The recent form of top stars such as Harry Kane, Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham makes the Three Lions one of the favourites for the tournament, which kicks off in Germany in
June. But number crunchers have discovered that the side get far better results when they stick to the traditional white shirts.
When they experimented with an unusual yellow strip in 1973 the results were disastrous.
They only managed a 1-1. draw with Czechoslovakia, a 2-0 loss to Poland and a 2-0 defeat by Italy.
Since the glory of the World Cup win in 1966, England have played 643 games.
Despite famously wearing red shirts in the 4-2 win against West Germany, England have won the fewest games wearing red, aside from the ill-fated "yellow experiment".
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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