©2020 Football Kit Archive - powered by Footy Headlines The tournament was quite poor, but you don’t remember that because the whole thing evokes so many memories. Germany England Spain Belgium France Brazil Italy Portugal Argentina Netherlands Shop All Mens Players Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Kevin De Bruyne Neymar Jr. Raheem Sterling Antoine Griezmann Son Heung-min Harry Kane Marcus Rashford Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Kylian Mbappe Eden Hazard Jadon Sancho Mohamed Salah Sadio Mane Instead of going down an increasingly modern route, it was actually stripped right back and even got criticised with some calling it ‘just a polo shirt’.
There were all those elements, but again, it stuck to tradition.”“It was the one that re-wrote the kit rulebook in terms of going back to basics and really looking at what a football shirt could do. For the heat in Mexico, Umbro had prepared a perforated lightweight material (see John Devlin above). Something World Cups are notorious for is making sure there was a light and dark strip so you could tell who was playing who.”“Made by Umbro, which was a variant of their standard home shirts at the time, it is used fabric technology to lead the design, which is quite interesting. Background The 1982 World Cup Finals, the twelfth FIFA World Cup, were held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July.
It’s one of my favourite ever kits.
Some of the orginal shirts from the game have been lost forever, such as Bobby Charlton’s. Then in 1980 this was brought out with the red and blue shoulder panels and was first worn by Kevin Keegan and co as they beat Maradona’s Argentina 3-1. It was a memorable tournament for me and this is the best home shirt in my opinion and I’m sure many will agree with me. His reply was: ‘No, you keep it!
After 2002 I think they’ve gone hill a bit and they look the same and I think a lot of the 90s shirt were so different.”“It’s famous for Gazza crying, but is just a great shirt with a really cool design. 1982 (June 25) England 1-Kuwait 0 (World Cup).mpg - Duration: 0:34. sp1873 5,457 views 0:34 First Time in Full Length: Lewandowski's 9-Minute Miracle - Duration: 10:39. England’s greatest World Cup kits, featuring retro 1990, 1982 and other brilliant Three Lions shirts Ahead of their opening game in Russia, we look back …
Check out the England 1982 Away kit by Admiral, worn in the 1982 World Cup season. It’s the most famous red one and has a nice, big England crest on it.”“They were at home and had to wear their away strip against their rivals in the final. It had a very pale shadow striped design rather than the shadow pinstripe of the normal shirt and the cuffs were removed, too.