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• The shirts worn by the Neville brothers against Italy also included their first initial, with a space either side of the full stop i.e. G . NEVILLE and P . NEVILLE (in the last two games that this shirt was worn by Gary Neville, only his surname was displayed i.e. NEVILLE).

• The shirts worn by Joe Cole also included his first initial i.e. J . COLE.

• The shirts worn by Ashley Cole in the World Cup also included his first initial i.e. A . COLE (in the last two games that this shirt was worn, only his surname was displayed i.e. COLE).

• For the two games played in the 2002 World Cup final tournament, England had the 2002 FIFA WORLD CUP KOREA JAPAN logo embroidered onto the right sleeve.

• The names of England's opponents, as they appeared in the match details, were ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, CAMEROON, ITALY, NIGERIA and SLOVAKIA. England were named second in all of the fixtures, except the first and last (the home games against Italy and Australia), in which England's name appeared first.

• Against Slovakia, the match details were no longer flock-printed, but heat-pressed vinyl onto the shirt, in a different font. There were also full stops between the numbers of the date, rather than the centred mid-points used in each of the other games:

• In the match details displayed against Australia, a leading zero was used in the date (12·02·2003). For all other games played on dates where the day or month was in single figures, no leading zeroes were used in the details displayed on this shirt.

6 - Michael Owen

5 - David Beckham, Sol Campbell, Owen Hargreaves (3 sub), Emile Heskey, Danny Mills (2 sub), Paul Scholes

• Six players made their England debut in this shirt, five of whom made their bow against Australia.

• The one player who scored against Australia, on a forgettable evening for the home team, Francis Jeffers, never played again for his country. His 45 minutes constituted his entire international career.

• Wayne Rooney came on as a half-time substitute against Australia to become England's youngest ever international.

• Three players, including Jeffers, won their last cap in this shirt. For Martin Keown, it was his 43rd appearance, against Cameroon.

• Although he started all six games, Owen only completed the full ninety minutes in one of them, against Cameroon.

• In each of the two home games, against Italy and Australia, Sven-Göran Eriksson fielded two separate teams (eleven substitutions).

2 - David Beckham (1 Pen.), Robbie Fowler

1 - Francis Jeffers, Michael Owen, Darius Vassell

• Beckham's penalty, one of the most important of his career, was the only goal of the game against Argentina in the 2002 World Cup.

• Fowler's goals were the last two of his international career, bringing his final total to seven. His last, a 92nd-minute equaliser against Cameroon, rescued England's unbeaten record against African teams, not the first time that England had been close to defeat against the Indomitable Lions.

• Jeffers was the only player to score his first England goal in the shirt and, despite holding the all-time goalscoring record for the England Under-21 side, he was never given the chance to add to his strike for the full team.

5 - David Beckham

1 - Michael Owen

• Beckham continued as England's skipper before, during and after the 2002 World Cup, with Owen replacing him against Cameroon, due to the broken toe, which threatened Beckham's participation in the tournament, and may have ultimately restricted his impact when he did eventually play.

This extremely attractive red shirt was England's second-choice attire for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and took its place in history by being worn when David Beckham exorcised his demons by dispatching the penalty that left Argentina on the brink of a shock early exit.

It was first worn in a pre-World Cup friendly against Italy at Elland Road. Normally, there would not be a colour clash with Italy's blue kit, but this was obviously a big marketing opportunity, with Umbro promoting the replica version, which could be reversed to reveal a navy-blue t-shirt.

The World Cup group stage provided two further opportunities for the kit, including the Sapporo showdown with Argentina, where Beckham came face-to-face with the man, who had provoked his premature departure from the 1998 tournament, Diego Simeone. This time, Beckham made the headlines for the right reasons and England were on their way to the last 16.

If the Argentina game had left this red shirt synonymous with glory, its final appearance was set to a dire backdrop. England's first defeat to Australia, although only a friendly, was made worse by the fact that Eriksson had used the fixture to blood six new caps, disregarding the intense sporting rivalry between the two countries, albeit mostly reflected in other sports, such as cricket and rugby.

His one saving grace was that one of them was Wayne Rooney, a 17-year-old powerhouse, itching to be unleashed on continental defences...

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