the All white on night...or purple pain for England?

THE England team's hopes of glory at Euro 2024 could be in peril if they opt for the new purple kit which was unveiled last month.

- Stian Alexander

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".