Today, Friday 23rd November 2018 is Black Friday.  Once just a tradition in US for sales this is now becoming more and more global.

This is something that we also see in Football Kit design, for a time Black was the rarest of kit colours due to Referees wearing black, floodlights not being powerful enough so black deemed too dark for teams to wear and probably many other reasons….

However that was all about to change, when in the opening game of the 1993/94 season Queens Park Rangers wore their black 3rd kit away at Aston Villa (thank you to Dennis over at Musuem of Jerserys for the information here), this was then followed by Manchester United (see Title Image of this post) introduced their new away kit from Umbro in the 1993/94 season.

So after posting the below this morning on Twitter:

I though I would myself a little challenge, could I find Black away kits worn by the current Premier League teams…. so here we go, 20 Black Kits to look back on (please forgive me as I am not going into too much detail with each kit).

Arsenal:

Arsenal had this Black/Grey kit last season (2017/8) from Puma, the kit was highlighted with Neon Pink.

AFC Bournemouth:

Neon highlights seem all the rage in 2017/8, this kit with Neon Green for Bournemouth by Umbro.

Brighton and Hove Albion:

Another 2017/18 Black and Neon kit, the 3rd kit from Nike for Brighton this one with yellow.

Burnley:

Stepping back a bit further here with Burnley, to 2014/15 kit from Puma.

Cardiff City:

Cardiff City had this black away kit in 2010/11 season from Puma, one of the clubs where a black kit was harder to find over the years.

Chelsea:

Chelsea a team that see black used quite often in their away kit colour palette rotation, I went with this one from 2011/12 season by Adidas.

Crystal Palace:

Black a popular choice last season, so back to 2017/18 season for this Macron kit for Crystal Palace.

Everton:

This one is one of my favourites, proving that neon in kits is not a recent trend, Everton away from 2009/10 season by Le Coq Sportif.

Fulham:

A simple but effective black kit for Fulham from Kappa in the 2011/12 season.

Huddersfield Town:

Huddersfield Town, another team where a black kit was harder to find, they did have this away kit in the 2013/14 season from Puma.

Leicester City:

Back again to 2017/18 season, this time Leicester’s away from Puma was Black and gold.

Liverpool:

One of my favourtie Adidas Liverpool kits here, the 2009/10 away kit.  Although Liverpool are another club who we often see in black, this kit with its gold stripes and red trim works the best for me.

Manchester City:

As the money rolled into Manchester City, a black kit from Umbro worn by the likes of Robinho and Carlos Tevez (Above) was used in 2009/10 season.

Manchester United:

The original Black Kit team… Manchester United, again another club where we often see black as chosen kit colour, this one is the away kit from Nike in 2003/04 season.

Newcastle United:

Newcastle United, the historic Black and White stripes, did also turn out last season (popular season for Black kits) in this all black kit, there are shadow stripes also in this 3rd kit giving it that distinctive feel for Newcastle, great kit here from Puma.

Southampton:

Probably the least Black on show here but this is one I really liked from 2017/18 season, Under Armour produced this design for Southampton’s away kit.

Tottenham Hotspur:

There are not many Black kits in the locker for Tottenham Hotspur, this 3rd kit from Puma was the first black kit in the club’s history from 2008/09 season.

Watford:

Watford for me surprisingly have not had a many black away kits over the years, black also playing a prominent part in many of the home kits, but there was this away kit from Puma in the 2015/16 season.

West Ham United:

Another Black and neon combo on show for West Ham from last season (2017/18), just to make sure we got the whole highlighter package, this time blue is the neon colour included by Umbro.

Wolverhampton Wanderers:

Finally to Wolves and again to last season (2017/18) where their Championship winning campaign was supported by this away kit from Puma.

So there we have it, my challenge to find a black kit for each of the current Premier League teams is complete.

As it turns out, from being on of the rarest colours to find for a football kit, black is now probably one of the most common go to colours for kit manufactures when looking at club’s away kits.

Has your team or nation had a Black kit, let me know and let me know any other Black kits that work for you.