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Red short-sleeved shirt with
white v-neck collar at the front and sides and a thin white hem at the
front of the shirt. 'ENGLAND' in
capitalised white lettering inside a navy-blue panel at the back of the
neck. White triangular shard on each collarbone, pointing towards the
collar. Navy-blue band below each white shard, curving to a point before
reaching the collar at one end, and extending down the seam of each
sleeve to a point at the other. Elaborate shadow pattern on back
consisting of five solid diamond shapes pointing downwards in the middle
in a vertical line, with six parallel lines on each side running
diagonally towards the middle, before bending to wrap around the central
diamonds. Wing-like panels on each side, below the six lines, converge
onto the lines around the lowest of the five diamond shapes. An elongated white
inverted triangle below the number on the back. Two diamond shapes
made up of diagonal white lines, pointing down to cuffs on each sleeve.
White triangular shard on outer cuffs. Small gold holographic star on
left-hand navy-blue band, containing an emblem within a smaller star,
with 'ENGLAND' in capitalised navy-blue lettering inside a white panel
above the emblem. Two embroidered white concentric diamonds on
right-hand navy-blue band. Embroidered emblem in centre of chest, with
'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering inside a navy-blue panel above
the emblem. White number on back and in centre of chest below the
emblem, in a font shadowed to the left in navy-blue. Navy-blue emblem at base of
each number on back, with 'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering
inside a navy blue-panel above the emblem. Surname in capitalised white
lettering above number on back, in same shadowed font as the numbers (as
usual, the letters, Q, X and Z were unused).
Match details printed in white on left breast in following format
(not actual font): |
ENGLAND
v
SWITZERLAND
06·02·2008 |
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White
shorts, with white drawstring, cut to an overlapping v-shape at the
bottom of each seam. Thin navy-blue line running diagonally from halfway
down each side, then curves to join the edge of the overlapping seam,
down to the hem, where it continues along the hem at the front. Curved
red shard around the top of each seam, ending in a point at each end
with two diamond shapes made up of diagonal navy-blue lines, pointing
downwards alongside each shard on the back.
Two embroidered red concentric diamonds on left thigh. Red number, in
the same font as on the shirt, above the Umbro logo on left thigh. Embroidered emblem on right
thigh, with 'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering inside a navy-blue
panel above the emblem.
Red
socks, with white diamonds on a navy-blue hoop across tops. Two large
white concentric diamonds on calf. Small emblem on back, with
'ENGLAND' in capitalised white lettering inside a navy-blue panel above
the emblem.
England's
captain wore a white armband, with the same match details as printed on
the shirt, but in navy blue, with the emblem also on it. |
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Variations |
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A
long-sleeved version of the shirt was also worn. The cuffs were red.
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The
shirts worn by Ashley and Joe Cole also included their first initial
i.e. A. COLE and J. COLE.
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Against Andorra, England had the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS logo
heat-pressed onto the upper-right sleeve, above the two diamond shapes.
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The
names of England's opponents, as they appeared in the match details,
were ANDORRA, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND and TRINIDAD & TOBAGO.
England were named second in all but the first fixture, against
Switzerland.
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Against France, David Beckham wore 100TH CAP in gold below the match
details on the left breast and below the collar on the back, with a
small English flag, bordered in gold, below it.
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Most Appearances |
5 - Gareth Barry
4 - Peter Crouch (4
sub), Stewart Downing (1 sub), Glen Johnson (1 sub)
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When he took the field
against France, David Beckham became the
first outfield player to make a hundred full international appearances for England since Bobby Moore in
1973.
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Four players won their first
cap wearing this kit. Phil Jagielka went on to make forty appearances.
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Dean Ashton's international
career only lasted until half-time on his debut against Trinidad and Tobago, when he
was substituted. He retired at the end of the following year, aged 26,
following an ankle injury.
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Michael Owen made his 89th
and last England appearance against France.
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Top Scorers |
2 - Joe Cole,
Jermain Defoe
1 - Gareth Barry,
Jermain Jenas, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Shaun Wright-Phillips
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Jenas' goal, the first for
England under Fabio Capello, was his only international goal.
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Barry and Upson also scored
their first goal for England in this shirt.
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Cole's two were both scored
against Andorra, and they were his last two in international football,
taking his final total to ten.
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Captains |
2 -
John Terry
1 -
David Beckham, Rio
Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard
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When Fabio Capello became
coach, at the beginning of 2008, he picked a different captain for each
of his first four games, before eventually settling on Terry as his
skipper.
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Beckham captained England
for the 59th and last time, against Trinidad and Tobago.
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  A shirt that was reminiscent of
the 1982 red Admiral shirt, with its navy and white flashes across the
collarbone, was worn only five times over a period of nine months, and marked
the end of the distinctive Umbro style of the past eight years.
Its debut, alongside that of
England's new Italian manager, was shoe-horned into a friendly against the
normally red-shirted Switzerland. According to Umbro, its twill mesh body fabric
ensured that it was lightweight and breatheable.
If the design wasn't that original,
at least fans of new technology could rejoice in the QR (Quick Read) code in the
label of the replica version. Scanning it with their mobile phones enabled them
to access a unique website for fans of Umbro and England. A truly momentous
event.
On the field, the players in this
shirt performed well. It was memorable for David Beckham's hundredth appearance
and it even saw a rare England away win in Germany, before the shirt was
retired, perhaps a little prematurely, due to the fact that Nike had acquired
Umbro and subsequent designs were about to go retro on a grand scale. England
were to go through 2009, without using a change kit at all.
Thanks to Richard Clarke for the
photo above of Michael Owen's number-twenty shirt, issued to him for the Switzerland
game. The shirt is from the 'Three Lions - England Match Worn Shirts' Facebook
Collection.
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Matches in which England wore the
2008 Away Red Uniform |
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Season 2007-08 |
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x |
Fabio
Capello |
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Friendlies |
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861 |
6 February 2008 - England 2
Switzerland 1
[1-0]
The National Stadium, Wembley, London (86,857) |
Jenas, Wright-Phillips
Derdiyok |
HW |
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862 |
26 March 2008 -
France 1 England 0
[1-0]
Stade de France, ZAC du Cornillon Nord,
Saint-Denis
(78,500) |
Ribéry |
AL |
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TTFA Anniversary Celebration
Match |
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864 |
1 June 2008 -
Trinidad & Tobago 0
England 3
[0-2]
Hasely Crawford Stadium,
Wrightson Road, Port of Spain (25,001) |
Barry, Defoe (2) |
AW |
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Season 2008-09 |
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World Cup Preliminary |
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866 |
6 September 2008 -
Andorra 0 England 2
[0-0]
Estadi Olímpic Lluís
Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona
(10,300) |
J.Cole (2) |
AW |
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Friendly |
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870 |
19 November 2008 -
Germany 1 England 2
[0-1]
Olympiastadion, Westend, Berlin
(74,244) |
Helme
Upson, Terry |
AW |
It was also worn on the bench by
unused substitutes,
Micah Richards against Switzerland and Germany, Tom Huddlestone and
David Wheater against Trinidad and Tobago, and Jimmy Bullard, Curtis Davies,
Michael Mancienne and Scott Parker against Germany.
1/2/3indicates the players that wore the long-sleeved version and the
number of matches in which they wore it (Ashton, Beckham,
Heskey, Jenas and Lescott only wore
the long-sleeved version of this shirt).
The growing
trend of wearing long-sleeved base layers underneath a short-sleeved shirt
continued with Bridge and Young twice wearing red base layers, and Ashley
Cole, Johnson, Rooney and Wright-Phillips also each wearing one in a game.
Bridge (in Trinidad), Cole (v. France and Andorra), Johnson (in the last
three games that this shirt was worn) and Rooney (v. Andorra) also wore
short sleeves without the red base layer.
Peter Crouch
wore a short-sleeved shirt when coming on as a half-time substitute in
Trinidad. It was the only time in his 42 full international appearances that
he did not wear a long-sleeved shirt.
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Matches in which England Under-21 wore the
2008 Away Red Uniform |
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Season 2007-08 |
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x |
Stuart
Pearce |
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Friendlies |
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257 |
25 March 2008 -
England 0 Poland 0 [0-0]
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
(28,178) |
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HD |
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England: Joe
Hart (Tom Heaton), M.Mancienne, N.Onuohaᶜ, Ryan Shawcross (S.Dann), D.Fox,
C.Gardner (G.Leadbitter), A.Surman (J.Mattock), J.O'Hara, Adam Johnson,
C.Jerome (Fraizer Campbell), L.Moore (M.Derbyshire). |
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Season 2008-09 |
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259 |
19 August 2008 -
England 2 Slovenia 1 [2-1]
Kingston Communications Stadium, Hull
(6,235) |
Richards, Milner
Velikonja |
HW |
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England:
J.Lewis (Tom Heaton), Micah Richards (M.Cranie), N.Onuoha (D.Wheater),
M.Mancienne, A.Taylor, M.Johnson (Fraizer Campbell), Tom Huddlestone (F.Muamba),
M.Noble, James Milnerᶜ (M.Kightly), M.Derbyshire, Aaron Lennon (Adam
Johnson). |
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UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009
Finals in Sweden (group B) |
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270 |
22 June 2009 - Germany 1
England
1 [1-1]
Örjans Vall, Halmstad (7,414) |
Castro
Rodwell |
ND |
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England:
S.Loach (J.Lewis), A.Driver (Kieran Gibbs), A.Taylor, M.Mancienne,
R.Stearman, J.Tomkins, Danny Rose, C.Gardnerᶜ, Jack Rodwell, Fraizer Campbell
(Theo Walcott), Adam Johnson. |
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Season 2009-10 |
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UEFA Under-21 Championship 2011
preliminary (group 9) |
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275 |
8 September 2009 -
Greece 1 England
1 [1-1]
Stádio Asteras, Tripoli
(2,678) |
Ninis
Sturridge |
AD |
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England:
S.Loach, K.Naughton, Kieran Gibbs, F.Muambaᶜ, J.Tomkins, M.Mancienne, Jack
Wilshere, Jack Rodwell (M.Addison), Daniel Sturridge (Daniel Welbeck (F.Sears)),
Danny Rose, Tom Cleverley. |
The Under-21s' shirt
had the same match details format on the left breast for the first two
games, with the team names appearing as ENGLAND U21, POLAND U21 and SLOVENIA
U21. Danny Fox ensured that the letter x was required for his surname on the
back of his shirt against Poland. Against Germany, they
wore the tournament logo on the right sleeve and the UEFA RESPECT logo on
the left sleeve, whilst the following was included on the left breast (not actual font):
UEFA U21
CHAMPIONSHIP
SWEDEN 2009 |
No match details were worn
against Greece.
In the 2009 Women's
European Championship quarter-final against hosts, Finland, England wore the
tournament logo on the
right sleeve and the UEFA RESPECT logo on the left sleeve. Just below the
number on the chest, they
wore the following details (not actual font):
UEFA
WOMEN'S
EURO
FINLAND
2009
FINLAND
v
ENGLAND
03·09·2009
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England also wore
surnames on the back of their shirts. The shirts worn by Alex Scott (who
was an unused substitute), Jill Scott, Kelly
Smith and Sue Smith also included their first initial i.e. A. SCOTT, J.
SCOTT, K. SMITH and S. SMITH.
In the 2008 and 2009
UEFA Under-19 Championship finals in the Czech Republic
and Ukraine, respectively, and in the 2009 UEFA
Under-17 Championship finals in Germany, England wore
the tournament logo on the right sleeve.
England's women's youth teams wore their surnames on the back of their
shirts in 2008, in both the FIFA Under-17 and Under-20 World Cup
finals, with the NEW ZEALAND 2008 FIFA U-17 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP and the
CHILE 2008 FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP respective logos being worn on
the right sleeve. The following details (not actual font) were worn on
the left breast (rather than in the middle of the chest, as in the
following year's European Championship):
FIFA U-17
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
NEW ZEALAND
2008
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FIFA U-20
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
CHILE
2008
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In New Zealand, Lucy Bronze ensured that the letter z was required
for her surname on the back of her shirt.
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England's Record wearing the 2008 Away
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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Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
1 |
2 |
1.75 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+2 |
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Total |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
3 |
+6 |
1 |
2 |
1.80 |
0.60 |
80.0 |
+3 |
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England's Under-21 Record wearing the 2008
Away
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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Home |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Neutral |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Total |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.750 |
62.5 |
+1 |
 
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