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      | White short-sleeved, collared 
		shirt, with one white button below the neck on a white rectangular 
		insert. Ribbed absorbent panel down each side of shirt covering underarm 
		and inner sleeve. Three ventilation holes surrounded by white circular plastic 
		below each absorbent panel, two adjacent to the side-seam and one 
		alongside the top adjacent ventilation hole. Four ventilation holes surrounded by white 
		circular plastic in the small of the back, arranged in a diamond shape 
		with the lower ventilation hole further away from the others. Large embroidered 
		emblem on left breast, alongside neck insert, with the lions redrawn and 
		in a lighter shade of blue than previously. Tudor roses also 
		re-positioned and re-drawn with yellow centres and green petals. 
		Embroidered white star above the emblem. Lower-case 'v' in red (for home 
		games) and blue (for games played away from home) below the emblem. A 
		white scroll, outlined in blue, below the 'v', with the opponent's name 
		in capitalised blue lettering within it, and the year in red (for home 
		games and in the World Cup finals tournament) and blue (for other games played away from home) below the scroll. Two embroidered red concentric 
		diamonds on right breast, alongside neck insert. Plain red number on 
		reverse and in centre of chest. Surname in capitalised red lettering 
		above number on reverse, in same font as the numbers. 
		White shorts, with 
		white drawstring. Plain red number on left thigh in same font as on 
		shirt, with two raised white concentric diamonds underneath. Raised 
		white emblem on right thigh. Plain white socks 
		(the change socks with red top halves were not worn in any matches). In all but the 
		two games in the 2010 World Cup Finals tournament, England's captain 
		wore a red armband with the emblem, a lower-case 'v' in white below the 
		emblem, a white scroll, outlined in blue, below the 'v', with the 
		opponent's name in capitalised blue lettering within it and the year in 
		white below the scroll. The armbands worn in the World Cup by Steven 
		Gerrard featured the FIFA 
		MY GAME IS FAIR PLAY logo. |  
      | Variations | 
		
		A 
		long-sleeved version of the shirt was also worn. There were no 
		distinguishing features on the lower sleeves.
		The 
		shirts worn by Ashley and Carlton Cole also included their first initial 
		i.e. A. COLE and C. COLE.
		For the 
		game against Slovakia, no numbers were worn on the chest or the shorts.
		For the 
		six World Cup qualifying fixtures, 
		England had the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS logo embroidered 
		onto the upper right sleeve.
		For 
		the games against Mexico and Hungary, the shirts worn by Adam and Glen 
		Johnson also included their first initial i.e. A. JOHNSON and G. 
		JOHNSON.
		For the 
		two World Cup Finals tournament fixtures, 
		England had the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP logo embroidered onto the 
		upper right sleeve.
		The names of 
	England's opponents, as they appeared in the scrolls, were ALGERIA, ANDORRA, 
		BELARUS, BRAZIL, CROATIA, HOLLAND, HUNGARY, KAZAKHSTAN, MEXICO, 
		SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, UKRAINE and USA.
		
		England wore an alternative pair of navy blue shorts against Ukraine in
		
	Dnepropetrovsk, with a navy blue 
		drawstring, a plain white number on the left thigh in the same font as 
		on the shirt, with two raised navy blue concentric diamonds underneath 
		and a raised navy blue emblem on the right thigh. |  
      | Most Appearances | 
		13 - Glen Johnson, Wayne 
		Rooney 
		12 - Frank Lampard, John 
		Terry 
		
		37 players wore this shirt.
		Johnson spent longer on the 
		pitch than Rooney, who was substituted four times, with Johnson only 
		being replaced once.
		Seven players made their 
		international debuts in the shirt, four of them in the last match, 
		against Hungary. James Milner went on to make 61 appearances.
		Six players made their last 
		international appearance in this shirt. David Beckham set a new outfield 
		record when he won his 115th cap against Belarus. Jamie Carragher won 
		his 38th cap in the World Cup and Wayne Bridge won his 36th against 
		Brazil.
		Jermaine Defoe made all of 
		his eight appearances from the substitutes' bench. |  
      | Top Scorers | 
		6 - Frank Lampard (3 pens.), Wayne Rooney 
		5 - Peter Crouch, 
		Jermain Defoe, Steven Gerrard 
		
		Rooney was also top scorer 
		in the 2007 white shirt.
		Glen Johnson and Ledley King 
		each scored their only international goal in this shirt.
		Two other players scored their 
		last goal for England in the shirt. For Emile Heskey, it was his 
		seventh, and for Gareth Barry, it was his second. Heskey had gone six 
		years without an international goal, until he donned this shirt.
		Defoe's goals were all 
		scored in three consecutive substitute appearances in 2009. |  
      | Captains | 9 - 
	John Terry 3 - 
	Steven Gerrard 1 - Rio 
	Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney 
		
		After the first nine games 
		in this shirt, Terry was stripped of the captaincy following allegations 
		of his extra-marital activities causing conflict with an England 
		team-mate (Wayne Bridge, who never played for England again).
		Rooney captained England for 
		the first time, against Brazil.
		Ferdinand was chosen by 
		Fabio Capello to captain England at the 2010 World Cup, but he was 
		injured in the first training session in South Africa and Gerrard 
		replaced him for the final three games in this shirt. |  
    |  |  
      |  
 Nike's acquisition of Umbro in 2008 instigated 
the most significant change to the design of the England kit in 35 years. 
Fortunately, it was met with almost universal approval, for it was a wonderful 
homage to the kits of long ago, following years of elaborate tweaks to the 
cherished national uniform. 
It was kept under wraps until the first game, 
against Slovakia, when the players emerged in tracksuit tops so that the shirts 
could be unveiled in front of a large crowd at Wembley, together with the 
watching television viewers on Setanta Sports, just before the national anthem 
was played. 
With a complete overhaul of the kit, Umbro used 
lightweight cotton and Savile Row tailoring to produce a bespoke fit for each 
player. The following ten unique points were highlighted by Umbro to emphasise 
its originality: 
1. It's 'Tailored by Umbro', 2. Fabio Capello was 
involved from the start, 3. Designed to make players feel confident, 4. It was 
built from the inside out, 5. It's designed to work with a base layer, 6. Bobby 
Moore proved an inspiration, 7. It looks and feels like cotton, 8. The 'Three 
Lions' badge is new, 9. It's made-to-measure for the players, and 10. Even the 
tiniest detail is special. 
Aside from the way it was made, the design included 
a host of features to please the traditionalists. A number of countries were 
switching to kits of one colour and England were consequently wearing all-white 
to avoid a clash, so it made sense to make that the first-choice combination. 
This was also popular with those who could not understand why England had to 
wear blue shorts when blue was not present in the English flag. Navy shorts were 
retained, however, as an alternative and used on a single occasion (in Ukraine). 
The gold star that had been present since 2003 was 
also not a popular embellishment, so to change it to white (and only visible 
when actually holding or wearing the shirt) was a neat compromise. So too, were 
the similarly white Umbro logo and 'Three Lions' emblem on the shorts. Then, to 
make the impact even more spectacular and minimal, numbers were not present on 
the chest or the shorts for the first game. 
There was more to behold. The socks were completely 
devoid of emblems and logos, being plain white, but it was the shirt that, 
inevitably, drew most attention, drawing comparison with the old plain white 
'dress shirts' worn by England from 1880 to 1954. Perhaps the best innovation, 
however, was the crest. To see the Three Lions restored to their former glory, 
with no Umbro or 'England' labelling, with the colours restored to the 
re-positioned Tudor Roses, with the lions re-drawn and rendered in a brighter 
blue, with the emblem itself being bigger and standing out better, and with the 
return to the scrolls of the 1950s displaying the opponent's name, it really was 
a superb effort on behalf of all concerned. 
On the field, it was quite successful, too, with 
England qualifying for the World Cup in South Africa. Unfortunately, the opening 
two games of the tournament were disappointing draws and they switched to their 
new all-red change kit 
for the remaining two games. 
		Then came the biggest surprise (as far as kits go, anyway) when, rather 
		than letting this fabulous design run for two years, as was the Umbro 
		norm for the past decade, a new kit was unleashed for the second game of 
		the 2010-11 season. It was also impressive, but not quite as good as 
		this one...  |    
      
    | Matches in which England wore the 
        2009 Home White Uniform |  
    | Season 2008-09 |  
    | x | Fabio
    
    Capello |  
    | Friendly |  
    | 872 | 28 March 2009 - England 
	4
	
	Slovakia 0 
	[1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (85,512)
 | Heskey, Rooney (2), 
	Lampard | HW |  
    | 
    England did not wear  shirt numbers on the front or numbers on 
    the shorts, against Slovakia. |  
    | World Cup Preliminaries |  |  
    | 873 | 1 April 2009 - England 
	2
	
	Ukraine 1 
	[1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (87,548)
 | Crouch, Terry Shevchenko
 | HW |  
    | 874 | 6 June 2009 - 
	
	Kazakhstan 0 England 4
	
	[0-2] Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, 
	Almaly, Almaty (23,281)
 | Barry, Heskey, Rooney, 
	Lampard (pen) | AW |  
    | 875 | 10 June 2009 - England 6 
	
	
	Andorra 0 
	[3-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (57,897)
 | Rooney (2), Lampard, 
	Defoe (2), Crouch | HW |  
    | Season 2009-10 |  
    | Friendlies |  |  
    | 876 | 12 August 2009 - 
	
	
	Netherlands 2 England 2
	
	[2-0] Amsterdam Arena, Bijlmer-Centrum, Amsterdam 
	(49,000)
 | Kuijt, van der Vaart Defoe (2)
 | AD |  
    | 877 | 5 September 2009 - England 2 
	Slovenia 1 
	[1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (67,232)
 | Lampard (pen), Defoe Ljubijankič
 | HW |  
    | World Cup Preliminaries |  |  
    | 878 | 9 September 2009 - England 5
	
	
	Croatia 1 
	[2-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (87,319)
 | Lampard (2 (1 pen)), 
	Gerrard (2), Rooney Eduardo
 | HW |  
    | 879 | 10 October 2009 - 
	
	Ukraine 1 England 0
	
	[1-0] Stadion Dnepr-Arena, Kirovs'kyi, Dnepropetrovsk
	(31,000)
 | Nazarenko | AL |  
    | 
    England wore the white home shirt and socks 
	with the navy blue home change shorts, against Ukraine. |  
    | 880 | 14 October 2009 - England 
	3 
	
	Belarus 0 
	[1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (76,897)
 | Crouch (2), 
	Wright-Phillips | HW |  
    | Friendlies |  |  
    | 881 | 14 November 2009 - 
	
	Brazil 1 England 0 
	[0-0] Khalifa International Stadium,
	ad-Dawḥa, 
	Qatar (50,000)
 | Nilmar | NL |  
    | 883 | 24 May 2010 - England 3
	
	Mexico 1
	
	[2-1] The National Stadium, Wembley, London (88,638)
 | King, Crouch, G.Johnson Franco
 | HW |  
    | World Cup Finals in South Africa |  |  
    | 885 | 12 June 2010 - England 1 
	
	
	United States 1
	
	[1-1] Royal Bafokeng 
	Sports Palace, Phokeng, Rustenburg
	(38,646)
 | Gerrard Dempsey
 | ND |  
    | 886 | 18 June 2010 - England 0 
	
	
	Algeria 0 
	[0-0] Kaapstad-stadion, Green Point, 
	Kaapstad
	(64,100)
 |  | ND |  
    | Season 2010-11 |  
    | Friendly |  |  
    | 889 | 11 August 2010 - England 2
	
	
	Hungary 1
	
	[0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley, London 
	(72,034)
 | Gerrard 
	(2) Jagielka OG
 | HW |  
  	    
      
    | Matches in which England Under-21 wore the 
        2009 Home White Uniform |  
    | Season 2008-09 |  
    | x | Stuart 
	Pearce |  
    | Friendlies |  
    | 266 | 31 March 2009 - 
	England 0 France 2 [0-2] City Ground, Nottingham
	(23,632)
 | Obertan, Sissoko | HL |  
    | England: Joe 
	Hart, M.Cranie (Jack Rodwell), A.Taylor (J.O'Hara), M.Mancienne, D.Wheater (F.Muamba), 
	N.Onuohaᶜ, James Milner (Danny Welbeck), Tom Huddlestone, M.Derbyshire (Fraizer 
	Campbell), M.Noble (C.Gardner), Adam Johnson. |  
      
    | 267 | 8 June 2009 - 
	England 7 Azerbaijan 0 [3-0] stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
	(12,020)
 | Mancienne,
	Sadιqov 
	
	
	OG,
	Gardner, 
	 N.Məmmədov
	 
	 OG, 
	Gibbs 
	(2), Rodwell | HW |  
    | England: Joe 
	Hart (S.Loach), M.Cranie, Kieran Gibbs, F.Muamba (A.Taylor), J.Tomkins, 
	M.Mancienne, C.Gardner (Jack Rodwell), L.Cattermole (J.Lewis), Fraizer 
	Campbell (R.Stearman), M.Nobleᶜ (Danny Rose), Adam Johnson. |  
      
    | UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009 
	Finals in Sweden (group B) |  |  
		
    | 268 | 15 June 2009 - 
	England 2 Finland 1 [1-1] Örjans Vall, Halmstad 
	(6,828)
 | Cattermole, Richards Sparv (pen)
 | NW |  
    | England: Joe 
	Hart, M.Cranie, Kieran Gibbs, L.Cattermole, Micah Richards (J.Tomkins), 
	M.Mancienne, James Milner, F.Muamba, Gabriel Agbanlahor (Jack Rodwell), 
	M.Nobleᶜ, Theo Walcott (Fraizer Campbell). |  
		
    | 269 | 18 June 2009 - 
	Spain 0 England 2 [0-0] Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg 
	(16,123)
 | Campbell, Milner | NW |  
    | England: Joe 
	Hart, M.Cranie, Kieran Gibbs, L.Cattermole, Micah Richards, N.Onuoha, James 
	Milner (C.Gardner), F.Muamba, Gabriel Agbonlahor (Fraizer Campbell), M.Nobleᶜ, 
	Adam Johnson (Theo Walcott). |  
      
    | UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009 
	Semi-Final |  |  
		
    | 271 | 26 June 2009 - 
	England 3 Sweden 3 [3-0] Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg 
	(16,385)
 AET [3-3] Penalty-kicks 
	[5-4]
 | Cranie, Onuoha,
	Bjärsmyr
	OG Berg (2), Toivonen
 | AD |  
    | England: Joe 
	Hart, M.Cranie, Kieran Gibbs, L.Cattermole, Micah Richards, N.Onuoha, James 
	Milner, F.Muamba (Adam Johnson), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Fraizer Campbell), 
	M.Nobleᶜ (Jack Rodwell), Theo Walcott. |  
      
    | UEFA Under-21 Championship 2009 
	FINAL |  |  
		
    | 272 | 29 June 2009 - 
	Germany 4 England 0 [1-0] Swedbank Stadion, Malmö
	(18,769)
 | Castro, Özil, Wagner 
	(2) | NL |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, M.Cranie (C.Gardner), Kieran Gibbs, L.Cattermole, Micah Richards, 
	N.Onuoha (M.Mancienne), James Milner, F.Muamba (Jack Rodwell), Theo 
	Walcott,  M.Nobleᶜ, Adam Johnson. |  
		
    | 273 | 11 August 2009 - 
	Netherlands 0 England 
	0 [0-0] Euroborg, Groningen 
	(6,500)
 |  | AD |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach (F.Fielding), Micah Richardsᶜ (K.Naughton), Kieran Gibbs (Ryan 
	Bertrand), M.Mancienne, J.Tomkins, Jack Rodwell (Chris Smalling), 
	J.Stanislas (F.Sears), L.Cattermole (Andy Carroll), Fabian Delph (Jack 
	Wilshere), Danny Rose, J.Vaughan (Daniel Sturridge). |  
    | England wore 
	the home shirt and socks with the navy blue home change shorts, against 
	Netherlands. |  
      
    | UEFA Under-21 Championship 2011 
	preliminaries (group 9) |  |  
		
    | 274 | 4 September 2009 - 
	FYR Macedonia 1 England 
	2 [1-0] Stadion Goce Delčev, Prilep
	(2,000)
 | Ibraimi Sears, Cattermole 
	(pen)
 | AW |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, K.Naughton, Kieran Gibbs, F.Muamba (F.Sears), J.Tomkins, 
	M.Mancienne, J.Stanislas (Tom Cleverley), L.Cattermoleᶜ, Daniel Sturridge, 
	Jack Rodwell, Danny Rose (Jack Wilshere). |  
		
    | 276 | 9 October 2009 - 
	England 
	6 FYR Macedonia 3 [2-1] Ricoh Arena, Coventry 
	(20,074)
 | Gibbs, Richards, 
	Carroll (2), Hines 
	(2) Muarem, Ibraimi, 
	Gibbs OG
 | HW |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, Micah Richardsᶜ, Kieran Gibbs, Jack Rodwell, J.Tomkins, M.Mancienne, 
	Tom Cleverley, Jack Wilshere, Andy Carroll (Danny Welbeck), Theo Walcott (Z.Hines), 
	Danny Rose (F.Muamba). |  
		
    | 277 | 14 November 2009 - 
	England 1 Portugal 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley
	(33,833)
 | Rose | HW |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, M.Mancienne (K.Naughton), Ryan Bertrand, F.Muamba, Micah Richardsᶜ, 
	Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Fabian Delph (D.Gosling), Andy Carroll, 
	Kieran Gibbs, Danny Rose (Jack Cork). |  
		
    | 278 | 17 November 2009 - 
	Lithuania 0 England 
	0 [0-0] Vėtros Stadionas, Vilnius
	(500)
 |  | AD |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, M.Mancienne, Kieran Gibbs (Ryan Bertrand), F.Muamba (F.Hines), 
	Micah Richardsᶜ, Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Fabian Delph, Andy Carroll, 
	Daniel Sturridge (H.Lansbury), Danny Rose. |  
		
    | 279 | 3 March 2010 - 
	England 1 Greece 2 [0-1] Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
	(9,708)
 | Delfouneso K.Papadopoulos, G.Papadopoulos
 | HL |  
    | England: 
	S.Loach, Kyle Walker, Ryan Bertrand, F.Muamba (Daniel Sturridge), Micah 
	Richardsᶜ, Chris Smalling (N.Delfouneso), Jack Wilshere, L.Cattermole, Andy 
	Carroll, Jack Rodwell, Tom Cleverley (D.Gosling). |  
		
    | 280 | 10 August 2010 - 
	England 2 Uzbekistan 0 [0-0] Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
	(9,821)
 | Rose, Kelly | HW |  
    | England: 
	F.Fielding (A.McCarthy), Kyle Walker, M.Mancienne, Jack Rodwellᶜ (H.Lansbury), 
	Chris Smalling, Phil Jones (Martin Kelly), Tom Cleverley, Jordan Henderson 
	(Jack Cork), Daniel Sturridge (M.Albrighton), Danny Rose, V.Moses (Danny 
	Welbeck). |  
      
    | UEFA Under-21 Championship 2011 
	preliminary (group 9) |  |  
		
    | 281 | 3 September 2010 - 
	Portugal 0 England 1 [0-1] Estádio Cidade, Barcelos
	(6,821)
 | Sturridge | AW |  
    | England: 
	F.Fielding, Kyle Walker, Ryan Bertrand, M.Mancienneᶜ (F.Muamba), Chris 
	Smalling, Phil Jones, Tom Cleverley, Jordan Henderson, Danny Welbeck (Jack 
	Cork), Daniel Sturridge (N.Delfouneso), Danny Rose. |  
The Under-21s' shirt 
	did not display match details beneath the emblem, apart from in the four UEFA 
	Under-21 Championship fixtures in Sweden, when they 
	wore the tournament logo on the right sleeve and the UEFA RESPECT logo on 
	the left sleeve, whilst the following was included beneath the emblem, 
	instead of the scroll (not actual font): UEFA U21 
CHAMPIONSHIPSWEDEN 2009
 In the final, the 
following was included beneath the number in the centre of the chest (not actual 
font): THE FINALGERMANY
 v
 ENGLAND
 29·06·2009
 
            
    | England's Record  wearing the 2009 Home 
    Shirt |  
    | Type | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | FTS | CS | FAv | AAv | Pts % | W/L |  
    | Home | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 0 | 3 | 3.375 | 0.625 | 100.0 | +8 |  
    | Away | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 50.0 | =0 |  
    | Neutral | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 33.3 | -1 |  
    | Total | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 3 | 5 | 2.429 | 0.714 | 75.0 | +7 |    
            
    | England's Under-21 Record  wearing the 2009 Home 
    Shirt |  
    | Type | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | FTS | CS | FAv | AAv | Pts % | W/L |  
    | Home | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 1 | 3 | 2.833 | 1.167 | 66.7 | +2 |  
    | Away | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 3 | 1.20 | 0.80 | 70.0 | +2 |  
    | Neutral | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1.333 | 1.667 | 66.7 | +1 |  
    | Total | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 4 | 7 | 1.929 | 1.143 | 67.9 | +5 |    
		  
A
    shirt issued to Matthew Upson against Brazil. 
     From Richard Clarke's 'Three Lions - England Match Worn Shirts' 
Facebook Collection. ____________________ 
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