The 2020/21 League Two (4th Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Cheltenham Town claimed the title, with Cambridge United (Runners Up) and Bolton Wanderers earning automatic promotion to League One, with Morecambe winning the the Play Off Final against Newport County 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)
- 117 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
- Home Kits – 39% of Kit variations used
- 24 Home Kits worn
- 22 Home Kit variations worn
- Away Kits – 39% of variations used
- 23 Away Kits worn
- 23 Away Kit variations worn
- 3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
- 17 3rd Kits worn
- 5 3rd Kit variations worn
- Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
- 3 Special Kits worn
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 League One Teams
- 4 teams wore 7 kit variiations – Highest in the league
- Morecambe – Home x3, Away x4
- Newport County – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd, Special Kit
- Salford City – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
- Tranmere Rovers – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
- 5 teams wore 6 kit variations
- Bolton Wanderers – Home x4, Away x2
- Colchester United – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, Special Kit
- Exeter City – Home x4, Away, 3rd
- Oldham Athletic – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
- Scunthorpe United – Home, Away, 3rd x4
- 6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
- Barrow AFC – Home x3, Away, 3rd
- Crawley Town – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Leyton Orient – Home, Away x3, 3rd
- Mansfield Town – Home x2, Away x2, Special Kit
- Port Vale – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
- Southend United – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
- Most variations of Home Kit
- 2 teams wore 4 variations of Home Kit
- Bolton Wanderers: White / Navy / White – White / White / Navy – All White – White / Navy / Navy
- Exeter City – Full Home kit – Home / Red socks – Home / Away shorts, socks (Purple) – Home / Red shorts, socks
- Most variations of Away Kit
- Morecambe wore 4 variations of Away Kit
- All Navy, Navy / White shorts, Navy / White shorts, socks, Navy / Navy shorts, white socks
- Most variations of 3rd Kit
- Scunthorpe United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
- All White – White / Black / White – White / Claret / White – White / White / Sky Blue
- 6 Teams wore just used home and away kits (no 3rd Kit)
- Bolton Wanderers
- Carlisle United
- Cheltenham Town
- Harrogate Town
- Morecambe
- Stevenage
- 4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
- Bradford City
- Forest Green Rovers
- Grimsby Town
- Walsall
- Most worn Home Kit – 36, Leyton Orient
- Most worn Away Kit – 17, Cambridge United
- Most worn 3rd Kit – 16, Walsall
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
The 117 kits worn in League Two was the most amount of kits worn in the top four English Leagues, there were several examples of kits worn being in all variations (Bolton Wanderers Home Kit, Morecambe Away Kit, Scunthorpe United 3rd kit), as well as several other kit mash ups with teams combining their kits to form different looks.
Bolton Wanderers were a team that used their home kit well, using different variations to ensure they could avoid kit clashes. at one point in April they used four different home kit variations in four games. The result of this home kit usage meant they only wore change kits 5 times all season, they only used their registered away kit once and their away kit with white shorts and socks 4 times.
Port Vale were another team to use their Home kit, this time they would change the socks (and baselayers) used with their home kit when playing at home to avoid clashes with their visting opponents, using combinations of black and white to change the look
There were 3 Special Kits used during the season, each of these appearences resulted in the team winnig in their shirts, so could been seen as lucky shirts this season.
Colchester United wore their one off “Supporters” shirt against Southend United on 20th April 2020.
Mansfield Town wore their “Thank you NHS” Shirt on 23rd March against Forest Green Rovers
Newport County wore their anniversary shirt celebrating 40 years since their European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final against Carl Zeiss Jena, against Bradford City
Some of the more interesting kit mash ups seen in League Two in 2020/21…
Crawley Town in Away / 3rd Kit Combo at Exeter City
Exeter City in Home / Away mash up at Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic in Away / 3rd shorts and socks at Carlisle United
Stevenage in Away / Home mash up at Port Vale
There we have it, League Two’s 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, Championship and League One please click on the link below
https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/efl-championship-20-21-end-of-season-report/
https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/premier-league-2020-21-end-of-season-kit-report/
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