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Champions League 25 / 26: Match 1, Kit Review

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The revamped Champions League format is now in it’s second season, and this is also the second season we will review the kits worn in each Matchweek, much like the Premier League Kit Reviews.

And here we go…. just as last season’s competition, the first round of fixtures were played over three days, 16th to 18th September 2025.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits / Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!

Match 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 36

New Kits this Matchweek

As the first week of the Competition, all 36 kits are being used for the first time!

Kit Highlights

Arsenal wore an alternative silver shorts and socks for their game at Athletic Bilbao, not a unique look for the club as it was reminiscent to one worn by the Gunners in 2002 when they visited AS Roma, thanks to our friend Denis at Museum of Jerserys for calling this out.

Juventus wore their new 3rd Kit in their home game against Borussia Dortmund, this also meant the Dortmund (wearing their Cup Kit, which has become the norm for European Games) wore alternative yellow shorts, a look they did not use until the knock phase of the competition last season.

Tottenham Hotspur kicked off their campaign in their traditional European “All White” look, which we are expecting to see in all home games this season in the competition.

Bayern Munich wore their Home Kit in the Champions League for the first since Semi Final of 23 / 24 season, having worn 3rd Kit in majority of their games last season. Given that the home kit of 2023 / 24 season was the white shirt with red sleeves, this is the first time they have been in all red since the 22 / 23 competition, 883 days in total.

Eintracht Frankfurt are one of the teams wearing a “Cup Kit” during this season’s competition with an all black kit acting as their first choice look.

Napoli will not be wearing their wonderful 3rd kit in the Champions League this season (the love for this kit was discussed in the latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast), instead they have a European Away and 3rd Kits, with the all navy 3rd kit being worn at Manchester City.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, the new Liverpool Adidas Home Kit is really delivering in its look (especially in long sleeve), and one of the best examples of the T90 3rd Kits from Nike on show together, it was always going to be this game!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 19 Home Kits
  • 4 Away Kits
  • 6 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kit

Kit Variations seen this week

  • Union Saint-Gilloise – Home, alternative yellow shorts
  • Arsenal – Away, alternative silver shorts & socks
  • Borussia Dortmund – Cup, alternative yellow shorts
  • Sporting CP – Home, with white shorts

Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 30th September and 1st October 2025.

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Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Premier League: Matchweek 4, Kit Review

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The Premier League is back after the first International Break of the season and the closure of the transfer window! Matchweek 4 has been completed and we are taking a more detailed look into the Kits used this past weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

All 60 Kits have now been released… with Liverpool officially launching their 3rd Kit.

Matchweek 4 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 48 (+5 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 39 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 5 new Kit looks on show this Matchweek.

Nottingham Forest in their Away Kit, with alternative navy blue shorts.

Aston Villa in an alternative Home Kit look, with claret shorts and socks.

Leeds United in their 3rd Kit for first time in League this season.

Tottenham Hotspur in alternative navy socks with their Home Kit.

Liverpool in their 3rd Kit for the first time, wearing alternative green shorts on this occasion.

There were also four new Goalkeeper Kit looks used this weekend:

  • Burnley – Orange
  • Leeds United – Blue Template
  • Liverpool – Black Adidas Trefoil Template
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers – Pink

Kit Highlights

There are eight teams that have worn three different kit looks in their opening four games, of these Brentford, Leeds United, Newcastle United and West Ham United and the only teams to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits.

This was the first time that Liverpool have worn the Adidas Trefoil logo in the Premier League, last wearing in the English Top Flight in the 1990 / 91 Season.

Nottingham Forest were the only team wear an Away Kit this weekend and are the first team to wear two variations of a change kit with their use of navy blue shorts against Arsenal.

Thanks to our friend (and guest of The Football Kit Podcast) Jim Hearson for pointing out that in Ange Postecoglou’s first game in charge of Forest, they actually look like Tottenham Hotspur!

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur, with the amount of Navy in the Spurs shirt, the alternative socks give a nice balance to the Kit, overall giving a nice kit match!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away and 3 Third Kits in action.

There was five Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Nottingham Forest – Away, alternative navy shorts
  • Aston Villa – Home, all claret
  • Tottenham Hotspur – Home, alternative navy socks
  • Liverpool – 3rd, with alternative green shorts
  • Manchester United – Home, with alternative black shorts, 2nd time used this season

Kit Grid – Up to 14th September

Kit News

Sunderland have launched a range of retro shirts and tracksuits based on their Patrick kits and equipment worn between 1986 and 1988, carrying the Patrick logo and Tuborg sponsor of that time.

The final kit to be released in the Premier League this season was the Liverpool 3rd, no surprises in what this looks like as images have been doing the rounds for several months, so it is nice to official pictures and confirmation of Black Trefoil Goalkeeper Template.

A reminder you can find details of the 9 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs) – here

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Premier League: Matchweek 3, Kit Review

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August for the Premier League is now completed with conclusion of Matchweek 3 and we now turn the close of the transfer window and the first International Break of the season!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

We have 59 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just Liverpool to officially release their 3rd Kit.

Matchweek 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 43 (+6 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 35 (+5 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 6 New Kits used in the third round of fixtures

  • Fulham – Home, with alternative black socks
  • Burnley – Away
  • Brentford – Away
  • Newcastle United – 3rd
  • Manchester City – Away
  • West Ham United – Away

There were 5 New Goalkeeper Kits used as well:

  • Tottenham Hotspur – Blue Nike Template
  • Newcastle United – Yellow Adidas Trefoil Template
  • Manchester City – Yellow Puma Template
  • Nottingham Forest – Blue Adidas Template
  • Arsenal – Black Adidas Trefoil Template

Kit Highlights

There have been four teams that have worn three different kit looks in their opening three games, with Brentford, Newcastle United and West Ham United in Home, Away and 3rd Kits worn in these games.

Fulham are the other team to wear three different kits, with their Home Kit being all white this season it gave us for an unusual kit look with alternative black socks this weekend.

Three teams have also worn three Goalkeeper looks so far this season, with Arsenal, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, with Arsenal using a their second different colour “Trefoil” Kit this season, with the black version on show at Liverpool.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Sunderland and Brentford, Brentford using their Brown Away Kit for the first time, and paired against the Sunderland Home, it gave us an interesting match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 4 Away and 3 Third Kits in action.

There was just the one Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Fulham – Home, with alternative black socks

Kit Grid – Up to 1st September

Kit News

Tottenham Hotspur release their 3rd for the season, a kit launch that was fairly quiet with no fanfare or videos, etc… they are another Nike team that will have “Total 90” look.

This kit using an all yellow look… one interesting use of this kit within the Total 90 template is the navy band for the players name, contrasting against the yellow shirt, this also means the kit will be that rare Premier League shirt that will carry different colour player name and numbers.

Everton are another team to release their 3rd Kit this week, with inspiration taken from their new stadium again and its location, “ripples of the River Mersey” are the basis of the coloured hoops within this black kit and also see’s the “Prince Rupert Tower” logo being used as the crest in the kit.

Nottingham Forest launch the penultimate kit of the Premier League season, this all navy kit with a vibrant (solar) red detailing, there is a subtle black pattern within the body of the shirt.

A reminder you can find details of the 9 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs) – here

Any thoughts and comments please let me know over at my Socials… and the Premier League Kit reviews will be back after the International Break.

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Premier League: Matchweek 2, Kit Review

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Matchweek 2 is now completed, with all teams now playing at Home this season.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

We have 56 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 4 Teams left to officially release their 3rd Kits.

Matchweek 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 37 (+17 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 30 (+10 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 17 new kits used in the second round of fixtures:

  • West Ham United – Home
  • Chelsea – 3rd
  • Tottenham Hotspur – Away
  • Bournemouth – Home
  • Wolves – 3rd
  • Brentford – Home
  • Aston Villa – Away, with alternative white shorts / socks
  • Sunderland – 3rd
  • Arsenal – Home
  • Leeds United – Away
  • Crystal Palace – Home
  • Nottingham Forest – Away
  • Everton – Home
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Away
  • Fulham – Home
  • Manchester United – Home, with alternative black shorts
  • Newcastle United – Home

Kit Highlights

There were just three teams that have worn the same kit in the opening two games, Manchester City, Burnley and Liverpool all played in their home kits in both games, with Liverpool the only team to wear their default home look in an Away game this weekend.

Aston Villa followed up last season’s incredible 13 different kits used with a second kit in two games this season, this one was an alternative look of their Away with bespoke white shorts and socks.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Bournemouth and Wolves, the Bournemouth Home kit is one of my favourite in Premier League this season, matched up an interesting 3rd Kit from Wolves delivered us a nice looking Kit Match up!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 5 Away and 3 Third Kits in action.

There was just the two Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Aston Villa – Away with alternative white shorts / socks
  • Manchester United – Home with alternative black shorts

Kit Grid – Up to 26th August

Kit News

Crystal Palace have now released their Away Kit, called “Eagle White” – there was rumours of the kit being delayed as it resembled an Olympique Lyonnais but we will leave that up to you to decide.

Chelsea have released their 3rd Kit for the season, one of the Nike Total 90 remakes, this is based on the colours worn by Chelsea in those years, however this was an Umbro Kit at the time. This kit also carries the same crest worn with this kit (I am reluctant to say retro given it was only 20 years ago)!

Aston Villa are another team to launch their 3rd Kit, as they are now are of the Adidas Elite teams it means they get the “Trefoil” treatment with their kit. This is shirt is draws direct inspiration from the signature stained glass windows with Villa Park.

A reminder you can find details of the 9 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs) – here

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The Heat Press ’25: Kit Round Up, 23rd July

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The Heat Press returns for issue number 6 of it’s summer series looking at the kits released in English Football over the last few days, with 23 new kits launched since Issue 5

The first two issues can be found here – Issue 1 / Issue 2 / Issue 3 / Issue 4

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.

You can also find the breakdown of the Kit Manufacturers this coming season here

Premier League – 30 / 60 Kits

New Kits:

Leeds United, Away: Leeds United’s return to the Premier League will be in a classic looking kit on the road this season, this all blue kit is a nod to the 2001 / 03 3rd Kit and one that I am sure will be popular with fans.

West Ham United, Away: Ecru is back for West Ham, with another Away Kit taking a nod from the past, this one is based on 1996 / 97 Away Kit and has claret trim to maintain that West Ham look!

Everton, Away: Its a return to cream for this Everton Away Kit, and nice clean design by Castore with a kit that is paying tribute to the dockland area of their new stadium. An interesting collar design here as well, very 70s in it’s look.

Manchester City, Away: Its all black for Manchester City’s away, one this is a “nod” to the original kit of the team that became Man City. The detailing is metallic but overly this is a very understated kit, simple and clean.

Arsenal, Away: The lightning design is back for Arsenal with this Navy Away kit, with red Adidas stripes. There is also a touch of the classic “Ipswich” template about this too. The lightning is taken from The Royal Arsenal Gatehouse.

Championship – 39 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Southampton, Away: Another 90s inspired kit, this time it’s Southampton’s Away and this is a good one, Puma have now given the club two wonderful kits for this season, a marked upgrade from the unremarkable kits of last season!

Watford, Away: Watford’s Away Kit is all about sustainability, the kit itself is green checked with black shorts and green socks, made from recycled polyester with a donation to ‘Your Tree, Our Future’ with every purchase and a new tree planted for every three shirts sold.

Portsmouth, Home: As you would expect from a Portsmouth Home Kit, there is a pattern in the shirt that is signifying the waves of the coastal history of the city.

Blackburn Rovers, Away: It’s all gold kit on the road for Blackburn Rovers this season, the shirt contains images of landmarks from Blackburn including Ewood Park and is part of the 150th Celebrations of the club.

Bristol City, Home: A good example of less is more with Bristol City’s Home Kit, a simple design, nice collar, white side panels give some balance to the overall kit, another win from O’Neills.

Leicester City, 3rd: Leicester City kicked off their pre-season games in their new 3rd Kit, this pink and black kit is a nice looking alternative kit, I am a big fan of the black / white stripe here!

Middlesbrough, Away: This feels a classic looking Middlesbrough Away Kit from Castore, the black and blue stripes are a nod the club’s Away kit used 30 years ago, their first season at The Riverside Stadium.

Sheffield United, Home: A simple striped design for Sheffield United’s Home Kit, there is an interesting design in the cuffs, which incorporate the “Blades” of the club crest.

Birmingham City, Away: As part of the club’s 150th Anniversary they have looked to their first kit for basis of the Away kit with the sash being part of this shirt, which transitions from black to blue.

League One – 47 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Burton Albion, 3rd: The vast majority of kits are inspired by the past and past looks, however Burton have called out this Kit as one looking forward to a “New Era” as part of their 75th Anniversary Celebrations, this “off white” (we won’t call it Ecru) kit with gold trim is nice clean look for the club!

Stockport County, Away: A cracker of Away Kit for Stockport County, the thicker stripes matched with light blue details in collar and cuffs work well.

Northampton Town, Home: As you would expect from Northampton Town with their Home Kit, there is a nice subtle stripe within the shirt, with white side panels, so more going on that you would first think.

Reading, Away: Reading have used kits inspired by local landmarks before, this Away Kit is one that pays homage to Reading Town Hall in it’s and it’s colour.

League Two – 45 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Crewe Alexandra, Away: Puma are now supplying Crewe and it’s a navy kit with swirl design in the shirt for the firsts change kit of the partnership.

Crawley Town, Home: Something very Italian looking about Crawley’s Home shirt this season, yes its made by Errea but the collar, the tapping the whole shirt gives me 90s Italian Football vibes!

Newport County, Away: This Away is another shirt looking at history for inspiriation but this time not within the club, this kit pays tribute to Athletic Club Bilbao, and the unique relationship between the clubs that saw Basque children sent to the area in 1937 during the Spanish Civil war and the formation of a local club, Basque Boys FC. The shirt will also be promoted by the Basque Giants this season.

Salford City, Home: The new Salford City Home Kit has a very subtle hoop pattern within it, this is inspired by the terraced streets of the city, the shirt also contains some gold detailing with side panels and Adidas Stripes.

MK Dons, 3rd: MK Dons complete their first kit set with Reebok with this Pink 3rd Kit, a new colour introduced into the club’s history and one designed to stand out.

This week’s Kit News…..

There was no additional Kit News since last Issue.

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Premier League 2024 / 25: One Kit Wonders

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The 2024 / 25 Premier League season ended with total of 113 different kits used by the 20 teams, you can find details of all of those kits in my in depth End of Season Kit Review, however of those 113 kits there was 33 kit looks that only got one appearance, these are our “One Kit Wonders”!

Thirteen teams used a kit look just once and for those regular readers and followers, there is no guessing which team provided the most of these….. lets take a closer look at these kits!

Arsenal – 2 Kits

Kicking off with Arsenal, the two kits they used just the once were in games 36 and 37 of the season, wearing alternative white shorts / socks with their Away kit and then in their final home game of the season they wore they 25 / 26 Home Kit.

Aston Villa – 10 Kits

Aston Villa who wore 13 Kits in total make up over 30% of the “One Kit Wonders” this season, with 10 Kits they wore just the single time! They had two Home Kit looks worn once, three Away Kit looks including a look they wore on the opening day of the season (sky blue shorts / socks) and the default Away look (with sky blue shorts), each of the four combinations of 3rd Kit usage was used just once and finally they wore their 25 / 26 Away Kit (with alternative white socks) in their final game of the season.

AFC Bournemouth – 2 Kits

Bournemouth were another team that used two different kits twice both kits were worn on visits to the Manchester clubs, with alternative purple shorts worn with their Away Kit against United and in Bournemouth’s final Away game of the season they used alternative red socks with their Home Kit playing City.

Brentford – 1 Kit

One of my Kit oddities of the season was the the appearance of Claret Socks with Brentford’s Away Kit 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…!

Chelsea – 1 Kit

Chelsea are the only team in this list that wore a default kit look just once, their 3rd kit was only used once in Premier League at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Everton – 2 Kits

Everton wore three different variations of their Away Kit, two of these were seen just once, with yellow socks at Manchester City and yellow shorts at Chelsea!

Leicester City – 2 Kits

Leicester City used variations of Home Kit (with 3rd socks) and 3rd Kit with Navy socks, and as Everton were used at Manchester City and Chelsea.

Liverpool – 1 Kit

Liverpool just used the one alternative variation this season and this was the use of white socks with their Away kit at Brentford, these were bespoke alternative socks for this kit.

Manchester United – 5 Kits

Manchester United used ten different looks this season, five of these looks were used just once… with one Home Kit look, two Away and two 3rd Kits, all looks used bespoke alternatives to each of the kits, no mash ups.

Newcastle United – 3 Kits

With Newcastle United being another team using ten kit variations through the season they were always going to have a couple of kit looks used just the once, however it was only their Away Kit looks (white shorts / socks and navy short / white socks) that make up their 24 / 25 kit set that were used just the once, the third single use kit was their 25 / 26 Home Kit which they debuted in the final game of the season.

This also means that the Toon Army also wore the most kit variations multiple times, with 7 different kit looks being worn more than once.

Nottingham Forest – 2 Kits

Nottingham Forest wore their 3rd Kit in four different kit combos with white and sky blue shorts and socks, two of these looks were used once, blue shorts and white socks at Aston Villa and white shorts / socks at Crystal Palace.

Tottenham Hotspur – 1 Kit

Tottenham Hotspur used alternative navy socks with both Home and Away Kit, the Away kit look was used just the once at Southampton, this was also one of two victories in their Away Kit in eight games in total it was used.

West Ham United – 1 Kit

On the final day of the season West Ham United used their Home Kit with alternative sky blue shorts, this was their 3rd different Home Kit look of the season but the only time these shorts were used.

There we have all the 33 Kits worn just once in the Premier League this season.

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Champions League 2024 / 25: Knock Out Phase Kit Overview

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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!

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Champions League – Match 7

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Premier League: 2024 / 25, My Favourite Kit Observation by Team

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If you are reading this then I am sure you have already seen my End of Season Kit Report for 2024 / 25 Premier League and taken the all the details here around Kit Usage this season and many of you will know about the Kit Stats that I share on my Socials through out the season.

I wanted to build on that and spend a little time with each of the 20 Teams and call out my favourite Kit Stat, Kit Tale, Story or general call out all the teams, although there are some teams with plenty to discuss regarding their kits, this will be my favourite observation per team.

Arsenal

7 Goalkeeper kits were worn by Arsenal, including the only “Mash Up” Goalkeeper Kit of the season, using the Yellow and Black versions of the Adidas Template to produce this wonderful look!

Aston Villa

The most kit variations used by a single team with 13 Kits in total but only 3 of these were worn more than once… Home Kit (Default Look) 23 times, Away with Home Shorts (All White) 3 times and Home with alternative claret shorts / socks was worn twice.

AFC Bournemouth

Alternative red socks worn at Manchester City in their final Away game of the season, this was the Club’s only variation look of their Home Kit this season.

Brentford

Brentford wore just one alternative variation from their three Kits this season and that was the appearance of Claret Socks 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…!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion scored the most points in a change kit in the Premier League this season, having scored 19 points in their Away Kit (worn in 14 games).

Chelsea

Chelsea only used their 3rd Kit once in the Premier League this season, worn at Brighton & Hove Albion. In fact this Kit was only worn twice domestically this season, both games against Brighton and within the same week (8th February, FA Cup and 14th February, Premier League).

Crystal Palace

Only variation of kit used by the club this season was in FA Cup Final, with their Home Kit paired with alternative white socks.

Everton

Everton wore their Away Kit in just four game this season but they did that using three different looks, with alternative yellow short and socks used.

Fulham

Fulham were another team that used a change kit just four time, this being their 3rd Kit, which they used twice with alternative white socks (although they do not appear to be Home socks as not carrying the FFC above the Adidas logo).

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town’s Home was the single most worn outfield kit look this season, being worn 30 times in total.

Leicester City

Leicester City used alternative navy socks with 3rd Kit at Chelsea, a look that worked really well and my favourite for The Foxes this season.

Liverpool

Liverpool used the Nike Goalkeeper template in four different colours, the only Nike supplied team to do so (five if you included the green kit which they also wore with and without the inverted Nike Swoosh logo)!

Manchester City

Another team to wear four Goalkeeper kits was Manchester City, their fourth kit was one that partially created via AI with design input from Ederson, Stefan Ortega, and Rico Lewis, this was part of the promotional advertising for a competition for fans to design their 3rd Kit for 2026 / 27 season!

Manchester United

Manchester United were one of three teams to hit double figures for their Kit Variations this season, each of their three kits used light coloured short variations (White – Home, Light Grey – Away, Off White – 3rd).

Newcastle United

Newcastle United were one of the teams with double digit Kit Variations, wearing 10 Kit looks in total including all possible combinations of their Away Kit with its default and alternative shorts / socks.

Nottingham Forest

Most points scored in 3rd Kit, 16 Points in the 10 games (and 4 Variations) worn.

Southampton

Wore change kits in 18 of the 19 Away games, wearing their Away Kit in 15 Games and 3rd Kit in 3 Games, their 3rd Kit was worn with alternative white shorts in all games rather than the default pink shorts.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur had two kit variations used this season, one with Home and one with Away but both used the same pair of alternative Navy Socks.

West Ham United

West Ham wore their Home socks with each of their 3 kits, as default with their Home Kit 22 times, twice with their Away Kit and 4 times with their 3rd Kit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves spent the final half of the season in their Home Kit, wearing it in the final 19 games. The last time they wore a change kit was 29th December and in total wore a change it just once in 24 games in six months, wearing alternative Old Gold Shorts on the road in the second half of the season in all but 1 game!

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Premier League 2024 / 25: End of Season Kit Report

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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

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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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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).

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