The 2021/22 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 30th April 2022, with Wigan Athletic securing the title on the final day of the season, with Rotherham United securing Runner’s Up spot and therefore gaining Automatic promotion to The Championship. MK Dons, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and Wycombe Wanderers will compete in the Playoffs 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)
- 94 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
- Home Kits – 44% of Kit variations used
- 24 Home Kits worn
- 17 Home Kit variations worn
- Away Kits – 36% of variations used
- 24 Away Kits worn
- 10 Away Kit variations worn
- 3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
- 14 3rd Kits worn
- 4 3rd Kit variations worn
- Special Kit – 1% of variations worn
- 1 Special Kit 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
- 3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
- Accrington Stanley – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Cheltenham Town – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
- Portsmouth – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
- 4 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
- Ipswich Town – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
- Morecambe – Home x2, Away x3
- Oxford United – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
- Sheffield Wednesday – Home x3, Away x2
- 5 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
- Cambridge United – Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Charlton Athletic – Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Doncaster Rovers – Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Shrewsbury Town – Home x2, Away x2
- Wycombe Wanderers – Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
- Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits worn by 2 teams
- Cheltenham Town, Black shorts / Red socks – Black shorts / White socks – White shorts / Red socks
- Sheffield Wednesday, Black shorts & socks – White shorts & socks – Black shorts / white socks
- Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
- Moreambe, All Black – Black shirt, White shorts, Black socks – Black shirt, white shorts & socks
- Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits worn by 3 teams
- Accrington Stanley
- Ipswich Town
- Portsmouth
- 12 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
- 9 Teams only used Home and Away kits (no 3rd Kits), all used at least one kit variation of these two kits
- 7 Teams wore kits with no varitations, just home, away and 3rd kits
- Wycombe Wanderers wore 4 different kits with no variations
- AFC Wimbledon, Lincoln City, MK Dons, Plymouth Argyle, Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic
- Most worn Home Kit – 38, Gillingham (Most worn for 2nd season in a row)
- Most worn Away Kit – 16, Plymouth Argyle
- Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, Lincoln City and Oxford United
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 – @Kit_Geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
In 2021/22 League One teams wore 94 Kits, this was a reduction in the number kits compared to last season where 98 Kits were worn. There were 9 teams that wore just home and away kits which was the most in the English Top Four Divisions, however each of these team wore at least one kit variation which gives us some different looks through out the season.
Wycombe Wanderers wore a special kit in their against Plymouth Argyle on 15th April 2022, the kit was in the colours of Ukraine and were auctioned off after the game to raise money for charties supporting those impacted by the situation.
There were some teams that wore change kits at home for a various reasons, some took part in The Shelter “No Home Kit” campaign, wearing change kits at home to highlight those people are homeless and raise money for the charity and other to offer support to Ukraine.
Bolton Wanderers in away kit at home to Morecambe
Doncaster Rovers in 3rd Kit at home to Wigan Athletic
Sunderland at home to Crewe Alexander in their away kit
Wycombe Wanderers wore four different kits through out the season and between 2nd April and 15th April wore these four kits in four games in 13 days.
Ipswich Town wore their home kit for their first 13 games of the season, it was only in their 13th game where they deviated from their first choice home kit, wearing all blue against Portsmouth, the went on to use five different kit variations. Ipswich Town also doned all blue in their game against Lincoln City, who wore their yellow 3rd kit in supprt of the People of Ukraine
Plymouth Argyle used change kits in 18 of their 23 away games, wearing their away kit 16 time which is the most of any team in The League, this may be surprising as they are the only team with a green home kit in the league but given there are 10 teams with elements of red in the home kit, this supports those colourblind supporters and viewers.
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2021/22, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below.
Premier League – End of Season Report
Football Kit Geek - @Kit_Geek 
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