England Jacket 1998

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Size guide

Adult · Men’s fit

Size	Pit to pit (cm)	Length (cm)
S	48	70
M	51	72
L	54	74
XL	57	76
XXL	60	78

Shirts of this era were cut boxy: expect the chest to measure at or above the top of the band for its size. Compare pit-to-pit with a shirt you own rather than trusting the label.

How to measure

Lay the shirt flat and measure pit to pit (armpit to armpit) and collar to hem, then compare with the table. Between sizes, take the larger. Measurements are in centimetres, with 1–2 cm variation between pieces.

About this shirt

The England jacket from 1998. Sizes S-XXL.

Track and bench jackets were made in much smaller runs than the playing shirt, and tend to carry the era's styling more obviously.

The away, home and home from the same season are listed separately, and we also hold the jacket shirt from 1999, 1996 and 2001.

England in 1998

The 1998 World Cup in France: Michael Owen’s goal against Argentina in Saint-Étienne, David Beckham’s red card in the same match, and another exit on penalties.

England in the archive

Home, away and goalkeeper shirts, plus kids kits, women’s fit and jackets, with a retro run covering the eighties and nineties tournament shirts. All listed by year. White at home, with the three lions, and a red away shirt for most cycles — though England have also used blue and, more contentiously, other shades on the road. One World Cup, in 1966. Our England range spans 1982 to the current 2026/27 kits and is close to evenly split between retro and recent seasons, with the tournament shirts of the eighties and nineties well covered. Goalkeeper shirts are unusually deep here compared with other national sides we stock, running through the eighties and nineties as well as the recent cycles. Kids kits, women’s fit and jackets are listed separately.

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Delivery and returns

Tracked as standard, everywhere — packed flat between card, never folded into a bag. Allow 7–14 days from order to delivery.

Service	Time	Cost
Standard tracked	7–14 days	£3.95
Orders over £30	7–14 days	Free

The same rate applies to every country: free over £30, otherwise £3.95, tracked, in the same 7–14 days. Orders outside the UK may attract import duty on arrival, which is the customer’s responsibility. Full tables on the shipping page.

30 days from delivery to change your mind — longer than the 14-day statutory minimum. Email hello@shirt-archive.com with your order number before posting anything back; send it unworn with tags attached, and the refund goes to the original payment method within five working days of arrival. If we sent the wrong thing, postage is on us both ways. Full policy on the returns page.

Common questions

Which season is this England jacket from?

This is the 1998 jacket. The season is stated on every listing and on the order confirmation, so what arrives is the season named here, not a current substitute.

What size should I order?

Sizes run S-XXL. Measure pit to pit on a shirt you own and compare it with the chart above — between sizes, take the larger.

How quickly will it arrive?

Allow 7–14 days from order to delivery, everywhere. Standard tracked is £3.95, and orders over £30 ship free to every country. Everything is tracked, including international.

Will a retro shirt fit like a modern one?

No — shirts of this era were cut looser. A nineties Large sits closer to a modern Medium, which is why the flat measurements above matter more than the size on the label.