Premier League: Matchweek 12 Kit Review

The Premier League is back after the 3rd and final International Break of 2024 and as we ramp up to Christmas the fixtures will come around quickly with nine rounds of fixtures over the next six weeks!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 12 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 67 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were three new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Nottingham Forest wore alternative Sky Blue shorts with their 3rd Kit!

Wolverhampton Wanderers were in their 3rd Kit for first time this season.

Manchester United wore alternative shorts and socks with their Home Shirt to create a Red / Black / White look at Ipswich Town.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Wolverhampton Wanderes – Dark Purple

Kit Highlights

Brentford wore their Home Kit in an away game for the first time this season at Everton, they are final team to do this in 2024/25, it also was their first point in away game having lost the prevous five worn in change kits.

Chelsea continue their 100% record in their Away kit this season, making it 3 wins in 3 this weekend (2 with alternative socks, as worn here).

The four Umbro supplied team’s goalkeepers all wore the same template kit this weekend, with AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Ipswich Town and West Ham United all using the yellow goalkeeper kit!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, mainly due this being the first match up this season by two teams in striped shirts… the Bournemouth Home Kit (sponsor aside) is fantastic this season, and seeing the contrast in stripes with Brighton shirt worked well for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen this weekend

Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 2nd time worn this season
Nottingham Forest – 3rd, alternative Sky Blue Shorts
Manchester United – Home with black shorts and white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 26th November

Kit News

Leicester City’s front of shirt sponsor BC.Game announced this week that they have been declared bankrupt, however news from the club is that their sponsor is still committed to the club and will remain on shirts…. one to keep an eye on!

Tottenham Hotspur have annouced a “remastering” of their brand, the headline of this is course an amendment to the club crest which see the word mark of the club removed, leaving just the cockerel. However there is more to this change than just this, there is an re-introduction of a club “wordmark”, 7 Club “Hallmarks” created for the club, we will see these on the kits in the coming seasons!

The most interesting update for me is club introducing a colour palette, does this give us hint of the colours will club will use for their kits going forward, nothing surprising to see but they are closely linked to kits of the club’s past!

Wolverhampton Wanderers have announced a special kit to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of “Floodlight Friendly” win against Honved in 1954, a game that key in the creation of The European Cup. The reflective looking design with minimal branding will be worn against Ipswich Town on 14th December.