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EFL: 2026/27, Kit Round up: Vol.2

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Something new I want to start doing this season is a semi-regular look at the EFL and the Kit Usage within Championship, League One and League Two.

Click here to catch up with Volume One

Welcome to Volume Two, we are looking at the kits worn between 8th September and Monday 6th October

So far this season we have seen:

Championship – 68 Kits (+12 from Vol.1)
League One – 65 Kits (+12)
League Two – 65 Kits (+13)

Championship – Kit Overview

All 72 Kits have been released.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56

Kit Grid, up to 6th October.

Kit Highlights

Four Teams have worn a total of Four different Kit Looks / Variations so far this season – Millwall, Queen’s Park Rangers, Swansea City and West Ham United.

Birmingham City and Burnley released their 3rd Kits, which completes the 72 Kits for Championship this season.

Queen’s Park Rangers wore four different Kit Looks in four games, this included wearing their 3rd Kit at Home in an initiative where fans could trade old shirts for their 3rd Kit in support of “KitAid”.

They wore 3rd Kit and Home Kit in Home games, and then a mash up of Home with Away shorts and socks, and then Away with Home socks for the four different looks.

Wrexham’s visit to West Ham United gave us one of the best Kit Mash Ups of the past month, wearing their 3rd Kit with Away socks for a complementary look.

League One – Kit Overview

All 72 Kits have now been released in League One.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 65

Kit Grid, up to 6th October

Kit Highlights

Four Teams have worn four different kit variations so far this season in League One – Burton Albion, Leyton Orient, Luton Town and Notts County.

Five teams released their 3rd Kits to complete the 72 Kits of League One, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City and Luton Town.

Burton Albion are one of the teams that have worn four kits so far this season in EFL and League One, of these four kits, three of their looks have been their 3rd Kit, which they have worn in it’s default look and mashed up with Away shorts and socks.

League Two

Kit Overview – 69 Kits out 72 released (Barney,

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 65

Kit Grid, up to 6th October

Kit Highlights

Tranmere Rovers are the team in League Two with the most Kit Variations used so far this season, with four different kits looks used.

Exeter City released their 3rd Kit which is also their 125th Anniversary Kit, which was worn in their Home game against Tranmere Rovers

There have been another four clubs that have confirmed their 3rd Kits in the past month, Accrington Stanley, Bristol Rovers and Salford City with Fleetwood Town using last season’s Away as their 3rd Kit this season.

The final team to wear a change kit in EFL was Fleetwood Town, who wore their Home Kit in their opening 8 games of the season, wearing a change kit for the first time against Salford City on 3rd October.

EFL Kit News

We had Round 3 of Carabao Cup, this the round where the remaining Premier League Teams (those playing in Europe) enter the competition.

The second EFL Cup cup competition started in September, the EFL Trophy will be called “Jersey Mike’s” Trophy this season, sponsor by the American Sandwich retail outlet have agreed a 5 Year deal to sponsor the competition which includes clubs from League One and League Two as well as 16 Premier League U21 Teams.

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EFL: 2026/27, Kit Round up: Vol.1

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Something new I want to start doing this season is a sem-regular look at the EFL and the Kit Usage within Championship, League One and League Two.

Think of this a lighter version of the Premier League Matchweek Kit Reviews which will be published every month or so (looking at approximately 5 or 6 games per volume). In this first Volume, we are looking at the kits worn between the start of the season (15th August) through to the 5th round of fixtures but to Monday 7th September.

So far this season we have seen:

  • Championship – 56 Kits
  • League One – 53 Kits
  • League Two – 52 Kits

Championship

Kit Overview – 70 out of the 72 Kits have been released, with Birmingham City and Burnley to confirm their 3rd Kits.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56

Kit Grid, up to 7th September.

Kit Highlights

Burnley are the only team that worn have one a single kit look so far in the Championship so far this season, however they have had a couple of different sponsor looks in that time, after terminating their original sponsorship the day before the League kicked off (having worn it in the Carabao Cup the week before). They announced their new sponsor Vertu Motors. It appears the first outing a patch was used to cover the original sponsor before newly printed shirts were produced, the club also offered to replace or refund supporters with new shirts.

Charlton Athletic visited local rivals West Ham United on 22nd August and used an interesting Kit “Mash Up”, they wore their Away Kit for the first time but used black socks to complete the look, these socks are not part of any outfield kit this season and appear to Reebok teamwear socks.

Queen’s Park Rangers wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Middlesbrough on 5th Septmeber, this was for an initative with their sponsor and Kit Aid where supporters could trade in old shirts for their all black 3rd shirt for free with the old shirts being used by Kit Aid by recycling them across the world.

League One – Kit Overview

Kit Overview – 67 Kits out of 72 released, with 5 3rd Teams still waiting to launch 3rd Kits.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 53

Kit Grid, up to 8th September

Kit Highlights

Bromley gave us a wonderful mash up in their game against Sheffield Wednesday on 29th August, using their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks, this look is one of my favoruite kit looks in football, red / black stripes with white shorts and socks.

Leyton Orient have used the most kit looks in EFL so far this season, with 4 different variations used in their opening 5 games, with Home, Away and 3rd kits being used, the 4th look was a mash up of Away and 3rd socks in their game against Luton Town on 4th September.

Bradford City and Leicester City remain the only teams in League One to use a single kit (Home) look so far this season.

League Two

Kit Overview – 64 Kits out 72 released. Accrington Stanley to confirm if they are also using last season’s 3rd kit or launching a new Away. 7 other teams to confirm their 3rd Kit.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 52

Kit Grid, up to 6th September.

Kit Highlights

Tranmere Rovers gave us the rare sight nowadays of an outfield player in goal but due to them playing in a mash up of their Away with Home shorts against Port Vale on 22nd August it meant that we saw three different kit elements in play, with Goalkeeper Shirt, Home Shorts and Away socks being used.

One to keep an eye on this season is Shrewsbury Town, who for their 140th Anniversary are wearing Navy Blue kit as their home kit, with their traditiona amber and blue being used as their Away Kit this season…

Three teams, Bristol Rovers, Chesterfield and Fleetwood Town remaining the only teams to wore a single kit look so far this season.

EFL Kit News

There have been two round of the Carabao Cup (EFL run competition).

Round 1 (and Preliminary Round)

Round 2

Round 3 is being played of the next two weeks (8th / 9th / 15th / 16th / 17th September), expect updates on those rounds in Volume 2 of EFL Kit Review.

Episode 41 of The Football Kit Podcast was released in August and it’s a EFL Special where we take a deep dive into this season’s kits and pick some of our favourite’s and some we are not so keen on, Chief Football Writer of The I, Daniel Storey our guest in this Episode, which you can find here.

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EFL, League Two 2025/26: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2025 / 26 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 2nd May 2026, with Bromley securing the title on the final day of the season, with MK Dons as runners up and the final automatic spot being secured by Cambridge United. Salford City, Notts County, Chesterfield and Grimsby Town 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)
  • 90 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 34% of Kit variations used
    • 31 Home Kits worn in total
    • 7 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 37% of variations used
    • 33 Away Kits worn in total
    • 9 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
    • 24 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 4 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 2% of variations worn
    • 2 Special Kits worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

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

  • Cambridge United in 6 Kit Variations: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, 4th
  • 5 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Barnet: Home x2, Away x3
    • Cheltenham Town: Home, Away x3, 3rd
    • Colchester United: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Salford City: Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
    • Walsall: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • 7 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Crawley Town: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Grimsby Town: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • MK Dons: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Newport County: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Notts County: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Swindon Town: Home, Away, 3rd, 4th
    • Tranmere Rovers: Home x2, Away, 3rd
  • 9 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
  • 2 Teams in just 2 Kit Variations, Home and Away
    • Bristol Rovers
    • Oldham Athletic
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 2 Kits
    • Barnet
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (white)
    • Colchester United
      • Default Home
      • Home with white socks
    • Fleetwood Town
      • Default Home
      • Home with red shorts
    • MK Dons
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (grey)
    • Salford City
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away socks (black)
    • Tranmere Rovers
      • Default Home
      • Home with 3rd socks (dark red)
    • Walsall
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (black)
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Barnet
      • Default Away
      • Away with Home shorts (black)
      • Away with Home shorts & socks (black)
    • Cheltenham Town
      • Default Away
      • Away with Home socks (red)
      • Away with Home shorts (black)
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits
    • Cambridge United
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with black shorts
    • Grimsby Town
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Home socks (black)
    • Newport County
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with white socks
    • Salford City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Home shorts & socks (white)
  • Most worn Home Kit – 40, Chesterfield
  • Most worn Away Kit – 17, Colchester United (13 Default / 4 Variation)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Walsall

Something that I like to share which is an overview of when each of the new kit looks were first worn, for example… Cambridge United wore their Home Kit, Away Kit in their opening two games and then 3rd Kit in their fourth game

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 Socials.

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Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2025 / 26 League Two season teams wore 90 Kits, this was a significant reduction in the number kits compared to last season where 114 Kits were worn, and the fewest number of Kits worn in English this season.

The most worn Kit in the League was Chesterfied, which was worn 40 times in 46 games.

Cambridge United wore the most Kit Variations in League Two, with Home Kit, two Away and 3rd Kit looks, plus a 4th Kit worn once.

Swindon Town were another team to wear four different kits this season, as well as their regular Home, Away and 3rd Kits, they also wore a 4th Kit, which was also a charity kit.

There were four teams in League One that wore just Home and Away Kits, two of these used mash ups however there were two clubs that only used Home and Away kits just in their default looks.

Barnet, wore mash ups of Home and Away Kits to create five different kit looks.

Fleetwood Town wore red shorts (from their designated 3rd Kit, last season’s Away Kit) to create an alternative Home Kit look, but just used two Home Variations and Away, their 3rd Kit was never used.

Bristol Rovers wore just Home and Away Kits in League Two, their 3rd Kit (last season’s Away) was used in FA Cup though. They also wore their Home Kit in 38 games, changing just eight time in the League.

Oldham Atletic were the other team to wear just Home and Away Kits, their 3rd Kit for this season was not used at all.

MK Dons wore change kits in 22 of their 23, however their only use of their Home Kit on the road was a mash up with their Away shorts and socks, meaning their default look was never used on the road.

Cheltenham Town wore their 3rd Kit just once and at Home, they also call a “Charity Third” Kit, something they have done over the past few seasons.

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2025 / 26, 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 when they are published…!

Premier League – End of Season Report 25/26

Championship – End of Season Report 25/26

League One – End of Season Report 25/26

EFL, League One 2025/26: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2025 / 26 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 2nd May 2026, with Lincoln City securing the title with 103 Points and playing in Second Tier for the first time in over 60 years, they will be joined by Cardiff City who finished second. Stockport County, Bradford City, Bolton Wanderers and Stevenage 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)
  • 93 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 33% of Kit variations used
    • 31 Home Kits worn in total
    • 7 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 35% of variations used
    • 32 Away Kits worn in total
    • 8 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 30% of variations worn
    • 28 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 5 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 2% of variations used
    • 2 Special Kits worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

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

  • Luton Town in 9 Kit Variations: Home x4, Away x3, 3rd x2
  • 4 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
    • Barnsley: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2
    • Blackpool: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Exeter City: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
    • Plymouth Argyle: Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
  • 8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Bolton Wanderers: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Doncaster Rovers: Home, Away, 3rd, 4th
    • Leyton Orient: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Lincoln City: Home, Away, 3rd, Celebration Kit
    • Mansfied Town: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Peterborough United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Reading: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Stevenage: Home, Away x2, 3rd
  • 10 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
  • Port Vale wore just 2 Kit Variatons: Home and Away
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
    • Luton Town
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away (orange) Socks
      • Home with Away (white) shorts and Away (orange) socks
      • Home with Away (white) shorts
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Luton Town
      • Default Away
      • Away with Home (white) socks
      • Away with 3rd (navy) socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits (5 Teams)
    • Barnsley
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Away shorts & socks (white)
    • Exeter City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Away (white) socks
    • Leyton Orient
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with alternative teal socks
    • Luton Town
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Away (white) socks
    • Plymouth Argyle
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Away (black) socks
  • 12 Teams only used Kits with no variations
  • Most worn Home Kit – 39, Cardiff City
  • Most worn Away Kit – 17, Port Vale
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 13, Stockport County

Something that I like to share which is an overview of when each of the new kit looks were first worn, for example… Bolton Wanderers wore their 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 Socials.

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Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2025 / 26 League One season teams wore 93 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 95 Kits were worn.

The most worn Kit in the League was Cardiff City’s Home Kit, which was worn 39 times, including a run of 16 games in a row, which was also part of a run which saw the Bluebirds in their Home Kit 29 times in 30 games.

Port Vale were one of the four teams to be relegated, however they played in a pair of kits which were one of my favourite in all football this season. The Home and Away Kits were a celebration of the Club’s 150th Anniversary and took influence in their design from those worn in 1953/54 season. They were also the only team in League One to wear just Home and Away kits with no variation. (However they did wear plan black socks in their FA Cup game against Chelsea).

Luton Town wore the most Kit Variations in not only League One but the whole of the EFL. Their nine kit looks were made up of four different Home Kits, three Away and two 3rd Kits, each kit look was using the elements of their three kt designs, making them the “Mash Up” Kings of EFL.

Doncaster Rovers were the only team to use Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits this season. Their 4th Kit was worn at Home against Blackpool on

Mansfield Town continued their tradition in supporting World Down Syndrome Day, promoting the “Rock Your Socks” campaign, this season wearing their green 3rd Kit socks with their Home Kit.

Reading may now hold the record for the latest debut of a kit. Their 3rd Kit was launched in July 2025 and was finally worn on the pitch on 45th game of the season on 25th April, 9 months after it was released.

Lincoln City ended a remarkable season as runaway Champions of League One, their final Home game where they lifted the title, they wore a special kit which was a celebration of 50th Anniversary of Graham Taylor’s Division 4 title winning team, a team that won the title with 74 points, equivalent to 106 points in today’s system.

There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2025 / 26, 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 when they are published…!

Premier League – 2025/26 End of Season Report

Championship – 2025/26 End of Season Report

League Two – 2025/26 End of Season Report

EFL, The Championship 2025/26: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2025 / 26 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 2nd May 2025, with Coventry City securing the title with two games still to be played, the 2nd Automatic Promotion place went to Ipswich Town on the final day of the season with Ipswich Town, Millwall and Middlesbrough all able to get automatic promotion on the final day, with Southampton and Hull City completing the Playoffs with Millwall and Middlesbrough 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)
  • 96 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 29% of Kit variations used
    • 28 Home Kits worn in total 
    • 4 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 36% of variations used
    • 34 Away Kits worn in total
    • 10 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 32% of variations worn
    • 31 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 7 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
    • 3 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

  • 3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
    • Preston North End: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2
    • Sheffield Wednesday: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2
    • Southampton: Home x2, Away, 3rd x3
  • 3 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
    • Coventry City: Home, Away x2, 3rd, 4th
    • Hull City: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Sheffield United: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • 9 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Blackburn Rovers: Home, Away, 3rd, 150th Anniversary Kit
    • Bristol City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Derby County: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Ipswich Town: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Leicester City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Millwall: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Queen’s Park Rangers: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Stoke City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Watford: Home, Away, 3rd, Elton John Special Kit
  • 9 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 2 Kits
    • Hull City: Default & All Amber (Away shorts)
    • Sheffield United:Default & Home / Away socks
    • Southampton: Default & Home / 3rd Shorts
    • Stoke City: Default & Home / 3rd Shorts
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Preston North End:
      • Default
      • Away / 3rd shorts
      • Away / 3rd shorts & socks
    • Sheffield Wednesday
      • Default
      • Away / Black shorts
      • Away / Black shorts & 3rd socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
    • Southampton
      • Default
      • Away / Black shorts (Home)
      • Away / Black shorts & White socks (Home)
  • 10 Teams only used Kits with no variations
  • Most worn Home Kit – 40, Norwich City
  • Most worn Away Kit – 17, Blackburn Rovers
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 9, Derby County

Something that I like to shaare which is an overview of when each of the new kit looks were first worn, for example… Blackburn Rovers wore their Away Kit, Home Kit and then 3rd 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 Socials.

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2025 / 26 Championship season teams wore 96 Kits, this was an increase on the number kits compared to last season where 95 Kits were worn, this was the highest in the EFL.

The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City’s Home Kit, which was worn 40 times, no surprise to tell you that this is the 3rd Season in a row that Norwich City have topped this list, an increase from last season by 1 game but 1 game less the 41 times worn in 23 / 24 Season. They also wore their Home Kit in their opening 16 games of the season, which was the longest “Kit Streak” in The Championship

There was just four Home Variations used in The Championship, a huge reduction from the ten used last season.. the four were from Hull City (worn 4 times), Sheffield United (worn twice), Southampton and Stoke City (both worn just once).

“Kit Mash Ups” was a theme across the EFL, with 13 Clubs using mash up looks (using elements from different kits to create a kit look).

Hull City were a club that used their Home and Away Kits well to create different Kit Looks, with four of their five Kit Variations worn this season being made up of Home / Away Kit Elements, this was well used as it maintains the traditional club colours. They also used all five of their kit looks this season in a span of six games (between their 24th and 29th games).

Preston North End were another team to use their kits well for seamless mash ups, however it was with their Away and 3rd Kits they created these five different looks from the two kits, with three different Away and two different 3rd variations, and of course with their Home Kit making them joint highest for Kit Variations.

Southampton were another team with six Kit Variations in total and also used two kits to make up the majority of these looks, for The Saints it was Home and 3rd Kits that were paired together to create five different looks, two Home Kit and three 3rd Kits.

Sheffield Wednesday were the final of the three clubs with six different Kit Variations, this interesting kit usage here was the use the black shorts, from last season’s 3rd Kit. These shorts wore worn with both Away and 3rd Kits this season and made up three of the six overall Kits worn by The Owls.

There were plenty of examples of socks being changed to avoid a kit clash, with some working better than others! Teams playing at Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion making the majority of these reasons for changing.

Watford’s “3rd Kit” was an interesting Kit Tale of the season, initally launched in September as a celebration of their Former Chairman, Honary Life President and lifelong Fan Elton John, the kit included details to celebrate the flamboyant Star. The Kit was worn at Home against Blackburn Rovers on 13th September

and was then worn a further eight times with Kelme branding taking the place the “E” branding!

Another “Special” Kit worn this season was the 150th Anniversary Kit worn by Blackburn Rovers, which was inspired by the club’s first-ever kit, and was worn against Wrexham on 1st January 2026.

Champions Coventry City ended the season wearing a version of their classic brown Admiral Kit of the 70s. It was released a few months before the end of the season, so it is not clear whether it was always planned to be worn or seen as a celebration of the League trimuph, the actual kit is the same template as they worn as their Home Kit in 2022 / 23 season.

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.

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

Premier League – 2025 / 26

League One – 2025 / 26

League Two – 2025 / 26

Kit Manufacturers Breakdown: 2025 / 26

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

Overview of Kit Manufacturers

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

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

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

Macron – 17 Teams (Same Number of Teams)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hummel – 3 Teams (Same Teams)

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

New Balance – 2 Teams (Same Teams)

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

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

Kappa – Hull City (Championship)

Kelme – Watford (Championship)

Lotto – AFC Wimbledon (League One)

Mills – Tranmere Rovers (League Two)

O’Neills – Bristol City (Championship)

Reflo – Luton Town (League One)

Stanno – Barnet (League Two)

SUDU – Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League)

TAG – Burton Albion (League One)

VX3 – Newport County (League Two)

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

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

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

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

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The 2024 / 25 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 3rd May 2025, with Birmingham City securing the title with a record breaking 111 Points and Wrexham’s rise through the leagues making it three promotions in a row as runners up. Stockport County, Charlton Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers and Leyton Orient 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 – 28% of Kit variations used
    • 27 Home Kits worn in total
    • 3 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 37% of variations used
    • 35 Away Kits worn in total
    • 11 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 34% of variations worn
    • 32 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 8 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 1% of variations used
    • 1 Special Kit worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

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

  • Lincoln City in 7 Kit Variations: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2, Special
  • Bristol Rovers in 6 Kit Variations: Home, Away x3, 3rd x2
  • 3 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
    • Barnsley: Home, Away x3, 3rd
    • Bolton Wanderers: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Shrewsbury Town: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
  • 10 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Birmingham City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Blackpool: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Charlton Athletic: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Exeter City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Mansfield Town: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Peterborough United: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Reading: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Wigan Athletic: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Wrexham: Home, Away x2, 3rd
  • 9 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 2 Kits (3 Teams)
    • Blackpool
      • Default Home
      • All Tangerine, 3rd shorts
    • Bolton Wanderers
      • Default Home
      • All White, Away shorts
    • Mansfield Town
      • Default Home
      • Home with white Away socks
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits (3 Teams)
    • Barnsley
      • Default Away
      • Away with Red (Home) socks
      • Away with Red (Home) shorts
    • Bristol Rovers
      • Default Away
      • Away with Blue (Home) socks
      • Away with Green (3rd) socks
    • Lincoln City
      • Default Away
      • Away with Black (3rd) shorts
      • Away with Black (3rd) shorts & socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits (8 Teams)
    • Birmingham City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with White (Away) socks
    • Bristol Rovers
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Black (Away) socks
    • Charlton Athletic
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Yellow (Away) socks
    • Exeter City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Black (Home) shorts
    • Lincoln City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with White (Away) socks
    • Peterborough United
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Blue (Home) socks
    • Reading
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Blue (Home) socks
    • Shrewsbury Town
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with White (Away) socks
  • 9 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
  • Most worn Home Kit – 37, Bolton Wanderers (36 Default / 1 Variation)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 16, Charlton Athletic (all Default) & Lincoln City (10 Default / 6 Variation)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Exeter City (9 Default / 2 Variation)

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… Blackpool wore Away Kit, Home Kit and then 3rd 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 / 24 League One season teams wore 95 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 85 Kits were worn, as it stands this is the joint with the Championship with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season.

The most worn Kit in the League was Bolton Wanderers who wore their Home Kit in 37 times, wearing in it’s default look 36 times and with away shorts once, for an all white look. Peterborough United also wore their Home Kit 36 Kits, but did not wear any variations of their Home Kit.

Lincoln City wore change kits in all 23 Away games in their League One Campaign, wearing their all white Away Kit 10 times, their all black 3rd Kit 5 times and “Mash Ups” of these two kits in another 8 games!

For the second season in a row Charlton Athletic wore their change kits in 22 of their 23 away games, the only game which they wore their Home Kit away from The Valley was the game against Cambridge United on 12th April 2025.

Northampton Town, also matched this record of 22 of their 23 games in changes kit, their only use of Home Kit in an Away game was also at Cambridge United, on 29th March 2025.

Blackpool were another team on the road not to use their default Home Kit, wearing All Tangerine (using their 3rd shorts) when in their Home Kit away from Bloomfield Road

Bristol Rovers wore three variations of their Away kit, each one a different pair of socks. Home, Away and 3rd socks all used!

Huddersfield Town provided some interesting Kit Usage this season, however it was not them directly.. there was eight teams that had to use alternative socks when playing at Huddersfield (who use Black socks with their Home Kit), Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol Rovers (see above), Charlton Athletic, Lincoln City, Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic and Wrexham all used alternative socks.

Wrexham wore their Away at Home against Crawley Town on 21st September, this was to remember the 266 men who lost their lives in the Gresford Colliery Disaster on September 22, 1934.

There were some examples of Charity Kit Usage in League One this season.

Lincoln City, had the only dedicated Charity Kit worn on 25th January 2025.

Mansfield Town kept their tradition for support raise awareness for World Down’s Syndrome Day by wearing their Away socks with their Home Kit on 8th April 2025.

Stevenage wore their Charity 3rd Kit at Home on 18th April, they had worn this Kit on two previous occasions but this was the only time it was worn at Home.

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

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

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

Premier League – 2024 / 25

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

EFL, The Championship 24/25: End of Season Kit Report

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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.

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

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

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

Premier League – 2024 / 25

Kit Manufacturers Breakdown: 2024/25

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

Overview of Kit Manufacturers

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

Puma – 17 Teams (+1 Team from 23/24)

Macron – 17 Teams (+2 Teams)

Adidas – 11 Teams (+2 Teams)

Umbro – 10 Teams (-3 Teams)

Castore – 6 Teams (-1 Team)

Errea – 6 Teams (same number)

Nike – 6 Teams (-1 Team)

Hummel – 3 Teams (-1 Team)

Oxen – 3 Teams (+1 Team)

Joma – 2 Teams (-1 Team)

New Balance – 2 Teams (same number)

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

FBT – Crewe Alexandra (League Two)

Kappa – Hull City (Championship)

Kelme – Watford (Championship)

Mills – Tranmere Rovers (League Two)

O’Neills – Bristol City (Championship)

SUDU – Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League)

TAG – Burton Albion (League One)

Terrace – Morecambe (League Two)

VX3 – Newport County (League Two)

So there we have it, 92 Team, 20 manufacturers, 2 more than last season (SUDU and Terrace) and all the details you may need.

Any surprises there, any thoughts and comments please let me know?

EFL, The Championship 23/24: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2023/24 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 4th May 2024, with Leicester City securing the title on 29th April and Ipswich Town confirming their promotion as runners up on the final day of the season, making it back to back promotions for The Tractor Boys. Leeds United, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 86 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
    • 33 Home Kits worn in total (Including 1 Kit from 24/25 Season)
    • 7 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 32% of variations used
    • 27 Away Kits worn in total
    • 3 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
    • 23 3rd Kits worn in total
    • No 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
    • 3 Special Kits worn in total

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log – Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log – Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the Championship Teams

  • Queen’s Park Rangers in 6 Kit Variations: Home x5 (Including 24/25 Home Kit), Away
  • 2 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Plymouth Argyle: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Swansea City: Home x2, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
  • 8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Birmingham City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Bristol City: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Leeds United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Preston North End: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Southampton: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Stoke City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Sunderland: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • West Bromwich Albion: Home x2, Away, 3rd
  • 13 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
    • QPR: Hoops with white shorts & socks – Blue shorts & socks – White shorts / blue socks – Blue Shorts / White socks
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 2 Kits
    • Leeds United: All Blue – Blue / Blue / Aqua Blue
    • Plymouth Argyle: All White – White / White / Green
    • Southampton: White / Turquoise / White – White / Turquoise shorts & socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 1 Kits
    • No Team in a 3rd Kit Variation
  • 13 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
  • 1 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
  • Most worn Home Kit – 41, Norwich City
  • Most worn Away Kit – 18, Hull City
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 14, Preston North End

Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Hull City wore their 3rd Kit in their first game, Home Kit in their 2nd game and Away Kit in their 3rd game..!

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 2023/24 Championship season teams wore 85 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 99 Kits were worn, this is the joint with League One with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season. Ironically the only team with no 3rd Kit, just Home and Away had the most variations used.

The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City, who wore their Home Kit in 41 of the 46 League games.

Despite being the only club in the Championship with no 3rd Kit, Queen’s Park Rangers used the most kit looks in the league this season, which included 5 different Home Kit Looks. This does include their 2024/24 Home Kit which they debuted in their final Home game of the season, but they did use their 23/24 Home Kit in four different variations across 32 games, using all possible combinations of blue / white shorts and socks.

A theme seen within The Championship was the use of Change Kit / Alternative Socks to create new looks, QPR as seen above but also Birmingham City (Away Socks), Plymouth Argyle (Away), Stoke City (Alternative Red Socks), Swansea City (3rd) and West Brom Albion (3rd).

There were only three Away variations worn by Championship clubs, with Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle and Southampton all doning alternative socks (Plymouth using Home Socks) during the season. Southampton and Plymouth also using alternative socks in both fixtures between the clubs.

I want to call out Hull City Kits this season, for me they have delivered the perfect three kit looks for them this season and probably my favourite set of Kits across the English Leagues, they used their Home Kit 26 times, Away Kit 18 times including wearing it once at Home in their final Home game of the season, their 3rd was worn just twice, shame!

There were three “Special Kits” on show in the 2023/24 Season…

Bristol City in a 1974 Heritage Kit

Preston North End in a Sir Tom Finney Special Kit

Swansea City in 30th Anniversary Kit of their first appearence at Wembley in Autoglass Trophy

There we have it, The Championship’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at – @Kit_Geek

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

Premier League – End of Season Report

League One – End of Season Report

League Two – End of Season Report