Suited and booted: MM’s top ten classic Umbro Football kits
3. England Italia ’90 Kits
Umbro supplied the fabrics to the last World Cup England fans can truly be proud of. The kit appeared in arguably the greatest England World Cup song of all time World In Motion.
It was donned by Steve McMahon, Peter Beardsley, Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle and Des Walker who provided vocals prior to the John Barnes famous rap.
The red shirt also re-emerged into popular culture in the summer of 2011 when it was worn by Jay in the Inbetweeners Movie when the four friends venture down the Malia Strip.
That night ended in tear for Jay as it culminated in him sleeping on an ants nest and it was the tears of Paul Gascoigne wearing white after England’s semi-final penalty shoot-out exit at the hands of Germany that probably prompts the most memories of these kits.
The neat button-up navy blue collar led down to white jersey which incorporated a faint kaleidoscopic silver trim which was vey in-fitting with contemporary fashion in the late 80s and early 90s.
Not that some fans would have noticed the subtle patterns embedded in the white shirt as another defining moment for this shirt was Terry Butcher’s claret seeped jersey after he battled through a World Cup qualifier against Sweden after sustaining a head injury.
For the squeamish David Platt’s exquisite over-the-head volley against Belgium in Italia 90’s round of 16 may be one of the shirt’s may be a less repulsive reference point.
In red, Gary Lineker’s pitiful penalty as he attempted to equal Bobby Charlton’s all-time England goals record against Brazil, is something the crisp-loving would like to forget but few fan ever will.
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