We are now just over half way through the season for the three EFL Leagues, I wanted to document the Kits Worn by each team at this stage of the season.
The Championship
87 Kits worn
33 Home Kits worn (24 Regular Home Kits / 9 Variations)
2 Teams in 5 Kit variations in League Two (Rochdale, Walsall)
3 Teams in 4 Kit variations (Colchester United, Stevenage, Tranmere Rovers)
13 Teams in 3 Kit variations
6 Teams in 2 Kit variations, fewest in the League
So just over half way through the season, we have seen 242 Kits used by the 72 teams in total, what have been your favourite kits on show, Kit Mash ups and Kit Match ups in the 2021/22 season, let me know over at @Kit_Geek
As always I like to document the kits worn in a season by the clubs in the English top four leagues, we are still seeing some new kits (3rd Kits) being released over the past few weeks but now feels like the right time to look at the kits worn and their manufacturers.
Premier League
9 Different manufacturers with 60 Kits for 20 teams
Adidas – 4 Teams
Nike – 4 Teams
Umbro – 3 Teams
Castore – 2 Teams
Hummel – 2 Teams
Puma – 2 Teams
Joma – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Kelme – 1 Team
There has been an increase in the number of manufacturers supplying teams in the Premier League, from 7 last season to 9 this season. Adidas seeing a reduction a of their teams from 7 down to 4, Puma also seeing their kits being cut to 2 from 4. There are kit makers that we did not see in the “EPL” last season appearing in 21/22, these are Castore (Newcastle United and Wolverhamption Wanderers), Joma (Norwich City) and Kelme (Watford). Under Armour being the one manufacturer that we will not see this season as they step away from Football.
Championship
8 Different manufacturers with 68 Kits for 24 teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Umbro – 5 Teams
Puma – 4 Teams
Adidas – 3 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Errea – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
The Championship saw a reduction in the kit manufacturers in show this season, last season having 11, the three kit makers not seen are due to promotion and relegation, with Kelme (Watford), O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) and Elev8 (Sheffield Wednesday – although no longer their kit provider). Macron joining Umbro in supplying the most teams, this looks like a direct link to Blackburn Rovers who swap the “Double Diamond” for the Italian Manufacturer this season.
League One
12 Different manufacturers with 63 Kits for 24 teams
Puma – 5 Teams
Errea – 3 Teams
Macron – 3 Teams
Adidas – 2 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Elite Pro Sports – 1 Team
FBT – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
O’neills – 1 Team
Tag – 1 Team
Umbro – 1 Team
In League One there was an increase the number of manufacturers for the 2021/22 from 11 to 12, we say goodbye to Admiral who no longer supply Shrewsbury Town but see Joma (Morecambe) and O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) in League One this season. There are still 9 teams that do not have a 3rd Kit for this season, so we could see these introduced over the coming months.
League Two
12 Different manufacturers with 65 Kits for 24 teams
Errea – 5 Teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Joma – 2 Teams
New Balance – 2 Teams
Avec – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Mills – 1 Team
O’neills – 1 Team
Player Layer – 1 Team
Puma – 1 Team
Surridge – 1 Team
League Two also sees an increase in the number of kit manufacturers on show this season, increasing by two to 12 kit makers, with new boys on the block Mills (Tranmere Rovers) and O’neills (Hartlepool Town) being the additional manufacturers. League Two also provides the most single use kit makers, with seven manufacturers providing kits for just one team.
Overall view
20 Kit manufactuerers, 256 different kits for 92 teams
71 Teams (77% of all teams) are supplied by 7 Kit Manufacturers (Macron, Puma, Hummel, Errea, Adidas, Umbro, Nike).
Only 9 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20
Premier League: Newcastle United / Norwich City / Southampton / Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship: Blackburn Rovers
League One: Morecambe / Sheffield Wednesday / Shrewsbury Town
On Wednesday 24th November 2021 Brentford FC announced that their home kit for their inaugural Premier League Season will also be rolled over for a second season and will be their home kit for 2022/23 Season.
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
Our first ever @UmbroUK#PL Home kit will roll over to be our first choice kit for the 2022/23 season as well
This is unusual for top flight teams, the last time this was seen in the Premier League was between 2012 and 2014 when Arsenal used their Home kit for two season in a row but this is something more common place in League One and League Two.
So I wanted to share with you the kits that have been used in both 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons.
Arsenal’s Home Kit used for 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons
Premier League
There are two examples in this season’s Premier League of kits from last season being used for this season, both are third kits and one is yet to be used yet, these are the all white third kit from the team that kicked off this piece Brentford and the second team is Brighton & Hove Albion, who’s yellow away kit from last season is registred as their 3rd kit this season.
Championship
There are four examples in The Championship this season, all four of these are again as the Premier League teams being used as 3rd Kits in the 2021/22 season with two being 3rd kits last season and two being away kits.
Cardiff City – Last season’s away is this season’s 3rd Kit and the only kit of the four that appeared in The Championship last season, this has yet to be used this season.
Fulham – their yellow away from last season has been used this as the club’s 3rd kit.
Peterborough United – are using the same 3rd Kit in the 2020/21 Promotion winning season from League One in The Championship this season.
Sheffield United – The second team relegated from the 20/21 Premier League season are using their Green / Gold 3rd kit from last season as this season’s 3rd kit as well.
League One
League One is the first division where we see home kits being re-used for a second season, in total there are 10 kits that we have seen for two division.
Accrington Stanley – A big shout here for “Accy” who are using all three of their kits for second season…
AFC Wimbledon – Closely following Accrington Stanley’s lead, AFC Wimbledon are seeing their Home and Away used again this season.
Cheltenham Town – Promoted from League Two last season, they are also using their home shirts again this season, however pairing with black shorts for 21/22 campaign, it was used with white shorts last season.
Fleetwood Town – Their unique Hummel home kit design, gets its second season of use.
Wigan Athletic – The team retained their home kit for 21/22 League Campaign, the second in a row in their 3rd Tier.
Wycombe Wanderers – Another team relegated last season, Wycombe kept both their home and 3rd Kits from last season, both the classic quartered shirt look for The Chairboys.
League Two
There are another 10 kits being used again in League Two this season.
Bristol Rovers – They are using their away kit from last season as a 3rd Kit now.
Colchester United – The Essex team are using both their home and away kits from last again in 21/22, interestingly they used a different home kit in one of their final home games of last season as a “Fans Kit”
Crawley Town – Another team to repurpose their away kit from 2020/21 as their 3rd kit this season, with the all black giving a constraiting alternative to all red home and all blue away.
Exeter City – Exeter are another team that are pairing their shirt from last season with different colour pair of shorts, last season it was black, this season going for an red short / sock combo.
Forest Green Rovers – A club where sustainability is at its heart, have had their current 3rd kit in use for 3 seasons now, introducing it 2019/20 it has seen use in the each of those seasons (thanks to @achrislatham for pointing this one out to me).
Harrogate Town – In their second in the top four divisions, they are using their Away kit again, their 3rd kit this season also made an appearence last season in the delayed FA Trophy final from 2020.
Mansfield Town – their away kit is being used again this season.
Port Vale – Port Vale’s popular all black away kit (partially designed by Robbie Williams) is retained as this season’s 3rd kit.
Sutton United – In their first season in the top four divisions have retained the home and away kits from promotion winning season, they have also introduced a black 3rd kit that gives us all three kits from the same Macron Template for tidy uniform look.
Although not common practise for teams, this still gives us a total of 26 kits re-used in the 2021/22 season that were previously used last season, with Brentford’s annoucement today will this will see this number grow in the 2022/23 season, is Football Shirt Sustainability and increased shirt cycles the future, let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at https://twitter.com/kit_geek
The FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, first kicked off 150 years ago in November 1871 has now completed its full First Round of the 2021/22 season.
The first round was made up of 80 Teams made up from the 48 League One and League Two teams and then 32 teams from the Non-League English Football Pyramid, with AFC Sudbury being the lowest rank team in the round who play in the 8th Tier (Isthmian League North Division).
First Round Kit Log
The 80 Teams were provided by 23 Kit Manufactures, with 5 manufactures only supplying a non league team and not a league team, this give us kit lovers plenty of different kits to admire.
Manufacturers
Puma supplied the most kits in this round with 15 kits, 9 from League teams and 6 from Non League teams, Macron supplying 13 kits with 8 League Teams and 5 Non League Teams
There were 11 Manufacturers that provided just 1 kit in the First Round, 7 suppling League Teams and 4 supplying Non League Teams.
Uhlsport supplying 2 kits in the competition, both for Non League Teams.
First Round Replay – Kit Log
There 12 Replays in the First Round, only 4 of these games saw a repeat in kit match ups from their first ties.
Kit Highlights
I want to call out a few Kit Highlights from the total 52 First Round games.
Plymouth Argyle – The Pilgrims wore away shorts and socks in both games against Sheffield Wednesday, likely due to the clash of black shorts and dark socks but surpising they changed given that Sheffield Wednesday wore their pink away kit in their League One clash earlier in the season meaning Plymouth could wear their first choice home shorts and socks.
Leyton Orient v Ebbsfleet United – The New Balance Derby, New Balance only supplied 3 teams in First Round and two of them were drawn against each other but not one for those colourblind fans, with Red v Green (white shorts helping to distinquish the teams here).
Banbury United – They reached the First Round for the second season running and for the 2nd time in their unique kit from the team over at The Terrace, something wonderfully 90s about their red home kit.
AFC Sudbury – Had a one off kit for their historic appearence in the First Round, a Hummel Kit similar in design from the Coventry City kits from 2019/20 Season and of course based in their classic “Mexico” template. The goalkeeper kit is also worth calling out, the keeper wearing a red kit with the classic Hummel Template made famous by Tottenham Hotspur in the mid 80s
Let me know your favourite kits from the FA Cup First Round at either the comments section below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
The 2020/21 League Two (4th Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Cheltenham Town claimed the title, with Cambridge United (Runners Up) and Bolton Wanderers earning automatic promotion to League One, with Morecambe winning the the Play Off Final against Newport County 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)
117 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 39% of Kit variations used
24 Home Kits worn
22 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 39% of variations used
23 Away Kits worn
23 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
17 3rd Kits worn
5 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
3 Special Kits worn
Overview of Kits Worn
Kit Overview
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 League One Teams
4 teams wore 7 kit variiations – Highest in the league
Morecambe – Home x3, Away x4
Newport County – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd, Special Kit
Salford City – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
Tranmere Rovers – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
5 teams wore 6 kit variations
Bolton Wanderers – Home x4, Away x2
Colchester United – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, Special Kit
Exeter City – Home x4, Away, 3rd
Oldham Athletic – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
Scunthorpe United – Home, Away, 3rd x4
6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
Barrow AFC – Home x3, Away, 3rd
Crawley Town – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
Leyton Orient – Home, Away x3, 3rd
Mansfield Town – Home x2, Away x2, Special Kit
Port Vale – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Southend United – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
Most variations of Home Kit
2 teams wore 4 variations of Home Kit
Bolton Wanderers: White / Navy / White – White / White / Navy – All White – White / Navy / Navy
Exeter City – Full Home kit – Home / Red socks – Home / Away shorts, socks (Purple) – Home / Red shorts, socks
Most variations of Away Kit
Morecambe wore 4 variations of Away Kit
All Navy, Navy / White shorts, Navy / White shorts, socks, Navy / Navy shorts, white socks
Most variations of 3rd Kit
Scunthorpe United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
All White – White / Black / White – White / Claret / White – White / White / Sky Blue
6 Teams wore just used home and away kits (no 3rd Kit)
Bolton Wanderers
Carlisle United
Cheltenham Town
Harrogate Town
Morecambe
Stevenage
4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
Bradford City
Forest Green Rovers
Grimsby Town
Walsall
Most worn Home Kit – 36, Leyton Orient
Most worn Away Kit – 17, Cambridge United
Most worn 3rd Kit – 16, Walsall
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 – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
The 117 kits worn in League Two was the most amount of kits worn in the top four English Leagues, there were several examples of kits worn being in all variations (Bolton Wanderers Home Kit, Morecambe Away Kit, Scunthorpe United 3rd kit), as well as several other kit mash ups with teams combining their kits to form different looks.
Bolton Wanderers were a team that used their home kit well, using different variations to ensure they could avoid kit clashes. at one point in April they used four different home kit variations in four games. The result of this home kit usage meant they only wore change kits 5 times all season, they only used their registered away kit once and their away kit with white shorts and socks 4 times.
Port Vale were another team to use their Home kit, this time they would change the socks (and baselayers) used with their home kit when playing at home to avoid clashes with their visting opponents, using combinations of black and white to change the look
There were 3 Special Kits used during the season, each of these appearences resulted in the team winnig in their shirts, so could been seen as lucky shirts this season.
Colchester United wore their one off “Supporters” shirt against Southend United on 20th April 2020.
Mansfield Town wore their “Thank you NHS” Shirt on 23rd March against Forest Green Rovers
Newport County wore their anniversary shirt celebrating 40 years since their European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final against Carl Zeiss Jena, against Bradford City
Some of the more interesting kit mash ups seen in League Two in 2020/21…
Crawley Town in Away / 3rd Kit Combo at Exeter City
Exeter City in Home / Away mash up at Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic in Away / 3rd shorts and socks at Carlisle United
Stevenage in Away / Home mash up at Port Vale
There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League, Championship and League One please click on the link below
The 2020/21 League One (3rd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 9th May, Hull City (winners) and Peterborough United (Runners Up) earning automatic promotion to The Championship, with Blackpool winning the the Play Off Final against Lincoln City 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)
98 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 42% of Kit variations used
24 Home Kits worn
17 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 39% of variations used
24 Away Kits worn
14 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
15 3rd Kits worn
4 3rd Kit variations worn
Overview of Kits Worn
Kit Overview
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 League One Teams
1 team wore 9 kit variiations – Highest in the league
Oxford United – Home x4, Away, 3rd x4
2 teams wore 6 kit variations
Accrington Stanley – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
Blackpool – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
3 Teams wore 5 kit variations
Northampton Town – Home, Away x3, 3rd
Sunderland – Home x3, Away x2
Swindon Town – Home x3, Away x2
Most variations of Home Kit
Oxford United wore 4 variations of Home Kit
Yellow / Navy / Yellow – All Yellow – Yellow / Navy / Navy – Yellow / White / White
Most variations of Away Kit
2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
Blackpool / Northampton Town
Most variations of 3rd Kit
Oxford United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
All White – White / Navy / White – White / Navy / Navy – White / White / Navy
Bristol Rovers only used 2 variations of kit, Home and Away
6 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
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 – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
League One teams used 98 Kits through out 2020/21 season, this was the lowest amount of kits worn in the Top Four Leagues in England, it also saw a more classic look for teams in terms of kit usage, 7 teams only had Home and Away kits (Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Shrewsbury Town, Sunderland and Swindon Town).
Lincoln City did not wear their full home kit in an away game, the only game they wore their Home Kit was at Plymouth Argyle and was worn with 3rd shorts (white).
Bristol Rovers wore their away kit home against Shrewsbury Town when the away team wore their all white away kit.
Doncaster Rovers worn a 3rd Kit at Home against Hull City, this kit was commerate the career of James Coppinger, who has spent 17 years at the club and made nearly 700 appearences for them. The player himself designing the kit with his sons to celebrate his time with club.
Accrington Stanley, who wore 6 kit variations in total wore 5 different kits in 5 games (Match 25 to Match 29) – All White (Away variation), Black / White / White (3rd), All Red (Home), White / Black / White (Away), Black / Black / White (3rd variation).
Oxford United, who wore the most kit variations in the league with 9 different kits used, started the season with 5 different kits in their first 5 games… this became 6 kits in 8 games and 7 in 16 games, 8 in 19 games and they wore their 9th variation in their 38th game.
There were some classic kit mash ups in League One in 20/21…
Gillingham at Portsmouth…
Swindon Town again at Portsmouth
Sunderland at Plymouth Argyle
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League or Championship, please click on the link below.
The 2020/21 Championship (2nd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Norwich City (winners) and Watford (Runners Up) bouncing straight back to The Premier League, with the Play Off Final to be played between Brentford and Swansea City 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)
110 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 44% of Kit variations used
24 Home Kits worn
24 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 32% of variations used
24 Away Kits worn
11 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 23% of variations worn
21 3rd Kits worn
4 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
2 Special Kits worn (Coventry City, Norwich City)
Overview of Kits Worn
Kit Overview
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
3 teams wore 7 kit variations – Highest in the league
Luton Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
Middlesbrough – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
QPR – Home x3, Away x3, 3rd
2 teams wore 6 kit variations
Barnsley – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
Coventry City – Home, Away x2, 3rd x 2, Special Kit
6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
AFC Bournemouth – Home x3, Away, 3rd
Brentford – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Bristol City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Rotherham United – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Stoke City – Home x3, Away x2
Watford – Home x2, Away, 3rd
Most variations of Home Kit
7 Teams wore 3 variations of Home Kit
AFC Bournemouth, Barnsley, Middlesbrough, QPR, Reading, Stoke City, Watford
Most variations of Away Kit
2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
Luton Town, QPR
Most variations of 3rd Kit
4 Teams wore 2 variations of 3rd Kit
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Luton Town, Middlesbrough
Special Kits
Coventry City Supporters Shirt
Norwich City Supporters Shirt
4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
Huddersfield Town, Millwall, Preston North End, Wycombe Wanderers
Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 13, Blackburn Rovers
Most worn 3rd Kit – 17, Preston North End
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 – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
Huddersfield Town wore change kits in all of their 23 away game this season, wearing their away kit 9 times and their 3rd kit 14 times
Several teams elected to use their 3rd more than their away kit this season. The teams are Barnely, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End and Watford.
Queen’s Park Rangers used their away kit in three different variations – Black shorts and socks, white shorts and socks, blue shorts and socks.
Three teams did not have 3rd Kits, Blackburn Rovers (3 variations – Home x2, Away), Reading (4 variations Home x3, Away) and Stoke City (5 variations – Home x3, Away x2).
Coventry City played the first 14 games in their home kit, the last team in the league to use a change kit, they ended the season using 6 variations of kit – joint 2nd most in the league
Barnsley wore purple socks in their home game with Reading on 2nd April to raise awareness for Weston Park Cancer Charity.
Luton Town’s Umbro kits were the most interchangable of the season, by using 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 3 pairs of socks in just three colours (Orange / White / Navy Blue) the team created 7 different kit variations (joint highest in the League).
MIllwall took inspriation from the main sponsor with their 3rd Kit, using the Huski Chocolate Mountain theme into their unique shirt.
There were two “Supporters” Shirts used this season, Coventry City released a navy kit for their club members which was used at home against Brentford and Norwich City used their supporters shirt as a thank you in their final league at Carrow Road against Reading.
There we have it, The Championship End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League, please click on the link below.
The 2020/21 Season is now in full swing, I thought it was time to document the kits worn by the 92 English League Clubs and look at the manufacturers used.
Premier League
7 Different Manufacturers with 60 Kits for the 20 teams.
Adidas – 7 Teams
Nike – 4 Teams
Puma – 4 Teams
Umbro – 2 Teams
Hummel – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Under Armour – 1 Team
Championship
11 different manufactuerers, currenly with 68 kits for 24 teams
Umbro – 6 Teams
Macron – 4 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Errea – 2 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Puma – 2 Teams
Adidas – 1 Team
Elev8 – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
Kelme – 1 Team
O’Neils – 1 Team
League One.
11 different manufactuerers, currently 63 kits for 24 teams
Puma – 7 Teams
Errea – 3 Teams
Nike – 3 Teams
Adidas – 2 Teams
Hummel – 2 Teams
Macron – 2 Teams
Admiral – 1 Team
Elite Pro Sport – 1 Team
FBT -1 Team
Tag – 1 Team
Umbro – 1 Team
League Two
10 different manufactuerers, 63 kits for 24 teams
Errea – 6 Teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Hummel – 4 Teams
Joma – 2 Teams
New Balance – 2 Teams
Avec – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Player Layer – 1 Team
Puma – 1 Team
Surridge – 1 Team
Overall view
21 Kit manufactuerers, 254 different kits for 92 teams
Only 13 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20
Premier League: Everton / Liverpool / Leeds United
Championship: Birmingham City / Bristol City / Luton Town / Watford
League One: Blackpool / Peterborough United / Sunderland
League Two: Bolton Wanderers / Harrogate Town / Southend United
As the World focuses on more important issues, football it righly taking a breaking until things are safer for us all. I wanted to take a little bit of your time in this period to look at the kits worn so far in the 2019/20 Championship Season (the 2nd Tier of English football league pryamid).
We are currently over three quarters of the way through the season, with each team playing 37 games, which gives us a total of 444 games and 888 kits worn in total by the 24 competing teams.
Kit Stats
888 Kits worn
115 variations of kit worn
39% Home kits (21% Full Home, 18% Variation)
40% Away kits (19% Full Away, 21% Variation)
18% 3rd kits (10% Full 3rd, 8% Variation)
3% Special / Commemorative Kits
Kit Variations
Barnsley – Birmingham City – Blackburn Rovers – Brentford
Bristol City – Cardiff City – Charlton Athletic – Derby County – Fulham
Huddersfield Town – Hull City – Leeds United – Luton Town – Middlesbrough
Millwall – Nottingham Forest – Preston North End – Queen’s Park Rangers – Reading
Sheffield Wednesday – Stoke City – Swansea City – West Bromwich Albion – Wigan Athletic
The “Intereting” siutation that is seen in The Championship is use or more acuratley the lack of use of home kits, with only 21% of kits used in 2019/20 (so far) being a team’s full home kit, that means a staggering 79% of all kits worn being away kits, 3rd kits, Home kit variations and special commemorative kits, a great example being that of West Bromwich Albion who have worn change kits (19) more than their home kit (18) this season and have yet to wear their home kit in an away fixture this season, several other teams have only worn their home kits once or twice away from their home ground and in many cases with obvious kit clash.
Some Kit Call outs
Some things that I want to take some time to call out in particular with Championship team’s kit usage:
Luton Town have worn 9 different kits this season (3 Home variations, 3 Away variations and 3 Third kit variations), although they have worn 9 different kits, it also shows the mix and match flexibilty of their current kit range, with changes only using shorts / socks from their other kits not bespoke shorts / socks.
Four teams have worn 4 different variations of one kit, Blackburn Rovers (3rd Kit), Bristol City (Away), Reading (Away) and Sheffield Wednesday (Away), these kits all worn in different combinations with white shorts / socks.
The “Atheltic Effect”, Charlton Atheltic and Wigan Athletic are the only teams in The Championship to wear just two kits, only wearing their full home and away kits in their 37 games, Charlton even have a registered 3rd Kit that has not been used so far.
Nottingham Forest’s Away kit has been worn in three different variations, the full all blue kit and with two different pairs of white shorts, first worn against Luton Town were the shorts from the home kit (with red trim) and when playing against Brentford Macron supplied them with white shorts with a blue trim to match their blue away kit.
Special Kits
There have been three special commemorative kits worn by teams this season:
Brentford – Griffin Park Special Kit (which has been worn three time, 1 at home and 2 away as a 3rd Kit)
Bristol City – 125th Anniversary Kit
Leeds United – Centenary Kit (1919-2019)
Kit Log
My kit log of every game in the Championship 2019/20 season, so you can see who as worn what against whom.
Please let me know your Kit Highlights from The Championship, what are your favourite kits in the League, let me know at @Kit_Geek or via the comments below.
On Sunday 5th May The Championship League season came to an end, we do still have five games left with the playoffs but this feels like a good time to have a review of the kits worn through out the season and look at some of the stats behind the kits worn.
Kit Stats
1102 Kits worn
107 variations of kits
Home Kits – 45%, 25 Full Home kits worn, 23 variations of Home kit – (Stoke used 2019/20 Home kit in final League game)
Away Kits – 39%, 24 Full Away kits worn, 18 variations of Away kit
3rd Kits – 16%, 15 Full 3rd kits worn, 2 variations of 3rd kit (Aston Villa and Leeds United)
Overview
Match 1 to Match 16
Match 17 to Match 31
Match 32 to Match 46
Due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding Bolton Wanderers at the end of this season, the fixture against Brentford was not played, leaving those two teams with only 45 appearances in the League.
Kit Variations
Aston Villa wore 9 variations of kit, 5 different home combinations and 2 variations of both Away and 3rd Kits.
Bolton Wanderers wore 7 variations of kit, 2 home variations, 4 Away and just the one 3rd kit
Most variations of Home Kit – Aston Villa, 5 variations
Most variations of Away Kit – Bolton Wanderers & Reading, 4 variations
Most variations of 3rd Kit – Aston Villa & Leeds United, 2 variations
9 Clubs only had Home and Away kits
Wigan Athletic only wore two variations of kit all season, their Home and Away
5 Clubs did not use any variation of kit available to them – Bristol City, Norwich City, Preston North End, Rotherham United and Wigan Athletic.
I wrote in a previous post – EFL, Championship – Kit Variations about my five favourite kits and that has not changed since that post, so my favourite kit match up of the season was Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City.
I will continue to add to the Kit Log throughout the Playoff and will update via Twitter – @Kit_Geek but please let me know your thoughts and what your favourite kits seen the English 2nd Tier via the comments below or Twitter.
