The 2020/21 Championship (2nd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Norwich City (winners) and Watford (Runners Up) bouncing straight back to The Premier League, with the Play Off Final to be played between Brentford and Swansea City for the final promotion place.

I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Kit Stats

• 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
• 110 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
• Home Kits – 44% of Kit variations used
  • 24 Home Kits worn
  • 24 Home Kit variations worn
• Away Kits – 32% of variations used
  • 24 Away Kits worn
  • 11 Away Kit variations worn
• 3rd Kits – 23% of variations worn
  • 21 3rd Kits worn
  • 4 3rd Kit variations worn
• Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
  • 2 Special Kits worn (Coventry City, Norwich City)

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Overview

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log, Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log, Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the Championship Teams

• 3 teams wore 7 kit variations – Highest in the league
  • Luton Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
  • Middlesbrough – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
  • QPR – Home x3, Away x3, 3rd
• 2 teams wore 6 kit variations
  • Barnsley – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
  • Coventry City – Home, Away x2, 3rd x 2, Special Kit
• 6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
  • AFC Bournemouth – Home x3, Away, 3rd
  • Brentford – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • Bristol City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • Rotherham United – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • Stoke City – Home x3, Away x2
  • Watford – Home x2, Away, 3rd
• Most variations of Home Kit
  • 7 Teams wore 3 variations of Home Kit
  • AFC Bournemouth, Barnsley, Middlesbrough, QPR, Reading, Stoke City, Watford
• Most variations of Away Kit
  • 2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
  • Luton Town, QPR
• Most variations of 3rd Kit
  • 4 Teams wore 2 variations of 3rd Kit
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Luton Town, Middlesbrough
• Special Kits
  • Coventry City Supporters Shirt
  • Norwich City Supporters Shirt
• 4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
  • Huddersfield Town, Millwall, Preston North End, Wycombe Wanderers
• Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
• Most worn Away Kit – 13, Blackburn Rovers
• Most worn 3rd Kit – 17, Preston North End

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

Huddersfield Town wore change kits in all of their 23 away game this season, wearing their away kit 9 times and their 3rd kit 14 times

Several teams elected to use their 3rd more than their away kit this season. The teams are Barnely, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End and Watford.

Queen’s Park Rangers used their away kit in three different variations – Black shorts and socks, white shorts and socks, blue shorts and socks.

Three teams did not have 3rd Kits, Blackburn Rovers (3 variations – Home x2, Away), Reading (4 variations Home x3, Away) and Stoke City (5 variations – Home x3, Away x2).

Coventry City played the first 14 games in their home kit, the last team in the league to use a change kit, they ended the season using 6 variations of kit – joint 2nd most in the league

Barnsley wore purple socks in their home game with Reading on 2nd April to raise awareness for Weston Park Cancer Charity.

Luton Town’s Umbro kits were the most interchangable of the season, by using 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 3 pairs of socks in just three colours (Orange / White / Navy Blue) the team created 7 different kit variations (joint highest in the League).

MIllwall took inspriation from the main sponsor with their 3rd Kit, using the Huski Chocolate Mountain theme into their unique shirt.

There were two “Supporters” Shirts used this season, Coventry City released a navy kit for their club members which was used at home against Brentford and Norwich City used their supporters shirt as a thank you in their final league at Carrow Road against Reading.

There we have it, The Championship End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League, please click on the link below.

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/premier-league-2020-21-end-of-season-kit-report/