Three Lions On A Shirt: The Official History of the England Football Jersey

(Hardback)

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This beautiful coffee table book tells the history of the famous jersey and the players who have worn it.

Compiled using stunning photographs of match worn and player shirts actually donned by many of England's greatest players, the book provides readers with a visual history of the national team all the way back to the first ever international in 1872.

This new book brings together some of the rarest and most iconic England shirts ever seen and includes:

• A player shirt example from virtually every one of the home and away shirt variations worn by the Three Lions over the last 150 years
• A player shirt from every major tournament England have played in including the 1966, 1990 and 2018 World Cups and the 1996 and 2020 Euros
• Shirts worn by many of England's greatest players. including Lawton, Wright, Finney, Edwards, Banks, Charlton, Hurst, Barnes, Lineker, Shilton, Shearer, Beckham, Rooney and Sterling.

As well as the shirts mentioned above there will be a special and rare strips that have been lost in time such as the rare yellow outfield shirts.

Author Bio

Simon Shakeshaft lives in Hertfordshire, UK, and is one of the world's leading authorities on soccer shirts