The 2023/24 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 4th May 2024, with Leicester City securing the title on 29th April and Ipswich Town confirming their promotion as runners up on the final day of the season, making it back to back promotions for The Tractor Boys. Leeds United, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City 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)
86 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
33 Home Kits worn in total(Including 1 Kit from 24/25 Season)
7 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 32% of variations used
27 Away Kits worn in total
3 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
23 3rd Kits worn in total
No 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
3 Special Kits worn in total
Overview of Kits Worn
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
Queen’s Park Rangers in 6 Kit Variations: Home x5 (Including 24/25 Home Kit), Away
2 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
Plymouth Argyle: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Swansea City: Home x2, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
Birmingham City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Bristol City: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
Leeds United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Preston North End: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
Southampton: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Stoke City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Sunderland: Home x2, Away, 3rd
West Bromwich Albion: Home x2, Away, 3rd
13 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
QPR: Hoops with white shorts & socks – Blue shorts & socks – White shorts / blue socks – Blue Shorts / White socks
Most Variations of Away Kit – 2 Kits
Leeds United: All Blue – Blue / Blue / Aqua Blue
Plymouth Argyle: All White – White / White / Green
Southampton: White / Turquoise / White – White / Turquoise shorts & socks
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 1 Kits
No Team in a 3rd Kit Variation
13 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
1 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
Most worn Home Kit – 41, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 18, Hull City
Most worn 3rd Kit – 14, Preston North End
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Hull City wore their 3rd Kit in their first game, Home Kit in their 2nd game and Away Kit in their 3rd game..!
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
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 2023/24 Championship season teams wore 85 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 99 Kits were worn, this is the joint with League One with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season. Ironically the only team with no 3rd Kit, just Home and Away had the most variations used.
The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City, who wore their Home Kit in 41 of the 46 League games.
Despite being the only club in the Championship with no 3rd Kit, Queen’s Park Rangers used the most kit looks in the league this season, which included 5 different Home Kit Looks. This does include their 2024/24 Home Kit which they debuted in their final Home game of the season, but they did use their 23/24 Home Kit in four different variations across 32 games, using all possible combinations of blue / white shorts and socks.
A theme seen within The Championship was the use of Change Kit / Alternative Socks to create new looks, QPR as seen above but also Birmingham City (Away Socks), Plymouth Argyle (Away), Stoke City (Alternative Red Socks), Swansea City (3rd) and West Brom Albion (3rd).
There were only three Away variations worn by Championship clubs, with Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle and Southampton all doning alternative socks (Plymouth using Home Socks) during the season. Southampton and Plymouth also using alternative socks in both fixtures between the clubs.
I want to call out Hull City Kits this season, for me they have delivered the perfect three kit looks for them this season and probably my favourite set of Kits across the English Leagues, they used their Home Kit 26 times, Away Kit 18 times including wearing it once at Home in their final Home game of the season, their 3rd was worn just twice, shame!
There were three “Special Kits” on show in the 2023/24 Season…
Bristol City in a 1974 Heritage Kit
Preston North End in a Sir Tom Finney Special Kit
Swansea City in 30th Anniversary Kit of their first appearence at Wembley in Autoglass Trophy
There we have it, The Championship’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at – @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!
The 2023/24 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 27th April 2024, with Portsmouth securing the title on 16th April and Derby County getting promoted as runners up on the final day of the season. Bolton Wanderers, Peterborough United, Oxford United and Barnsley 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)
85 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 36% of Kit variations used
31 Home Kits worn in total(Including 1 Kit from 24/25 Season)
6 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 38% of variations used
32 Away Kits worn in total
8 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 26% of variations worn
22 3rd Kits worn in total
3 3rd Kit variations worn
Overview of Kits Worn
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
6 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
Barnsley: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
Blackpool: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Cambridge United: Home x3, Away x2
Charlton Athletic: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
Reading: Home, Away x2, 3rd, Home 24/25
Wycombe Wanderers: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
3 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
Cheltenham Town: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Exeter City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Stevenage: Home x2, Away, 3rd
13 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
2 Teams wore just 2 Kit Variations
Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits
Cambridge United: Amber / Black / Black – Amber / Black / Amber – All Amber
Most Variations of Away Kit – 2 Kits
Barnsley: All White – White / White / Red
Blackpool: White / Orange / White – All White
Cambridge United: All White – White / Black / Black
Charlton Atletic: All Navy – Navy / Navy / White
Exeter City: Grey / Grey / White – Grey / Grey / Black
Reading: All Grey – Grey / Grey / Blue
Shrewsbury Town: All Red – Red / Red / White
Wycombe Wanderers: Green & White Stripes / Green / White – Green & White Stripes / Green / Green
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits
Barnsley: All Black – Black / Black / White
Charlton Athletic: White / Black / White – All White
Wycombe Wanderers: Red / White / Red – Red / White / White
11 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
5 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
Most worn Home Kit – 40, Cambrige United, (34 Default / 6 Variations)
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Exeter City their Away Kit in their first game, Home Kit in their 2nd game and 3rd Kit in their 3rd game..!
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
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 2023/24 League One season teams wore 85 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 102 Kits were worn, as it stands this is the joint with the Championship with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season. It was also the only League that had clubs with just two kit variations used, the Home Kit and Away Kit.
The single most worn Kit in the League was from Bristol Rovers who wore their Home Kit in 37 of 46 games, only wearing their away strip twice in the final 22 games of the season.
Cambridge United were one of six teams that wore five different kit variations this season, the most in League One however they were the only club to do this with just Home and Away Kits, wearing three different variations of their Home Kit..! Using this variations meant that they used their Home Kit 40 times out of the 46 games, alternative amber socks were used both Home and Away to create alternative kit variations.
The two clubs to wear just two kits this season in both EFL and Premier League were in League One, they were:
Carlisle United, who wore their Home Kit 36 times and Away Kit 10 times.
Fleetwood Town, who wore their Home Kit 34 times and Away Kit 12 times.
Charlton Athletic wore their change kits (and variations of them) in 22 of their 23 away games, the only game which they wore their Home Kit away from The Valley was the game against Reading on 10th February 2024.
There were instances of clubs wearing change kits in Home Games this season, with five clubs changing from their default home kit.
Bristol Rovers wore a 140th Anniversary Celebration Kit at Home to Cheltenham Town.
Cheltenham Town wore a charity 3rd Kit against Shrewsbury Town.
Exeter City wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Leyton Orient to celebrate 20 years of their Fan Trust Ownership.
Leyton Orient themselves wore their away kit at home against Barnsley, this was due to Barnsley’s white Away kit being damaged in a Bus Fire in the weeks before their fixture, so it agreed that the home team would change to their Away kit to also avoid any colourblind kit clashes.
Stevenage wore their charity 3rd kit at home against Burton Albion.
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, 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 when they are published…!
The 2023/24 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 27th April 2024, with Stockport County securing the title, with Wrexham as runners up who make it back to back Promotions and the final automatic spot being secured by Mansfield Town. MK Dons, Doncaster Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Crawley Town 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)
106 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
41 Home Kits worn in total
17 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 35% of variations used
37 Away Kits worn in total
13 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 24% of variations worn
25 3rd Kits worn in total
5 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kit – 3% of variations worn
3 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 Two Teams
Crawley Town wore 8 Kit Variations: Home x3, Away x3, 3rd x2
2 Teams wore 7 Kit Variations
Newport County: Home x2, Away x3, 3rd, Special Kit
Salford City: Home x3, Away, 3rd x3
3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
AFC Wimbledon: Home, Away x3, 3rd, Special Kit
Morecambe: Home x4, Away x2
Walsall – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
Crewe Alexandra: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Grimsby Town: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Harrogate Town: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
6 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
9 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
Morecambe: Red / White / Red – Red / White / White – All Red – Red / White / Black
Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
AFC Wimbledon: All White – White / Blue / Blue – White / Blue / White
Crawley Town: Green / Black / Green – Green / White / Green – Green / Black / Black
Newport County: All White – White / Black / White – White / Black / Black
Walsall: All White – White / Red / White – White / Red / Red
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
Salford City: White – Black – Black / White – Black – White / All White
Sutton United in 4 different kits with no variations
7 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
3 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
Most worn Home Kit – 39, Stockport County
Most worn Away Kit – 16, Harrogate Town / Colchester United (11 Default / 5 with White Socks)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, AFC Wimbledon
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… AFC Wimbledon wore their Home Kit in their first game, 3rd Kit in their 3rd game and Away Kit in their 4th game..!
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
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 2023/24 League Two season teams wore 106 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 93 Kits were worn, in fact this number of kits was passed just under half way through the season on 23rd December 2023. League Two was only beaten by the Premier League in the number of Kit Variations used in the English Leagues this season.
The most worn Kit in the League was from Champions Stockport County who wore their wonderful Home Kit in 39 of 46 games, only changing 7 times throughout the whole season..!
Harrogate Town wore change kits in all their away games this season, wearing their Away Kit 16 times and 3rd Kit 7 Times in two different variations…!
Between Match 40 and Match 44, AFC Wimbledon wore 5 different kits in 5 games, this included Home Kit, 2 variations of their Away Kit, 3rd Kit and Special Charity Kit.. these games were over 3 weeks between 23rd March and 13th April.
There were three “Special Kits” used in League Two this season, each of them Charity Kits…
AFC Wimbledon for War Child and their own community charity.
Newport County for Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Sutton United for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
Although not a charity kit Mansfield Town wore Red Socks with their Home Kit for Down’s Syndrome Association awareness week, something they have also done in previous seasons.
Grimsby Town’s home kit, gives us a nice little kit quirk in League Two with several teams having wearing alternative socks due to the red socks worn by the club, last season there were 5 teams that used alternative socks when playing against The Mariners, this season that number was 6 plus Newport County wore white shorts as an alternative against them!
Morecambe with only a Home and Away Kits used 6 different kit variations, with 4 different Home Kit Looks and 2 Away Kits, using 2 Shirts, 3 pairs of shorts and 2 pairs of socks!
There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, 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 when they are published…!
League Two Clubs are the gift that keeps on giving for us Kit Geeks, on Saturday 10th February we saw the 100th Kit Variation used by the 24 clubs in League Two in 362 Games, for comparison in whole of the 2022/23 season there were a total 94 Kits used, this number was surpassed just under half way through the season with Newport County wearing a kit mash up that contained Away Shirt / Home Shorts / 3rd Socks on at Wrexham on 23rd December 2023.
So where have the 100 kits come from?
The way that I define it is a discintive look, so taking all the elements of the kit (Shirt / Shorts / Socks) and then reviewing how that look is made up and the differences in the kit looks, so a club’s default home kit would be one look and then if the home shirt is worn with default shorts but away kit socks, that becomes a new kit variation.
Overview:
24 – Home Kits
15 – Home Kit Variations
24 – Away Kits
11 – Away Kit Variations
20 – 3rd Kits
5 – 3rd Kit Variations
1 – 4th / Special Kit
Looking at the Clubs in more detail, these kits are in order of their appearence this season and the number of times each kit has been used underneath it, this information is correct up to Saturday 10th February.
Accrington Stanley – 4 Kit used, with the Home, Away and 3rd Kits joined by a Home Kit with alternative white socks!
AFC Wimbledon – One of the ten teams to use just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Barrow AFC – Another team with Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Bradford City – Home, Away and 3rd Kits for The Bantams
Colchester United – Three Kit variations for Colchester, however just Home and Away, with an Away variation with alternative white socks!
Crawley Town – The most variations of the 100 Kits is from Crawley Town with 8 Kits, with different elements of each of the three kits being used to create three different Home Kit looks, three Away Kits and two 3rd Kit variations. The final variation used was the 100th Kit of the Season, their Default 3rd Kit (White / Black / White) used at Crewe Alexandra.
Crewe Alexandra – 5 Kits used by Crewe, with Home and Away variations combined with the three default kits.
Doncaster Rovers – 4 Kits used, with Home Kit with away shorts being used as a variation, we are still to see their default Away Kit this season!
Forest Green Rovers – Just Home, Away and 3rd Kits used (in that order as well).
Gillingham – Our 5th Team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Grimsby Town – 5 Kits for Grimsby, with mash ups of socks between Home and Away Kits
Harrogate Town – Another team to use socks to create mash up looks, Home and 3rd Kits in Harrogate’s case
Mansfield Town – Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Milton Keynes Dons – Another team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Morecambe – Although just having Home and Away Kits this season, Morecambe have used alternative white socks and mash ups to create 5 Kit Variations in total
Newport County – One of two teams to use 7 Kit Variations, however the only team in League Two (and EFL / Premier League) to use a 4th Kit this season, also using two different Home Looks, three Away and 3rd Kit!
Notts County – Another team to use just Home and Away Kits, with alternative white shorts and socks being used to create a second Home Kit look
Salford City - The 2nd Team with 7 Kit Variations, again another team using element of the kits to create different looks, Salford’s however have only used Black Shorts / Socks and White Shorts / Socks to create the look with their three different shirts.
Stockport County – The 8th Team Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Sutton United – Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Swindon Town – 4 Kits, with Home combined with 3rd Socks to create an alternative look
Tranmere Rovers – The Final team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits, also Tranmere’s Home kit at this moment is the most used kit in League Two with 23 appearences in their 31 games so far (correct as of 12th February)
Walsall – The only that has used 6 Kit Variations this season so far, Walsall are one of my favourite teams for kit usage, often creating different looks with their kit elements, this season has seen two Home Kits, three Away and just the default 3rd Kit used.
Wrexham – 4 Kits looks, with the alternative variation of Away and Home socks being 4 times so far this season!
As mentioned above the 100th Kit used was Crawley Town’s use of their default 3rd Kit against Crewe Alexandra on Saturday 10th February 2024.
Kit Grid – Up to 12th February, this shows what the fixtures were for this season so far!
One Final look, at when the Kits were worn… this view shows you at which match the new kit look / variation was first used, for example… AFC Wimbledon wore their Home Kit in their first game, 3rd Kit in their 3rd game and Away Kit in their 4th game..!
There we have it 100 Kits of League Two, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
I am always looking for new ways to visualise what I do, as regular followers will know I like to look into the details of the Kits worn across various football competitions, so this is a post to consolidate some of that data and it will be one that will be flexible and be updated as we move through the rest of the 2023/24 Season!
One of those things that I look at are the variations of the kits used, but what does that actually mean…
I break the Kits down into their three main elements – Shirts / Shorts / Socks, then I look at the variations of these elements worn with the shirt which is the consistent part of the kit!
Definitions of Terms used
Default Kit – This is the regisitered Kit of Each Team, so Home, Away and Third Kits (Could Also be termed as Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Kits)
Kit Variation – One of the Shorts and Socks is change with either the Home, Away and Third Kits
Mash Up – The use of elements of different kits being used together, for example Away Shirt worn with Home Shorts and Third Socks (as coined on The Football Kit Podcast)
Alternative Shorts / Socks – A bespoke alternative pair of shorts and socks, created for a specific kit
Some examples…
Default Kits – The way the kits are designed to worn, Stockport County showing their three kits at the start of the 2023/24 Season.
Kit Variation – Manchester United are an excellent example of this, Home Shirt was been worn in six different variations this season in Premier League.
Mash up – Luton Town are my go to choice here, having worn the ultimate Mash Up already this season by wearing their Third Shirt with Away Shorts and Home Socks.
Alternative Shorts / Socks – A good example here is Everton this season, who have worn their Away kit with “Default” Navy shorts and socks and also “Alternative” Salmon / Coral shorts and socks
Kit Variations – 2023/24 – Last update, 2nd February 2024
So here we are this season and here is a snapshot that shows all the kits used in the Premier League and EFL so far this season.
Premier League – 94 Kits in Total
37 Home Kits (20 Default / 17 Variations)
35 Away Kits (20 Default / 15 Variations)
22 Third Kits (13 Default / 9 Varitions)
Manchester United have worn 10 Kit Variations this season
3 Teams in 6 Kit Variations
6 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
6 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
4 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
Championship – 81 Kits in Total
31 Home Kits (24 Default / 7 Variations)
27 Away Kits (24 Default / 3 Variations)
23 Third Kits (All Default)
Queen’s Park Rangers have worn 5 Kit Variations
7 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
16 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
League One – 76 Kits in Total
29 Home Kits (24 Default / 5 Variations)
26 Away Kits (24 Default / 2 Variations)
21 Third Kits (18 Default / 3 Varitions)
7 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
14 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
3 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
League Two – 98 Kit Variations
39 Home Kits (24 Default / 15 Variations)
34 Away Kits (24 Default / 10 Variations)
24 Third Kits (19 Default / 5 Varitions)
1 Fourth Kit
3 Teams in 7 Kit Variations
1 Team in 6 Kit Variations
3 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
5 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
12 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
The only Fourth Kit used so far this season is from Newport County, worn at Home against Stockport Country on 25th November 2023, this was a Charity Kit for their former winger Jason Bowen and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
There we have it, I hope this gives you a little bit insight into how I look at kits and how I record their usage, I will continue to update this as we move through the final months of the season.
I created a graphic this week that showed a breakdown of the Kit Manufacturers of the current 92 English League Clubs from Premier League and EFL for this current season.
So thought I would create something with a little more detail for those Kit Nerds and Geeks out there, a form of reference guide for Kits and Clubs for the 2023/24 Season.
The 2022/23 League Two Season came to a close on Monday 8th May 2023, with Leyton Orient securing the title well before the end of the season on 22nd April, Stevenage were runners up with a remarkable turnaround from their previous season and the final automatic spot being secured by Northampton Twon on the final day of the season. Stockport County, Carlisle United, Bradford City and Salford City 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)
93 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
26 Home Kits worn, includes 2 23/24 kits
9 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 34% of variations used
24 Away Kits worn
8 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
20 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 Two Teams
3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
Crawley Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
Hartlepool United – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
Walsall – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
Barrow AFC – Home x2 (Inc 23/24 Home), Away x2, 3rd
Rochdale – Home x3, Away, 3rd
Salford City – Home, Away, 3rd x3
8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
8 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
2 Teams in just 2 Kit Variations
Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits
Hartlepool United: White/Blue – White – White (with hoop) / White/Blue – White – White / White/Blue – White – Red
Rochdale: Blue/Black – White – Black / Blue/Black – Black – Black / Blue/Black – White – White
Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
Crawley Town: White – Black – White / All White / White – Black – Black
Walsall: All White / White – White – Red / White – Red – White
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
Salford City: White – Black – Black / White – Black – White / All White
Sutton United in 4 different kits with no variations
7 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
2 Teams in just Home and Away Kits
Most worn Home Kit – 39, Mansfield Town, 38 default look and once with away socks
Most worn Away Kit – 16, Stevenage
Most worn 3rd Kit – 10, Swindon Town, 9 default look and once with home shorts
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 Two teams wore 93 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 86 Kits were worn, although there was an increase season on season this was lowest in English Leagues this season. League Two was also the only league which had two teams in just two kits (Home and Away), Colchester United and Stevenage. Stevenage did use a special kit in their FA Cup victory against Aston Villa but this was never used for League games.
Hartlepool United were one of two teams that wore their home kit in 3 different variations, however two of these looks used white socks. They went through a period during the season, from 31st December to 3rd April where their home kit look was with just plain white socks rather than the default home socks with contained red bands and Errea branding within them. Supply Issues, the Kit-Man’s choice, one of the Kit Mysteries of 2022/23 season!
There was just the one “Special” Kit on show this season, and that was Sutton United’s 125th Anniversary Kit which saw The Us turn out in a red kit with white shorts and red socks, their orignal club colours from 125 years ago. This was part of a run that of games that had Sutton in 4 completely different kits in 4 games.
Grimsby Town’s home kit caused some teams in League one some issues with socks this season, Grimsby’s default look uses red socks which meant that 5 teams used alternative socks when playing against The Mariners..
Carlisle United, wore their Away kit with Home socks…
Crawley Town in Home Kit with Away socks…
Crewe Alexander in Home Kit with 3rd shorts and socks…
Doncaster Rovers in their 3rd kit with Away socks…
Walsall in Home kit with Away socks…
Carlisle United only had Home and Away kits this season but used these kits to mix a match two additional looks, as mentioned above using one look to face Grimsby Town and then using Home Shirts, Away shorts and socks against Bradford City
Mansfield Town were one of a number teams across the EFL to use their kit to raise awareness for a charity. The Stags wore the club’s light blue away socks with amber shirts and blue shorts as a display of support to mark Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week, and the Down’s Syndrome Association’s #LotsOfSocks campaign.
On the final day of the season, two teams wore their 2023/24 Home Kits… Barrow AFC wore their new Puma Home Kit and Newport County debuted their kit from VX3 who are replacing Hummel as their manufacturer.
There we have it, League Two’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
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
The 2022/23 Championship Season came to a close on Monday 8th May 2023, with Burnley becoming Champions after accumulating a staggering 101 points and returning to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Sheffield United secured the second automatic spot to return to Premier League after two seasons in the Second Tier. The teams competing in the Play-Offs are Luton Town, Middlesbrough, Coventry City and Sunderland.
I want 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)
99 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 33% of Kit variations used
25 Home Kits worn
8 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 35% of variations used
23 Away Kits worn
12 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 30% of variations worn
22 3rd Kits worn
7 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
2 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 Championship Teams
1 Team wore 8 Kit Variations, most in The Championship
Luton Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x3
1 Team wore 7 Kit Variations
Stoke City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x3
7 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
Birmingham City – Home x2, Away x2, Special Kit
Blackpool – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
Bristol City – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
Hull City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
QPR – Home x2, Away x3
Reading – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
Sheffield United – Home, Away x3, 3rd
4 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
11 Teams in 3 Kit Variations – Just Home, Away, 3rd Kits
Most Variations of Home Kit – 2 Kits
9 Teams in Home Kit and 1 variation of Home Kit
Bristol City in 2 different Home Kits (Hummel and O’Neills)
Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
Luton Town: All White – White / Navy / White – White / White / Navy
QPR: Maroon, Navy Hoops / Navy / Navy – Maroon, Navy Hoops / Maroon / Maroon – Maroon, Navy Hoops / Maroon / Navy
Sheffield United: All White – White / Black / White – White / Black / Black
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
Stoke City: All Black – Black / Red / Red – Black / White / White
13 Teams worn no variation of kits
11 Teams in just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Huddersfield Town in 4 kits, Home, Away, 3rd and Special
Bristol City in 5 different kits – 22/23 Home, Away, 3rd and 23/24 Home, 3rd
Most worn Home Kit – 38, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 15, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Wigan Athletic
Most worn 3rd Kit – 13, Stoke City (including variations)
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 Championship teams wore 99 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 97 Kits were worn. The increase of two can be directly linked to one club…. Bristol City.
After Hummel’s UK Kit Supplier Elite Sports Group when into Administration it meant there were supply issues for the teams they provided kits too in EFL, Bristol City took this opportunity to introduce their 2023/24 Kit Produced by O’Neills and took to the field in their new kits from end of February with 14 games still to play, they also introduced their 3rd kit for next season as well, wearing that 3 times in total, this meant that they wore 5 different kits this season with no variations.
Stoke City promised the world for a Kit Geek like me this season, their initial kit launched promised several looks that the team could take to the field in this season, in the end they “only” used 7 different Kit Variations through-out 2022/23 but the overall idea and execution of their Kit Set should be applauded in my eyes.
Socks are often overlooked in terms of Kit desgin, so I want to call out Hull City’s away socks which are a thing of beauty with their black, amber, red hoops which complement the details on cuffs and collar of their away shirt
Blackpool were the only team not to wear their away kit in it’s default look, initially launch with “Tangerine” shorts, the actual shorts were never used with the white shirts and socks, The Seasiders going for an all white when wearing their away kit on just 3 occasions. However the shorts did see plenty of action by giving Blackpool an alternative all “Tangerine” look which was used 8 times on the road and interestingly not used after Michael Appleton was sacked as Manager in January.
For the second season in a row there was a theme of clubs wearing their 3rd Kits more than their Away kits… with 8 times falling under this bracket.
Blackburn Rovers – 10 times
Blackpool – 8 times (2 variations)
Brisol City – 8 times (Hummel and O’Neills)
Coventry City – 10 times
Huddersfield Town – 9 times
Hull City – 5 times
Middlesbrough – 7 times
Stoke City – 13 times
There were two “Special” Kit used this season in The Championship.
Huddersfield Town’s kit for Yorkshire Air Ambulance which was a yellow and red kit, very Melchester Rovers and worn against Norwich City (one of only two teams to wear yellow as their home kit), the match shirts were auctioned after the game.
Birmingham City, had a special kit for their “Arthur” memorial kit with profits going directly to NSPCC Birmingham and was worn at home against Preston North End, again a team which caused a clash with the special kit.
There was other examples of teams wearing change kits in Home Fixtures, there was a second campaign across the EFL for Shelter, “No Home Kit” inititiave was used to highlight homelessness around the Christmas period this season and teams took part in The Championship this season… with Cardiff City, Coventry City and Wigan Athletic
Watford celebrated their centenary with a black and white kit (used as their 3rd Kit this season), the colours they initially wore 100 years ago.
Sunderland went with red shorts in their game against Hull City, this was for the Foundation by Light charity and the charity’s Small Change Big Difference campaign. The shorts were auctioned at the end of the game.
There we have it, The Championship’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
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