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Premier League, Kit Grid (Match Day 26 to 35)

Apr 25, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits1 Comment

The end of the Premier League season is fast approaching with only 3 rounds of games left to be played.

This felt like a good time to review the Kit Grid that looks at what was worn by who against who.

To review older updates and see how this works please see my previous posts about this:

Premier League – Kit Grid, Match Day 13

Premier League – Kit Grid catch up (MD 14 to 17)

Premier League – Kit Grid (Match Day 18 – 25)

Match Day 26 – 9th February to 11th February

Match Day 27 – 22nd February to 24th February

Match Day 28 – 26th February to 27th February

Match Day 29 – 2nd March to 3rd March

Match Day 30 – 9th March to 10th March

Match Day 31 – 16th March to 17th March

Match Day 32 – 30th March to 1st April

Match Day 33 – 2nd April to 8th April

Match Day 34 – 12th April to 15th April

Match Day 35 – 20th April to 22nd April

Games played on 23rd April and 24th April – From Match Day 31 and Match Day 33

At the end of season, I will start to break down some of the stats behind the kits worn by the Team in the Premier League this season.

Please let me know you thoughts via the comments below or via Twitter @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Grid (Match Day 18 – 25)

Feb 8, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

A quick update on the Premier League Kit Grid, this is documenting the 2018/19 Season Premier League fixtures in one place.

To see the previous update, have a look at my previous post – Premier League – Kit Grid catch up (MD 14 to 17)

Match Day 18

Match Day 19 and Match Day 20

Match Day 21

Match Day 22

Match Day 23

Match Day 24

Match Day 25

As always I will continue to update this Kit Grid on after every round of fixtures and share this on Twitter – @Kit_Geek

Please share your thoughts and comments below or on my twitter account.

100 Kits in the Premier League & 2 shades of Grey

Feb 5, 2019Feb 6, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Premier League1 Comment

Kit enthusiasts and general football stat geeks, mark the day……

Monday 4th February.

On a cold winter’s night at the London Stadium, Liverpool took to the field in their grey third kit for the fourth time in 2018/19 season but for the first time wore a darker shade of grey socks, which gave us the 100th variation of kit worn this season.

I shared on twitter last night an overview of the all the kits worn – see here

Overview:

Stats:

Looking at some of the stats around the kits:

Home – 40 worn (20 first choice, 20 variations)
Away – 33 worn (19 first choice, 14 variations)
3rd/4th – 27 worn (15 first choice, 12 variations)

Most variations:

Fulham – 9 (Home – 4, Away – 2, 3rd – 1, 4th – 2)
Everton – 7 (Home – 2, Away – 1, 3rd – 4)
Manchester United – 7 (Home – 3, Away – 2, 3rd – 2)
West Ham United – 7 (Home – 4, Away – 1, 3rd – 2
Burnley – 6 (Home – 2, Away – 3, 3rd – 1)
Cardiff City – 6 (Home – 2, Away – 3, 3rd – 1)

In terms of the least variation used, there are only two teams that have not varied from their registered kits. Leicester City who have used all three registered kits this season and Watford, who are often criticised for their inconsistent use of an away kit are the only team to use just two kits this season.

Looking at last seasons kit data – I wrote an article at the end of last season – Premier League Kit Log – Kit Variations about that. There was 95 variations used then, this however does include the kits worn in the final games of the season by Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester City who wore their 2018/19 kits in their final home games of that season. I would expect we would see something similar this season, so this will add to this number.

Also Manchester United are also yet to wear either their registered Away and 3rd Kits this season, only variations of these. If they use these, the away (Pink – Black – Pink) and 3rd (Navy – Darker Navy – Darker Navy), apologies for the poor colour description, then that would take Manchester United level with Fulham with 9 kit variations, however there is a game coming up Southampton v Fulham, where we could see another variation in Fulham’s away kit (Navy – White – White), which would take them to 10!

All of this is just looking at outfield kits, maybe I should also take a look at the Goalkeeper kits worn….. watch this space!

As always, let me know your thoughts by either using the comments field below or via twitter @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Grid, Match Day 13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Premier League, Kit Log – Match Day 11

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

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

Overview:

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

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

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

Variations:

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

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

7 Variations:

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

6 Variations:

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

5 Variations:

Manchester City and West Ham United.

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

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

4 Variations:

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

Arsenal
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Huddersfield Town
Manchester United

3 Variations:

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

2 Variations:

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

Points per kit:

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

Home Kit League:

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

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

Away Kit League:

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

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

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

3rd (and 4th) Kit League:

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

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

Unseen 2018/19 kits:

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

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

and

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

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

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

Premier League, Match Day 5 – Kit Review

Sep 17, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged Crystal Palace, EPL, Football, Fulham, Kit Geek, Kits, Manchester United, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

The Premier League is now in full flow, the recent weekend (15th – 17th September) or known as “Match Day 5” in some corners has now been and gone with no great surprises in terms of results but did give us some interesting talking points in terms of kits, so lets dive in and have look at some of the kit talking points in more detail.

Fulham – 4th Kit of the season

There is only one place to start and that is Fulham who wore their 4th different kit of the season and in fact it has been 4 kits in 4 games, quite possibly a record within the Premier League era.

This run of kits started with the introduction of a red third kit in the game against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on 18th August 2018. This kit was no surprise giving that a change was needed with Fulham’s home and away kits not providing a contrast to Tottenham’s current home kit. This was not a new kit but last season’s third kit, updated with this season’s shirt sponsor.

In the next game, Fulham’s home game against Burnley played on 26th August 2018 there was no surprise that they would play in their traditional White shirts / Black shorts / White socks combination.

The next game, away at Brighton and Hove Albion on 1st September 2018 is the one that took the our little kit world by surprise, again as with the game against Spurs, Fulham’s home and away kits would potentially cause a clash with the blue and white stripes worn by Brighton but assumption would be that the red 3rd kit would then make an appearance providing an adequate alternative, however in this game they wore last season’s black away shirt with this season’s home shorts and socks, providing them with a 4th kit for the 2018/19 season.

This brings us to this past week (15th September 2018), where Fulham away at Champions Manchester City would see the first appearance of their new navy blue away kit, however the full away kit was not worn it was paired with what appears to be the home socks, the registered socks with their away kit this season are also navy blue.

I am unaware of a reason behind the choice of kits, particularly in the Brighton game but it creates good conversation and debate around this and football kits, for me a simple Kit Geek this is indeed a wonderful thing.

Crystal Palace – New 3rd Kit

As expected when Crystal Palace visited Huddersfield Town this season we would need to see an alternative to their Home and Away kits, this was launched at the weekend with a fantastic all yellow kit, with a faded red / blue stripe running down the centre of the shirt.

With the additional of this kit, I believe Crystal Palace have one of the best set of kits in the Premier League this season.

Away kit variations

Another area of the world of kits that I enjoy is those variations within a team’s kit, different shorts and socks worn with each kit. This weekend we saw six different variations for team’s kits, West Ham United and Arsenal wore variations of their home kits. Fulham (which we have already discussed), Manchester United, Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion all wore variations of their away kits.

West Ham’s home kit combined with sky blue shorts and socks, is one that really works for me and a variation that I like to see on the pitch.

Manchester United wore their pink away kit for the second time game in a row and for the second time varied from the Pink – Black – Pink combination, this time surprisingly wearing white shorts with the Pink shirts and socks. I was surprised that when moving from the registered black shorts that they did use pink shorts as an alternative but the white seemed to work okay as a contrast.

Plenty of discussion points from this week’s Premier League fixtures in terms of Kits, let me know your thoughts on this.

Premier League, Kit Log – Match Day 2

Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

We are now two games into the 2018/19 Premier League Season and based on what happened in the World Cup with the number of Countries using there both Home and Away in the opening games (World Cup Kit Log, Group Stage Round 2), I thought it would be a good time to look at the kits worn this season so far.

The Kit Log….

Surprisingly (well maybe just for me) we have seen 30 home kits worn out of a possible 40 kits from the first 20 games and of these 30 kits, 29 have been the full home kit with no variation, the only team to wear a variation of their home kit… Arsenal wore red socks when playing Chelsea on 18th August.

Kit Breakdown after Match Day 2:

Home – 75% (29 Full kits, 1 Variation – Arsenal)

Away – 12.5% (4 Full kits, 1 Variation – Burnley)

3rd – 12.5% (5 Full kits)

As we approach Match Day 3, there are 10 teams that have worn two different kits so far, will any of these make it 3 kits in 3 games…. West Ham United are likely to based on their fixture away at Arsenal and having not used their blue away kit yet.

Overall my initial feelings of the kits on show have been great, I always prefer to see a kit in action before passing any judgement but 2018/19 feels like a good season…. and my favourite kit so far…. Manchester City Away, worn against Arsenal on 12th August.

Any thoughts about what we have seen so far this season, let me know?

Premier League Kit Log – Kit Variations

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Premier League1 Comment

When compiling my Kit Log of the 2017/18 Premier League season (check it out here – Premier League Kit Log ) one thing that became clear to me was the amount of variations in the kits that were used, so I started keeping track of the different variations of kits being used by each team.

As mentioned in my previous post, there were 95 variations of kits used in 17/18 Season, this does include those teams that launched their 2018/19 kits (Everton, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea).

The Teams – Kits are in chronological order of when they first worn

Arsenal to Chelsea

Crystal Palace to Manchester City

Manchester United to Stoke City

Swansea to West Ham United

Looking at this, four teams did not use any variation of their three choices of kit (Two for Watford), these were Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Swansea and of these only Leicester City and Swansea wore the three kits, as Liverpool and Manchester City both wore 2018/19 Home kits in their final home games.

The teams with the most variation are Manchester United and West Ham United, each turning out in SEVEN variations of kits (Both having 3 Home, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit variations). Everton also used seven variations of kits but this does include the 2018/19 Home kit

Brighton and Hove Albion initially launched their yellow away kit with black socks and for its first two appearances wore this combination but the kit was used a further 14 times with yellow socks, giving us the largest volume of kit variation used. Brighton also used alternative kits the most times, 17 of the 19 away games, although their 3rd kit was only used once against Chelsea. The two away games that they did not change, Watford in August and Liverpool on the final day of the season, 260 days between these two games.

Tottenham Hotspur registered a 3rd Kit (Purple camouflage) however this did not make an appearance in the League, so was the only shirt of the 59 registered with the Premier League that was not used, Burnley wore their 3rd shirt with their home shorts and socks in Arsene Wenger’s final game at The Emirates Stadium, so this full 3rd kit was not worn (it was the away kit from 2016/17 season).

Watford often got criticised for the amount of time they wore their away kit (9 times), when you look at other clubs is not much different in terms of usage however the question of whether they should of worn it in some of the games is up for debate but we live in times where clubs need to make their money, so I do not begrudge them of this, however if this was a more pleasing kit to eye then it might of helped.

Anything jump out to you in the way teams used their kits, let me know?

Premier League Kit Log – END OF SEASON UPDATE

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Premier League2 Comments

We’ve made it, we are there…. 380 games completed, 20 teams with 59 kits between them and 95 variations of those kits worn a total of 760 times (but more about that later)….

On Sunday 13th May saw the 2018/19 season come to a close, with Manchester City breaking all kinds of records on the pitch but what we are interested in looking at here is who wore what when, so Ladies and Gents, I give the Premier League 2018/19 completed Kit Log…. enjoy!

To make it easier to view, I have broken it down into four sections, 10 teams in alphabetical order in each section and looking at Matches 1-19 and Matches 20-38.

Arsenal to Liverpool, Matches 1 to 19

Arsenal to Liverpool, Matches 20 to 38

Manchester City to West Ham United, Matches 1 to 19

Manchester City to West Ham United, Matches 20 to 38

Looking at some of the kit stats:

Home Kits – 552 used, 73% (65% full home kit, 8% home kit variations)

Away Kits – 134 used, 17% (14% full away kit, 3% away kit variations)

3rd Kits – 74 used,10% (8% full 3rd kits, 2% 3rd kit variations)

I will be following this post up in the next days looking at the variations of kits used in more detail.

Oh and my favourite kit of season, the variation used by Southampton at Newcastle United, red shorts, red socks worn but also changed the back of the shirt to make it solid red as well to avoid a clash, a real one for us Kit Geeks out there…..

Premier League Kit Log – 30 Game Update

Mar 13, 2018Mar 13, 2018Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

Monday 12th March, has now seen each club in the Premier League hit the 30 game barrier for the 2017/18 season and here is the an update on the kits worn so far this season….