts and socks, but with photographs now appearing more regularly and newsreels beginning  to feature international games at the local cinema, it was becoming evident that our finest professionals were resembling a team kitted out from a charity box. Dixie Dean is pictured (right) in action against Spain in 1931, wearing his Everton club shorts, with the white seam. Perhaps, the 1932 fixture with Wales was the last straw (click here to see photo). Furthermore, with Wembley now being used for the Scotland fixture every other year, the national team's profile was raised and, all of a sudden, we began to see England in complete matching uniforms in selected games. The shorts were either navy or possibly black, whilst the socks were probably black, with white tops. For the 1933-34 season, it would appear that England switched to a different design of socks, with two white hoops around the tops and possibly wore complete uniforms in every fixture. This arrangement lasted until, at least, the end of 1934. The following year's Scotland fixture saw another change in sock design and this was the one that was adopted for virtually every game up until the Second World War, though not in the final game of that 1934-35 season, in Amsterdam. Picture above left features a shirt worn by Fred Kean, sold at Mullock's auction (more details here). The shirt next to it (right) was also worn by Fred Kean against Belgium at Highbury in 1923 and is part of Richard Clarke's 'Three Lions - England Match Worn Shirts' Facebook Collection.

Matches in Which England Wore the 1923 Home White Shirt * these games are based on photographic evidence, the rest are presumed.

1922-23
130	21 October 1922*	2-0 vs. Ireland, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	BC	HW
131	5 March 1923*	2-2 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff		AD
132	19 March 1923*	6-1 vs. Belgium, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HW
133	14 April 1923*	2-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	AD
134	10 May 1923*	4-1 vs. France, Stade Pershing, Paris	Fr	AW
135	21 May 1923*	4-2 vs. Sweden, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm		AW
136	24 May 1923*	3-1 vs. Sweden, Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm		AW
1923-24
137	20 October 1923	1-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AL
138	1 November 1923*	2-2 vs. Belgium, Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen	Fr	AD
139	3 March 1924*	1-2 vs. Wales, Ewood Park, Blackburn	BC	HL
140	12 April 1924*	1-1 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London		HD
141	17 May 1924	3-1 vs. France, Stade Pershing, Paris	Fr	AW
1924-25
142	22 October 1924	3-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	HW
143	8 December 1924*	4-0 vs. Belgium, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	Fr	HW
144	28 February 1925*	2-1 vs. Wales, Vetch Field, Swansea	BC	AW
145	4 April 1925*	0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow		AL
146	21 May 1925*	3-2 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AW

1925-26
147	24 October 1925	0-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AD
148	1 March 1926*	1-3 vs. Wales, Selhurst Park, London		HL
149	17 April 1926*	0-1 vs. Scotland, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester		HL
150	24 May 1926*	5-3 vs. Belgium, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen	Fr	AW
1926-27
151	20 October 1926*	3-3 vs. Ireland, Anfield, Liverpool	BC	HD
152	12 February 1927*	3-3 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham		AD
153	2 April 1927*	2-1 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow		AW
154	11 May 1927*	9-1 vs. Belgium, Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles	Fr	AW
155	21 May 1927	5-2 vs. Luxembourg, Stade de la Frontičre, Jeunesse, Esch-sur-Alzette		AW
156	26 May 1927*	6-0 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris		AW

1927-28
157	22 October 1927*	0-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AL
158	28 November 1927	1-2 vs. Wales, Turf Moor, Brunshaw Bottom, Burnley		HL
159	31 March 1928*	1-5 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London		HL
160	17 May 1928*	5-1 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AW
161	19 May 1928*	3-1 vs. Belgium, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen		AW
1928-29
162	22 October 1928*	2-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	HW
163	17 November 1928	3-2 vs. Wales, Vetch Field, Swansea		AW
164	13 April 1929*	0-1 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow		AL
165	9 May 1929*	4-1 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AW
166	11 May 1929*	5-1 vs. Belgium, Parc Duden, Bruxelles		AW
167	15 May 1929	3-4 vs. Spain, Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid		AL

1929-30
168	19 October 1929	3-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AW
169	20 November 1929*	6-0 vs. Wales, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London		HW
170	5 April 1930*	5-2 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London		HW
171	10 May 1930*	3-3 vs. Germany, Grunewald Stadion, Berlin	Fr	AD
172	14 May 1930*	0-0 vs. Austria, Hohe Warte Stadion, Döbling, Wien		AD
1930-31
173	20 October 1930	5-1 vs. Ireland, Bramall Lane, Little Sheffield, Sheffield	BC	HW
174	22 November 1930	4-0 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham		AW
175	28 March 1931	0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow		AL
176	14 May 1931	2-5 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AL
177	16 May 1931*	4-1 vs. Belgium, Oscar Bossaert Stadion, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Bruxelles		AW
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Belgium.

1931-32
178	17 October 1931	6-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AW
179	18 November 1931	3-1 vs. Wales, Anfield, Liverpool		HW
180	9 December 1931*	7-1 vs. Spain, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HW
181	9 April 1932*	3-0 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HW
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Scotland.
1932-33
182	17 October 1932*	1-0 vs. Ireland, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool	BC	HW
183	16 November 1932*	0-0 vs. Wales, Racecourse Ground, Mold Road, Wrexham		AD
184	7 December 1932*	4-3 vs. Austria, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London	Fr	HW
185	1 April 1933*	1-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	AL
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Scotland.
186	13 May 1933*	1-1 vs. Italy, Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F., Roma	Fr	AD
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with white tops, against Italy.
187	20 May 1933	4-0 vs. Switzerland, Sportplatz Neufeld, Bern	Fr	AW

1933-34		It seems likely that, for this season, England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, in every game, though we have yet to see photographic evidence from three of these fixtures.
188	14 October 1933	3-0 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast	BC	AW
189	15 November 1933	1-2 vs. Wales, St. James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne		HL
190	6 December 1933*	4-1 vs. France, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London	Fr	HW
191	14 April 1934*	3-0 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HW
192	10 May 1934*	1-2 vs. Hungary, Stadion Üllői úti, Budapest	Fr	AL
193	16 May 1934	1-2 vs. Czechoslovakia, Stadion Letná, Milady Horákové, Praha	Fr	AL
1934-35
194	29 September 1934*	4-0 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC	AW
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, against Wales.
195	14 November 1934*	3-2 vs. Italy, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HW
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops, against Italy.
196	9 February 1935	2-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	HW
197	6 April 1935*	0-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow		AL
Notes		England wore full uniforms, including black socks, with two white hoops around the tops and a white calf band, against Scotland.
198	18 May 1935*	1-0 vs. Netherlands, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	Fr	AW

 

England's Record wearing the 1922 Home Shirt
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	24	17	2	5	72	34	+38	1	6	3.00	1.417	75.0	+12
Away	44	24	9	11	117	63	+54	8	10	2.660	1.432	64.8	+13
Total	68	41	11	16	189	97	+92	9	16	2.779	1.426	68.4	+25

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