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The Heat Press – Issue 8

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Time for Issue Number 8 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 7 click here

The Headlines

  • Southampton – Special Kit
  • Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary Shirt
  • FA Cup Sleeve Patches
  • Slovenia – Kit Votes

Southampton – Special Kit

Southampton release a “Special” Kit to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their Saints Foundation, the Kit was worn in the FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Home to Coventry City and has the same detail on the kit as their current 3rd Kit which includes a detail of the St.Mary’s Stadium included in the print of the shirt in a repeating pattern. The white shirt was paired with red shorts and white socks.

Kyle Walker-Peters is congratulated after his goal by Jack Stephens, Ibrahima Diallo and Armando Broja.

There were 500 shirts available for purchase from the club in a presentation box for £99.

Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary

Meanwhile at the other “Hampton”, Northampton Town have released their shirt commerating their 125th Anniversary and is based on their kit from those early days, Hummel delivering a classic looking shirt for The Cobblers, The “Chocolate and Blue” will be worn in the game against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 5th March 2022.

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The includes the names of the all the season ticket holders who donated the cost of the ticket to the club in the 2020 / 21 Season.

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FA Cup Patches

Something that was brought to my attention this week was that the teams that have won the FA Cup have the number of times they have won included on their Sleeve Patch. Further research shows this was introduced from last season but is one of those little kit details that give me a lot of joy…!

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Also the holders appear to have a “Silver” Patch rather than the standard Red Patch that all other teams have (reversed colours) – Thanks to Tom from @ShirtUnion for pointing this out to me.

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Slovenia – Kit Votes

The Football Association of Slovenia have included fans as part of the decision process with their new kits from Nike in 2022. Fans (30%), alongside Players (40%) and member of the Slovenian FA (30%) will make up the decision making process.

The options were designed by 8 different Kit Designers and 11 different designs for the Home and Away kits, full details can be found at Footy Headlines – here

Voting closed on 7th February 2022 for these kits.

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

The latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is now out, in Episode 7 Denis, Les and I look at some Kit Templates, which each of us bringing a Template of Worship and Template of Doom….

Spoilers…. my Template of Worship and Template of Doom are below, have a listen to find out which one was which and the reason behind my choices….!

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Make sure you check out the wonderful @_luke1878_ who is producing a “Kit Tracker” for Everton, the detail in the illustrations is fantastic… check out the detail on the patches (see above for reference)…!

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The @PencilCraftsman created this amazing illustration of Manchester United kits over the years, a great piece of art celebrating all things Kit for The Red Devils.

Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter

The Heat Press – Issue 2

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Time for Issue Number 2 of The Heat Press, if you have not read Issue 1 you can find it here – The Heat Press – Issue 1

This will be regular look at what is going on within the Kit World and Kit Community.

The Headlines

  • The Kitsman Awards, The Winners
  • #NoHomeKit – Who took part?
  • Adidas Logo change?

The Kitsman Awards

On Thursday 23rd December, The Kitsman hosted the 2021 Kit Awards, I wanted to highlighted the winners of each section in case it was missed…

The categories…

Best Tweet – @CavershamUnited for this winning tweet “Alexa? What’s Sunday League Football”

Best Collection – @NorwichShirts

Knows their Kit – @museumofjerseys

Best Contributer – @LaCasacaBlog

Best Photography – @aleksandarjason

Best Charity Fundraiser – @fsfcUK

Best Concept Shirt Designer – @thekitfactor

Best Independent Store – @niclassicshirt

Best Mystery Shirt Box Company – @BundesligaBoxes

Best Video Content – @_Spark_Academy

Best Creative Content – @KitKingdom83

Best Artist – @yoniweisberg

Best Verified Account – @TyBracey

Best Audio / Podcast – @ShirtsPod

Best Twitter Account 2021 – @The_Kitsman

A huge congratulations to all the winners and the finalists in each award, I also want to thank Josh over at The Kitsman for pulling this all together, it brought a lot positivity to the Kit Community but also highlighted many great accounts that are out there in the “Twitter-sphere” at the moment, check out the Kitsman timeline to find some wonderful kit content!

Shelter’s No Home Kit

Although the traditional Boxing day fixtures were severly impacted by postponments due to the current COVID-19 situation in England, we did see a couple of teams embracing this initiative….

Oldham Athletic at home to Scunthorpe United

Tranmere Rovers at home to Barrow AFC

A Special call out to Dulwich Hamlet, who also had Shelter as their Sponsor on their away kit and are auctioning their shirts to raise money for the campaign.

Adidas to change logo?

It has been reported over the last week or so that Adidas will be changing their logo from late 2022, to coincide with 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The new logo will see a slight change in the alignment of the traditional 3 Stripes and the removal of the “adidas” word mark… with those Counties with their kits manufactured by Adidas participating in the World Cup being the first kits seen with the new logo.

Full details can be found over at Footy Headlines – Link to Article click here

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I want to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community

The guys over at Kit Mag ran a knock competition to find their follower’s Kit of 2021, the winner was the Liverpool Away kit beating Venezia away in the final with 64% of the vote.

Andorra’s Ildefons Lima Solà gave away one of Match Worn shirts as part of a Christmas giveaway and added a nice touch by signing the number

This wonderful picture was shared by @TRiCKETTengland highlighting the kits worn on 1984/85 Serie A Season

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Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in coming weeks, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter

FA Cup – Second Round, Kit Review

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The FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, first kicked off 150 years ago in November 1871 has now completed the 2nd Round of the 2021/22 season.

Details from Round 1 can be found here – FA Cup – First Round, Kit Review

The second round was made up of 40 Teams made up from the 31 from League One and League Two and just 9 teams from the Non-League English Football Pyramid, with Buxton being the lowest rank team in the round who play in the 7th Tier (Northern Premier League Premier Division).

There was only one game that went to a replay, Barrow AFC v Ipswich Town, so this gave us a total of 21 games for the round.

Second Round Kit Log

Manufacturers

16 Kit Manufacturers were on show in the Second Round, with Puma for the second round running supplying the most kits, with 9 this round (5 League and 4 Non League teams).

This was a reduction from 23 in the First Round, there were 8 manufacturers with just one kit on show, these included Nike and Umbro.

Kit Highlights

Looking at some of the kit highlights for the Second Round.

Carlisle United v Shrewsbury Town, surprisingly resulted in the away team using their home kit, on paper would appear to be kit clash (and we have seen changes for less of a clash) but the result was not too bad with Yellow in the Shrewsbury Kit really standing out in the fixture.

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Barrow AFC and Ipswich Town were the only teams to go to a replay, the resulting replay on Wednesday 15th December saw Ipswich Town use their limited edition 3rd Kit, the Black and Grey striped shirt will not be available for sale to supports, so will definitley be a collectors item. It also meant that Ipswich Town have worn Home, Away and 3rd Kits in the FA Cup this season.

Rochdale played in their 3rd variation of Home kit in their 3rd game of competition (First Round, First Round Replay and Second Round), they have worn the Home shirt with white shorts and socks, white shorts and black socks and in their game with Plymouth Argyle wore black shorts and socks.

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Let me know your favourite kits from the FA Cup Second Round at either the comments section below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

English Football – Kit Overview 2021/22

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Italy Away

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Turkey Away with Black shorts

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Iceland Away

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Euro 2016 Fixtures

An overview of the kits worn by tournament fixtures.

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

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

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

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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!

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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:

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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

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Away Kits

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3rd / 4th Kits

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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

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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:

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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

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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.

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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

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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)

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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

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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…!

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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

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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

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Match Day 20 to 38

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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 

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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.

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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.

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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