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English Football – Kit Overview 2021/22

Nov 26, 2021Nov 26, 2021Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged EFL, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Football League, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

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
League Two: Tranmere Rovers

Harry Kane / England…. 48 & Counting

Nov 25, 2021Nov 29, 2021Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged England, Football, Football Kits, Goals, Kane, Kit Geek, Kits, world cup1 Comment

On Monday 15th November 2021 the England Captain Harry Kane led his team to World Cup Qualification with emphatic 10-0 victory over San Marino, who themselves sporting their 90th Anniversay Kit based on their traditional flag. In the process of this victory, Kane bagged himself a four goal “haul” and becoming the joint 3rd highest goalscorer of the England National Men’s team.

Wayne Rooney – 53 Goals in 120 Games
Sir Bobby Charlton – 49 in 106
Gary Lineker – 48 in 80
Harry Kane – 48 in 67

Now, with me enjoying Kits and the stats behind the kits, I wanted to see a breakdown of these goals and the kits that were being worn by Kane.

Overview

Harry Kane made his debut on 27th March 2015 against Lithuania and marked his debut by scoring within 80 seconds of coming on as a second half substitute. The Kit England where wearing that evening was the All White Kit first introduced for the 2014 World Cup.

Harry Kane scoring his first England Goal

In the six and half years (and 66 caps) since that spring evening, Kane has worn 9 different England Kits used in a total of 14 Kit variations, which include the controversial Nike Vapor Templates used for Euro 2016 – One I actually quite like and thought it worked well in both Home and Away forms (but thats a discussion for another time), one 3rd Kit and a variety of different variations of the Home and Away kits.

Breakdown

Home Kits – 4 Kits used, 21 Goals Scored
Home Kit Variations – 3 Kits used, 13 Goals Scored
Away Kits – 3 Kits used, 7 Goals Scored
Away Kit Varations – 3 Kits used, 5 Goals Scored
3rd Kit – 1 Kit, 2 goals

Highlights

The Kit that Kane has scored the most goals in is the first choice Home Kit used between 2018 and 2019, including the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Kane netted a total of 12 goals in this kit, including three Hat-Tricks against Panama (in the World Cup), Bulgaria and Montenegro in the Euro 2020 Qualifying campaign. There were also another 4 goals scored with this kit being used with white shorts.

The England Captain scoring a Hat-Trick against Panama at Russia 2018

The Nike Vapor Template has seen 3 different incarnations for England with Kane scoring in all three kits and counting the variations of socks that have been used a total of 5 different Kit Variations. In total Kane scored 9 goals in these kits

The 5 variations of Vapor Template used by England, all of which Kane scored in

2021 has seen Kane break the record for the most goals scored by an Englishman in a Calendar Year, with 16 goals in his 16 Appearences, this included 7 goals in his last two appreances, the final two qualiyfing matches for World Cup 2022, both games seeing all his goals scored in the first half of each match. In total in 2021, Kane scored 11 goals in the home kit, 5 in the default look with navy shorts and 6 in the all white look, the popular all blue away kit has seen 5 goals netted by the England Captain.

Kane netting a first half Hat-Trick against Albania, November 2021

If Harry Kane keeps this level of scoring up, the record is surely insight within the next year, a World Cup year… I hope to update this when the record is broken.

What are you favourite Kits worn by Harry Kane for England, let me know in the comments below of over at https://twitter.com/kit_geek

English Football – Kit Overview 2020/21

Nov 26, 2020Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged EFL, England, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

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

Kit Log – Euro 2016

Jun 9, 2020Jun 10, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged Adidas, England, Euro2016, Euros, Football, Football Kits, France2016, Internationals, Kit Log, Kits, Nike, Puma2 Comments

To coincide with my “Debut” Podcast appearence on the latest Kitted Out Podcast talking the Nike Vapor Template and Kits worn at Euro 2016, I thought I would pull together a Kit Log from that Tournament, so look back at the kits worn and some of the stats behind the kits.

Euro 2016, was hosted by France and change of format saw it become the largest European Championships to date, with the tournament being expanded to 24 teams from the 16 team that had been in place for the previous 5 tournaments dating back to Euro 96.

In terms of kits, the “Big Three” manufacturers, Nike, Adidas and Puma supplied 20 of the 24 teams qualifying for European Championships!

Kits Stats:

24 Teams
55 Different Kits Worn
7 Kit Manufacters (Nike, Adidas, Puma, Joma, Macron, Umbro, Errea)
Adidas – 9 Countries
Nike – 6 Countries
Puma – 5 Countries
10 Countries wore three different kit combinations
Only 3 Countries wore the same kit in all their games

Looking at bit more detail into the Countries kit choices, taking each Group at a time and their progress through the Tournament.

Group A

Hosts and eventual finalists France, one of the six countries to wear the Nike Vapor Template only change from their first choice “Home” Kit once, this was kit that we discussed at length on Kitted Out Podcast where they could not wear their initial “Away” kit which broke the UEFA Equipment laws by having two different colour sleeves. The Kit worn in the tournament, had almost grey looking sleeves instead of the red / blue in the original design.

Albania, who in their first ever tournament appearence also created a first by wearing Home, Away and 3rd choice kits in their three group games, something that I do not believe we have seen in an International Tournament before with Countries normally having just two kit options.

Group B

England, another team with Nike Vapor Template and one that was seen by many to be a controversial choice. I am probably in the minority of England fans that liked it, it was something different and I always like to see experimentation in Kit design and this was possibly Nike’s biggest risk in the International market. The Home and Away kits were both used through the tournament but unfortunately this kit will likely always be remembered for exit at the hands of Iceland.

Wales, who reached the Semi Finals had one of the standard Adidas Templates for their home kit, however their away kit was something different with the use of the fluorescent trim really popping from the two toned grey hoops.

Group C

Ever efficient Germany wore their Home kit in all of their six appearances, with the only variation being the use of white socks in their Quarter Final match against Italy.

Ukraine, one of the three teams (All wearing Yellow) to wear the same kit throughout the Tournament.

Poland, wearing probably the least adventurous Nike Vapor Template, no risks in colour choice, no alternative sock choice just the standard colour choices in place and an away kit that many England fans would have happily swapped for one used by the Three Lions!

Group D

Group D is all about Turkey for me, another Nike Vapor Template and one of the more interesting designs, with a mesh like appearance in the shirt blending to black shorts / socks. They wear also one of the teams to wear three different kit combinations in their three group games, mashing up home shorts and socks with their away kit, for me the best use of Vapor Template seen on show!

An honourable mention to Spain and their away kit which contains an interesting pattern on chest and shoulder, which is to reflect the heat map of their winning goal at Euro 2012 scored by Fernando Torres.

Group E

It was all about Belgium’s away kit for me in Group E, my favourite kit of the tournament and one that paid homage to the Belgian cycling team with the Belgian Flag being used as a chest band across the cyan shirt! It was used three times in their six games with both black and cyan shorts, both looks working in my eyes!

Italy (as Belgium) used three different kits in their six games, with two home kit combinations used, their stylish away kit only used on their opening game.

Group F

Tournament winners Portugal, the final team to wear the Nike Vapor Template kit, also wore three different kits in their six game with their home kit being one of the best fits in colour combination of the template.

Iceland’s kit produced by Errea deserve a call out, not only a tournament to remember for their progress to the Quarter Finals but a simple, yet unique kit with the use of a single stripe made their kits stand out from some of the generic templates used by several nations.

Austria wore three different kit combinations in their only three appearances at Euro 2016.

My favourtie 5 Kits worn

Belgium Away (with black and cyan shorts)

Turkey Home

Italy Away

Turkey Away with Black shorts

Iceland Away

Euro 2016 Fixtures

An overview of the kits worn by tournament fixtures.

10th June 2016 to 18th June 2016 (Group games)

19th June 2016 to 3rd July 2016 (Final Group Games to Quarter Finals)

6th July 2016 to 10th July 2016 (Semi Finals and Final)

Well there we have, let me know your favourite kits worn through out Euro 2016 and of course make sure you check out the latest Podcast from Kitted Out discuss these kits and The Nike Vapour Template.

A final thank you to Ollie from Kitted Out for intiviting me on to his Podcast and giving me an opportunity to talk about football kits, please use the link above to check out Kitted Out back catalogue, some wonderful football kit conversations to listen too.

Premier League – Kit Log and all the information you might need!

Nov 1, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

We are now over a quarter of the way through the season, so this feels like the ideal time to take a deeper look into the Kits worn so far in the 2019/20 season.

Followers to my Twitter account – @Kit_Geek will know that I do keep weekly updates on kits via the “Kit Grid” with some high level stats for those of you like me who like to see the numbers behind the kits worn.

Kit Grid, Match Day 10:

Kit Stats

10 Rounds of fixtures into the season, means 200 Kits worn. Taking a look at little at some of the overall kit stats:

Home Kits worn – 71% (65% Full Kits, 6% Home Kit variation)
Away Kits worn – 18% (14.5% Full, 3.5% Variation)
3rd Kits worn – 10.5% (8.5% Full, 2% Variation)
4th Kit worn – 0.5%

Looking at points won by teams in their Home, Away, 3rd (and 4th) Kits – This includes variations of each Kits.

Home Kits – 191 Point won, at an average of 1.35 Points per game
Away Kits – 45 Points won, at an average of 1.25 Points per game
3rd Kits – 34 Points won, at an average of 1.62 Points per game
4th Kit – 1 Point won, so 1 Point per game

So it appears that a team wearing their 3rd kit is likely to score more points, with 5 teams having 100% win records when in their 3rd choice outfit this season, those teams:

Liverpool (3 games)
Crystal Palace and Manchester City (2 games)
Bournemouth and Newcastle United (1 game)

Point per game by Team:

Home Kits

Away Kits

3rd / 4th Kits

Kit Variations

One thing I particularly like keeping an eye out for is variations of kits worn, below is the update by team and the kits they have worn in the League this season:

69 Variatons of Kit Worn
Liverpool have worn 5 variations of Kits (due to sock changes on Home / 3rd Kit)
9 Teams have worn 4 variations of Kits
8 Teams have worn 3 variations of Kits
Newcastle United and Norwich City have worn just 2 variations of their Kits, both being Home and 3rd Kits

Of the 59 Registered Kits, we have not seen 5 in the Premier League this season:

Chelsea 3rd Kit
Everton 3rd Kit
Leicester City 3rd Kit
Newcastle United Away Kit
Norwich City Away Kit

The Order that teams have worn Kits:

Goalkeeper Kits

Something new that I have been tracking this season is what the Goalkeepers are wearing this season, below are the Goalkeeper kits worn per game

55 Goalkeeper Kits worn in 2019/20

And there we have it, a fairly comprehensive view of the Kits worn in the Premier League so far in 2019/20.

I always like to end my kit round ups with my favourite Kit match up of the recent weeks, for me it was last week’s (26th October) game between Watford and Bournemouth. Bournemouth changing to white shorts and socks to avoid the clash with Watford’s…. giving us inadvertently a tribute to Luther Blisset.

Please let me know your thoughts, favourite kits and comments below or over on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Log 2019/20

Sep 3, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

As we reach the first International Break of the 2019/20 season it feels like its a good time to take stock and have a look at the kits worn in the first four rounds of the season.

As always I like to look at the stats of the kits worn and information behind that.

Kit Stats

Home Kits – 69% (65% full, 4% variation)
Away Kits – 18% (17% full, 1% variation)
3rd Kit – 12% (11% full, 1% variation)
4th Kit – 1%

Teams with 3 kits worn – In Appearance

Arsenal (Away, Home, 3rd)
Burnley (Home, 3rd, Away)
Crystal Palace (Home, Away, 3rd)
Everton (4th, Home, Home variation)
Manchester United (Home, Home variation, 3rd variation)
Sheffield United (Away, Home, Away variation)
Tottenham Hotspur (Home, Away, Home variation)

Teams with 2 kits worn – In Appearance

Aston Villa (Home, Away)
Bournemouth (Home, 3rd)
Brighton & Hove Albion (Home, Away)
Chelsea (Home, Away)
Leicester City (Home, Away)
Liverpool (Home, 3rd)
Manchester City (Away, Home)
Newcastle United (Home, 3rd)
Norwich City (Home, 3rd)
Southampton (Away, Home)
Watford (Home, 3rd)
West Ham United (Home, Away)

Team with 1 kit worn

Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home)

Something we have seen twice this season (Everton at Crystal Palace and Watford at Newcastle United) is the Referee step in and ask teams to change their kits to avoid a clash.

Everton who wanted to use their Coral away kit but was advised by the Ref is would cause a clash of kit and with their then soon to be released 3rd kit being Navy Blue, it meant a return of last season’s white 3rd kit, as what will be a 4th kit this season. For me this white kit actually complements the current home kit in its desgin, so maybe should have been kept as a 3rd kit this season.

The second instance was with Watford, who wanted to use their Navy Blue away kit for the first time at Newcastle and with their home kit this season being Black / Yellow halved shirts, it meant a return of last season’s Green Away kit to be used as a 3rd kit, something the team did not have last season being one of only two teams to wear just a Home and Away kit.

The other one of those teams was Wolverhampton Wanderers, who currently are the only team to wear just one kit so far this season, however I would expect to see the team to use a rare 3rd kit when they play away at Watford on 1st January 2020, with their home and away kits both clashing with Watford’s halved shirts…. will we see the return of last season’s white away kit or something new?

Premier League – Goalkeeper Kits

Something new I am also keeping record of this season and inspired by Denis over at Museum of Jerseys (and the excellent Kit Tracker that Denis illustrates) are the Goalkeeper kits worn in the Premier League.

43 Different kits worn – (caviat here is that there are several template kits worn by teams, so many teams have same GK Kit)
Only Brighton & Hove Albion have worn just one kit so far this season (Mat Ryan)
Burnley, Manchester United, Newcastle United & Norwich City have all worn 3 kits in the opening 4 games

My favourite kit match up of the season so far was on 18th August when Sheffield United played Crystal Palace, for me a nice balance of tradition and modern kit design…. although if Arsenal had chosen to wear their away kit Liverpool rather than their 3rd kit then that would have been right up there…!

Let me know your thoughts and what your favourite Kit Match ups have been on the comments below or over at Twitter on @Kit_Geek

Premier League, End of Season Kit Report

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, Soccer2 Comments

Sunday 12th May 2019 saw a remarkable season come to a close, with Manchester City and Liverpool slugging out blows over these final weeks of the season like two heavy weight boxers trading punched in the 12th Round….

Anyway enough of this and to what you are here for, the Kit review of the season.

Kit Stats

760 Kits worn (380 games)
112 variations of kits, which are broken down by the following
Home Kits – 42%, 24 Home kits worn (AFC Bournemouth, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Leicester all wearing their 2019/20 Home Kit in their last home game) and 23 variations of Home kit
Away Kits – 30%, 19 Away kits worn (Manchester United only team not to wear their designated away kit) and 15 variations of Away kit
3rd / 4th Kits (thanks Fulham) – 28%, 18 3rd/4th Kits worn and 13 variations of 3rd Kit

Overview

Match Day 1 to 19

Match Day 20 to 38

Kit Variations

Everton and Fulham both wore 9 variations of kits this season
Everton – 4 Home Kits, 1 Away and 4 3rd Kits
Fulham – 4 Home Kits, 2 Away, 2 3rd and 1 4th Kit
Manchester United and West Ham United wore 8 variations of kit
Manchester United – 3 Home Kits, 2 Away kits and 3 3rd kits (they also did not wear their designated away kit combination of Pink / Black / Pink)
West Ham United- 4 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits
Most variation of Home Kit – 4 (Everton, Fulham, West Ham United)
Most variation of Away Kit – 3 (AFC Bournemouth, Burnley, Cardiff City)
Most variation of 3rd Kit – 4 (Everton)
Fulham used a 4th Kit once (which in turn meant they wore 4 kits in the first 5 games)
Watford are the only team to use no variation and only two different kits all season
Leicester City wore their home kit 32 times, only wearing change kits against teams in Blue or Blue / white stripes – the least unnecessary changes

Kit Log

Below is a graphic looking at who what against whom, this is something that I will be looking at in more detail over the coming days, so watch this space.

As in my previous post about The Championship – The Championship, End of Season Kit Report I mentioned my favourite kit match up of the season, for me this was a tough call this season but one of my favourite kits to take the field was Chelsea’s home shirt and when they played Crystal Palace at home, palace wore blue socks with their away to produce for a stunning kit mash up.

As mentioned, there will be additional posts coming up over the coming days but please let me know your thoughts, favourite kits and comments about 2018/19 Premier League Season by using the comments field below or via Twitter – @Kit_geek

Premier League – Kit Grid, Match Day 13

Nov 27, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League1 Comment

I am always keen to find new ways to document what kits have been worn.

This is based on the Home / Away grid sometimes used for match results, it fits my basic kit illustrations well, which helps……

Home Team is vertical axis and then reads across, the away team on the horizontal axis and read down.

Therefore you can see AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal from Sunday 25th November as the game on the top left hand corner (well below the blanked out fixture) and West Ham United v Wolverhampton Wanderers from 1st September on bottom right (this time above the blacked out fixture).

This is up to Match Day 13, I will continue to document the Kits worn in the Premier League in my usual ways but will also update this version weekly for that overall snapshot.

As this may be a little small to read, check out my tweet below for larger image.

#PremierLeague Kit Grid after Match Day 13. pic.twitter.com/SaUOuyjf4U

— Football Kit Geek (@kit_geek) November 27, 2018

Please let me know what you think, I have already made some changes based on the feedback received when I started to develop this.

Premier League, Kit Log – Match Day 11

Nov 6, 2018Nov 7, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits1 Comment

The 2018/19 Premier League season is in full swing, we are seeing records being broken at the top (and bottom) of the league but that’s not why we are here, we want to look at the kits, what teams have worn and some stats / details around what they are wearing.

Overview:

Here we have the snapshot of what each team has worn through each “Match Day”:

In the total of 220 kits worn (110 games) so far this season, we have seen the following:

Home Kits worn – 73% (66% full Home, 7% variations)
Away Kits worn – 18 % (12% full Away, 6% variations)
3rd Kits worn – 8% (7% full 3rd, 1% variations)
4th Kits worn – 1% (0.5% full 4th, 0.5% variation – thank you Fulham)

Variations:

Kits are more than just about being Home, Away and Third (and 4th Kits…..Fulham)…, it is also about the variations that worn within these kits and those of you that have read my previous posts and follow me on Twitter will know this part of the Kit “Geekdom” that I really enjoy.

Looking at the variations worn so far this season (11 games):

7 Variations:

Fulham, who fast becoming this simple Kit Geek’s favourite team in Premier League so far this season, what will they wear next… all navy, or White/White/Black home kit combo.

6 Variations:

Burnley, who thanks to wearing three variations of their away kit are now up to 6 variations.

5 Variations:

Manchester City and West Ham United.

Man City, with combinations in both their Home and Away kits, also by wearing a variation of their 3rd kit, so we may see a 6th variation at some point in the season.

West Ham, always one to use a variation of each of their kits, here we may see a fourth variation of their home kit if they go for a white short, blue sock combo.

4 Variations:

We have seen several teams that used four variations of kit.

Arsenal
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Manchester United

3 Variations:

AFC Bournemouth
Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool – (the only team to have used three different kits, no variations so far)
Newcastle United
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur

2 Variations:

Leicester City – wearing their home kit for 10 games and those being the first 10 games of the season
Watford (only have two registered kits at the moment)
Wolverhampton Wanderers (only have two registered kits at the moment)

Points per kit:

Another area I like to look at is the points won wearing certain kits, to keep this simple and not over confuse with the variations used, I have combined variations of kits, so below you will see Home and Away kit League tables based on points per game when the Home and Away kits were worn, there is also a 3rd kit league, this also includes…. yes, you guessed it Fulham’s 4th Kit appearances.

Home Kit League:

Manchester City not surprisingly are sitting top of the Home Kit League, with a maximum of 3.00 points per game for the 7 games they have worn their home kit (and its variation)

The only surprise looking here, would be Watford, who sitting in joint 5th Place with 1.88 points per game.

Away Kit League:

Arsenal and Leicester City top the Away kit League, however there 100% record from just one game is the main reason for this.

Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth are both performing well in the away kits this season, with 2.25 and 2.00 points per game, interestingly (well maybe just for me)

Manchester United have yet to wear their registered away kit season (Pink Shirts, Black Short, Pink Socks), however have worn a variation of Pink/White/Pink and Pink/Black/Black in its four appearances so far.

3rd (and 4th) Kit League:

We have three teams with 100% records in the 3rd (4th) Kit League, Tottenham Hotspur winning all three of the games when they have worn their 3rd kit this season. Burnley’s white third kit’s only outing has also resulted in a win for them.

Several teams are yet to wear a 3rd kit this season, with Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers currently only having two kits registered, something that will be unlikely to change as we move through the season.

Unseen 2018/19 kits:

Looking at these stats it shows a number of kits that are yet to be used this season in the Premier League (however some have made appearances in the League Cup), these kits are:

Newcastle United Away (one that I am looking forward seeing in action)
Tottenham Hotspur Away
AFC Bournemouth 3rd Kit
Brighton and Hove Albion 3rd Kit (last season’s yellow away)
Leicester City 3rd Kit
Manchester United Away (this is surprising giving the marketing giant that is MUFC)
Southampton 3rd Kit

and

Fulham 5th kit…. go on, you know you want to!!

So that’s it, a view and some stats on kits, let me know what you think and what your favourite kits of the 2018/19 Premier League season have been so far.

My favourite, at this moment a variation of Huddersfield Town’s home kit, worn with Black socks, a simple but classic look.

Journeyman Series #2 – Peter Beardsley

Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018Posted in Journeyman SeriesTagged Beardsley, England, Football, Kit Geek, Kits, Liverpool, NewcastleLeave a comment

The Journeyman Series returns, taking some time to look at one player and some of the kits worn through-out their Journeyman career.

Journeyman Series #2 – Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley is a name that you would not automatically think of as a Journeyman Player but a closer look at his career shows he played for 11 different clubs between 1979 and 1999 (this involved two spells at two different clubs) across three different Continents.

Whilst being a player that will often be thought of for his playing days at Newcastle United, Beardsley is one of the rare players that has played for both Liverpool and Everton, as well as both Manchester United and Manchester City.

Added to the spells with Newcastle between 1983/87 and 1993/97, Beardsley also had two spells at NASL’s Canadian Team Vancouver Whitecaps, firstly in 1982 and returning in 1983 after his short, often forgotten spell at Manchester United.

As well a club career that spanned 20 years, Beardsley also represented England at Senior and “B” level, winning 59 caps and scoring 9 goals across 10 years including playing key roles in Mexico 86 and Italia 90 World Cups.

A selection of kits worn by Peter Beardsley for the teams he represented.

* on loan from Parent Club

Some kit highlights:

Vancouver Whitecaps, 1982

NASL, what a time for a Kit Geek.

This in terms of NASL kits was a fairly conservative offering by Vancouver Whitecaps, there was also an “2nd” kit which was this kit with the colours reversed also worn by Beardsley during his two spells at the club.

Newcastle United, 1996

One of the classic kits of the 1990’s, the first kit produced by Adidas for Newcastle United was simple but very effective and one where the sponsor also just worked perfectly with the kit, coupled with a unique away kit (which is what the 2018/19 Newcastle United away kit also based on).

Manchester City, 1998

For me this kit falls under the bracket of “Kit Perfection”, a truly wonderful Manchester City kit created by Kappa (remember it was the late 90’s, the perfect storm of Oasis, Manchester City, Kappa), although this was not a successful time on the pitch for the club, they will certainly be remembered for this beauty (and its sister away kit of navy and fluorescent yellow stripes – another kit which influences the club’s 2018/19 season’s away kit).

Liverpool, 1989

At the time the biggest club in country, Liverpool took to the field in one of their classic kits, the late 80’s is where football kits seemed to shift to another level in terms of design, this Liverpool kit is one that will never be forgotten and again another kit that pair with its “Silver/Grey” away kit is a favourite for Kit Lovers and Liverpool fans alike.

England, World Cup 1986

Finally, Peter Beardsley wearing one of my favourite England kits, the 1986 World Cup version of the home kit produced by Umbro, this was slightly different from the Umbro produced kit worn between 1984/87 to help combat the Mexican heat but all in all a great kit worn Beardsley at the start of his England career.

There are several other kits worn by Peter Beardsley that deserve an honorary mention, at Newcastle United, any of the silver Umbro kits, the Asics home and away kits of the 1993/94 season, the Everton kit (NEC sponsored) kit of the early 90’s to name just a few.

What are your Kit highlights for Peter Beardsley over his career?

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