The 10 Best England Kits of All Time

The shirt that never was. Worn just once, against Turkey a year after Italia 90, yet it's become the visual shorthand for an entire tournament through New Order's World in Motion. The geometric pattern, the teal and white, the sheer nineties boldness of it – this is cult status earned through cultural osmosis rather than pitch time.

Italia 90 itself delivered England's best World Cup run in a generation: the semi-final in Turin, Gascoigne's tears after the booking that would have ruled him out of a final England never reached, and the penalty defeat to West Germany that set the template for decades to come. The shirt that soundtracked it all, even if it was never actually there. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £49.99.

Clean, modern, understated – the shirt that carried England to a second consecutive European Championship final. The design strips back to essentials: white body, blue trim, central crest. No fuss, no gimmicks, just the framework for another summer of hope and eventual heartbreak in Berlin.

Euro 2024 gave us Bellingham's overhead kick against Slovakia, the moment that kept the tournament alive, and Watkins's semi-final winner against the Netherlands. It ended 2–1 to Spain in the final and with Gareth Southgate's departure, closing a chapter that had taken England closer than any manager since 1966. Player version, sizes S to 3XL, £56.99.

A return to simplicity after the experimentation of the early 2000s: white shirt, red numbers, a clean template for a tournament that promised everything and delivered the familiar ending. The design itself is understated, almost anonymous, which somehow makes it the perfect canvas for what unfolded in Portugal.

Euro 2004 belonged to eighteen-year-old Wayne Rooney until it didn't. Four goals announced him as Europe's best young talent, then a broken metatarsal in the quarter-final against Portugal ended it. England lost on penalties. Again. The shirt remains a reminder of what might have been if the golden generation had held together for another ninety minutes. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £50.99.

Red body, white trim, and the template that defined early-eighties international kits. This is the shirt of Bryan Robson's goal after 27 seconds against France, of England going five matches unbeaten at a World Cup and still going home. The design is clean, bold, unapologetic – everything the tournament itself wasn't.

Spain 82 ended without a defeat but also without progression: eliminated in the second group stage, needing goals that the injured Kevin Keegan and Trevor Brooking, thrown on for the final twenty minutes, couldn't provide. The shirt survives as a cult favourite, a reminder that sometimes doing everything right still isn't enough. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £47.99.

The quintessential early-eighties England shirt: white with red and navy trim, a design so clean it was used across two tournaments. The collar, the cuffs, the simplicity – this is the template that gets referenced, reissued, and quietly borrowed by every retro collection that follows. It never got its glory moment, but that hasn't dimmed its appeal.

Spain 82 saw Bryan Robson score after 27 seconds against France, England remain unbeaten through five matches, and still exit without losing. Eliminated in the second group stage, needing goals from Keegan and Brooking that never came. The shirt endures as proof that great design doesn't need a trophy to matter. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £48.99.

Red and blue, bold and unmistakably nineties, this is the away shirt from the tournament that revived English football. The design is louder than the home version, the kind of shirt that looks better with every year that passes, and it was there for the ride that ended in Turin with Gazza's tears and another penalty defeat.

Italia 90 took England to the semi-final against West Germany, a match that ended on penalties and a booking that broke Paul Gascoigne in real time. The tournament is credited with dragging football back into the national conversation after the eighties, and this shirt – worn in the third-place play-off – remains a symbol of the summer that changed everything. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £47.99.

England's first and only grey shirt, and it's forever tied to one match: the Euro 96 semi-final at Wembley. The design was bold, divisive, unmistakably mid-nineties, and it was there for the penalty shoot-out against Germany that ended with Gareth Southgate's miss and another tournament gone.

Euro 96 was hosted in England, and for a few weeks it felt possible. Then came the semi-final, the penalties, the same ending as always. The shirt survives as a cult piece, proof that sometimes the most memorable kits are the ones worn in defeat. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £51.99.

The shirt of Euro 96: white body, electric blue collar, central crest, and the design that kicked off a new era of bold, baggy England kits. This was football coming home, or at least trying to. The tournament was hosted in England for the first time since 1966, and for a few weeks the country believed again.

It ended in a semi-final penalty shoot-out against Germany at Wembley, Gareth Southgate's miss, and the realisation that some things never change. But the shirt remains one of the most loved England designs of the modern era, a reminder of the summer when it all felt within reach. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £47.99.

The England home shirt that all others are measured against. White body, navy and red trim, red numbers on the reverse – the design is perfect in its simplicity, and it was there for the World Cup run that defined a generation. Italia 90 gave us Gazza's tears, Lineker's goals, and a semi-final that ended on penalties in Turin.

England reached the semi-final and went out to West Germany on penalties, Gascoigne's booking ensuring he'd miss the final if they got there. They didn't. The tournament is credited with reviving English football's popularity after the eighties, and this shirt is the visual anchor for every memory from that summer. Often recreated, never bettered. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £48.99.

Baggy, bold, and unmistakably late-nineties: the shirt of Michael Owen's arrival and David Beckham's red card. The design is a masterclass in balance – pinstriped white body, oversized collar, navy and red trim down the sides, central crest and numbering. It's the template every England shirt since has quietly tried to replicate.

The 1998 World Cup in France gave us Owen's goal against Argentina in Saint-Étienne, one of the great individual World Cup moments, and then Beckham's red card in the same match. England went out on penalties, as they so often did, but the shirt endures as the definitive England kit of its era – the one that looked as good as the football occasionally was. Replica cut, sizes S to XXL, £50.99.