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Description |
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Sky-blue short-sleeved shirt with
crew neck. Embroidered emblem with sky-blue background on left breast and red number on back in
standard Umbro font. Ink stamp of the SPORTSWEAR by UMBRO THE CHOICE OF
CHAMPIONS logo in navy blue on right hip. Sky-blue shorts and sky-blue socks. |
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Appearances |
1 - Jeff Astle, Alan
Ball (sub), Colin Bell, Jack Charlton, Sir Bobby Charlton, Allan Clarke,
Terry Cooper, Bobby Moore, Alan Mullery, Keith Newton, Peter Osgood (sub), Martin
Peters
- This game marked
the international debut of Allan Clarke, who went on to win 19 caps.
- It was also the 105th and penultimate
appearance in an England shirt for the great Sir Bobby Charlton,
equalling Billy Wright's record, before breaking it in the next game.
- Wearing England shirts for the last
time were Jack Charlton, who made his 35th appearance, and Jeff Astle, for whom it
was his fifth.
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Scorer |
1 - Allan Clarke (pen.)
- Clarke went on to
net ten times for England, including two more from the penalty spot,
missing once.
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Captain |
1 - Bobby Moore |
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 England designated this special lightweight
all-blue strip as one of their alternate colours for the World Cup 1970 final
tournament. They wore it once, in the 1-0 victory
against Czechoslovakia.
"So,
it's an unfamiliar looking England and in more ways than one. Because the Czechs
also wear an all-white strip and won the toss for colours, it is England who
must change. Now it's light blue for England, a sort of pastel-hued version of
their usual outfit, with the same big red numbers on the back. Still England,
but not quite the same." -
Back Home, England and the 1970 World Cup: Jeff Dawson, p226.
Because England wore
this kit against the Czechs, who wore all white, it was difficult in the
bright sunshine to distinguish the two teams on black-and-white television,
which is what most viewers had at the time. Consequently, England
discarded the blue and switched to
red for the quarter-final against West
Germany. Ironically, as the Germans wore black shorts, it would have been easier
to distinguish the teams than it was for the Czech game, had England again
appeared in all blue.
The shirt in
the photo top left, was worn by Jeff Astle on his last appearance for England.
It appears here by kind permission of the Neville Evans National Football Shirt Collection (curator Simon Shakeshaft). Second shirt
along (plus the close-up of the emblem) was worn by Alan Ball. This is part of
Richard Clarke's Morrell Collection.
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Match in which England wore the
1970 World Cup Blue Uniform |
It was also worn on the bench by unused substitutes, Norman Hunter
and Tommy Wright.
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England's Record wearing the 1970 World Cup
Blue Shirt |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
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Neutral |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Total |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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CG/GI/PY/JB/SR
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England
Football Online
England's
Tournament Uniform
(June)