The Heat Press ’25: Kit Round Up, 16th July

The Heat Press returns for issue number 5 of it’s summer series looking at the kits released in English Football over the last few days, with 21 new kits launched since Issue 4

The first two issues can be found here – Issue 1 / Issue 2 / Issue 3

A reminder that I will take a regular look at the Kits launched across the English Leagues and beyond, the discussion points and anything else Kit Related that comes up over these pre-season weeks.

I will only share those kits that have been officially released, as there are plenty of leaks that do the rounds but we will keep those official launches.

You will also find my Kit Overview illustrations for each of the four divisions which will used to document the Kit Usage of all 92 English Clubs.

Premier League – 25 / 60 Kits

New Kits:

Nottingham Forest, Home: Well this is a great looking kit, the pinstripes is a nod to kits of the past for Nottingham Forest but this one may be one of the best, the “Garibaldi Red” pinstripe gives the shirt a little more depth, but overall a cracker in my eyes.

Crystal Palace, Home: Macron have delivered one the nicest Home Kits in their relationship, introducing white into the shirt, with white pinstripes with the shirts and white sleeve “tapping”.

AFC Bournemouth, Home: Another nice offering in terms of Home Kit from Umbro for Bournemouth, you just cannot go wrong, however this is a shirt that is let down by the sponsor but luckily there is an option for sponsor-less version for fans to buy.

Aston Villa, Home: Aston Villa are in their second season with Adidas and their new Home Kit fits the current Adidas template, with some gold trim and details which pays tribute to the Holte End at Villa Park.

Manchester United, Away: Manchester United introduce a new colour to their away kit this season, using lilac and plum, this is a kit that is using the classic “snowflake” pattern from their early 90s Away Kit, however much larger in the design than that kit, paired with plum shorts and lilac socks, there are also alternative lilac shorts which I am sure we will see through out the season.

Championship – 30 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Queen’s Park Rangers, Away: QPR are another team that often look to their past for inspiriation of their change kits, this one looks back 50 years to 1975 / 76 season where they finished 2nd in the old First Division, using pink to give it a modern twist.

Bristol City, 3rd: A funky looking kit is the first offering from Bristol City and O’Neills this season, this all black kit has neon flashes across the shirt (almost northern lights like).

Coventry City, Home: Hummel and Coventry continue their productive relationship, a nice looking kit for this season. It will be all Sky Blue with the rest of the kit in the same shade.

Wrexham, Away: Following a similar template to the home kit, Wrexham’s Away is inspired by colours of the Daffodil, the Welsh National Flower, this will be the first time the club have worn yellow and green since the 90s.

Sheffield United, 3rd: This 3rd Kit is another shirt that is looking to home location for inspiration, this time it is the cultural aspect of the city of Sheffield “Thread Through the Noise, begins at one of Sheffield’s most storied cultural landmarks: The Leadmill. A cornerstone of the city’s music scene since 1980” .

Millwall, Away: A new colour for Millwall’s Away Kit palette, with an all “cream” or dare I day Ecru Kit, paired with navy and mint trim, another nice clean Millwall Kit for this season.

Hull City, Home: Kappa’s only team in English leagues is Hull City and it is a partnership that seems to deliver in terms of design, this season’s Home Kit is another wonderful looking shirt, with the use of “tiger stripes” on the sleeves and a return to amber as the first choice base colour .

Swansea City, Home: The kit launch you did not expect to see, Snoop Dogg and Swansea…. this kit is a “nod” to the Kit worn by 96 / 97 team that reached the Division 3 Play-Off Final under Jan Molby, the kit has a checkered pattern in collar and cuffs, which also appears more subtly within the shirt, shorts and socks.

Sheffield Wednesday, Home: Thicker stripes return for Sheffield Wednesday for this season, and those stripes contain SWFC within them, giving a retro vibe to the shirt. The kit will be matched with blue shorts and socks, the time this colour has been used since 2016 / 17 season.

League One – 43 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Bradford City, Home: Bradford complete their set for their return to League One by launching their Home Kit, the claret shirt which will contain a thin stripe in amber is a change from the recent years but gives a nice balance in it’s look.

Luton Town, Away: Reflo are looking to make a mark and this away shirt certainly takes a chance, the use of white sleeves really breaks the shirt up and gives it a balance that works with the body of the shirt’s design.

Huddersfield Town, 3rd: This green and gold 3rd kit for Huddersfield Town is a nod to the Yorkshire heritage of the club, the colour is being called “Regal botanical garden green” and there is theme in floral tones with “the main body of the shirt subtly patterned with our floret and the unmistakable Yorkshire rose, the design is inspired by the idyllic hillsides and landscapes present across our home within God’s Own county”, one for those Yorkshire folk!

Port Vale, Away: Port Vale complete arguably the finest set of Retro Home and Away kits this season with this classic looking Away Kit as part of their 150th Anniversary celebrations. The Kit is inspired by the 110-goal title winners of 1958 / 59 Season.

Bolton Wanderers, Away: This all navy kit is a nice alternative to the Home Kit, and looks back to the club’s first European campaign 20 years ago.

League Two – 40 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Walsall, 3rd: Another team to complete their Kit set, with an all light blue 3rd Kit, Walsall have be a team that have used their kits well in combining elements for Home, Away and 3rd Kits to provide alternative looks to avoid clashes, the black away shorts and shorts may combine well with this shirt, fingers crossed it’s something we will see this season!

Accrington Stanley, Home: Accrington going for a new look this season with this Home Kit, the shirt has a white chest and sleeves with details in red that then continue throughout the rest of the kit.

This week’s Kit News…..

Congratulations on Chelsea wining the FIFA Club World Cup, this will impact the club’s kits moving forward over the coming seasons as they will be wearing a “Champions Badge” on their shirts until the next competition scheduled at the moment for 4 years time!

Manchester City have announced an extension of their Kit Deal with Puma, it has been announced as a multi-year deal but being reported as a minimum of 10 years worth over £1bn throughout that period, this would make it the most lucrative Kit Deal in British Football History.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Kit Manufacturers Breakdown: 2025 / 26

Following on from my reference article last season, which you can find here. I thought it was time to get update one for the forthcoming season.

Overview of Kit Manufacturers

11 Clubs in total have change their Kit Manufacturer for the start of the 2025 / 26 Season.

Breakdown per Manufacturer (In good old fashioned League Ladders Style)!

Puma – 18 Teams (+1 Team from 24 / 25), 1 new club (Crewe A) and Oldham A being promoted to EFL, 1 left (Barnsley)

Macron – 17 Teams (Same Number of Teams)

Adidas – 12 Teams (+1 Team), 1 New Club (Liverpool)

Errea – 6 Teams (same number) 1 New Club (Mansfield T), 1 left (Middlesbrough)

Castore – 5 Teams (-1 Team) 2 new clubs (Middlesbrough / Huddersfield T), 3 have left (Charlton A, Mansfield T, MK Dons)

Nike – 5 Teams (-1 Team) 1 left (Liverpool)

Umbro – 5 Teams (-5 Teams) 4 teams left (Brentford, Luton T, Huddersfield T, AFC Wimbledon) Carlisle United relegated to National League

Oxen – 4 Teams (+1 Team) 1 New Club (Barnsley)

Hummel – 3 Teams (Same Teams)

Joma – 3 Teams (+1 Team) 1 New Club (Brentford)

New Balance – 2 Teams (Same Teams)

Reebok – 2 Teams, 2 New Clubs (Charlton A, MK Dons)

That Leaves ten teams this season that are the only club that their manufacturer supplies.

Kappa – Hull City (Championship)

Kelme – Watford (Championship)

Lotto – AFC Wimbledon (League One)

Mills – Tranmere Rovers (League Two)

O’Neills – Bristol City (Championship)

Reflo – Luton Town (League One)

Stanno – Barnet (League Two)

SUDU – Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League)

TAG – Burton Albion (League One)

VX3 – Newport County (League Two)

So there we have it, 92 Team, 22 manufacturers, 2 more than last season with four new suppliers in Lotto, Reebok, Reflo and Stanno joining the ranks this season but we have lost The Terrace after Morecambe’s relegation and FBT with Crewe Alexander moving to Puma.

Any surprises there, any thoughts and comments please let me know over at my Socials…

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The Heat Press ’25: Kit Round up, 4th July

The Heat Press returns for issue number 3 of it’s summer series looking at the kits released in English Football over the last few days, with 26 new kits launched since Issue 2.

The first two can be found here – Issue 1 and Issue 2

A reminder that I will take a regular look at the Kits launched across the English Leagues and beyond, the discussion points and anything else Kit Related that comes up over these pre-season weeks.

I will only share those kits that have been officially released, as there are plenty of leaks that do the rounds but we will keep those official launches.

You will also find my Kit Overview illustrations for each of the four divisions which will used to document the Kit Usage of all 92 English Clubs.

Premier League – 20 / 60 Kits

New Kits:

Brighton & Hove Albion, Away: Just a day after releasing their Home Kit, Brighton launched their Away, and it’s an Ajax style design in 2 tone purple, nice to another colour added to the Premier League colour palette. With this they become the first team to complete their “Kit Set” for the season ahead.

Burnley, Home: The second offering from Castore and Burnley move away from light blue sleeves for the first time since 2016 / 17 season, using the club’s traditional light blue in cuff and collar. There is a subtle map detail within the shirt with mapping and the contour lines of the surrounding hills.

West Ham United, Home: This will be last West Ham / Umbro Home Kit as The Hammers will move to New Balance next season after 11 seasons. Not much Sky Blue in this final kit and given some of the home kits produced by Umbro over their partnership this kit is not really going out in style.

Sunderland, Away: Its a blue Away kit for Sunderland on the return to the Premier League, a re-imagining of the Hummel kit worn between 1989 and 1990, it also pays tribute to Sunderland’s maritime identity, the kit features a “bespoke pattern inspired by the view of the Roker Beach lighthouse”.

Leeds United, Home: The new Leeds kit from Adidas is everything you would expect from Leeds United Home Kit, with some nice yellow / blue detailing in the collar and cuffs.

Brentford, Home: This is the first kit in the Joma / Brentford partnership and its a good one, celebrating the club playing in red and white for 100 years this is a nice design, interesting collar which feels like a modern take on a laced up collar. The replica version will carry stripes on the back of the shirt, however the authentic (player) version will have a red block on the back in line with Premier League regulations.

Championship – 16 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Middlesbrough, Home: Another club who have moved to Castore, this first offering is everything you would expect from a Middlesbrough Home Kit, with its classic look that appears to be delivered well.

Southampton, Home: Southampton in their second season with Puma and have been delivered a much better looking shirt than last season, taking homage to one of their classic looks from 70s.

Charlton Athletic, Away: It’s interesting design for Charlton’s Away, the white / blue / grey kit contains a pattern of fish scales, but it is not as random as you may first think… the kit “pays tribute to legendary local fishmonger Arthur Bryan. Charlton’s nickname, The Addicks, originates from the haddock meals Bryan provided to players”

Derby County, Home: Its a return to a classic Puma x Derby look from the 90s, with the use of black / white sleeves, with this wonderful Puma template that has delivered so many good looks so far this season.

Norwich City, Home: This is the 5th season of the Norwich / Joma partnership and this again delivers what you would expect from a Norwich Home Kit, there some detail in collar and cuff which is inspired by a kit look in the 90 from Mitre.

Watford, Home: Kelme have often taken a chance with Watford Home Kits and this one is no different with red stripes included in the shirt, the kit is paired with red shorts and socks as was also seen last season.

Blackburn Rovers, 3rd: This 3rd Kit is based on the local council’s “Coat of Arms”, using a dark green shades to create their iconic halved shirts in another look.

League One – 31 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Wigan Athletic, Home: The Wigan / Puma partnership continues for eighth season, this new home shirt has an interesting “yolk” shoulder panel to break the traditional stripes up, that looks like it is taking inspiration from 2005 / 06 Shirt (the club’s first season in Premier League).

Peterborough United, Away: It’s an olive green away kit for The Posh on the road this season, trimmed with navy with some additional darker green detailing on side panels and sleeves.

Lincoln City, Away: Lincoln’s Away Kit takes influence from the flag of Lincolnshire, featuring blue, green, yellow and red colour scheme that makes up the flag, which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and the fleur-de-lis motif running through the shirt.

Doncaster Rovers, Away: Another Oxen Away kit and similar use of blues as the above kit, this is being marketed as a “Tribute to the City”.

Stockport County, Home: Stockport County will be in a lot more white than is normally seen with their new Home Kit, the shirt goes from their traditional blue into white, with white shorts.

Luton Town, Home: A new manufacturer in English Football, with Reflo taking over supplying Luton Town’s Kits from this season, and is a nice, classic look for The Hatters with navy sleeves being used for the first time since 1995, however that was white a white Home shirt… this shirt is one that pays homage to a popular Adidas Away kit of the early 80s, a solid start in terms of design for Reflo.

Bolton Wanderers, Home: Another solid offering from Macron, some nice details in side panels and within shorts to give the look a fresh feel…

Wycombe Wanderers, Home / Away / 3rd: Wycombe have launched all three kits at the same time and these are first new kits in two seasons for the club who used the same three kits for the last two seasons. A nice take on the classic Home Quartered shirt, a yellow Away shirt and the club alternative colours of green and white are used in the 3rd Kit this time, with a checkered shirt.

League Two – 24 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Grimsby Town, Away: Umbro and Grimsby Town are another one of the partnerships that seems to deliver with all elements of the kits, including training wear. This Away kits is a tribute to 1995 / 96 Away and one of the former cult-hero Ivano Bonetti, who features in the video for the kit, and one that I am sure will be popular with the fans.

Crawley Town, Away: A simple but classic looking white Away Kit for Crawley Town, with some nice detailing on side panels and cuffs. There is also an additional detail within the shirt which contains the names of the local neighbourhoods in the Crawley area.

Newport County, Home: Newport County will be in halved shirts, the design features a map that traces the route between Newport and Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, the town where the club played in 1989. There is something timeless about this kit, it works really well.

This week’s Kit News…..

Crystal Palace and Macron have announced a “Multi-year” extension to the partnership, having first reunited in 2022 there is no details on the length of the contract but it looks like we will see them in Macron kits for the foreseeable future.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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The Heat Press ’25: Kit Round Up, 27th June

It’s back…..!

As we approach the end of June, teams are now starting to kick off their pre-season training and of the course the Club World Cup is still in full swing with the completion of the group stages, I thought it was time to dust off The Heat Press and take a look at some new kits….

To pass these summer weeks I will take a weekly (or maybe more) look at the Kits launched across the English Leagues and beyond, the discussion points and anything else Kit Related that comes up. I will only share those kits that have been officially released, as there are plenty of leaks that do the rounds but we will keep this official.

You will also find my Kit Overview illustrations for each of the four divisions.

Premier League – 11 / 60 Kits

New Kits:

Everton, Home: The first kit to be worn at The Hill Dickinson Stadium, which takes inspiration from the new stadium’s location on the banks of the River Mersey and shows a ‘wave’ that flows throughout the shirt. Blue socks will also return as first choice colour, the first time since 2014 / 15 season, although they were navy blue, this is time royal blue socks will be used in the kit’s default look since 2012 / 13.

Tottenham Hotspur, Away: Tottenham Hotspur have followed up their Home Kit, by launching their Away Kit, this is all black kit with a subtle checked pattern within both the shirt and shorts, the kit is being labeled as “In Darkness we Dare” which is a spin on the club’s motto “To do is to dare”. The first team in Premier League to launch Home and Away kits.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Home: The second season with Sudu as manufacturer and it’s another classic looking Wolves kit, simple but effective, I like that they keep the Home Kits simple and it works well in my eyes, nice collar too and detailing within the shirt.

Championship – 6 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Preston North End, Away: A fairly standard offering from Castore in terms of the Home Kit, some nice details within the shirt which take inspiration from Deepdale. The talking point here is the sponsor, Spud Bros… but from my point of view, they are local company supporting their local team, so fair play to them, much more appealing than a betting company, so a win from this Kit Geek.

Millwall, Home: If you follow me on Social Media you will know that I’m a Millwall fan, so been waiting for this one, last season’s Home Kit was wonderful, one of my favourite Millwall kits of all time, so any kit this season will have some big shoes to fill in my eyes…! And they have delivered, a simple and clean look, something classical about this shirt with it’s central placement of logos, one happy Millwall Fan here.

West Bromwich Albion, Home: Macron 2nd season with WBA, an interesting collar and some additional detailing in the socks, which also contain a single stripe.

League One – 14 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Bradford City, Away: Bradford City launched their new Away Kit at the end of last week, and its light, almost metallic all blue look on the road this season, paired with a Pink 3rd Kit which was released at the end of last season! This kit also carries “UK City of Culture” detail on this shirt.

Northampton Town, 3rd Kit: Its the 3rd Kit first up for Northampton Town and another almost metallic futuristic look in League One, with aqua green, gray kit and detailed with neon yellow… a nice look, that works well for me.

Cardiff City, Home: New Balance remains as Cardiff’s kit manufacturer for a 4th season, and this season will see the club play in pinstripes with white shorts and blue socks!

League Two – 18 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Shrewsbury Town, Home: A nice looking kit, based on one worn by the club between 1983 and 1985. Some nice details within the shirt and the red trim is something that I particularly like and works for me. Oxen delivering some nice designs again.

Cambridge United, Away: Umbro and Cambridge United are a partnership that have consistently delivered and this season looks to continue that trend, with new Home Kit launched last week and the Away proving to be a classic look that will work perfectly as a change kit!

Cambridge United, 3rd: The full kit set is completed for Cambridge, with this black kit which is paired with gold shorts and black socks, a nice balance from Home Kit.

This week’s Kit News…..

Chelsea wore their 2025 / 26 Away Kit for the first time in the Club World Cup Group Game against ES Tunis. The Kit was worn with alternative socks, rather than the Green default socks.

It appears the Brentford x Joma deal is confirmed, with the launch of their training range this week.

Barnsley have confirmed they are moving away from Puma have signed a new Kit deal with Oxen, who now will supply at least three teams in League One this season and four in total in EFL.

Carlisle United who were relegated into National League last season, launched their new home kit and its another look to the past with Umbro, this time taking one of their classic Away kit looks but giving it a home kit spin as they look to bounce back to League Two this season!

You might wonder why the announcements of Liverpool’s new signings has been using last season’s Nike Kits, the new deal with Adidas does not start until 1st August, so all activity including pre-season friendlies in July will be in Nike playing and training kits.

Manchester City used their alternative shorts and socks with their Home Kit in the final World Club Cup Group game against Juventus, the navy shorts and socks give a really interesting look that I think works well with the navy details within the shirt, a look I hope we see in Premier League this season!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Premier League: Top Trumps 2024/25

I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that always seems popular is the “Top Trump” format.

You can find 2023 / 24 Top Trumps look here

So for those of a certain age will know all about Top Trumps, so for this set I have looked at the kits of each of the 20 Premier League Teams, Home, Away and Third kits and stats around these kits, the stats I have picked are the following:

  • League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn
  • Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn
  • Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points Won – Number of points won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit

I have not included games where 25 / 26 kits were worn, for example their final Home game wearing their new kit is not included in the card data.

I have highlighted the “Top Trump” in each section in “Gold and Black”.

The cards by each team….

There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Wolverhampton Wanderers wearing their Home Kit in 34 games, Fulham’s 2.25 points per game in their 3rd Kit, Aston Villa scoring 52 points in their home kit, Nottingham Forest’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?

What would you consider as the overall “Top Trump” card, Liverpool Home Kit or something else?

Are there any other stats that you think I should have used for future Top Trump looks at Football Kits.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Champions League 2024 / 25: Knock Out Phase Kit Overview

On Saturday 31st May, Paris St.Germain lifted the Champions League trophy for the first time.

This ended competition in it’s first season of the revamped format with the expanded league, where each of the teams played 8 games and a total of 144 games at that stage.

Kit Details can be found here.

The Knock out phase also gave us a new round of games, where teams finishing in 9th to 24th place played in two-legged fixture, which gives a total of 45 Knock-Out Games!

Overall Kit Stats:

  • 116 Kits worn in total – 189 games
  • 12 New Kit Looks in Knock-out games
  • 39 Home Kits (31 Default / 8 Variations)
  • 36 Away Kits (28 Default / 8 Variations)
  • 34 3rd Kits (23 Default / 11 Variations)
  • 5 “Cup” Kits (4 Default / 1 Variation)
  • 2 4th Kits
  • 1 Team in 6 Kit Variations
  • 3 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
  • 10 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
  • 11 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
  • 11 Teams in 2 Kit Variations

Team Breakdowns

Below you will find the Kit Log of all 36 Teams, I have these in alphabetical order and shows all matches that each team competed in.

AC Milan to Benfica

Bologna to Inter Milan

Juventus to RB Leipzig

RB Salzburg to BSC Young Boys

Knock-Out Rounds:

Knock Out Round

This new round of fixtures saw both Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund who just wore the single kit in the League phase in new looks, with Madrid in their Away Kit and Dortmund using alternative yellow shorts with their European Cup Kit.

One of the more interesting Kit used for the first time in this round was AC Milan who wore their 3rd Kit with its alternative socks, which were pink to match some of the detailing within the shirt (sponsor / collar inlet).

Last 16

Feyenoord became the team with the most Kit Variations in this season’s competition when they wore their 6th Kit Look, with Home Kit and alternative white shorts and socks.

There were a couple of other new looks in these fixtures, Arsenal in alternative white shorts with their Away Kit, Inter Milan went all yellow with alternative shorts with their 3rd Kit and Benfica used their 3rd Kit for the first time in the competition.

Quarter Finals

Real Madrid wore their 3rd Kit, one of Adidas Trefoil 3rd Kits for the first time in the competition at Arsenal.

Barcelona wore their only their only alternative kit variation in their quarter final game at Borussia Dortmund, wearing “off white” shorts with their Home Kit for one of the more unusual looks seen by club, but one that goes back into their history with their first ever kits taking this look.

Semi Finals

PSG continued to use their 4th Kit in an away games in the competition, this has been the way through out the knock out rounds (they are the only team to make from the initial knock out rounds) and have used in their final two group games, one home and one away.

Barcelona wore their 3rd Kit for the first time this season in the Champions League.

Final

PSG have only worn blue in the competition this season, wearing their Home Kit 11 times and their 4th Kit 6 times in their 17 games in total, with Inter Milan in their 3rd Kit with alternative shorts for the 2nd time.

Kit Variations:

Below you can find all 116 kits used by the 36 teams in this season’s competition.

Thats it, the Champions League has now been completed for this season!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Champions League – League Phase

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Champions League – Match 6

Champions League – Match 7

Champions League – Match 8

Premier League 2024 / 25: End of Season Kit Report

The 2024 / 25 Premier League season ended on Sunday 25th May 2025 with Liverpool having secured their 2nd Premier League back in April with four games still to play and finished 10 points clear of second placed Arsenal. At the foot of the table, for the second season in a the three promoted teams from last season Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton found themselves dropping back down to the Championship.

As the season has ended, I will follow my now traditional in depth look into the kits worn through this season, some stats and information behind these kits and some highlights over the season.

Kit Stats

  • 760 Kits worn (380 Games)
  • Home Kit used 72% of the time (65% Default, 7% Variations)
  • Away Kit used 17% of the time (13% Default, 4% Variations)
  • 3rd Kit used 11% of the time (8% Default, 3% Variations)
  • 113 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
  • Home Kits – 37.2% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 22 Home Kits worn (2 teams wearing 25 / 26 Home Kit this season)
    • 20 Home Kit variations used
  • Away Kits – 33.6% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 20 Away Kits worn
    • 18 Away Kit variations used (1 team wearing 25 / 26 Away Kit Variation this season)
  • 3rd Kits – 29.2% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 18 3rd Kits used
    • 15 3rd Kit variations used
    • 2 Teams did not use default 3rd kit, Brighton & Hove Albion did not use their 3rd Kit, Southampton did not use in default look
  • Goalkeeper Kits:
    • 74 Goalkeeper used
    • 2 Teams (Arsenal and Manchester United) in 7 different Goalkeeper Kits
    • 1 Team (Aston Villa) in 5 Different Goalkeeper Kits
    • 4 Teams (Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Southampton) in 4 different Goalkeeper Kits

Overview of Kits Used

Kit Overview

Kit Log, Match 1 to Match 19

Kit Log, Match 20 to Match 38

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Premier League Teams:

  • One Team in 13 Kit variations
    • Aston Villa: Home Kit x4, Away Kit x5, 3rd Kit x4
  • Two Team in 10 Kit variations
    • Manchester United: Home Kit x4, Away x3, 3rd Kit x3
    • Newcastle United: Home Kit x3, Away x4, 3rd x3
  • Three Teams in 7 Kit variations
    • Everton: Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
    • Nottingham Forest: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x4
    • West Ham United: Home Kit x3, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • One Team in 6 Kit variations
    • Arsenal: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • Five Teams in 5 Kit variations
    • AFC Bournemouth: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Chelsea: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd
    • Fulham: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Leicester City: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Tottenham Hotspur: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
  • Four Teams in 4 Kit variations
  • Four Teams in 3 Kit variations
    • Brighton & Hove Albion did not use a 3rd Kit, but x2 Home & Away
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa
    • Manchester United
  • Most variations of Away Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa (5 if you include 25 / 26 Away Kit used on last game)
    • Newcastle United
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa
    • Nottingham Forest
  • Two Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
    • Crystal Palace
    • Ipswich Town
    • Southampton
  • Most worn Home Kit – 34, Wolverhampton Wanderers (2 Variations)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 15, Southampton
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 10, Nottingham Forest (4 Variations)
  • Arsenal and Manchester United used 7 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 24/25 GK Kit for Arsenal
  • Most worn GK Kit – 30, Everton (Green GK Kit) and Leicester City (Green GK Kit)

Kit Variation by each team

Something that I have created last season which provided to be popular was an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Brentford wore Home Kit and Away Kit in their first two games and then 3rd Kit in game four.

Match 1 to Match 19

Match 20 to Match 38

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 Tables

One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Aston Villa and Manchester United’s four Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.

Home Kits

No real surprises here, with Liverpool heading up the points per game table, although in comparison to last season three teams (including Liverpool) scored a better points per game average than 2.17 of this season. Liverpool also scored the most points with 63!

The three relegated teams all scored under a point per game!

Away Kits

Again, no surprises at the top of this table with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea heading the top 3 with the top 2 the only teams to average more than 2 points per game in their Away Kit.

Brighton & Hove Albion scored the most points this season in their Away Kit, with 19 points, a win on the final day in this kit at Tottenham Hotspur meant they finished with more points than Crystal Palace.

There are some of the traditionally larger teams towards the bottom here, 11 teams in total averaged 1 point of less per game in their Away with Aston Villa and Manchester City both only averaging 1 point per game and further six teams scoring less than a point per game, including Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Southampton, who wore their Away Kit the most amount of times this season (15 games), only managed 1 win, 1 draw to score just 4 points in this kit this season.

3rd Kits

The 3rd Kit points per game table gave us Manchester City at the top with 2.4 points per game. Fulham in 2nd place and overall 5 teams scoring 2 points or more on average in their 3rd Kit.

Nottingham Forest scored the most points in their 3rd kit, with 16 point in it’s 10 uses (also the most worn 3rd Kit).

Chelsea (1 game) and Tottenham Hotspur (2 games) failed to score a point in their 3rd Kit and Brighton & Hove Albion did not use their 3rd (2023 / 24 Away Kit) at all this season.

Summary and Highlights

There was a slight increase in the number of kits worn this season from last year, with 113 Different Kits used compared to the 110 of 2023 / 24 season, however that does include the use of 3 kits from next season (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United) compared the 1 (Liverpool) from this time last year!

There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following.

Lets start with Aston Villa, they used an incredible 13 different Kit Looks this season, this is the most that have been used by a single team in a season since I have been keeping this records. They wore this season’s kits in 12 different looks and then debuted next season’s Away kit in their final game of the season.

The used their Home Kit in four different variations…

Away Kit in four different variations….

and 3rd Kit also in four different variations….

Manchester United used once less Kit Variation than last season but still managed to use 10 different looks this season, this was made up of four Home Kit looks…. and three looks for both Away and 3rd Kits.

Newcastle United’s first season back with Adidas, gave us ten different kit variations in the League this season, including four combinations of their wonderful Away Kit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers used alternative “Old Gold” shorts in nine games in total this season and all of these have taken place since they changed their Manager in December (is this Vítor Pereira’s preference on the road?) and have only worn a change Kit Once in 24 games, their final use of change kit was on 29th December 2024 at Tottenham Hotspur and ended up in their Home Kit in 34 of the 38 games.

The single most worn outfield kit look was Ipswich Town’s Home Kit which was worn 30 times this season.

Nottingham Forest used their 3rd Kit in four different looks this season, they also secured the most points in 3rd Kits, with 16 points won in it’s 10 games worn as the team qualified for European Football for the first time in 30 years.

One of interesting Kit Stories of the season was use of claret socks by Brentford when they played at West Ham United. Initially it was believed that visitors had used a pair of change socks from their hosts but closer inspection shows that these were standard Umbro Teamwear socks, not from West Ham Kit room…!

Southampton wore change kits in 18 of their 19 Away games this season, their only use of Home Kit away from St.Mary’s in the Premier League was their game at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 9th November (Matchweek 11).

Two other kits were also worn 30 times, these were the goalkeeper kits of Everton and Leicester City (both shades of green for the traditionalists out there).

Compared to last season, the Goalkeeper Kit Usage was very different with 72 different Goalkeeper kits used, this is an increase of 18% with 61 Kits used last season.

Both Arsenal and Manchester United wore 7 different Goalkeeper Kits this season.

Arsenal wore three of the standard Adidas Templates, two of their 3rd Kits (Adidas Trefoil), their new 2025 / 26 kit in their final Home game of the season and this wonderful Mash Up of their yellow and black keeper templates.

Manchester United’s 7 Goalkeeper Kits were made up of their three standard templates and they had use of three different 3rd Kit looks (Adidas Trefoil), their 7th look was their use of Green Adidas Trefoil Kit which was first used with the regular green template socks (one for the more eagle eyed Kit spotters out there).

Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City and Southampton all used four different Goalkeeper Kits this season, all using different looks with no mash ups.

There we have it…

Premier League’s End of Season Kit report for 2024 / 25, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over on my Socials.

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You can find other End of Season Reports below and of course the Matchweek Kit Reviews from each of the 38 Matchweeks of this Premier League Season on this site.

Championship: End of Season Report

League One: End of Season Report

League Two: End of Season Report

FA Cup: 2024 / 25

Premier League: Matchweek 38 Kit Review

And there we have it, the Premier League season is completed for 2025 / 26! Here is the Kit review for the final round of fixtures, these matches were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 7 back in early November.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 38 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 113 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 74 (+2 New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were a few new kits on show in these final games…

Aston Villa in their new Away Kit with alternative white socks.

Newcastle United debuted their 2025 / 26 Home Kit.

West Ham United used their Home Kit with alternative sky blue shorts for the first time.

Both Aston Villa and Newcastle United also used their new goalkeeper kits, Villa using the yellow template and Newcastle using purple.

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa have now worn their 13th Kit look of the Premier League season by debuting their 25 / 26 Away Kit at Manchester United.

Arsenal made it four different kit looks in their final four games of the season, wearing their Away Kit in it’d default look, first time used since Matchweek 20.

Leicester City wore their 3rd Kit in its default look for the first time since Matchweek 10.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have made 19 games (Half a season) of wearing their Home Kit in a row and close the season not wearing a change kit in 2025 in the League, having worn All “Old Gold” in 8 of 9 Away games and have not worn a change kit since 29th December (in Matchweek 19).

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Ipswich Town and West Ham United, The Hammers giving us an unexpected Kit look in the final game, and the last viewing of this Ipswich Town kit in the Premier League for nice overall match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kits

There were two Kit Variations used this Matchweek

  • West Ham United – Home with alternative sky blue shorts
  • Aston Villa – 25 / 26 Away with alternative white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 26th May

Kit News

There have been a few official kit launches for next season of these final weeks of the season.

Aston Villa launched their 2025 / 26 Away Kit, Predominantly a black shirt, the design on the raglan shoulders is “inspired by the Bullring, one of the iconic landmarks on the skyline of Birmingham”. This is the first kit launch since Aston Villa have become one of Adidas’s top tier teams.

Newcastle United are another launching their New Home Kit, this one sees blue trim returning to home kit as an accent colour. The design takes inspiration from a “classic northern motif – the shepherd’s check – blending it seamlessly with our historic vertical stripes to create something fresh, and undeniably Newcastle”. 

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 35

Premier League – Matchweek 36

Premier League – Matchweek 37

Kit History: Aston Villa

England Kit History (Reference Page)

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

FA Cup – 2024 / 25

FA Cup – 2024 / 25

On Saturday 17th May 2025, the 143rd FA Cup Final was hosted at Wembley between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Crystal Palace lifted the Cup, their first major trophy win in their History.

A total of 745 teams entered the competition, with 124 teams competing from First Round onward. This was the first time in the competition’s history that there were no replays played from the First Round.

I am taking this opportunity to look back at this season’s competition and the Kits worn by the teams from the First Round.

First Round – 1st November to 4th November 2024

80 Teams kicked off the First Round of the FA Cup this season, 48 teams from League One and League Two and 32 Non-League Teams, with Horsham and Guiseley being the lowest ranked teams in the competition, playing in the 7th Tier of English Football.

Tamworth and Huddersfield Town provided an interesting Kit Match up, with a lot going on with both kits, my favourite match up of this round.

Shrewsbury Town wore a mash up of their Away Kit / Home shorts and socks, a look they did not use in their League One Campaign.

Another nice looking Kit Match up was the game between Woking and Cambridge United, Woking in their traditional white / red halved shirt, matched up against Cambridge’s wonderful 3rd kit!

Second Round – 29th November to 1st December 2024

40 Teams in the Second Round, with only 9 Non League Clubs remaining in the competition.

Wealdstone and Wycombe Wanderers Kit match up was a nice one, with Wycombe in their 3rd Kit, one of Hummel’s “Mexico” Templates.

There was a lot of Blue / Yellow on show when AFC Wimbledon hosted Dagenham & Redbridge. The National League side who won this game, played all games from the First to Third Round in their Away Kit.

I do have a soft spot for Red / Black Kits (I think its a love of AC Milan from the 80s / 90s), so Kettering Town’s Home Kit was great to see in action, and matched up with Doncaster Rover’s Away kit gave us a nice looking Kit Match up!

Third Round – 9th January to 14th January 2025

The FA Cup Third Round, one of the highlights of the English Football Calendar with teams from Premier League and Championship entering the competition, giving us a total of 64 Teams left to compete, there was just two Non-League teams left, with Tamworth and Dagenham & Redbridge.

Aston Villa used the FA Cup to wear their special 150th Anniversary Kit, a wonderful looking kit that was elegant in it’s simplicity, carry an original Club Crest and just player Numbers, a shame it was only used in this one game.

Arsenal used their “No More Red” special Charity Kit, their fourth year of wearing an all white kit to highlight their campaign against youth violence and knife crime.

Another team in a special kit was Accrington Stanley, who wore a one off kit for their trip to Anfield to play Liverpool.

A full Third Round Kit Review can found here

Fourth Round – 7th February to 11th February 2025

The Competition is now taking to take shape, with 32 teams left competing.

Coventry City wore a special “4th Kit” for their game against Ipswich Town, the kit was the same design / template as their Home Kit but in Navy with tonal crest, logo and sponsorship.

Chelsea used their 3rd Kit for the first time in a domestic game this season, it has only been used twice this season both games against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Fifth Round – 28th February to 3rd March 2025

In the Fifth Round, 16 teams left with just 4 of those being outside the Premier League.

Wolverhampton Wanderers wore alternative “Old Gold” Shorts, they used this all “Old Gold” look in their FA Cup Games this season.

One of my favourite kit usages is when a team wears a “Tri-colour” kit, with all elements of the Kit being in different colours, so Manchester City against Plymouth Argyle produced a wonderful Kit Match up with both teams in “Tri-Colour” Kits.

Quarter-Finals – 29th March to 30th March 2025

Just eight teams left in the competition, with just Preston North End being a team from outside the Premier League.

Brighton & Hove Albion had an interesting Kit Choice, when wearing their Home Kit in this season’s competition, they wore alternative blue socks in each of it’s three appearances.

Every team in the Quarter-Finals wore their Home Kit.

Semi-Finals – 26th April to 27th April 2025

There was not a lot to talk about in terms of kit in the Semi-Finals.

Aston Villa wore all white, this is using the white home shorts (the default Away shorts are sky blue), they have used this look in all Competitions (Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and Champions League) this season.

One detail to call out is with Manchester City’s Kit, is their use of a non branded FA Cup Sleeve patch this season.

This has been an ongoing issue between the Club and FA regarding sponsorship, with FA Cup being sponsored by one of Manchester City’s sponsors biggest competitors and over recent seasons they have not worn any sleeve patch (which did carry a fine for the club) but it looks like an alternative has been found with this patch being worn.

Final – 17th May 2025

Crystal Palace wore alternative white socks in the final, a look they have not used as yet this season and one that I am sure will go down in history after their victory against Manchester City, this was their 3rd different Kit Look of their campaign.

And there we have it, the FA Cup 2024 / 25… congratulations to Crystal Palace once again!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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For those that follow EFL Clubs or the leagues in general, I have now published my End of Season reviews for The Championship, League One and League Two (Links can be found below).

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

EFL, League Two 24/25: End of Season Kit Report

The 2024 / 25 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 3rd May 2025, with Doncaster Rovers securing the title on the final day of the season, with Port Vale as runners up and the final automatic spot being secured by Bradford City. Walsall, AFC Wimbledon, Notts County, and Chesterfield will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

I am taking my annual in depth look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 114 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 32.5% of Kit variations used
    • 37 Home Kits worn in total
    • 13 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 30% of variations used
    • 34 Away Kits worn in total
    • 10 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 32.5% of variations worn
    • 37 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 17 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 5% of variations worn
    • 6 Special Kit worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the League Two Teams

  • 2 Teams wore 8 Kit Variations
    • Morecambe: Home x4, Away x3, Special Kit
    • Salford City: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x4
  • 3 Teams wore 7 Kit Variations
    • Colchester United: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x3
    • MK Dons: Home x3, Away, 3rd x3
    • Walsall: Home x3, Away, 3rd x3
  • 6 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
    • AFC Wimbledon: Home, Away, 3rd x4
    • Crewe Alexandra: Home, Away x2, 3rd x3
    • Doncaster Rovers: Home x2, Away, 3rd x2, Special Kit
    • Fleetwood Town: Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
    • Newport County: Home, Away x3, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Swindon Town: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, Special Kit
  • 3 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Bromley: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Chesterfield: Home x2, Away, Special Kit
    • Harrogate Town: Home, Away, 3rd x2
  • 9 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
  • Carlisle United in just 2 Kit Variations, Home and Away
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
    • Morecambe
      • Default Home
      • Home with Red socks
      • Home with White (Away) socks
      • Home in All Red
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Morecambe
      • Default Away
      • Away with Black (Walsall Away) Socks
      • Away with Black socks
    • Newport County
      • Default Away
      • Away with Black (Home) shorts
      • Away with Black (Home) shorts & Black / Amber (Home) socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 4 Kits
    • AFC Wimbledon
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Blue (Home) shorts
      • 3rd with Indigo (Away) shorts & socks
      • 3rd with Blue (Home) shorts & socks
    • Salford City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with White (Home) shorts & socks
      • 3rd with White (Home) socks
      • 3rd with White (Home) shorts
  • Most worn Home Kit – 40, Chesterfield (22 Default / 18 All blue variation)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 19, Cheltenham Town
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, Salford City (2 Default / 10 Variations)

Something that I have created last season which provided to be popular was an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Grimsby Town wore 3rd Kit, Home Kit and then Away Kit in their first three games

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 2024 / 25 League Two season teams wore 114 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 106 Kits were worn, and the most number of Kits worn in EFL this season and still ahead of the Premier League.

The most worn Kit in the League was Swindon Town who wore their Home Kit in 35 of 46 games, and still managed to wear six Kit Variations in total, including a 4th / Charity Kit.

Chesterfield did wear their Home Kit in 40 games, wearing their default look (with white shorts) 22 times all at their Home ground, SMH Group Stadium and wearing alternative blue shorts 18 times when wearing their Home Kit when on the road!

Carlisle United were the only team in the 92 English League Clubs to use just Home and Away Kits this season, wearing their Home Kit 33 times and their Away Kit 13 times, no 3rd Kit and no mash ups or variations of their Home and Away, one for the purists!

AFC Wimbledon wore their 3rd Kit in four different variations this season. They wore it seven times in its default All White Look, and then wore elements from both Home and Away Kits for different looks!

AFC Wimbledon’s Kit set this season did cause some issue when on the road this season, at both Colchester United and Gillingham, clashes with the Home Team meant that both hosts wearing change kits at Home, Gillingham used their 3rd Kit and Colchester United wore Away with Home socks!

Colchester United were another team to make use if the Kit Sets, who wore their White Home socks and Black Away socks with each of their kits, for six of their seven Kit Variations used this season!

Morecambe provided one of my favourite Kit tales of this year on the first day of the season, playing at Walsall (who changed their Kit Look to white shorts / socks) wore their regular white away socks in the first half but changed in Walsall’s black away socks for the second half… for one of their eight different Kit looks this season!

Morecambe also used four different Home Kit Looks this season, wearing their default look 28 times, with white Away socks twice and All Red Twice, using alternative red socks just once.

There were a few “Special Kits” used in League Two this season.

Chesterfield wore one off Remembrance Kits on 9th November.

Cheltenham Town wore a charity shirt for The British Heart Foundation on 25th January 2025.

Doncaster Rovers in a Charity Kit on 12th April 2025.

Morecambe wore a special one off kit on 8th December 2024.

Newport County wore a special “Skindred” themed kit on 11th February 2025.

Swindon Town wore a Charity Kit on 12th April 2025.

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2024 / 25, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over on my Socials.

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!

Premier League – 2024 / 25

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25