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Navy blue shorts, with white drawstring. White seams, with two thin navy blue stripes, each edged with a thin outer red stripe. Two embroidered white concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in white lower-case lettering underneath. Embroidered emblem on right thigh.

White socks. Solid navy-blue diamonds across tops, edged with two red hoops.

• A long-sleeved version of the shirt was introduced in 1985 and was worn for the first time against Northern Ireland in Belfast (by every player except Gary Stevens), but it was only worn in four matches in total, two of which were in Belfast. The other two were against the Republic of Ireland and Spain.
• An Airtex short-sleeved version of the shirt, with red numbers on the back in the old Umbro font last worn by England in 1974, was worn for the games in Mexico and Los Angeles in 1985.

• The shirts worn by the four players wearing long sleeves against Spain in 1987 (3.Kenny Sansom, 7.Bryan Robson, 10.Gary Lineker, and substitute, 14.Trevor Steven) had two white concentric diamonds at the base of each digit of the numbers on the back of the shirt.

25 - Kenny Sansom

20 - Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins

• Kenny Sansom had also worn the previous white shirt (1980-83) the most.

• Nineteen players won their first cap in the shirt, including Gary Lineker, who went on to make eighty appearances, Tony Adams, who won 66, and Chris Waddle, who won 62.

• Nineteen players made their last international appearance in this shirt, including Ray Wilkins' 84^th, Trevor Francis's 52^nd and Paul Mariner's 35^th.

• Of the five players that won all of their caps in this shirt, only two (Steve Hunt and Alan Kennedy) appeared more than once, but their international careers were over after their second game. Hunt had been substitute in both of his appearances.

11 - Gary Lineker

5 - Bryan Robson

4 - Mark Hateley, Tony Woodcock

• Seven players scored their first international goal in the shirt, with Gary Lineker going on to hit 48 for England.

• Tony Woodcock was one of eight players to score his last goal for England in this shirt, when he netted for the sixteenth time at international level.

• Only three players scored all of their international goals in this shirt, and of them, only Viv Anderson scored twice.

20 - Bryan Robson

6 - Ray Wilkins

1 - Terry Butcher

• All of Bryan Robson's appearances in this shirt were as captain.

• Terry Butcher led the team out for the first of seven games as captain.

England returned to Umbro at the beginning of 1984, signing a five-year contract worth £1m. The red and royal-blue flamboyance of the previous Admiral kits was gone and in its place was a predominantly white shirt, with only very minor red and navy-blue edgings.

One other noticeable feature was that of the Three Lions emblem appearing on the shorts for the first time, a welcome addition.

This kit saw off the British Championship after a century of competition, but it was also worn for England's first ever away win in Brazil, a most unexpected result coming off the back of a very disappointing season for Bobby Robson's side, who had failed to qualify for the 1984 European Championship finals in France. The Brazil game also gave us a glimpse of the shorts and socks from the new red uniform, revealed in its entirety in the next game, in Uruguay.

Another highlight of the first half-season for the kit came on 24 May, 1984 when the Under-21s successfully retained the European Championship by defeating Spain 2-0 at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.

England qualified unbeaten for the next World Cup in Mexico and travelled out a year early to experience the climate in advance. Just as in 1969 and '70, an Airtex version of the shirt was used and the design was further modified for the tournament itself, in 1986, when the cuffs were removed for extra ventilation, though the shirt was not in the Aertex material.

After the traumas of the 'Hand of God', England returned home to set about qualifying for the 1988 European Championship finals in fine style and in May 1987, Umbro upgraded the home kit, a sure sign that all was well in their blossoming relationship with the national team.