The Premier League returns after last weekend’s FA Cup 3rd Round Games, with these fixtures played across three days on Saturday 17th January and Monday 19th January 2026.
They are the second set of return fixtures this season, with these previous games being played in Matchweek 4, played on the weekend of 13th / 14th September 2025.
There were two new kit looks on show these matches.
West Ham United wore their Home with alternative claret socks.
Arsenal wore their Away Kit with alternative grey socks.
There were two new Goalkeeper Kits used this weekend:
Burnley – Pink
Newcastle United – Pink Adidas Trefoil Template
Kit Highlights
West Ham United wore their 6th Kit Variation of the season, and their 3rd different Home Kit look. Along with 2 different Away Kit looks and a single 3rd Kit.
Arsenal wore their 5th different Kit variation of the season, with the 2nd different Away Look this weekend… they have now worn, 1 Home Kit, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit Looks!
Interestingly they shared on their Social Media the reason for the change of socks, with Premier League making the request due to impacts of colour blind supporters.
There were two new Goalkeeper looks this weekend, they were both Pink Kits with Burnley using their 3rd choice Goalkeeper Kit for the first time and Newcastle United in the Pink version of the Trefoil Keeper’s Template (their 5th Different Goalkeeper look used this season so far).
My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United, Newcastle’s 3rd kit gave a nice balance with the “Old Gold” Wolves shirts.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away and 3 Third Kits in action.
There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.
West Ham United – Home with alternative claret socks
Arsenal – Away with alternative grey socks
Everton – Away with alternative navy socks, 3rd time used
Kit Grid – Up to 20th January
Kit News
A couple of Premier League Teams wore special Kits in last weekend’s FA Cup Games.
Tottenham Hotspur wore a commemorative kit, celebrating their 1901 FA Cup win.
Everton wore a 4th Kit, it is unclear whether this kit will be seen in the Premier League this season.
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The Premier League hits the New Year and we are officially in the second half of the season, and these were the eighth round games of nine over a six week period, with the fixtures played across two days on Saturday 3rd January and Sunday 4th January 2026.
There were two new kit looks on show this weekend.
Nottingham Forest wore their Away Kit with alternative navy shorts and socks
Burnley wore their Home Kit with Away socks
Kit Highlights
For the second Matchweek in a row, 17 Teams wore their Home Kit, with 15 in default look and 2 in alternative Home Kit Looks.
Nottingham Forest wore their 6th Different Kit Look of the season so far, this was their 3rd different Away Kit variation.
Burnley wore their 5th different Kit Variation of the season, there are the only team in the Premier League this season to use “Kit Mash” up and now they have done it twice, having worn Away Kit with Home socks at West Ham United, this weekend they wore Home Kit with Away Socks at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Brentford wore their Home Kit in an Away game for the first time this season, in their 10th Away Match of the campaign.
A couple of interesting Kit notes from Newcastle United this weekend…
Firstly, Fabian Schär marked his 250th appearance for the club with a special detail on his match shirt.
Secondly, Nick Pope wore their 3rd Choice Goalkeeper Kit, the yellow Trefoil Template, this is the first time that we have seen this template used when the team are NOT wearing their 3rd Kit (other teams have worn same colour in standard and Trefoil Templates to get around this).
My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth Home Kit is one of my favourite this season, and paired with a classic looking Arsenal 3rd Kit gave us a nice overall match up and balance!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 2 Away and 1 Third Kits in action.
There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.
Nottingham Forest – Away with alternative navy shorts / socks
Burnley – Home with Away socks
Manchester United – Home, with alternative black shorts, 3rd time used
Kit Grid – Up to 4th January
Kit News
There was no significant Premier League Kit News this week.
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The Premier League has now reached the final International Break of 2025, with the 11th round of fixtures completed between Saturday 8th November and Sunday 9th November 2025.
There were two new kit looks on show this weekend.
Fulham wore alternative black shorts with their Home Kit.
Burnley wore their Away Kit with Home socks for an all Sky Blue look.
Newcastle United 3rd Kit with alternative orange shorts and socks.
There was one new Goalkeeper Kits used this weekend:
Manchester United – Green Adidas Template
Kit Highlights
Fulham wore their 3rd different Home Kit look of the season (4th overall), with alternative black shorts at Everton.. they have worn their default (All White) look six times and with alternative black socks once.
Burnley’s Green Goalkeeper kit becomes the first kit to be worn 10 times this season, having been worn in 10 of the 11 opening games of the season. Overall Burnley worn their 4th Kit of the season this weekend, having worn a mash up of Away with Home Socks.
Crystal Palace and Sunderland both remain undefeated in their Home Kits this season so far, with Sunderland wearing their Home look in 7 games (4 wins / 3 draws) and Crystal Palace in 6 games (2 wins / 4 draws) – Arsenal are also unbeaten in their Home Kit but did not wear it this weekend.
My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Sunderland and Arsenal, the Arsenal Away with it’s red trim give a nice overall balance to the kit looks on show.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away and 3 Third Kit in action.
There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.
Fulham – Home, with alternative Black Shorts
Burnley – Away with Home socks
Newcastle United – 3rd, with alternative orange shorts & socks
Kit Grid – Up to 9th November
Kit News
For Remembrance Day 2025 Sunderland will use a bespoke warm-up shirt that pays tribute and proceeds from each shirt sold will be donated to each of three partner charities
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The 2024 / 25 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 3rd May 2025, with Leeds United securing the title in stoppage time on the final day of the season from Burnley, with both teams amassing a staggering 100 points. Sheffield United, Sunderland, Coventry City and Bristol City 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)
95 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 34% of Kit variations used
32 Home Kits worn in total
8 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 35% of variations used
33 Away Kits worn in total
10 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 29% of variations worn
24 3rd Kits worn in total
4 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
2 Special Kits worn in total
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 Championship Teams
Luton Town in 9 Kit Variations: Home x3, Away x3, 3rd x3
Plymouth Argyle in 6 Kit Variations: Home x4, Away, 3rd
Sheffield Wednesday in 5 Kit Variations: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
12 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
Cardiff City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Coventry City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
Hull City: Home, Away, 3rd, Special
Middlesbrough: Home, Away, 3rd, Special
Millwall: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Oxford United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Portsmouth: Home, Away x3, 3rd
Preston North End: Home, Away, 3rd x2
Sheffield United: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Stoke City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Swansea City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Watford: Home x2, Away, 3rd
9 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
Plymouth Argyle:
Default Home
Home with Home Shorts & white (Away) socks
Home with black (3rd) shorts & white (Away socks)
Home with Black (3rd shorts) and Home socks
Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
Luton Town
Default All Navy Away
Away with Orange (Home) socks
Away with White (3rd) socks
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
Luton Town
Default All White 3rd
3rd with Navy (Home) shorts
3rd with Navy (Home) shorts and Navy (Away) socks
11 Teams only used Kits with no variations
Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 14, Leeds United
Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, Hull City and Millwall
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… Burnley 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 Championship season teams wore 95 Kits, this was an increase on the number kits compared to last season where 85 Kits were worn, this is the joint with League One with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season with Luton Town using nine Kit Variations, 9.5% of the total Kits used in The Championship
The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City for the second season in a row, who wore their Home Kit in 39 of the 46 League games, however this was a reduction from last season having worn their Home Kit 41 times in 23 / 24 Season.
Luton Town were the Kit Lovers Team of the Championship, with a perfectly matched set of kits that was able to be mix and matched, providing nine different looks with some wonderful mash ups!
Plymouth Argyle were another team that made good use of their Kit Set, using 3rd Shorts (Black) and Away Socks (White) to provide alternative Home Kit Variations with white / black shorts and socks.
A theme seen within The Championship was the use of the Kit Set to create new looks, several teams used their Kit in this way, Luton Town and Plymouth Argyle above, there were other notable examples.
Watford made good use of their Black Away Kit shorts and socks, to keep kit looking very much to the club colours.
Preston mashed up their 3rd Kit (shirt) and Away (shorts and socks), to give a different Kit Look at Sheffield Wednesday but one that tonally worked perfectly.
Also Cardiff City, Coventry City, Millwall, Oxford United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City and Swansea City, used another set of socks to create a different Kit Look, with most of these looks being used against Sheffield Wednesday!
Sheffield Wednesday’s Away Kit was an interesting story this season. When released it was shown with black / white socks, that were nice in their design, something a little different, however during the season we did not actually see these socks in action, rather plain white ones worn four times with their Away Kit (and used three times for an alternative Home Kit Look).
There were two “Special Kits” on show in the 2024 / 25 Season…
Hull City wore a special 120th Anniversary Kit against Cardiff City on 28th September.
Middlesbrough wore a “No more Red” Kit, which was a charity kit against Knife Crime, this was worn against Coventry City on 2nd November
There we have it, The Championship’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.
Matchweek 37, the penultimate week of the season has now been completed. These fixtures being the reverse games from Matchweek 4.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 37
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 109 (no new kits)
Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (no new kits)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were no new kits on show this Matchweek, which is no surprise… we are waiting to see if we will have any 2024/25 kits on show in the final round of fixtures this season.
Kit Highlights
Brentford won for the first time this season in their Away Kit, this was the 7th time the kit was worn this season with 1 draw and 5 defeats in the previous 6 outings this season… the Kit was alao worn 6 times in Premier League last season with no victories, so it looks like in it’s last usage in its 2 year life cycle it was finally worn in victory.
Brighton & Hove Albion wore their 3rd Kit for just the second time this season (last season’s Away Kit) both occasions have been with alternative white shorts.
Liverpool remain unbeaten in the League in their Away Kit, playing 7 times with 3 wins and 4 draws.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Arsenal, an all Adidas affair and seeing the Arsenal Kit on show for probably the final time is reason enough to be my favourite kit match of the week, a modern classic in my eyes!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 5 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kit in action.
There were 2 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Luton Town, Away Kit with Home shorts & socks, the 4th time this look has been used
Brighton & Hove Albion in 3rd Kit with white shorts, 2nd time
Kit Grid – Up to 14th May 2024
Kit News
Burnley have annouced their new kit partnership with Castore, as previously reported Castore have taken over the licence to supply kits to a number of British Clubs from Umbro, so this appears to be the first of these changes.
The club announced it was a multi-year deal with Castore starting from 2024/25 Season, full details can be found on the club’s site and it’s offical annoucement here.
It has been reported that Chelsea have missed the deadline in confirming their front of shirt sponsorship for their 2024/25 kits. This means that the initial launch of their new kits are likely to be blank much like this season where they only confirmed “Infinite Athlete” once the season had kicked off… one to keep an eye on over the next few weeks.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek I will be back next week with the final weekly review and of course the big one, the full season report…!
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