The Premier League has now in double figures with Matchweeks, dark evenings, winter balls and we are now over a quarter of the way through the season! So let’s take a more in depth look at Kits of this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 10 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 60 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 57 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek.. both Home Kit variations!
Everton wore alternative blue socks for the first time.
Aston Villa used alternative claret socks with their home kit at Tottenham.
The two new goalkeeper kits on show
Everton – Aqua Blue
Leicester City – Pink Adidas Template
Kit Highlights
Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Everton wore Home Kits in away games for the first time this season. This means Brentford and Southampton remain the only teams to wear change kits in all their Away games!
There have been 7 instances of teams wearing home kit variations (all alternative socks) an no team in yet to win in their alternative look!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City, again Bournemouth’s clean looking kit (aside the sponsor) stands out, and matched up with Man City, both look great in action.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits
There were four variations seen this weekend
Manchester City – Home, alternative white socks, 2nd time used
West Ham United – Away / Home socks, 2nd time used
Everton – Home with alternative blue socks
Aston Villa – Home with claret socks
Kit Grid – Up to 5th November
Kit News
Aston Villa annouced a collaboration with Rock Band Black Sabbath, this limited additional release will have just 250 shirts available, 200 outfield shirts and 50 goalkeeper. The shirt was worn against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup, there is also a pair of specially designed Predator Boots linked to this partnership…!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with a review of Champions League Match 4 Kits!
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As regular readers will know I am looking to document the England Men’s National Football Team’s Kit History from 1960 to The Modern Day, creating some reference articles and documents for those that like to have quick reference to these things.
England played 116 Games between 1980 and 1989, the most games in decade so far, saw The Three Lions wearing their Primary (Home) Kit 97 times and change Kits again just 19 times, the same number of times overall but only 16% of the total games.
The 80’s was also the decade where we started to see more regular changes in Kit Design.
1980 – 1981
The 1980s started with England in the same kits as they ended the 70s, however this was about to change with the second set of Admiral Kits introduced in May 1980 ready for the European Championships of that summer, the first tournament England qualified for in 10 years!
This Kit is one of England’s most well known and loved by the fans with it’s unique shoulder panels introducing more colour to the England shirt than had ever been seen before and huge leap from the Kit worn just six years before (Primary Kit of 1964-1974).
One thing to call out here was in the European Championship hosted by Italy, England wore a version of the Kit that was unbranded, to comply with UEFA laws of the time.
The team wore three different kit looks in 1980, with a return to all white look in the game against Romania, this was the first time in over 10 years since the team went for an all white combination, that was at The World Cup 1970 in Mexico!
1981 started with another all white look again and then in the next two fixtures both at Wembley (Romania and Brazil) saw the final outings of the first change kit from Admiral in it’s first use since 1979.
1982
1982 was a World Cup year and the first one England have played in for 12 years! It also gave us a new change kit from Admiral, the design mirrored the Primary Kit but used traditional red as the base colour. The first game it was used was the final warm up game before the World Cup in Spain against Finland, however it was its use in the World Cup that raised some eyebrows…
Against France in the opening game the shirt was paired with its default white shorts and white socks (from Primary Kit) for nice looking Kit Mash Up.
The interesting change was in the game against West Germany (2nd Group Phase of the competition) where there was slight change to the look of the shirt, with an extra white band appearing in the design.. also, this shirt carried the Admiral Branding!
Although not all players in the game had this alternative version….!
England meet West Germany in the Autumn of 1982 and went for another kit mash up, wearing change socks (red) with the Primary Kit… a look not seen since 1979, and just look at those wonderful numbers, might just be one of my favourites in England’s kit history.
1983 – 1984
In terms of kit usage 1983 was fairly uneventful, 11 games in total with the change kit used just once in its last outing was at Home to Greece in March, the final ever use of the famous kit design was in November when team played in Luxembourg, change was on its way…!
We are now into 1984, and a return of Umbro as the Kit Supplier for The Three Lions but this time carrying the “Double Diamond” branding for the first time, and they would provide kits for the next 29 years! The new look striped back the colour and design of the Admiral years and went for a more traditional look with a return of navy blue shorts! The kit was first worn against France in February 1984.
England toured South America in the summer of 1984 after failing to qualify for the Euros and this tour gave a first look of the new Umbro Change Kit, with the Secondary shorts and socks being worn at Brazil (remember that John Barnes goal) and Chile!
With the full Secondary kit being worn at Uruguay.
1985 – 1986
1985 gave us a return of the All White look again, mashing up Secondary shorts with Primary shirts / socks, this was worn in the game against United States that summer, not sure the light grey goalkeeper kit would be allowed to used with that kit nowadays!
The left over elements of primary / secondary kit were used in the game against Turkey later that year, with Secondary shirts and socks used with Primary shorts to give a red / navy / red look, one I particularly like England in! This also meant England went four games in a row with four different kit looks, the first time this had happened since 1974 and that included the change from Umbro to Admiral!
1986 was another World Cup year and like the last time tournament was held in Mexico there was an “airtex” version of the kit used for the tournament. By this team England had introduced a Sky Blue 3rd Kit, in the same template as the other two kits and for the actual tournament this kit was registered as the Secondary Kit for The Three Lions.
The only time elements of this kit were seen in action were in the Quarter-Finals against Argentina when they were worn with the Primary shirt to give us a unique white / sky blue / sky blue look, something never seen before or again!
This was the only alternative version of the England kits used that year!
1987 – 1989
1987 started with All white returning in a famous win at Spain, however by May of that year Umbro released their 2nd Primary Kit of their return for one of my favourite kit looks of all time.. first worn against Brazil! This would be the 4th and final official Primary Kit used in the 80s.
The change remained the same through 1987 was worn at West Germany and then for the final time in 1988 at Israel. The new change kit was introduced in Spring of that year and first worn against Colombia at Wembley in the lead up to Euro 88.
This was not the only change kit released, there was a 3rd kit in the same template. Regular readers and followers will know that this is my single favourite kit of all time and only got used in one U21 game, but we did get this wonderful Squad Picture of the Senior Team in this kit….. (so it had to be included)!
I have written a dedicated piece all about England in Sky Blue which you can find here.
These kits remain in place through 1989, were we got to see a couple of different kit mash ups, against Chile, white / white / red was used for the first time in 5 years!
This was followed by All White look against Sweden, however this game will be more remembered for how Terry Butcher’s kit looked at the end of the game…!
Breakdown per year – 116 Games in Total
1980 – 13 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1981 – 9 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1982 – 15 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
3 Secondary Kit Variations
1983 – 11 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1984 – 11 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1985 – 12 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1986 – 14 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1987 – 8 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1988 – 12 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1989 – 11 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variations
Well, that is the 1980s completed, 116 games in total, different kit looks and changes, four official primary and secondary kits used and even the introduction of 3rd Kits! I will return with a look back at the 90s soon!
Let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek and a reminder that the overall visual page of the England Kit History is now also live on the site here
The Premier League has now completed Matchweek 9, just under a quarter of the way through the season and this weekend also saw the return of Friday Night Football for the first time since Matchweek 1.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 9 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 58 (+5 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 55 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were five new Kit looks this Matchweek..
AFC Bournemouth used their 3rd Kit for the first time this season at Aston Villa.
Wolverhampton Wanderers wore a change kit in The Premier League for the first time this season, wearing their Away kit at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Fulham wore alternative black socks with their Home Kit for the first different variation of their Home kit in 24/25.
Manchester United wore their 3rd Kit in it’s 3rd different look of the season, this time with alternative charcoal socks to match the shorts.
Liverpool wore their Away kit for the first time in the League this season having previously worn it in the Champions League.
The two new goalkeeper kits on show
Aston Villa – Blue Adidas Template
Manchester United – Green Adidas Trefoil
Kit Highlights
This weekend was the first use of the Premier League “winter ball”, the yellow version of the Nike ball, it was also the first weekend the teams donned the “Poppy” on their shirts, which will be auctioned off for relevant charities by the clubs.
Manchester United have now worn 5 different Kit Variations in just 9 games, wearing a different Kit look in each of their 5 away games, they are also keeping this up with their Goalkeeper Kits, wearing 5 different Goalkeeper kits including two version of the “Adidas Trefoil” template, but yet still to wear the black version they are selling!
EDIT: Another thing to notice here is that the socks with this keeper kit are not matching, these appear to be the standard green Adidas socks (notice the logo and the lime green detailing) rather than the Adidas Originals logo, which would likely be in white. (Thanks to Darren who called this out in the comments below).
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between West Ham United and Manchester United, I do enjoy seeing this Manchester United 3rd kit in action, and with the alternative socks this weekend might just be my favourite look… paired with a classic West Ham look, just a nice Kit Match up!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits
There were two variations seen this weekend
Fulham – Home, alternative black socks
Manchester United – 3rd, alternative charcoal socks
Kit Grid – Up to 28th October
Kit News
Arsenal are the next team to launch their Originals collection for this season after Manchester United and Newcastle United, the collection has a shirt that is being referred a “retro third” collection, which is based on the Home Shirt used between 1991 and 1993 but in navy / lilac sleeves.
It could be argued “Tailored by Umbro” has made a return, with a minor update to Michail Antonio’s West Ham United Home shirt, the round collar has been adapted by the manufacturer after the player was cutting the collar for comfort.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
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The Premier League returns after the second International Break of the season, with the return of “Monday Night Football” for just the 3rd time so far this season.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 8 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 53 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Arsenal wore their “Trefoil” branded 3rd Kit for the first time this season, however they used alternative “Aqua” socks rather than the default navy sock look.
Manchester City were the other team with a new look this week, using their 3rd Kit for the first time in the Premier League.
The three new goalkeeper kits on show
Arsenal – Fluro Yellow
Chelsea – Light Blue
Crystal Palace – Charcoal Grey
Kit Highlights
Liverpool used their charity sponsor for this weekend’s game against Chelsea, linked to the regular front of shirt sponsor Standard Charter, they have used this “Futuremakers” logo in previous seasons in one off games.
Arsenal became the fourth team already this season to use four different goalkeeper kits when they used their “Trefoil” goalkeeper kit, the same as used by Manchester United but like the Red Devils it was only the black version that they promoted with the kits during the launch. The other teams with four goalkeeper kits this season are, Manchester United, Liverpool and Southampton… to compare last season, three team used 4 kits all season!
There are six teams that have worn change kits in all their Away games so far this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton!
Wolverhampton Wanderers are the only team to use just one kit look this season so far in the League and given their upcoming fixtures looks likely to remain that way well into November!
Crystal Palace used a different goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, moving away from their aqua kit to a charcoal grey version of this Macron Template.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth kit this season is a clean and classy look, paired with Arsenal’s vibrant 3rd kit worked well for a nice looking match up!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits
There were two variations seen this weekend
West Han United – Home, with alternative sky blue socks (2nd time used)
Arsenal – 3rd Kit, alternative socks
Kit Grid – Up to 22nd October
Kit News
It looks like Adidas will be increasing their “Elite” teams with the Premier League from next season, currently there are just two teams in this bracket (Arsenal and Manchester United) from the Premier League out of the five in total.
Next season Newcastle United will be joining them, and with rumours of Liverpool deal already in place for next season, it now looks like Aston Villa will also be joining this “Elite” list as well, giving the Premier League five teams in total that may have a “Trefoil” logo with their 3rd Kit next season!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with The Champions League Match 3 Kit Review.
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As regular readers will know I am looking to document the England Men’s National Football Team’s Kit History from 1960 to The Modern Day, creating some reference articles and documents for those that like to have quick reference to these things.
England played 99 Games between 1970 and 1979, wearing their Primary (Home) Kit 80 times and change Kits just 19 times, including the use of a 3rd Kit for the first time.
The 70’s was also the decade of a change of kit manufacturer for the first time!
1970
1970 was a World Cup and England as Holders qualified for the tournament, this would be the only tournament that the team would make in this decade! In terms of Kit, it was the same kit that had been in use since 1964 in terms of design.
In February England wore all red to their visit to Belgium, this is first time this look had been used since 1963.
For the World Cup itself, England used the “Airtex” version of this kit, first seen in 1969, the also went with all white for the opening two fixtures against Romania and Brazil (also in the warm up game at Ecuador).
The third group game was when things got interesting in terms of Kit, England used a 3rd Kit for the first time, with an All Sky Blue Kit, this kit also used red numbers and was the first time blue shirts had been used since 1959 (although they were Royal Blue), a classic look for England even if just used for one game… England in Sky Blue is one of my favourite Kit Quirks, which you can read all about here.
In their Quarter-Final against West Germany, they returned their default Secondary Kit of the time, the red shirts / white shorts / red socks look for their third Kit Look of the tournament, but the Germans defeated England in a repeat of the ’66 Final and this was the end of World Cups for The Three Lions for this decade!
1971 – 1974
Between 1971 and 1972 there was little to discuss in terms of England Kits, the kit remained the same and we only saw the Secondary in action once in each of these years, Greece Away in 1971and West Germany Away in 1972.
In fact between December 1970 and May 1973, in the 22 games played by England they wore their classic Primary Kit in its white shirt / navy shorts / white socks look 20 times!
However, that changed in the Summer of 1973 when England mixed things up and introduced a new change kit, with a new colour introduced to The Three Lions colour palette, yellow! The Yellow shirts, navy shorts and yellow socks look was used three times that summer in games at Czechoslovakia, Poland and Italy for a look never seen again outside that Summer of ’73! This experiment was short lived and although we did see yellow used in exhibition match against “Team America” in 1976!
The wild times of the yellow kit were soon forgotten, and they returned to their classic Primary look for the next eight games, taking us to the summer of 1974. This summer saw the return of red shirts for a change look, the last times these shirts were used in default look with white shorts and socks against East Germany and then white shorts and socks against Bulgaria.
The final game of that summer at Yugoslavia was the last time the Primary kit design of the past 10 years was used… an end of a Kit Era for England!
The end of 1974 swept big changes for the England team, Sir Alf Ramsey had moved on from the team after 11 years in charge, a new manager and with a new a “Kit Deal” was introduced to the team. Admiral took over the reins from Umbro, introducing more colour into all elements of the Kit, with royal blue shorts and royal blue / red strim added to the shirt sleeves and sock cuffs, and white / red trim to the short for a radical new look for the England National Team.
The new kit was first worn against Czechoslovakia, wore had played England twice already this decade with England wearing All Sky Blue in 1970 and then Yellow in 1973…. this fixture was the gift that kept on giving in the early 70’s!
1975 – 1977
1975 was a year that England only played in “new” Primary Kit, playing nine games in total in their default look, the first time England had just worn white shirts in a calendar year since 1969, however there were a couple of “All White” looks used that year.
It was not until May 1976 that we saw England change from this look, when not only did they use white shorts for the first time with their Primary Kit for the first time since 1970 World Cup (which was also against Brazil), they paired this look with yellow socks for a Kit Look only used once in England’s history!
Later that Summer gave us a look at the Admiral Secondary Kit for the first time, which was the same in design as the Primary Kit but with red shirts, white shorts and red socks in its default look.
It would be another year until we see the Secondary Kit in action again away at Brazil as part of the South American tour of that summer, this time it was worn with Blue Socks to create a wonderful “Tri-Colour” Kit look, once of my favourite looks in England’s Kit History!
England would go on to use the Secondary in the next two games of the tour at Argentina and Uruguay, however used default red socks in these two fixtures.
1978 – 1979
Moving through 1978 and 1979 there was little to discuss, Secondary Kit was used twice in 1978 in their first two fixtures at West Germany and then at Home to Brazil, the first time since 1966 World Cup Final that England had used change colours at Wembley!
The summer tour of 1979 saw England in their Secondary Kit for three games in a row but it was the game at Bulgaria that provided us with a new kit variation of the Admiral Era, with red shirts and socks worn with white socks for the first time in these kits and the first time since June 1974, also against Bulgaria!
The return fixture against Bulgaria in November 1979, the final England of this decade provide us with another Kit look / Mash Up and another “Tri-Colour” Kit Look, with Primary shirts and shorts paired with red socks, ending the 70s in style!
Breakdown per year – 99 Games in Total
1970 – 12 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1 3rd Kit
1971 – 9 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1972 – 7 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1973 – 12 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1974 – 10 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1975 – 9 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1976 – 10 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1977 – 11 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1978 – 9 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1979 – 10 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
Well, that is the 1970s completed, a huge decade of Kits for England although not of success on the pitch, plenty of Kit Looks, plenty of change and sign of things to come as we look at the 1980s next time! Let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek and a reminder that the overall visual page of the England Kit History is now also live on the site here
Over the years I have documented the Kit History of England’s Men National Team at World Cups and European Championship Finals, and was also asked to write a piece for Kit Magazine looking in the World Cup History for the World Cup Special back in 2022..
This got me thinking… should I keep a record of the Kits worn by England across their History, so here we are!!
This will be one of my reference pieces for those people to use as they see fit to look back the Kit History of England Men’s National Team, I have broken each article down into decades starting from 1960’s (once I have caught up to this decade, I may go back in time too…)!
England played 100 Games between 1960 and 1969, wearing their Primary (Home) Kit 86 times and their Secondary (Away) Kit just 14 times!
1960 – 1963
We are kicking off from 1960, and looking between here and 1963 there was very little change in the overall shirts, with a plain white shirt with a “V” neck for both Primary and Secondary shirts with plain red “V” neck.
The exception here was the socks, with several variations used over these four years… England started the decade with red socks as the default “Tri-Colour” look, these socks contained a white band across the shins, with alternative white socks used with a red band and plain white socks also seen in action.
The most adventurous socks were seen in November 1960, when red / blue / white hooped socks were used in the Home Nations game at Wembley against Wales (Image below).
In 1961, the moved to white socks as default with red / blue bands on the cuffs and another sock variation was used, this time return to single band with Navy socks, with white band used this time, worn just the once against Wales again in Home Nations with the home kit but also worn with secondary shirt (red) and white shorts for “tri-colour” look against Austria.
1962 was a World Cup year, and year started with England returning to red socks with their Primary Kit but quickly reverted to white socks with red / blue banded cuffs.
During the World Cup, England played four games and adopted the All White look for games against Brazil and Argentina, using their default (White / Blue / White) against Hungary and all red (with banded socks) against Bulgaria.
Not much change in terms of Kit usage in 1963, however the one call out was the use of “crew” necked collar with the Primary Kit, first used against The Rest of the World XI to celebrate 100 years of The FA.
1964 – 1965
1964 introduced what would be the classic England look for the next 10 years, the simple crew collar white shirt, navy shorts and plain white socks. Socks with the banded cuffs were used at start of 1964 but they were soon replaced to the plain look we often associate the team with in this period. Also for the summer games against Ireland and Brazil a final return of the “V” Necked collar was seen.
The Secondary Kit was used four times in total in 1964, with three different variations, with white shorts and white (banded cuff) socks against Portugal and USA, with white shorts and plain white socks against Portugal and then white shorts and red socks against Argentina both these games were part of the Taça das Nações Tournament hosted in Brazil that summer.
However by the end of 1964 and into 1965, the kit became one that we would see the rest of the decade..
Of the nine games played in 1965, six were in this classic look, all white was used twice against Sweden and Spain, a new secondary kit was used for the first time, matching the crew collar of the Primary Kit and worn with white shorts and red socks, this was worn against West Germany… a match up that would be a year away from immortality.
1966
As host of the 1966 World Cup, England prepared with a number of fixtures including games in January and February, as well as four game Pre-World Cup Tour to Scandinavia and Poland and ended up playing 17 games in the calendar year.
February saw something of a “Kit Mash”, with Primary Shirt and Shorts paired with Secondary socks for another “Tr-Colour” look and not one that is thought of with these particular set of kits!
England’s look remained fairly consistent through out the year, only going for the all white look once in their World Cup Quarter Final against Argentina, and using their secondary Kit twice, against Poland and then most famously in The World Cup Final against West Germany at Wembley.
1967 – 1969
After the mammoth 17 Games of their World Cup Winning year, 1967 provide something of a quieter year with just 6 games played, no variation used just default Primary and Secondary Kits in action.
1968, was the first time England played in the European Championship Finals, by winning their Quarter Final play off games against Spain in April / May (both wearing all white), they went on to play in the finals (just 4 teams then) using their default Primary Kit in both games.
The was an alternative Secondary Kit variation used this year, when the team visited Romania in November 1968, they wore red shirts, white shorts and socks for look not seen in action since 1964 and was also the final time red shirts would be used by England this decade.
In 1969 England played 10 games, which they wore their Primary White shirts for all of them, the only change was the alternative All White Look, used against Mexico, Uruguay and Brazil on the Summer tour to these countries, in preparation of the World Cup in 1970, the shirts although looked the same in terms of design they wear in the “Airtex” material to combat the heat of Central and South America.
Breakdown per year – 100 Games in Total
1960 – 8 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
1961 – 9 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1962 – 11 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1963 – 9 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1964 – 12 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
3 Secondary Kit Variations
1965 – 9 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1966 – 17 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1967 – 6 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1968 – 9 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1969 – 10 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
More Kit looks than I expected in this decade, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek and watch this space, as in England in 1970’s will be coming soon and an overall visual page of the England Kit History is now also live on the site here
We are now 7 Games into The Premier League season and we have reached the second International Break, so as those International Players meet up with their fellow countryman, sit back take 5 minutes and take a look back at the Kits from Matchweek 7.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 7 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 51 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 50 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were four new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Fulham used a change kit for the first time this season in the league with their Away kit at Manchester City.
Newcastle United used a variation of their 3rd kit, with alternative turquoise shorts and socks to match the detailing in the shirt.
Manchester United used their 3rd kit in it’s default look for the first time.
Tottenham Hotspur used their 3rd Kit for the first time in the league this season.
The 3 new goalkeeper kits on show
Liverpool – Yellow
Southampton – Purple
Newcastle United – Pink
Kit Highlights
Liverpool and Southampton both used their 4th Goalkeeper Kit variations of the season (in just 7 games). Southampton have now used Green, Orange, light orange and now Purple of the Puma template, with Liverpool using Black, Green, Purple and now Yellow.
The Liverpool Goalkeeper Kit was the standard keeper template from Nike this season, however it did not use the rotated Nike “Tick” as seen on their 3rd Kit this season, thanks to our friend Jim for calling this detail out this weekend.
Newcastle United and Southampton continue to wear changes kits in all their Away games this season, with Southampton in their Away Kit in all of these games, Newcastle have used 3 different kit looks in their 4 Away games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Fulham, two kits that worked just well together and Fulham in Red / Black just works as a change kit!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits
There was just the variations seen this weekend, mentioned above as they used for the first time
Newcastle United – 3rd with Alternative shorts and socks
Kit Grid – Up to 7th October
Kit News
It is being reported that Liverpool had already signed a new kit deal, returning to Adidas for a 3rd time, there is not much detail shared as yet but suggestions are that there will be a formal annoucement in early 2025, ready for the 2025/26 season and will initially be for 5 years up to 2030.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after the International Break.
The Premier League hits Matchweek 6 and all teams have played home and away three times now, so it is time to take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 6 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were three new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester City used alternative white socks for the first time this season in the League.
West Ham United another team in a variation this week, this one was their first outing in their Away Kit but was used with White (Home) Socks.
Aston Villa used their Away Kit for the second time in this season but this was the first in it’s default look.
The 3 new goalkeeper kits on show and 2 of them from The Merseyside Clubs.
Everton – Pink
Liverpool – Purple
AFC Bournemouth – White
Kit Highlights
West Ham United have become the first team to wear 4 Kit Variations this season, with Away used this weekend, 2 Home Kit looks and a 3rd Kit appearance, making it 4 Kits in 6 Games!
Everton and Jordan Pickford wore an alternative goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, with the use of their 3rd choice pink keeper’s kit against Crystal Palace having worn a green kit for the previous 5 games.
There are 6 Teams that have worn change kits in all of their Away games this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton, with Brighton, Crystal Palace and Southampton wearing just their Away Kits in these games!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and West Ham United, I do love a Kit Mash up, and seeing different elements of kits being used together, so seeing the Black Away Shirt and Shorts paired with Home Socks was always going to be popular with me, matched against the Brentford Kit just seemed to work well!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away Kits.
A couple of variations seen this weekend, both mentioned above as they used for the first time
Manchester City – Home with Alternative White Socks
West Ham United – Away with Home Socks (white)
Kit Grid – Up to 1st October
Kit News
Manchester United have launched their “George Best” Collection, inspired by their iconic player and winner of Ballon d’Or in 1968 and European Cup in the same year, the collection takes influence for the kit worn in that final at Wembley and includes a tracksuit jacket, trousers and a long sleeve shirt containing Best’s signature and the number 7 in the same style used on those kits.
Another team in the Adidas family also released a retro range this week, with Newcastle United launching of their “Originals” range. The shirt is a cracker, many fans and kit lovers expressing their preference to this shirt of the current Home Shirt.
Chelsea are rumoured to be close to reaching an agreement for their front of shirt sponsorship, the club are talks with three major Airlines, belived to be Qatar Airways, Riyahd Air and Turkish Airlines, with the deal expected to be annouced in the coming weeks. I would expect the new shirt sponsor will be debuted after the next International Break in October.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with Champions League, Match 2 and then after next weekend’s fixtures for Premier League.
The Premier League is now in full swing for the 2024/25 Season and the first European Club games have happened in the last week, so it is time to take a more in depth look at the Kits worn this weekend.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 5 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 44 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 44 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 2 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Chelsea wore their Away Kit in it’s default look with Blue Socks for the first time this season at West Ham United
Manchester United wore their 3rd Kit, this was with alternative shorts and was the first “Trefoil” Adidas Logo to be used since the 1992/93 Season (Arsenal Away).
There was also 4 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Manchester United – Fluro Yellow
Tottenham Hotspur – Orange
West Ham United – Pink
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Pink
Kit Highlights
Manchester United have now worn 4 different Goalkeeper Kits in their opening 5 games of the season, with this “Fluorescent Yellow” kit, this was an unexpected Kit, with a Black version of this kit being advertised with the 3rd Kit (Trefoil Logo), so likely we will see a 5th version at some point this season!
Interesting choice of Kit by Brentford for their visit to Tottenham Hotspur, their 3rd navy sleeves as well as Spurs having Navy Sleeves, deemed as no clash… maybe with VAR in place sleeve clashes are less of issue when it comes to team’s kits!
Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers are still the two teams who have worn just one kit this season so far, Wolves did wear an alternative Goalkeeper Kit this week for the first time though!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, the two kits work so well together, one full of design detail and one simple in it’s aesthetic, so a great combo in my view.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits and 3 Away and 3 3rd Kits in action.
Again, variations are not really something we have seen so far this season, with just one this week and only the 3rd of the season so far!
Manchester United – 3rd with “off” white shorts
Kit Grid – Up to 23rd September
Kit News
No firm news this week, there are starting to be some reports of future kit details and designs but as always we will only report when these things are confirmed by the clubs themselves.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next weekend’s fixtures.
The Premier League is back after the first International Break of the season and Matchweek 4 is completed, let’s take some time to look into the Kits worn this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
All 60 Kits have now been released, we have even seen a 61st, more on that below….!
Matchweek 4 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 42 (+7 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (+6 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 7 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester United were in a change kit for the first time this season, using their Away Kit.
Leicester City in their 3rd Kit.
Brentford in their 3rd Kit.
Everton in their 3rd Kit.
Newcastle United in the Away Kit.
Alternative socks for both West Ham (Home Kit) and Chelsea (Away Kit) both in alternative looks for the first time.
There was also 6 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Arsenal – Pink
AFC Bournemouth – Blue
Leicester City – Black
Manchester City – Light Orange
Manchester United – Green
Southampton – Green
Kit Highlights
For the first time in 38 years Arsenal were forced to wear a change kit in The North London Derby againt Tottenham Hotspur, this was due to PGMOL ruling that there was too much white in the Arsenal home kit, Arsenal reportedly offered to wear alternative red shorts but their offer was rejected, so it was their Away Kit that was used…!
West Ham were the first team this season to use a Kit Variation, with alternative blue socks with their Home Kit, this was also the only Home Shirt used by an Away team this Matchweek.
This was soon followed by Chelsea, in alternative socks with their Away kit.
There just 2 teams that have only 1 kit so far this season – Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Wolves also just wearing the 1 Goalkeeper as well.
Brentford and Everton are the first team to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season in their opening 4 games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Brentford, the two kits working well together to give a nice overall look on the pitch.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits and 5 Away and 4 3rd Kits in action.
The first variations of the season used this weekend
West Ham United – Home / Blue Socks
Chelsea – Away / Light Orange Socks
Kit Grid – Up to 16th September
Kit News
Manchester City have release their much rumoured “4th” Kit… making it the 61st Kit of the Premier League this season, described as the below on the Manchester City website.
“Marking 30 years since the release of the album Definitely Maybe, it’s definitely City. Co-designed by lifelong Man City fan Noel Gallagher, this collection pays homage to the album that defined an era. Featuring designs inspired by the iconic Oasis album cover”
I managed to pop into the Puma store on Carnaby Street, London on the day of it’s launch to see it in person, whether the team needs a 4th Kit is another debate, but as a Kit and Kit Collection this does look great.
This may not be the last 4th Kit we see, as there is still talk of either Chelsea or Tottenham Hotspur launching a 4th Shirt this season linked with Air Jordan Brand.
The final two teams to release their 3rd Kits this season, did so this week…
Aston Villa, have gone for “Midnight Blue” as their alternative change kit, giving a nice balance between their three kits.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have gone for a more flamboyant colour, “Hyper Voilet” is its description, it’s bold choice to used and will be interesting to see in action.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next weekend’s fixtures.
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