Football last night can get in the bin... if I see a tractor or other agricultural vehicle on the way to work today I am going to scream.
Anyway...
ENGLAND KITS 1988/89
So, in 1987, to be exact, Umbro introduced the new England home kit - pretty much sticking to the white/navy/red colour scheme introduced on the last set of strips, but now with a crew-necked collar with popper fastening. This would be a style that Umbro would widely use from the start of the 1987/88 season at club level. The shirts featured an elaborate shadow pattern, and the shorts featured shadow chequerprint.
At the time, the previous red away kit worn since 1984 remained the away choice, but by 1988, two new change strips would be launched. A new red change kit would come in April 1988, followed very quickly by a sky blue third kit, which was apparently assigned as the away strip for the 1988 European Championship. As it transpired, England didn't wear that sky blue kit for any matches at senior level.
Also - kitmakers, know your differences between replica and match-worn shirts

The sky blue kit was sold as a replica, and had sky blue and white striping inside the navy collar and cuffs. However, the actual match-worn shirts, which did get worn by the U21 team, had RED and white striping inside the navy, as per the home shirt. If anything compare and contrast with the World Cup 1986 kits with the v-neck, they were very much following on from those. So now you know!
The grey goalkeeper kit from the 1986 World Cup was retained as a first-choice initially, before a fluorescent yellow/black zigzag strip became the new first-choice for Euro '88, though Peter Shilton would change to the grey shirt for the first group stage against the Republic of Ireland due to a slight colour clash.
After England's poor showing at Euro '88, the kits were retained, but a blue/navy version of the goalkeeper strip was introduced and became first-choice, though the fluorescent yellow/black shirt was retained as the alternate.
EDIT - Sorry I'd forgot to post the outfield shorts! Have updated below
And with that I believe I've now completed all of the Euro '88 tournament kits
