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Premier League: Matchweek 37 Kit Review

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Matchweek 37, the penultimate week of the season has now been completed. These fixtures being the reverse games from Matchweek 4.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 37

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 109 (no new kits)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (no new kits)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new kits on show this Matchweek, which is no surprise… we are waiting to see if we will have any 2024/25 kits on show in the final round of fixtures this season.

Kit Highlights

Brentford won for the first time this season in their Away Kit, this was the 7th time the kit was worn this season with 1 draw and 5 defeats in the previous 6 outings this season… the Kit was alao worn 6 times in Premier League last season with no victories, so it looks like in it’s last usage in its 2 year life cycle it was finally worn in victory.

Brighton & Hove Albion wore their 3rd Kit for just the second time this season (last season’s Away Kit) both occasions have been with alternative white shorts.

Liverpool remain unbeaten in the League in their Away Kit, playing 7 times with 3 wins and 4 draws.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Arsenal, an all Adidas affair and seeing the Arsenal Kit on show for probably the final time is reason enough to be my favourite kit match of the week, a modern classic in my eyes!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 5 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kit in action.

There were 2 Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Luton Town, Away Kit with Home shorts & socks, the 4th time this look has been used
  • Brighton & Hove Albion in 3rd Kit with white shorts, 2nd time

Kit Grid – Up to 14th May 2024

Kit News

Burnley have annouced their new kit partnership with Castore, as previously reported Castore have taken over the licence to supply kits to a number of British Clubs from Umbro, so this appears to be the first of these changes.

The club announced it was a multi-year deal with Castore starting from 2024/25 Season, full details can be found on the club’s site and it’s offical annoucement here.

It has been reported that Chelsea have missed the deadline in confirming their front of shirt sponsorship for their 2024/25 kits. This means that the initial launch of their new kits are likely to be blank much like this season where they only confirmed “Infinite Athlete” once the season had kicked off… one to keep an eye on over the next few weeks.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek I will be back next week with the final weekly review and of course the big one, the full season report…!

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 29 (Part II)

Premier League – Matchweek 35

Premier League – Matchweek 36

Also my End of Season Reports for EFL are out now…

Championship: End of Season Report

League One: End of Season Report

League Two: End of Season Report

Premier League: Matchweek 36 Kit Review

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Matchweek 36 has now been completed, and we are that stage of the season where most teams have just one more Home Game Each.. so a chance of new kits on show in the coming weeks (more on that below). The fixtures from this weekend are a mix of games from Matchweek 7 (7 games from there) and Matchweek 2 (3 games from there).. the fixture computer must of had a funny turn when coming this round of games!

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 36

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 109 (+1 from Matchweek 35)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 from Matchweek 35)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was one new kit on show this weekend, with Nottingham Forest using alternative socks with their 3rd Kit, we have seen these socks before but they were worn with alternative shorts as well, interesting against Brentford who wear the same colour combination as Sheffield United… so I guess they did not like the look of the shorts to use them again!

In the Midweek Game between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur (delayed from MW26), Tottenham used the Green Nike Goalkeeper Template for the first time this season.

Kit Highlights

This matchweek saw five teams in 3rd Kits, the joint most worn in one round of fixtures, however this was the first time this season where we saw three teams in 3rd Variations with Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Luton Town and Everton, a nice balance between the two kits and likely the last time we will see this wonderful Everton 3rd Kit in action!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 5 3rd Kit in action.

There were a total of 4 Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Fulham, in 3rd Kit with alternative pink shorts & socks, 2nd time this season
  • Nottingham Forest, 3rd Kit with alternative orange socks
  • Aston Villa, Home Kit with alternative claret shorts & socks, 4th time seen this season
  • Manchester United in 3rd Kit with white socks, the 7th time used

Kit Grid – Up to 7th May 2024

Kit News

The first offical Kit Launch for 2024/25 has happened and there is no surprise that it is Liverpool. Their much leaked home kit is now available for Pre-Order for 16th May, this suggests that we will see this kit in action (a regular occurance for Liverpool) with the likely game being the final game of the season against Wovlerhampton Wanderers. I will be interested to see the kit in action and initially quite like the yellow / white side flashes, which are also on the shorts’ side panels, an element of the kit that was not seen in the leaked images..!

Another club that may debut their 2024/25 Home Kit before the end of the season is Manchester City who are making plans to wear the new kit against West Ham United on the final game of the season, HOWEVER… it has been reported that they will ONLY wear their new kit if… the Premier League Title has been secured at that point either by themselves or another club, if the title race goes down to that final round of fixtuers then they will wear this season’s kit.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 29 (Part II)

Premier League – Matchweek 35

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Premier League: Matchweek 35 Kit Review

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Matchweek 35 has now been completed and have April’s fixtures, so we are now into the last month of the 2023/24 Season. The fixtures from this weekend were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 6 way back in September and the new kit looks continue to be seen..!

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 35

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 108 (+1 from last Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (+1 from last Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was one new outfield kit this Matchweek, Luton Town wore their 3rd Kit with Away shorts, this is their 4th different 3rd Kit look and their 10th overall this season!

There was also a new Goalkeeper look seen this Matchweek, the first new Goalkeeper Kit since Matchweek 22, with Arsenal’s David Raya wearing green shorts with the green Adidas Goalkeeper Template, the default look for Arsenal this season of this colourway was with black shorts, so this is the first time we have seen all green this season, the 4th Goalkeeper Kit look of the season for The Gunners!

Kit Highlights

Arsenal wore alternative red socks with their Home Kit in the North London Derby, this was the first time they have worn this kit look since Matchweek 11.

Liverpool remain undefeated in their Away Kit in League this season, the only team to remain unbeaten in their Away Kit, having played 6 games, winning 3 and drawing 3.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Newcastle United and Sheffield United, a nice balance between the two kits, Sheffield United’s Away kit is a nice clean change kit and has worked well on the road as look for The Blades.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kit in action.

There were a total of 3 Kit variations used in this Matchweek

  • Luton Town 3rd Kit with white (Away) Shorts
  • Chelsea, Home Kit with alternative Blue socks, 4th time used this season (2nd game in a row)
  • Arsenal, Home Kit with alternative Red socks, 4th time used

Kit Grid – Up to 29th April 2024

Kit News

No Premier League Kit News this weekend, we starting to see leaks of next season’s shirts but we at Kit Geek Towers will only share those when they are offically released, which I am sure we will start seeing in the coming weeks with several teams often in new kits in their final games of the season…!

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Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 29 (Part II)

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Premier League: Matchweek 29 (Part II) Kit Review

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The Midweek Fixtures taking place on 23rd to 25th April 2024 are all fixtures from Matchweek 29, this was due to the FA Cup Quarter-Finals, and given that over half of MW29 fixtures were taking place this midweek, a Part II of that Matchweek was needed as a special round up…!

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 29 Fixtures (Part II)

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 107 (+1 from Matchweek 34)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 34)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was one new kit and it was the final kit of the 60 Premier League Kits to be used this season, with Manchester City in their 3rd Kit for the first time in the League this season.

Kit Highlights

My favourite Kit Match Up of the remain Matchweek 29 Fixtures was the game between Manchester United and Sheffield United, a nice and clean Kit Match up, pleasing on the eye!

Kit Stats

Looking at Matchweek 29 as a whole we have seen 13 Home Kits, 6 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kit in action for the four games in this Matchweek.

There were a total of 2 Kit variations used in this Matchweek (all 10 fixtures)

  • Tottenham Hotspur in Away with Home Socks, 3rd time this season (From originial fixtures)
  • Chelsea, in Home Kit with alternative blue socks.. 3rd time

Kit Grid – Up to 26th April 2024

Kit News

Some interesting Kit News coming out of Liverpool this week, it has been reported that Adidas will be returning to be Kit Manufacturer for third time from the 2025/26 Season in an initial Five Year Deal, if true this would mean next season will be the last with Kits provided by Nike.

Adidas previously supplied the Liverpool Kits between 1985 & 1996 and then between 2006 & 2012… we await offical communication but so far this has gone down very will with Fans and Kit Lovers alike, full details can be found here…. (Image Credit to @TheShirtUnion)

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 30

Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – 100 Kits

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Premier League: Matchweek 34 Kit Review

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Matchweek 34 was the final Matchweek without a complete set of fixtures due to the FA Cup Semi-Finals, with 7 of the 10 fixtures taking place! This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 14 back in December, the remaining 3 fixtures will be taking place on 14th / 15th May 2024.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 34 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 106 (No Change from Matchweek 33)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 33)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new Kit Looks this Matchweek, we will see any new looks for before Clubs starting launching next season’s kits… watch this space!

Kit Highlights

Nottingham Forest were in their Home Kit with alternative red shorts for just the second time this season, the first being in Matchweek 6 back in September, a classic Forest look that we have not seen enough of on the road this season!

West Ham United wore their default Away Kit for the first time since Matchweek 13 at the end of November

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and West Ham United, a nice kit match up with The Hammers in their Away Kit!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 10 Home Kits, 2 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits in action for these seven games.

There was just the one Kit Variation on show…

  • Nottingham Forest, Home Kit with alternative red shorts, 2nd time used this season!

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd April 2024

Kit News

Another week with no Premier League Kit News, we starting to see leaks of next season’s shirts but we at Kit Geek Towers will only share those when they are offically released, which I am sure we will start seeing in the coming weeks with several teams often in new kits in their final games of the season…!

Premier League Kit Review will return with “Part II” of Matchweek 29 which is taking place this week!

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Premier League – Matchweek 29

Premier League – Matchweek 30

Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – 100 Kits

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Premier League: Matchweek 33 Kit Review

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Matchweek 33 is now completed and we are truly in the “Business end” of the season! This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 16 back in December.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have confirmation that Luton Town’s 3rd kit is paired with navy (same as Home Kit) shorts.

Matchweek 33 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 106 (No Change from Matchweek 32)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 32)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new Kit Looks this Matchweek, we will see any new looks for before Clubs starting launching next season’s kits… watch this space!

Kit Highlights

Newcastle United wore a Charity Kit in their game against Tottenham Hotspur but there was more to the shirt than meets the eye. The Sponsor for this game was The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), its also worth noting that the backs of the shirts for this game were white, same that we have seen in Champions League earlier this season, normally backs have the full stripes.

There were special ‘haptic’ shirts that will make matchday more accessible for those with hearing loss…. Deaf supporters will wear a unique shirt that transforms the noise of the stadium into a real-time touch sensation, this graphic shows some of the technology in these shirts

Wolverhampton Wanderers were in their 3rd Kit for the fourth time this season and remain unbeaten when playing in this kit, winning two and drawing two.

Crystal Palace have worn their away kit for three times in their last four games!

Everton have now worn five different Kit Looks in their last five games.. with three different Home Kit Looks, a 3rd kit and in their Away kit with alternative shorts and socks for their game against Chelsea!

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Chelsea and Everton, the Chelsea kit has really grown on me this season and one the best Home Kits they have had in the Nike Era, paired with one of my favourite kits of the season in Everton’s Away Kit!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits in action for these games.

There was there were three Kit Variations on show…

  • Manchester United in All White 3rd Kit, this is 6th time this look has been used
  • Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, for the 7th time this season
  • Everton in Away Kit with alternative salmon shorts and socks, for the 3rd time

Kit Grid – Up to 16th April 2024

Kit News

Another week with no Premier League Kit News, we starting to see leaks of next season’s shirts but we at Kit Geek Towers will only share those when they are offically released, which I am sure we will start seeing in the coming weeks with several teams often in new kits in their final games of the season…!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 28

Premier League – Matchweek 29

Premier League – Matchweek 30

Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – 100 Kits

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First Kit Loves – Tottenham Hotspur x Hummel

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Can you remember that first shirt or kit that sparked your interest in Football Kits??

For me it was the set of Tottenham Hotspur kits made by Hummel, used between 1985 and 1987, as a 9/10 year old this was the first time I can remember just loving the look of a team’s kit, so much so I was drawn to support Tottenham through this period mainly due to their kit (and Chris Waddle)… and pictures of the kits within Shoot or Match Magazine, these truly were the kits that sparked my love of all things football kit now.

I want to take some time to look into these kits in a little more detail and maybe get all nostaligic about them!

Home Kit

The home kit, probably the most iconic in terms of design from Hummel with its famous chevrons playing a prodement role within the shirt itself, from their traditional location on each sleeve but also running across the middle of the shirt to create solitary band.

This chevron band seeing pinstripes coming on the yolk of the shirt at 45′ angle creating a look that has remained almost unique in the past 35 years, with only the Danish National Team have a similar look at the same time with their away kit (the kit before their own iconic Hummel Kit of the Mexico 1986 World Cup), see the end of post for a picture of that kit.

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These kits were used for two seasons, in the 1985/86 season was paired with white shorts in the following season the kit was used with navy shorts as first choice, which complement the navy detailling of the shirt well.

Ranking Tottenham's 10 Best Home Kits of All Time | 90min

The Home kit was also used in other forms of Mash up, looking at the wonderful Museum of Jersey’s article – Tottenham Hotspur: The Hummel Years the home kit was used with away shorts (at Manchester City in August 1985) and Away socks (at Southampton in November 1985).

Illustrations from Museum of Jerseys

Away Kit

The away kit, a sky blue kit with navy and white detailing on shirts and white trim on shorts. This was used as the away kit in 1985/86 and 1986/87 season but also made an appearence as a third kit in 1987/88, more on that shortly.

Although Sky blue is colour that is considered fairly common within the Tottenham Hotspur change colour palette nowadays, this was only introducted by Le Coq Sportif as a away kit colour choice in 1982 so was still a new choice as alternative colour for Spurs at this point. From my research there are not many pictures of the kit in action, I did find this video where the kit was worn at Newcastle United in March 1987 – Highlights Here

Also used in 1988 FA Cup game against Port Vale, which saw the 1987 Runners Up knocked out by then Division 3 (Now League One) team.

Port Vale's giant-killing memories come flooding back ahead of Man City clash in FA Cup - Mirror Online

3rd Kit

The 3rd Kit, which had a similar template to the away but in navy blue with sky blue and white detailing, initially intorduced as a 3rd kit in 1986/87 season and then got moved up to “Away Kit” status in 1987/88 season however paired with the home shorts from that season.

1986-1988 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HUMMEL THIRD FOOTBALL SHIRT (SIZE MB) | eBay

Navy blue a more common colour for a Tottenham Hotspur change kit with it being used through the clubs history but regularly within 1960s and 1970s. Again not many pictures of the team in action in this kit, the image below was taken from 87/88 season and Spurs’ trip to Coventry City.

Chris Waddle Tott Coventry City v Tottenham Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image | Shutterstock

Goalkeeper Kit

Ray Clemence used a couple of different kits, using a similar template seen on this Tottenham Hotspur Home Kit.

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Ray Clemence – The White Hart Lane years. | Gary Thacker

Memorable Moments

Tottenham reached the FA Cup final in the 1986/87 season, where they played (and eventually lost to Coventry City After Extra Time), although using these kits that season then played in the final in their new Home Kit (which was used between 1987 and 1989)… if they had not used their new kit and carried on with this home kit as kit enthusiasts we would have been robbed of one of the most famous kit tales in football history… those sponsorless shirts!

Full details can be found here

The Tottenham kit mistake that saw some players walk out without a shirt sponsor during 1987 FA Cup final

Who remembers this advert in Shoot or Match at the time…

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Maradonna wore the home kit in Ossie Ardiles Testimonial in 1986 against Inter Milan

Mordern versions

A popular set of kits with the fans has recently seen Score Draw Remakes for home and 3rd kitd that are curently available via the Tottenham Hotspur shop

AFC Sudbury’s Goalkeeper worn a version of this classic template in the 2021/22 FA Cup against Colchester United.

Denmark, as mentioned above the only other example I am aware of used at the same time with their 1985/86 Away kit.

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Denmark’s Jan Molby in their Away kit (1985/86)

In 2018/19 season, Tottenham’s 3rd Kit drew some inspriation from the Hummel home kit with its diagonal pinstripes in the upper yolk of the shirt, this kit was famously worn in the Champions League Semi-Final second leg with saw a Lucas Moura’s second half hat-trick take the North London team to their first Champions League Final.

Tottenham Hotspur Goes Full N17 With Its 2018-19 Third Kit - Nike News

Let me know what you think of this Tottenham Hotspur Hummel kit set and I would love to know what your first kit loves were? Please use the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

Books / Links to sites used for research for this post and thanks to Denis Hurley for allowing me to use his illustrations as part of my article.

Premier League: Matchweek 32 Kit Review

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Matchweek 32 has quickly been and gone, with three rounds of fixtures in the space of a week. This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 17 back in December.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have confirmation that Luton Town’s 3rd kit is paired with navy (same as Home Kit) shorts.

Matchweek 32 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 106 (+1 from Matchweek 31)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 31)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was just the one new kit look this Matchweek…

Brentford used alternative navy socks with their Away Kit for the first time, their 5th Kit Look of the season.

Kit Highlights

West Ham United used alternative blue shorts with their Home Kit for the 2nd Away game in a row!

Brentford secured their first points of the season in their Away Kit, this was the 6th time the kit was used and with the previous other five games ending in defeat.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, two of the best kits from this season up against each other, it just looked great to me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 6 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits in action for these games.

There was there were three Kit Variations on show…

  • Brentford in Away Kit with alternative blue socks
  • Newcastle United in 3rd Kit with alternative yellow shorts and socks, the 3rd time used this season
  • West Ham United in Home Kit with blue shorts, the 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 8th April 2024

Kit News

With just the one day between the end of Matchweek 31 and start of Matchweek 32 there was no Premier League Kit News.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 27

Premier League – Matchweek 28

Premier League – Matchweek 29

Premier League – Matchweek 30

Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – 100 Kits

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Premier League: Matchweek 31 Kit Review

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Matchweek 31 was the third round of Midweek Fixtures this season (outside of Christmas Period) with all teams being in action over three days. This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 15 back in December, which was also a Midweek Round of fixtures.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have confirmation that Luton Town’s 3rd kit is paired with navy (same as Home Kit) shorts.

Matchweek 31 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 105 (+2 from Matchweek 30)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 30)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new kit look in these midweek fixtures…

Everton were in their Home Kit with alternative blue socks for the first time this season, a classic Everton look of Blue / White / Blue.

Luton Town used their 3rd Kit in it’s default look of all navy for the first time, their 2nd new look in 2 games!

Kit Highlights

Everton using a new kit variation for their home kit meant that is five different kit looks in the last five games.. and six in last seven!

Fulham have worn four kits in the last four games, with two different home and 3rd Kit looks!

Another team with four kits in four games is Luton Town with the use of the default All Navy 3rd Kit for the first time, this also means that Luton have used nine kits in total this season so far, the 2nd Highest in the Premier League!

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, the use of alternative white shorts and socks gives a nice overall balance to the Kit Look, two nice kits!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kit in action for these games.

There was there were four Kit Variations on show…

  • Everton in Home Kit with alternative blue socks
  • Fulham, in Home Kit with alternative white socks, the 6th time this look has been used this season
  • Brighton & Hove Albion in their Away Kit with white shorts and socks, the 3rd time used
  • Aston Villa in Home Kit with claret shorts and socks, also the 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 5th April 2024

Kit News

As well has having a new kit provider in Adidas, Aston Villa have reportedly signed a new front of shirt sponsorship deal with Betano a Greek Betting Company, with a new crest also in the pipeline it will be a completey new look for The Villians next season!

Newcastle United look like they will be wearing a special one off kit in their game against Tottenham Hotspur on 13th April, as well has having a charity sponsor for the game it is reported that The Magpies will wear a kit “unique from any other in club’s history“… one to keep an eye on in the next week!

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Premier League – Matchweek 26

Premier League – Matchweek 27

Premier League – Matchweek 28

Premier League – Matchweek 29

Premier League – Matchweek 30

Premier League – 100 Kits

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Premier League: Matchweek 30 Kit Review

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Premier League Returns after The Internationl Break with Matchweek 30, there was 8 games on 30th March the joint most games in one single day so far this season. This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 8 back in October.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 30 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 103 (+3 from Matchweek 29)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 29)

New Kits this Matchweek

Even as we reach Matchweek 30 we are seeing new Kit Looks used by teams, this week there were three new kit variations used…

West Ham United used alternative sky blue shorts with their Home for the first time this season to give us a classic Hammers look, these are also the same shorts that we have seen used with the Away Kit as an alternative this season, this is the 5th kit variation used this season by West Ham.

Fulham used their 3rd Kit with alternative pink shorts and socks to give us a nice looking kit against Sheffield United, the 5th kit look used by them this season.

Luton Town used their 8th Kit Variation of the season, another “mash up” on show, using the 3rd shirt with Home shorts and socks for a nice Navy / Navy / Orange look!

Kit Highlights

Although I do not include this as a variation of kit, as the actual kit remains the same Tottenham Hotspur used a charity sponsor in their game against Luton Town, the shirt sponsorship was in support for Philippines-based breast cancer charity “I Can Serve” and supported by regular sponsor AIA.

Everton made it four kits in four games when they used their 3rd Kit at AFC Bournemouth, it is also 5 Kits in 6 games which are all the of the Kit Variations The Toffees have used this season so far!

My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Newcastle United and West Ham United, the balance between the two kits works well, classic looking and timeless in their appearence, this really worked well for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits in action for these games.

There was there was four Kit Variations on show… three we were new kit looks above.

  • West Ham United, Home with alternative Sky Blue Shorts
  • Fulham, 3rd with alternative pink shorts and socks
  • Luton Town, 3rd with Home Shorts and socks
  • Manchester United in Away with alternative white shorts and socks, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 30th March 2024

Kit News

The big Premier League Kit News during the International Break was that Castore have purchased the Umbro Brand in the UK, now what does that mean? This is the statement regarding the purchase…

We are thrilled to announce that today, we have completed a deal with Umbro licensee, GL Dameck to sign an exclusive Umbro Professional Team Sports sub-license. This sub-licence allows us to market the Umbro brand in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Denmark.

Following a £145 million investment round in November 2023, we will continue to innovate in the elite sports market with this Umbro Pro Team licence marking its emergence as a multi-brand business.

As a brand with a rich history at the heart of sport and a deep and storied life in elite football, having created some of the most iconic strips of all time, Umbro has an exceptional legacy. Our digital expertise and highly agile global supply chain provides a model that has allowed us to disrupt the traditional dominance of Nike and adidas. The ability to now market and supply the Umbro brand for team sports will elevate both Umbro and Castore to new levels.

The agreement also signifies our first step towards a brand segmentation strategy, enabling us to take a significant position in the UK & European elite sports markets. 

Since our inception, we have rapidly grown to partner with over 50 leading sports teams worldwide through its digital first business model. We will now apply this digital expertise to the marketing of Umbro’s exceptional brand heritage and authenticity and further expand the Umbro partnership portfolio, with fans remaining at the core of its strategy.

From the start of the 2024/25 season we will have the exclusive right to seek to work with Umbro’s existing English Premier League team partnerships, including: AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Luton Town and West Ham, as well as English Football League Clubs Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town and Forest Green Rovers.

We will also supply, under the Umbro brand, to Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership, where Castore is already the global kit partner for Glasgow Rangers FC, and England Rugby men’s and women’s teams at a time of heightened interest in the sport during the Guinness Six Nations.

To me, this appears that the Umbro Brand will still exist but be produced by Castore, does that mean Castore will stop as a Kit Manufacturer, we will have to wait and see!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and the Premier League Kit Review will quite quickly with a midweek round of fixtures this Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday.

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