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Premier League: Matchweek 18 Kit Review

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The Premier League Boxing Day Fixtures are one of the highlights of the season, with all teams playing over two days after Christmas, lets take a deeper look into the kits worn in these games.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 18 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 83 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Everton wore alternative yellow socks with their Away Kit

West Ham United wore their Away in it’s default all black look for the first time.

Two new Goalkeeper Kits seen this weekend:

  • Aston Villa – Yellow Adidas Template
  • Manchester United – Black Adidas Trefoil Template

Kit Highlights

Manchester United have now worn 6 different Goalkeeper Kit looks this season, this includes 3 different Adidas Trefoil looks with their 3rd Kit.

Aston Villa were another team to wear a new goalkeeper kit, they used the yellow version of the current Adidas Template, their 4th different version and they have also each of these kits in the last 4 games!

West Ham United and Everton now have worn 6 Kit variations each, both joint 2nd Highest in Premier League so far this season!

Only four teams have worn the same kit in their last 2 games, Aston Villa Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in previous 2 outings!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Everton, contrasting socks is always a winner in my eyes, so both teams in this look makes this Kit Geek very happy!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures, one Home, one Away and one 3rd!

  • Everton – Away with alternative yellow socks
  • Fulham – Home Kit with alternative black socks, 2nd time used
  • Manchester United – 3rd Kit with alternative off white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Thank you for all your support this year, and wishing you and your families a wonderful Christmas!

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Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Premier League – Matchweek 17

Champions League – Match 6

England Kit History – 1990 to 1999

England Kit History – 2000 to 2009

England Kit History – 2010 to 2019

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Champions League: Match 6, Kit Review

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The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 6 of the League Phase and the final round of fixtures in 2024, before we move into new territory with the final two rounds in January.

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

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, (111 including Cup and 4th Kits).

Match 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 91 (+3 from Match 5)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 3 new Kits on show this week

Aston Villa used their 3rd Kit in it’s default look for the first time this season, having previously worn with alternative white shorts.

AS Monaco wore their Away kit for against Arsenal.

Sparta Prague wore another mash up, this time with 3rd shirt and away shorts and socks.

Kit Highlights

Bayern Munich used their 3rd kit for a 5th time out of the 6 games, still yet to wear their Home Kit!

Sparta Prague have now worn their 3rd Kit in three different variations, all black, with away socks and now with away shorts and socks.

AC Milan v Red Star Belgrade gave us both team in their 3rd Kits!

Seven Teams in total have worn four different kit looks in their six games, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord, Manchester City, Slovan Bratislava and Sparta Prague.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Benfica and Bolonga, a classic Benfica look and a wonderful Bolonga 3rd Kit was a great look on the pitch and the stand one of this week!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

  • 20 Home Kits
  • 6 Away Kits
  • 6 3rd Kits
  • 4 “Cup” Kits

There were 2 Kit Variations used this week

  • Juventus – Home Kit with alternative white shorts and socks
  • Sparta Prague – 3rd with Away shorts and socks

There are still 6 Clubs in total that have worn the same kit in their opening six fixtures of the competition (Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, RB Salzburg).

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.

Other posts that you will find interesting….

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Premier League – Matchweek 15

England Kit History: 1990 – 1999

England Kit History

Premier League: Matchweek 13 Kit Review

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The Premier League Matchweek 13 is completed, a third of the way through the season and the return of Friday Night Football for just the 3rd time this season, let’s take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 13 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 69 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Southampton wore their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having worn it in the Carabao Cup in the same look with alternative white shorts.

Aston Villa wore their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks for another away kit look for them this season!

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

  • Crystal Palace – Fluro Yellow

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa are fast becoming my favourite team on the road this season, wearing the 4th different variation of their Away Kit this season, only wearing it look the one time. They are using the home kit to mash up their looks, we still have yet to see their 3rd kit used in the Premier League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, the Fulham away this season is a great look and worked well match up at Tottenham!

Kit Stats

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

There were three variations seen this weekend

  • Southampton – 3rd with alternative white shorts
  • Aston Villa – Away with home shorts & socks
  • Everton – All Blue, 2nd time used this season

Kit Grid – Up to 1st December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back on Friday after the first round of mid-week fixtures of this season!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

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Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Champions League – Match 4

England Kit History – 1980 to 1989

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 11 Kit Review

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The Premier League has now reached the 3rd International Break of the season and the final one of 2024, Matchweek 11 is here and this is my look at the kits worn.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 11 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 64 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Everton wore their 3rd Home Kit variation of the season, with an all blue look at West Ham United.

Aston Villa who followed their all white look (Home Shorts) in The Champions League, with same look in the Premier League for the first time this season!

Newcastle United are another team that wore a kit in the league that have previously worn in a Cup Competition with alternative white socks, both against Nottingham Forest.

Ipswich Town wore their 3rd Kit for the first time this season.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

  • Tottenham Hotspur – Purple

Kit Highlights

Southampton wore their Home Kit in an away game for the first time this season (after 6 games).

Everton made it 3 different Home Kit Looks in their last 3 games, this gives them 5 kit variations in total the joint highest in the Premier League so far this season!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Liverpool and Aston Villa, the all white Villa look gave us a nice clean kit match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen this weekend

  • Everton – Home, All Blue
  • Aston Villa – Away with Home shorts, All White
  • Newcastle United – Home with white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 10th November

Kit News

There has been no significant Premier League Kit news in the past week.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after the International break with in depth kit reviews!

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Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Champions League – Match 4

England Kit History – 1980 to 1989

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 10 Kit Review

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The Premier League has now in double figures with Matchweeks, dark evenings, winter balls and we are now over a quarter of the way through the season! So let’s take a more in depth look at Kits of this weekend!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 10 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 60 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 57 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek.. both Home Kit variations!

Everton wore alternative blue socks for the first time.

Aston Villa used alternative claret socks with their home kit at Tottenham.

The two new goalkeeper kits on show

  • Everton – Aqua Blue
  • Leicester City – Pink Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Everton wore Home Kits in away games for the first time this season. This means Brentford and Southampton remain the only teams to wear change kits in all their Away games!

There have been 7 instances of teams wearing home kit variations (all alternative socks) an no team in yet to win in their alternative look!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City, again Bournemouth’s clean looking kit (aside the sponsor) stands out, and matched up with Man City, both look great in action.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were four variations seen this weekend

  • Manchester City – Home, alternative white socks, 2nd time used
  • West Ham United – Away / Home socks, 2nd time used
  • Everton – Home with alternative blue socks
  • Aston Villa – Home with claret socks

Kit Grid – Up to 5th November

Kit News

Aston Villa annouced a collaboration with Rock Band Black Sabbath, this limited additional release will have just 250 shirts available, 200 outfield shirts and 50 goalkeeper. The shirt was worn against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup, there is also a pair of specially designed Predator Boots linked to this partnership…!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with a review of Champions League Match 4 Kits!

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Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Champions League – Match 3

England Kit History: 1960-1969

England Kit History: 1970-1979

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 6 Kit Review

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The Premier League hits Matchweek 6 and all teams have played home and away three times now, so it is time to take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed

Matchweek 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were three new Kits seen this Matchweek..

Manchester City used alternative white socks for the first time this season in the League.

West Ham United another team in a variation this week, this one was their first outing in their Away Kit but was used with White (Home) Socks.

Aston Villa used their Away Kit for the second time in this season but this was the first in it’s default look.

The 3 new goalkeeper kits on show and 2 of them from The Merseyside Clubs.

  • Everton – Pink
  • Liverpool – Purple
  • AFC Bournemouth – White

Kit Highlights

West Ham United have become the first team to wear 4 Kit Variations this season, with Away used this weekend, 2 Home Kit looks and a 3rd Kit appearance, making it 4 Kits in 6 Games!

Everton and Jordan Pickford wore an alternative goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, with the use of their 3rd choice pink keeper’s kit against Crystal Palace having worn a green kit for the previous 5 games.

There are 6 Teams that have worn change kits in all of their Away games this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton, with Brighton, Crystal Palace and Southampton wearing just their Away Kits in these games!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and West Ham United, I do love a Kit Mash up, and seeing different elements of kits being used together, so seeing the Black Away Shirt and Shorts paired with Home Socks was always going to be popular with me, matched against the Brentford Kit just seemed to work well!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away Kits.

A couple of variations seen this weekend, both mentioned above as they used for the first time

  • Manchester City – Home with Alternative White Socks
  • West Ham United – Away with Home Socks (white)

Kit Grid – Up to 1st October

Kit News

Manchester United have launched their “George Best” Collection, inspired by their iconic player and winner of Ballon d’Or in 1968 and European Cup in the same year, the collection takes influence for the kit worn in that final at Wembley and includes a tracksuit jacket, trousers and a long sleeve shirt containing Best’s signature and the number 7 in the same style used on those kits.

Another team in the Adidas family also released a retro range this week, with Newcastle United launching of their “Originals” range. The shirt is a cracker, many fans and kit lovers expressing their preference to this shirt of the current Home Shirt.

Chelsea are rumoured to be close to reaching an agreement for their front of shirt sponsorship, the club are talks with three major Airlines, belived to be Qatar Airways, Riyahd Air and Turkish Airlines, with the deal expected to be annouced in the coming weeks. I would expect the new shirt sponsor will be debuted after the next International Break in October.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with Champions League, Match 2 and then after next weekend’s fixtures for Premier League.

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League: Match 1, Kit Review

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This season see a new format of the Champions League, so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and create a Matchweek Kit Review, much like my Premier League ones… so here we are, looking at Match 1 of The Champions League, 2024/25 Edition!

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

This gives 103 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits or 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

Due to some of the regional country laws around sponsorship gave some slightly different Kit Looks..

Aston Villa wore a Charity Sponsor (one they have used before) in their game at BSC Young Boys, their first game in Europe’s Premier Competition for over 40 years!

Stuttgart wore their Away Kit at Real Madrid, but went with no sponsor to give them a plan chest band on the kit, for a classic look!

Bayern Munich followed their recent trend of wearing change kits in Home European games, by wearing their “Trefoil” Clad 3rd Kit in the emphatic 9-2 victory against Dinamo Zagreb.

As pointed out by our friend Denis of Museum of Jerseys all 11 of Liverpool players were in Green, although different shades in their game at AC Milan.

Manchester City debuted their 4th Kit in their Home game against …., released just last week they were quick to use the kit (even before using their 3rd kit) and it was in a Home fixture, is this a trend we will see for the rest of the campaign for The English Champions!

Only three teams wore Home Kits in Away games, Inter Milan at Manchester City (possible only due to 4th kit being worn at Home), Girona at PSG and Arsenal at Atalanta.

Borussia Dortmund wore their “Cup Kit” at Club Brugge, so could be argued it was actually four teams!

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between AS Monaco and Barcelona, a nice Kit Match up with two good kits for these teams this season..!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 20 Home Kits
  • 8 Away Kits
  • 6 3rd Kits
  • 1 4th Kit
  • 1 “Cup” Kit

Kit Variations seen this week

  • Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts & socks
  • Aston Villa – 3rd, with alternative white shorts
  • Bayer Leverkusen – 3rd, with alternative white shorts & socks

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 1st / 2nd October 2024.

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 seen 55 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 5 Teams left to release their 3rd Kits.

Matchweek 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 32 (+12 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 31 (+11 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were a total of 12 new kits seen this weekend, being the 2nd round of fixtures there is no surprise there, with the following teams at Home and in their Home Kit for the first time this season…

  • Brighton & Hove Albion
  • Crystal Palace
  • Southampton
  • Aston Villa
  • AFC Bournemouth

That means there was seven change kits used for the first time

  • West Ham United, 3rd
  • Ipswich Town, Away
  • Nottingham Forest, 3rd
  • Everton, Away
  • Arsenal, Away
  • Newcastle United, 3rd
  • Brentford, Away

Kit Highlights

I am starting with Goalkeeper Kits this week, with the four Umbro supplied teams seeing their Goalkeepers using the same template / colour this weekend, possibly no surprise but I wanted to call out…!

There were 8 Teams that have worn their Home Kits in their opening 2 games of the season, Manchester United, Fulham, Leicester City, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolves, Chelsea and Liverpool.

3rd Kits were used for the first time this season, with West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United using 3rd Kits this weekend.

AFC Bournemouth celebrated their 125th Anniversary with some special match detailing on their shirt worn against Newcastle United, the special crest will only be used in this game.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Aston Villa and Arsenal, for the second week in a row I have gone for Adidas v Adidas but both these kits being used for the first time this season really worked together and the Arsenal Away kit looked better in action that I was expecting!

Kit Stats

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

There were no Kit variations used in this Matchweek

Kit Grid – Up to 26th August

Kit News

There were two Kits launched this week, both on Friday 23rd August.

Everton, who’s 3rd Kit takes influence of the 100 year anniversary of an exhibition baseball game hosted at Goodison Park. On 23 October 1924, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants played at the ground. The Kit is neutral colour, almost cream (or Ecru) in colour with Navy and Yellow detailing, paired with Navy Shorts and neutral socks completing their first kits from Castore.

Nottingham Forest also released their 3rd Kit, which is light / sky blue in the current Adidas template and worn with white shorts and sky blue socks, and was also debuted this weekend at Southampton.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League: Matchweek 1 Kit Review

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Here we go again…

The 2024 / 25 Premier League Season has now kicked off and just like last season, I will be taking a more in depth look into the Kits each Matchweek.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

We have seen 53 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 7 Teams left to release their 3rd Kits.

Matchweek 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 20
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 20

New Kits this Matchweek

Of course all kits this week are being used for the first time this season, more details will appear in this section as we move through the season and new kit looks / variations are used.

Kit Highlights

There was just the one “Kit Mash” up on show, Aston Villa who launched their Away Kit the day before their game at West Ham, went with pairing their new kit with their Home Socks to avoid a clash with West Ham who are in White Shorts and Socks this season.

Chelsea started their second consecutive season with no front of shirt sponsor, no agreement was in place for the deadline to add a sponsor, so just as last season it will be a few weeks before we see any changes here.

Arsenal started the season in an unexpected Goalkeeper Kit, having previously advised that they would use the yellow and pink versions of the current Adidas Tiro 24 template, as well as the plain Black Adidas Orginals shirt as a 3rd Option, it was the Black Tiro 24 that was used in the opening game… could be an interesting season for Keeper Kits at The Emirates, with rumours of a 5th keeper look potentially being used this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Fulham, and its mainly related to those shorts… their design and look is one of my favourite kit details of this season, so seeing two team in this look was great to see in action in the opening game of the season.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away, with no 3rd Kits in action.

There was just the one Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Aston Villa, Away Kit with Home Socks

Kit Grid – Up to 20th August

Kit News

Watch this space for upcoming kit news, still a few 3rd Kits to released and a couple of potential 4th Kits, so we will take a look at those here as we move through the season as well as other Kit related news to Premier League teams.

A reminder you can find details of the 7 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs), here.

That is this Premier League Matchweek Kit Review, 10 games down… 370 to go!!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 2 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League: Top Trumps 2023/24

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I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous seasons was a Top Trump format.

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 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 points per game in their change kits, Tottenham Hotspur scoring 54 points in their home kit, Luton Town’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?

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

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

Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.

You can find some related posts here…

Top Trumps 22/23

Premier League: End of Season Report

Premier League: 100 Kits