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Premier League – Matchweek 15

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Premier League: Matchweek 15 Kit Review

Dec 10, 2024Posted in Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Chelsea, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Premier League, Soccer, sports8 Comments

The Premier League games are coming thick and fast, with another round of fixtures completed as we close in on the halfway point of the season! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in these games.

There was just nine games this weekend, with The Merseyside Derby being postponed due to weather conditions and safety of the fans!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 15 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 73 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 62 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Newcastle United in their Away kit with alternative white shorts and socks.

Arsenal in their 3rd kit’s default navy socks for first time.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Arsenal – Black Adidas Trefoil Kit

Kit Highlights

Arsenal used their 5th Goalkeeper Kit of the season, using the black version of the Adidas Trefoil kit for the first time, having used green previously.

Newcastle United have now worn 6 different kit variations this season, the joint highest in the league however they have used 2 Home, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit looks for a nice balance in this usage!

Chelsea wore their Away socks with Home Kit for the 2nd game in a row for an all blue look!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, two great kits against each other gives a nice look on the pitch, only the 2nd time Manchester City have used their Away Kit in the Premier League this season!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 4 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures.

Newcastle United – Away with alternative white shorts and socks
Nottingham Forest – Away with alternative sky blue shorts, 2nd time used
Chelsea – Home / Away socks, all blue, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 10th December

Kit News

Interesting news breaking on Monday 9th December, with Manchester City offering fans the chance to design their 3rd Kit for the 2026/27 season by using Puma’s AI Creator, full details can found on the club site here and the goalkeeper shirt has already been planned with input from current Manchester City Goalkeepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega and Rico Lewis!

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Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League: Matchweek 14 Kit Review

Dec 6, 2024Posted in Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Chelsea, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur7 Comments

The Premier League’s first mid-week fixtures of the season have now taken place, with all teams playing over 3 days this week! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in these games.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 14 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 71 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 61 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Chelsea in their Home Kit with Away socks, to create an all blue look!

Nottingham Forest in alternative red shorts at Manchester City.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Ipswich Town – White Umbro Template

Kit Highlights

Wolverhampton Wanderers have worn Home, Away and 3rd kits in their last three games!

Tottenham Hotspur have worn change kits just three times this season but have lost in all three of those games!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, Forest in red shorts is one of the little kit things that I just love, so seeing them in this look was always going to be a winner for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 6 Away Kit and no 3rd Kits

There were two variations seen over these fixtures.

Chelsea – Home / Away socks, all blue
Nottingham Forest – Home with alternative red shorts, all red

Kit Grid – Up to 6th December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back after this weekend’s games!

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Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League: Matchweek 13 Kit Review

Dec 2, 2024Posted in Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Aston Villa, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Fulham, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur7 Comments

The Premier League Matchweek 13 is completed, a third of the way through the season and the return of Friday Night Football for just the 3rd time this season, let’s take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 13 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 69 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Southampton wore their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having worn it in the Carabao Cup in the same look with alternative white shorts.

Aston Villa wore their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks for another away kit look for them this season!

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Crystal Palace – Fluro Yellow

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa are fast becoming my favourite team on the road this season, wearing the 4th different variation of their Away Kit this season, only wearing it look the one time. They are using the home kit to mash up their looks, we still have yet to see their 3rd kit used in the Premier League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, the Fulham away this season is a great look and worked well match up at Tottenham!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen this weekend

Southampton – 3rd with alternative white shorts
Aston Villa – Away with home shorts & socks
Everton – All Blue, 2nd time used this season

Kit Grid – Up to 1st December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back on Friday after the first round of mid-week fixtures of this season!

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Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League: Matchweek 12 Kit Review

Nov 26, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Chelsea, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Leicester City, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolves8 Comments

The Premier League is back after the 3rd and final International Break of 2024 and as we ramp up to Christmas the fixtures will come around quickly with nine rounds of fixtures over the next six weeks!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 12 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 67 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were three new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Nottingham Forest wore alternative Sky Blue shorts with their 3rd Kit!

Wolverhampton Wanderers were in their 3rd Kit for first time this season.

Manchester United wore alternative shorts and socks with their Home Shirt to create a Red / Black / White look at Ipswich Town.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Wolverhampton Wanderes – Dark Purple

Kit Highlights

Brentford wore their Home Kit in an away game for the first time this season at Everton, they are final team to do this in 2024/25, it also was their first point in away game having lost the prevous five worn in change kits.

Chelsea continue their 100% record in their Away kit this season, making it 3 wins in 3 this weekend (2 with alternative socks, as worn here).

The four Umbro supplied team’s goalkeepers all wore the same template kit this weekend, with AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Ipswich Town and West Ham United all using the yellow goalkeeper kit!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, mainly due this being the first match up this season by two teams in striped shirts… the Bournemouth Home Kit (sponsor aside) is fantastic this season, and seeing the contrast in stripes with Brighton shirt worked well for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen this weekend

Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 2nd time worn this season
Nottingham Forest – 3rd, alternative Sky Blue Shorts
Manchester United – Home with black shorts and white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 26th November

Kit News

Leicester City’s front of shirt sponsor BC.Game announced this week that they have been declared bankrupt, however news from the club is that their sponsor is still committed to the club and will remain on shirts…. one to keep an eye on!

Tottenham Hotspur have annouced a “remastering” of their brand, the headline of this is course an amendment to the club crest which see the word mark of the club removed, leaving just the cockerel. However there is more to this change than just this, there is an re-introduction of a club “wordmark”, 7 Club “Hallmarks” created for the club, we will see these on the kits in the coming seasons!

The most interesting update for me is club introducing a colour palette, does this give us hint of the colours will club will use for their kits going forward, nothing surprising to see but they are closely linked to kits of the club’s past!

Wolverhampton Wanderers have announced a special kit to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of “Floodlight Friendly” win against Honved in 1954, a game that key in the creation of The European Cup. The reflective looking design with minimal branding will be worn against Ipswich Town on 14th December.

Full details can be found on the club website here

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Premier League: Matchweek 11 Kit Review

Nov 14, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, sports7 Comments

The Premier League has now reached the 3rd International Break of the season and the final one of 2024, Matchweek 11 is here and this is my look at the kits worn.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 11 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 64 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Everton wore their 3rd Home Kit variation of the season, with an all blue look at West Ham United.

Aston Villa who followed their all white look (Home Shorts) in The Champions League, with same look in the Premier League for the first time this season!

Newcastle United are another team that wore a kit in the league that have previously worn in a Cup Competition with alternative white socks, both against Nottingham Forest.

Ipswich Town wore their 3rd Kit for the first time this season.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Tottenham Hotspur – Purple

Kit Highlights

Southampton wore their Home Kit in an away game for the first time this season (after 6 games).

Everton made it 3 different Home Kit Looks in their last 3 games, this gives them 5 kit variations in total the joint highest in the Premier League so far this season!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Liverpool and Aston Villa, the all white Villa look gave us a nice clean kit match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen this weekend

Everton – Home, All Blue
Aston Villa – Away with Home shorts, All White
Newcastle United – Home with white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 10th November

Kit News

There has been no significant Premier League Kit news in the past week.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after the International break with in depth kit reviews!

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Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League: Matchweek 10 Kit Review

Nov 5, 2024Nov 5, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Premier League, Soccer, sports6 Comments

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!

You can find last week’s report here

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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Premier League: Matchweek 9 Kit Review

Oct 27, 2024Oct 28, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester United, Premier League, Soccer, sports8 Comments

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.

You can find last week’s report here

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.

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Premier League: Matchweek 8 Kit Review

Oct 22, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Adidas, Arsenal, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Premier League, Soccer, sports7 Comments

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.

You can find last week’s report here

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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