The 2022/23 League One Season came to a close on Sunday 7th May 2023, with Plymouth Argyle securing the title on the final day of the season and breaking the 100 point barrier, runners up were Ipswich Town who themselves managed a staggering 98 points to secure automatic promotion to The Championship. Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Bolton Wanderers and Peterborough United 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)
- 102 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
- Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
- 24 Home Kits worn
- 15 Home Kit variations worn
- Away Kits – 37% of variations used
- 24 Away Kits worn
- 14 Away Kit variations worn
- 3rd Kits – 24% of variations worn
- 19 3rd Kits worn
- 5 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
- 1 Teams wore 7 Kit Variations
- Accrington Stanley – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
- 5 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
- Barnsley – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, Special
- Charlton Athletic – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Morecambe – Home x4, Away x2
- Oxford United – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
- Plymouth Argyle – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
- 3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
- Burton Albion – Home x2, Away x3
- Derby County – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Lincoln City – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
- 5 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
- 10 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
- Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
- Morecambe: Red – White – Black / Red – White – White / Red – Red – Black / Red – Red – White
- Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
- Accrington Stanley: White – Black – White / All White / White – White – Black
- Burton Albion: All Black / Black – Yellow – Yellow / Black – Black – Yellow
- Plymouth Argyle: White – Black – White / All White / White – White – Green
- Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits
- Accrington Stanley: Black – Black – White / Black – White – White
- Barnsley: All Black – Black / Black / White
- Charlton Athletic: All Blue / Blue – Blue – White
- Derby County: Black – Black – Green / All Black
- Lincoln City: All White / White – White – Black
- 7 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
- 3 Teams wore 3 kits with no 3rd kit, all using a variation of their Home Kit – Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Fleetwood Town
- Most worn Home Kit – 38, Ipswich Town
- Most worn Away Kit – 16, Cambridge United
- Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, Exeter City
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 2022/23 League One teams wore 102 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 94 Kits were worn, the 102 Kits were the most worn in an EFL League this season. All teams wore a minimum of 3 kits with only 3 teams in just home and away kits each of these team wore at least one kit variation of their home kit which gives us some different looks through out the season.
Bristol Rovers had a couple of Kit Tales this season, the first being in their game against Exeter City on 29th December when as the Home Kit they supported The Shelter “No Home Kit” campaign by wearing their Away shirt with Home Shorts and Socks, however they changed shirts at half time to return to their home shirt and ended the game in their full home kit, giving us the only kit variation to be used for half a game!
This half time change led to a run of 18 games, from 29th December 2022 to 22nd April where their only wore their Home Kit, this 124 day run was the longest run of just one kit being used in the English Leagues this season.
Morecambe used 4 Home Kit looks through the season, they used two different looks in home games with their traditional red shirts and white shorts paired with both black (default) and white socks. The other variations used on the road used red shorts with both pairs of socks.
There was only one special kit used in League One and that was Barnsley, who wore a “Red Out” shirt that was to support their “Together Red” campaign which was to help raise awareness Barnsley’s no-tolerance message of discrimination of any kind, ensuring Oakwell is a safe place for all.
Kit sustainability is a topic that has been raised a lot of the past season, so I wanted to call out the many teams in League One that used kits in the 2022/23 season that have been from the previous season… 8 teams re-used 11 kits in total for a second season
- Accrington Stanley – Home, Away and 3rd kits were from last season!
- Bolton Wanderers – 3rd Kit was last season’s away
- Bristol Rovers – 3rd Kit was last season’s away
- Exeter City – Away and 3rd kits were from last season
- Forest Green Rovers – Home kit from last season
- Port Vale – 3rd Kit was last season’s away
- Sheffield Wednesday – 3rd kit was last season’s away
- Wycombe Wanderers – 3rd kit was last season’s away
Two of these teams left it late to use their 3rd Kits, with Sheffield Wedsnesday using their’s in their penultimate league game and Wycombe Wanderers using theirs in the final game of the season both teams had only used Home and Away Kits up till that point!
Wycombe Wanderes were also part of one of my favourite “Kit Match Ups” of the season, when they played Bristol Rovers on 26th December 2022, giving us the unusual kit site of two quartered shirts playing against each other, and what a sight it was… perfectly balanced kits and works so well in humble opinion!
My final thought of 2022/23 League One season is with the Champions Plymouth Argyle… their away kit this season which pays homage to the kit worn when they played in Playoff Final at Wembley in 1996. This kit is my favourite kit in English football this season, its design, use of the club’s traditional colours and overall balance is a stand out kit from Puma, so my congratulations to The Pilgrims not only for the return to The Championship but doing it in the one of the best kits of the recent years… (please keep it for another year!!)
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2022/23, 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 – 2022/23 End of Season Report
Football Kit Geek - @Kit_Geek 
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