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White short-sleeved shirt, with
alternating square
rhombus shadow stripes; one column consisting of a
continuous string of overlapping shapes of three different sizes,
increasing and then decreasing in size, all bordered with a thick dark
line, and the next column consisting of the same shapes, except that the
medium-sized rhombus has five dark diagonal stripes rising from left to
right across it when above the largest rhombus, and four when below it.
The largest rhombus in each column is adjacent to the smallest in the
next. Navy-blue winged collar, with small white stripes in a strip near
the outer edge. Large white upside-down triangular insert beneath the
neck,
with thin navy-blue stripes, split down the middle, with a navy-blue button
fastening via a loop of navy-blue material attached to the left side of
the insert. Navy-blue diagonal stripes rising from left to right in a
strip near the edge of the sleeves, with two navy-blue concentric
diamonds after every fourth stripe. Embroidered emblem on left breast,
with
'FIFA WORLD CUP' and then 'ITALY '90'
centralised in capitalised navy-blue lettering underneath.
Two embroidered navy-blue concentric diamonds on right breast, with 'umbro' in navy-blue
lower-case lettering underneath. Red numbers on reverse, in the same
font as on the previous Umbro England shirts, with a white
border, outlined in red.
Navy-blue shorts, with white
drawstring. A white strip comprising upper-third of seams, with navy-blue diagonal stripes rising from right to left, with two navy-blue
concentric diamonds after every fourth stripe. Small diagonal red panel
underneath white strip. Large white triangle, with base running down
middle of seam, underneath red panel, with thin navy-blue stripes. Two
embroidered white concentric diamonds on left thigh, with 'umbro' in white
lower-case lettering underneath. White numbers on right thigh in the
same font as on the 1986 World Cup and 1988 European Championship shorts, with embroidered emblem
underneath.
White socks, with
navy-blue turnover, three white lions on each. |
Most Appearances |
7 - Gary Lineker, Chris
Waddle (1 sub), Des Walker
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The only outfield player who
didn't wear the shirt during the tournament was Steve Hodge (his number
18 shirt
is pictured to the right above).
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Unsurprisingly, no players
made their international debut in the shirt.
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Terry Butcher won his 77th
and last England cap in the semi-final, against West Germany.
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Top Scorers |
4 - Gary Lineker (2 pens)
3 - David Platt
1 - Mark Wright
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Lineker's goals extended his
World Cup scoring record for England to ten goals in two tournaments.
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The penalties were England's
first since 1986.
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Neither Platt nor Wright had
previously scored for England.
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Wright's goal, against
Egypt, which put England into the last 16 of the tournament, was the
only goal of his international career.
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Captains |
3 -
Terry Butcher
2 -
Bryan Robson
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For the second successive
World Cup, Robson began the tournament as captain, and just as in
Mexico, an injury in the second game meant an early flight home for him.
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Butcher took over the
armband for the rest of the tournament, with Peter Shilton deputising
for the two games that Butcher missed. Shilton, of course, being a
goalkeeper, did not wear this shirt.
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This shirt is instantly recognisable as the one
worn with such pride by the 1990 World Cup semi-finalists, in the most
successful English campaign ever on foreign soil.
It began with little sign of England making a big
impression. Facing the Irish and the Dutch, both of whom had humiliated England
at the 1988 European Championship in Germany, revenge was not forthcoming
against either, but England managed to secure draws against both. A single goal
victory against Egypt took them out of the group stage and what followed were
three exhausting knockout matches in a nine-day period. Each went to extra-time,
where Bobby Robson's battlers showed great courage, before their luck finally
ran out against West Germany, after England's first ever penalty shootout.
The shirt was only slightly modified from
the one introduced in
March of the World Cup year. There were just two differences. World Cup
labelling was added beneath the emblem on the left breast and a number was
positioned on the right thigh, a change to the previous two tournaments, where
it had been placed on the left thigh. Waiting in the wings were two change kits,
but neither was called for as England wore their full home strip in all seven
matches, stained with Gascoigne's tears, but heralding the dawn of a brave new
era for English football.
The
signed shirt at the top left of the page was worn by Bryan Robson when his
tournament came to a premature end against the Netherlands. It appears by kind permission of the
Neville Evans National Football Shirt Collection (curator Simon Shakeshaft).
Steve Hodge was issued with the number 18
shirt in the other shirt picture at the top of the page. He did not appear in
the tournament, due to injury. This shirt is part of Richard Clarke's Morrell
Collection. |
Matches in which England wore the
1990 World Cup Home White Uniform |
658 |
11 June 1990 -
England
1
Republic of Ireland 1
[1-0]
Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Sant'Elia, Casteddu (35,238) |
Lineker
Sheedy |
ND |
659 |
16 June 1990 -
Netherlands 0 England
0 [0-0]
Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Sant'Elia, Casteddu (35,267) |
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ND |
660 |
21 June 1990 -
England 1
Egypt 0 [0-0]
Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia, Sant'Elia, Casteddu (34,959) |
Wright |
NW |
661 |
26 June 1990 -
England 1
Belgium 0
[0-0]ᴭᵀ
Stadio Renato Dall' Ara, Barca, Bologna (34,520) |
Platt |
NW |
662 |
1 July 1990 -
Cameroon 2
England
3
[0-1]ᴭᵀ
Stadio San Paolo, Fuorigrotta, Napoli
(55,205) |
Kundé (pen), Ekéké
Platt, Lineker
(2 pens) |
NW |
663 |
4 July 1990 -
West Germany 1
England
1
[0-0]ᴭᵀ
4-3 on penalty-kicks
Stadio delle Alpi, Vallette, Torino
(62,628) |
Brehme
Lineker |
ND |
664 |
7 July 1990 -
Italy 2
England
1
[0-0]
Stadio San Nicola, Strada
Torrebella, Bari
(51,426) |
Baggio, Schillaci (pen)
Platt |
AL |
England's Record wearing the 1990 World Cup
Shirt |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts % |
W/L |
Away |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Neutral |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
1 |
3 |
1.167 |
0.667 |
75.0 |
+3 |
Total |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
1 |
3 |
1.143 |
0.857 |
64.3 |
+2 |
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CG/PY/JB/GI
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