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Premier League, Kit Log – Match Day 2

Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

We are now two games into the 2018/19 Premier League Season and based on what happened in the World Cup with the number of Countries using there both Home and Away in the opening games (World Cup Kit Log, Group Stage Round 2), I thought it would be a good time to look at the kits worn this season so far.

The Kit Log….

Surprisingly (well maybe just for me) we have seen 30 home kits worn out of a possible 40 kits from the first 20 games and of these 30 kits, 29 have been the full home kit with no variation, the only team to wear a variation of their home kit… Arsenal wore red socks when playing Chelsea on 18th August.

Kit Breakdown after Match Day 2:

Home – 75% (29 Full kits, 1 Variation – Arsenal)

Away – 12.5% (4 Full kits, 1 Variation – Burnley)

3rd – 12.5% (5 Full kits)

As we approach Match Day 3, there are 10 teams that have worn two different kits so far, will any of these make it 3 kits in 3 games…. West Ham United are likely to based on their fixture away at Arsenal and having not used their blue away kit yet.

Overall my initial feelings of the kits on show have been great, I always prefer to see a kit in action before passing any judgement but 2018/19 feels like a good season…. and my favourite kit so far…. Manchester City Away, worn against Arsenal on 12th August.

Any thoughts about what we have seen so far this season, let me know?

Premier League Kit Log – Kit Variations

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Premier League1 Comment

When compiling my Kit Log of the 2017/18 Premier League season (check it out here – Premier League Kit Log ) one thing that became clear to me was the amount of variations in the kits that were used, so I started keeping track of the different variations of kits being used by each team.

As mentioned in my previous post, there were 95 variations of kits used in 17/18 Season, this does include those teams that launched their 2018/19 kits (Everton, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea).

The Teams – Kits are in chronological order of when they first worn

Arsenal to Chelsea

Crystal Palace to Manchester City

Manchester United to Stoke City

Swansea to West Ham United

Looking at this, four teams did not use any variation of their three choices of kit (Two for Watford), these were Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Swansea and of these only Leicester City and Swansea wore the three kits, as Liverpool and Manchester City both wore 2018/19 Home kits in their final home games.

The teams with the most variation are Manchester United and West Ham United, each turning out in SEVEN variations of kits (Both having 3 Home, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit variations). Everton also used seven variations of kits but this does include the 2018/19 Home kit

Brighton and Hove Albion initially launched their yellow away kit with black socks and for its first two appearances wore this combination but the kit was used a further 14 times with yellow socks, giving us the largest volume of kit variation used. Brighton also used alternative kits the most times, 17 of the 19 away games, although their 3rd kit was only used once against Chelsea. The two away games that they did not change, Watford in August and Liverpool on the final day of the season, 260 days between these two games.

Tottenham Hotspur registered a 3rd Kit (Purple camouflage) however this did not make an appearance in the League, so was the only shirt of the 59 registered with the Premier League that was not used, Burnley wore their 3rd shirt with their home shorts and socks in Arsene Wenger’s final game at The Emirates Stadium, so this full 3rd kit was not worn (it was the away kit from 2016/17 season).

Watford often got criticised for the amount of time they wore their away kit (9 times), when you look at other clubs is not much different in terms of usage however the question of whether they should of worn it in some of the games is up for debate but we live in times where clubs need to make their money, so I do not begrudge them of this, however if this was a more pleasing kit to eye then it might of helped.

Anything jump out to you in the way teams used their kits, let me know?

Premier League Kit Log – END OF SEASON UPDATE

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Premier League2 Comments

We’ve made it, we are there…. 380 games completed, 20 teams with 59 kits between them and 95 variations of those kits worn a total of 760 times (but more about that later)….

On Sunday 13th May saw the 2018/19 season come to a close, with Manchester City breaking all kinds of records on the pitch but what we are interested in looking at here is who wore what when, so Ladies and Gents, I give the Premier League 2018/19 completed Kit Log…. enjoy!

To make it easier to view, I have broken it down into four sections, 10 teams in alphabetical order in each section and looking at Matches 1-19 and Matches 20-38.

Arsenal to Liverpool, Matches 1 to 19

Arsenal to Liverpool, Matches 20 to 38

Manchester City to West Ham United, Matches 1 to 19

Manchester City to West Ham United, Matches 20 to 38

Looking at some of the kit stats:

Home Kits – 552 used, 73% (65% full home kit, 8% home kit variations)

Away Kits – 134 used, 17% (14% full away kit, 3% away kit variations)

3rd Kits – 74 used,10% (8% full 3rd kits, 2% 3rd kit variations)

I will be following this post up in the next days looking at the variations of kits used in more detail.

Oh and my favourite kit of season, the variation used by Southampton at Newcastle United, red shorts, red socks worn but also changed the back of the shirt to make it solid red as well to avoid a clash, a real one for us Kit Geeks out there…..

Premier League Kit Log – 30 Game Update

Mar 13, 2018Mar 13, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

Monday 12th March, has now seen each club in the Premier League hit the 30 game barrier for the 2017/18 season and here is the an update on the kits worn so far this season….