Following on from the post on the ‘England inspired’ t-shirt accompanying the announcement of the partnership of Umbro and Fabio Capello last week, we have had a lot of people asking about the t-shirts and writing a lot of nice things about them!

Following on from the post yesterday about the England Womens football team (who incidentally won 3-0).   Is you were paying attention during the short movie, you will have seen Casey Stoney signing a new, size 12 women’s England Shirt.  For your opportunity to win this shirt all as you have to do is answer the question:

“In which Country with the Women’s European Cup Finals 2009 be held in 2009?”

Email your answer, plus your name and address to blog@umbro.co.uk before Friday 1st May, and a winner will be chosen at random from the correct entries.  Good Luck!

Full terms and conditions here.

This competition is now closed.  The winner will be announced later today!

Capello’s vision for the England team and his football philosophy are closely matched to that of what the Umbro Brand encompasses. It is his belief that if a team looks and feels confident on the pitch, their performance will be positively impacted.

“I’ve chosen to work with Umbro because they are a company full of vitality,” says Fabio Capello. “Working with Umbro means working with a team of dedicated professionals, motivated by constant research and the desire to be a leading company of the highest level.”

In this new ambassador role, Capello will continue to work closely with the Umbro brand, as he did leading up to the launch of our marvelous new kit where he played a pivotal role by providing constant input on the development and design. Capello is actually the first England manager since Alf Ramsay to have a role in the direction of the new England kit!

Capello will be wearing the Umbro Speciali boot and all relevant Umbro apparel when on England duty. This includes a cashmere coat made by the tailor who worked on the new England kit, Charlie Allen.

I hope that Mr Capello likes our ‘England inspired’ t-shirts!

Last Friday, we did a photoshoot with some of the England Women’s football team in the new Kit. At the shoot, we got five mins with Lianne Sanderson, Rachel Yankey and Casey Stoney to have a quick chat ahead of the their friendly with Norway this evening.

This is the first time we have spoken about Women’s football on the blog so it seems like a good opportunity to have a dig around for some info.

The womens European Cup finals are due to be played in Finland between August 23 and September 10 this year. Twelve teams will compete in the competition, an increase of 4 teams from 8 teams that played in previous tournaments. Finland qualified as hosts, England, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway qualified as group winners and Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine all qualified by winning playoffs.

A nice bit of trivia that I found is that during the 2007 World cup qualifiers, England conceded the first goal in their opening game against Austria. They then scored 29 consecutive goals, before finally conceding the last goal in their final game against France.

You can watch the game at The ProStar Stadium, Shrewsbury Town FC or live on Setanta 2 this evening at 7:45.  Check back here in the next couple of days to win the shirt that Casey signs in the movie.