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EFL, League One 20/21 – End of Season Report

Jun 3, 2021Posted in EFLTagged EFL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, League One, Soccer1 Comment

The 2020/21 League One (3rd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 9th May, Hull City (winners) and Peterborough United (Runners Up) earning automatic promotion to The Championship, with Blackpool winning the the Play Off Final against Lincoln City for the final promotion place.

I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Kit Stats

1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
98 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 42% of Kit variations used
- 24 Home Kits worn
- 17 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 39% of variations used
- 24 Away Kits worn
- 14 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
- 15 3rd Kits worn
- 4 3rd Kit variations worn

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Overview

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log – Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log – Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the League One Teams

1 team wore 9 kit variiations – Highest in the league
- Oxford United – Home x4, Away, 3rd x4
2 teams wore 6 kit variations
- Accrington Stanley – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Blackpool – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
3 Teams wore 5 kit variations
- Northampton Town – Home, Away x3, 3rd
- Sunderland – Home x3, Away x2
- Swindon Town – Home x3, Away x2
Most variations of Home Kit
- Oxford United wore 4 variations of Home Kit
- Yellow / Navy / Yellow – All Yellow – Yellow / Navy / Navy – Yellow / White / White
Most variations of Away Kit
- 2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
- Blackpool / Northampton Town
Most variations of 3rd Kit
- Oxford United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
- All White – White / Navy / White – White / Navy / Navy – White / White / Navy
Bristol Rovers only used 2 variations of kit, Home and Away
6 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
- AFC Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers (Home / Away), Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Plymouth Argyle. Wigan Athletic
Most worn Home Kit – 37, Gillingham
Most worn Away Kit – 16, Plymouth Argyle
Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Rochdale

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

League One teams used 98 Kits through out 2020/21 season, this was the lowest amount of kits worn in the Top Four Leagues in England, it also saw a more classic look for teams in terms of kit usage, 7 teams only had Home and Away kits (Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Shrewsbury Town, Sunderland and Swindon Town).

Lincoln City did not wear their full home kit in an away game, the only game they wore their Home Kit was at Plymouth Argyle and was worn with 3rd shorts (white).

Bristol Rovers wore their away kit home against Shrewsbury Town when the away team wore their all white away kit.

Doncaster Rovers worn a 3rd Kit at Home against Hull City, this kit was commerate the career of James Coppinger, who has spent 17 years at the club and made nearly 700 appearences for them. The player himself designing the kit with his sons to celebrate his time with club.

Accrington Stanley, who wore 6 kit variations in total wore 5 different kits in 5 games (Match 25 to Match 29) – All White (Away variation), Black / White / White (3rd), All Red (Home), White / Black / White (Away), Black / Black / White (3rd variation).

Oxford United, who wore the most kit variations in the league with 9 different kits used, started the season with 5 different kits in their first 5 games… this became 6 kits in 8 games and 7 in 16 games, 8 in 19 games and they wore their 9th variation in their 38th game.

There were some classic kit mash ups in League One in 20/21…

Gillingham at Portsmouth…

Swindon Town again at Portsmouth

Sunderland at Plymouth Argyle

There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League or Championship, please click on the link below.

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/premier-league-2020-21-end-of-season-kit-report/

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/efl-championship-20-21-end-of-season-report/

FA Cup 2020/21 – Kit Log

Jan 12, 2021Posted in UncategorizedTagged FA Cup, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, KitsLeave a comment

The FA Cup, the oldest club competition in the world, which was first competed for in 1871 a staggering 150 years ago.

The 2020/21 competition has now completed it’s 3rd Round (well apart from one fixture which is yet to be scheduled), I wanted to document the kits worn through this season’s competition.

Round 1 – 6th to 9th November 2020 (one fixture on 26th November)

The 80 teams playing round one, were supplied by 23 different kit manufacturers

15 – Macron
13 – Puma
12 – Errea
7 – Hummel
5 – Joma
4 – Nike
3 – Adidas, Kappa, Surridge
2 – New Balance

The manufacturers with one kit on show in Round 1

Admiral
Avec
Elite Pro Sports
FBT
Jako
O’Neills
Player Layer
SK Kits
Tag
The Terrace
Uhlsport
Umbro
Under Armour

Round 2 – 27th to 30th November 2020

20 Teams in Round 2, this round saw 17 Different manufacturers being used

8 – Puma
7 – Errea, Macron
2 – Hummel, Nike, Surridge

The one kit manufacturers in Round 2 are:

Adidas
Admiral
Avec
Elite Pro Sports
FBT
Jako
Joma
Kappa
New Balance
Uhlsport
Umbro

Kit Stats

Tranmere Rovers two games so far were teams wearing the same kit
24 Teams wore the same kit for both rounds (22 Home Kits / 2 Away Kits
16 Teams wore different kits for both rounds (13 Home / Change kits and 3 Home / Home variation)

Round 3 – 8th to 11th January (one fixture to be played)

64 Teams in Round 3, 62 teams have played their fixture with 14 manufacturers on show.

11 – Puma
8 – Adidas, Macron, Umbro
7 – Nike
6 – Errea, Hummel
2 – Joma
1 – Elev8, Elite Pro Sports, Kappa, Kelme, O’Neills, Surridge

Kit Stats

Doncaster Rovers in 3 different kits in 3 rounds (Away variation, Home, Away)
Plymouth Argyle in 3 different kits in 3 rounds (Home variation, Home, 3rd)
8 Teams worn same kit for all 3 games

Kit Match ups

I like to look at some of the best kit match ups in competitions, in this case I will pick one per round.

Round 1 – Port Vale v King’s Lynn Town

Round 2 – Marine v Havant & Waterlooville

Round 3 – Chorley v Derby County

Let me know you favourite kit match ups through out this season’s FA Cup over at https://twitter.com/kit_geek or in the comments below.

English Football – Kit Overview 2020/21

Nov 26, 2020Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged EFL, England, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier LeagueLeave a comment

The 2020/21 Season is now in full swing, I thought it was time to document the kits worn by the 92 English League Clubs and look at the manufacturers used.

Premier League

7 Different Manufacturers with 60 Kits for the 20 teams.

Adidas – 7 Teams
Nike – 4 Teams
Puma – 4 Teams
Umbro – 2 Teams
Hummel – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Under Armour – 1 Team

Championship

11 different manufactuerers, currenly with 68 kits for 24 teams

Umbro – 6 Teams
Macron – 4 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Errea – 2 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Puma – 2 Teams
Adidas – 1 Team
Elev8 – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
Kelme – 1 Team
O’Neils – 1 Team

League One.

11 different manufactuerers, currently 63 kits for 24 teams

Puma – 7 Teams
Errea – 3 Teams
Nike – 3 Teams
Adidas – 2 Teams
Hummel – 2 Teams
Macron – 2 Teams
Admiral – 1 Team
Elite Pro Sport – 1 Team
FBT -1 Team
Tag – 1 Team
Umbro – 1 Team

League Two

10 different manufactuerers, 63 kits for 24 teams

Errea – 6 Teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Hummel – 4 Teams
Joma – 2 Teams
New Balance – 2 Teams
Avec – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Player Layer – 1 Team
Puma – 1 Team
Surridge – 1 Team

Overall view

21 Kit manufactuerers, 254 different kits for 92 teams

Only 13 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20

Premier League: Everton / Liverpool / Leeds United
Championship: Birmingham City / Bristol City / Luton Town / Watford
League One: Blackpool / Peterborough United / Sunderland
League Two: Bolton Wanderers / Harrogate Town / Southend United

Premier League 2019/20 – End of Season Kit Report

Jul 29, 2020Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

On Sunday 27th July 2020, 354 Days since the season kicked off on 9th August 2019 the longest Premier League season concluded with Liverpool winning their first top flight league title in 30 years.

This is time for me to look into some more detail the kits worn throughout the season and some of the information and stats behind these kits.

Kit Stats

760 Kits Worn (380 games)
113 Different kits worn
Home Kits – 45%, 29 Home kits worn (9 teams using 2020/21 Home Kit) and 22 variations of Home kit used
Away Kits – 30%, 21 Away kits worn (AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea using 2020/21 Away Kit) and 13 variations of Away kit used
3rd Kits – 22%, 18 3rd kits worn and 7 variations of 3rd Kit worn
4th Kits – 3%, 3 4th Kits worn
73 Different Goalkeeper Kits worn (12 2020/21 GK Kits worn)

Two designated kits from 2019/20 season were not used, Liverpool Away was not used with the “halved” socks, only plain white and Southampton 3rd Kit was not used with is assigned navy socks but home kit socks.

Overview

Match Day 1 to Match Day 19

Match Day 20 to Match Day 38

Kit Variations

Manchester United wore 9 variations of Kits – x3 Home, x3 Away, x3 3rd
Four teams wore 7 variations of Kits (Chelsea, Everton, Sheffield United, West Ham United)
Chelsea – x3 Home Kits (inc. 20/21 Home), x3 Away Kits (inc. 20/21 Away), x1 3rd Kit
Everton – x4 Home Kits, x1 Away Kit, x1 3rd Kit, x1 4th Kit
Sheffield United – x2 Home Kits, x4 Away Kits, x1 3rd Kit
West Ham United – x4 Home Kits (inc. 20/21 Home), x2 Away Kit, x1 3rd Kit
Most variations of Home Kit – 4, Everton
Most variations of Away Kit – 4, Sheffield United
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 3, Manchester United
Three teams used a 4th Kit (Burnley, Everton, Southampton)
Norwich City only team not to use a variation of their kits (3 Kits worn)
Wolverhampton Wanderers only used change kits 6 times (x4 Away, x2 3rd)
Cheslea wore 6 different goalkeeper kits (inc 3 from 20/21)
Tottenham Hotspur wore 5 different goalkeeper kits all from 19/20
Southampton only wore 2 Goalkeeper kits

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

Kit Tables

I also like to look at the points won by each kit, I have grouped these into (Home, Away and 3rd/4th “Kit Tables” so all variations of kit will be included in its group, the scoring is based on a points per game ratio.

Home Kit

No suprises here, with Liverpool heading the table with 2.66 “Points Per Game” in their home kit a massive 0.55 points more than Manchester City in 2nd place.

The three relegated teams are also at the foot of the table in the Home Kit usage as well.

Away Kit

The Away table does give us a different looking table, Chelsea heading up this group with Liverpool both scoring 2.60 points per game, with matching records of 13 points from 5 games.

Southampton, who achieved the most points in change kits in the Premier League are in 5th Place with 1.62 points per game.

Leicester City, who only used their away kit twice and managed just the one draw are 2nd bottom here, with Aston Villa with 0.14 points per game are at the foot of the table with just 1 point from the seven games in their away kit.

3rd/4th Kit

Liverpool complete the clean sweep, heading up the 3rd/4th Kit group with 2.25 points per game, here they tied with Manchester City, with identical records of 9 points from 4 games.

It’s a different story for Leicester City here, with their 3rd kit being much more successful than their away kit, coming in 3rd place here with 1.80 points per game.

Arsenal and Everton, only managed one point in their 3rd Kit (and 4th Kit in Everton’s case), scoring just 0.33 points per game and Norwich who did not score a single point in their 3rd Kit are bottom of the pile.

I always like to round these reviews up by looking back and picking the game that had my favourite kit match up, for the 2019/20 Premier League Season I have chosen a game that took place towards the end of the season during “Project Restart”, Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur. The overall look worked well, the details of the red numbers on the Newcastle Home kit is one that I will always enjoy and with Tottenham wearing their wonderful 3rd Kit (probably my favourite kit in 19/20 Premier League season), the whole look worked for me and was very pleasing to the eye!

What are your favourite kit match up of the season and your overal kit highlights, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over on Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

EFL, The Championship – Kit Log 2019/20 (So far)

Apr 6, 2020Apr 8, 2020Posted in EFLTagged Championship, EFL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, KitsLeave a comment

As the World focuses on more important issues, football it righly taking a breaking until things are safer for us all. I wanted to take a little bit of your time in this period to look at the kits worn so far in the 2019/20 Championship Season (the 2nd Tier of English football league pryamid).

We are currently over three quarters of the way through the season, with each team playing 37 games, which gives us a total of 444 games and 888 kits worn in total by the 24 competing teams.

Kit Stats

888 Kits worn
115 variations of kit worn
39% Home kits (21% Full Home, 18% Variation)
40% Away kits (19% Full Away, 21% Variation)
18% 3rd kits (10% Full 3rd, 8% Variation)
3% Special / Commemorative Kits

Kit Variations

Barnsley – Birmingham City – Blackburn Rovers – Brentford

Bristol City – Cardiff City – Charlton Athletic – Derby County – Fulham

Huddersfield Town – Hull City – Leeds United – Luton Town – Middlesbrough

Millwall – Nottingham Forest – Preston North End – Queen’s Park Rangers – Reading

Sheffield Wednesday – Stoke City – Swansea City – West Bromwich Albion – Wigan Athletic

The “Intereting” siutation that is seen in The Championship is use or more acuratley the lack of use of home kits, with only 21% of kits used in 2019/20 (so far) being a team’s full home kit, that means a staggering 79% of all kits worn being away kits, 3rd kits, Home kit variations and special commemorative kits, a great example being that of West Bromwich Albion who have worn change kits (19) more than their home kit (18) this season and have yet to wear their home kit in an away fixture this season, several other teams have only worn their home kits once or twice away from their home ground and in many cases with obvious kit clash.

Some Kit Call outs

Some things that I want to take some time to call out in particular with Championship team’s kit usage:

Luton Town have worn 9 different kits this season (3 Home variations, 3 Away variations and 3 Third kit variations), although they have worn 9 different kits, it also shows the mix and match flexibilty of their current kit range, with changes only using shorts / socks from their other kits not bespoke shorts / socks.

Four teams have worn 4 different variations of one kit, Blackburn Rovers (3rd Kit), Bristol City (Away), Reading (Away) and Sheffield Wednesday (Away), these kits all worn in different combinations with white shorts / socks.

The “Atheltic Effect”, Charlton Atheltic and Wigan Athletic are the only teams in The Championship to wear just two kits, only wearing their full home and away kits in their 37 games, Charlton even have a registered 3rd Kit that has not been used so far.

Nottingham Forest’s Away kit has been worn in three different variations, the full all blue kit and with two different pairs of white shorts, first worn against Luton Town were the shorts from the home kit (with red trim) and when playing against Brentford Macron supplied them with white shorts with a blue trim to match their blue away kit.

Special Kits

There have been three special commemorative kits worn by teams this season:

Brentford – Griffin Park Special Kit (which has been worn three time, 1 at home and 2 away as a 3rd Kit)

Bristol City – 125th Anniversary Kit

Leeds United – Centenary Kit (1919-2019)

Kit Log

My kit log of every game in the Championship 2019/20 season, so you can see who as worn what against whom.

Please let me know your Kit Highlights from The Championship, what are your favourite kits in the League, let me know at @Kit_Geek or via the comments below.

Champions League 2019/20 – Kit Log

Dec 12, 2019Posted in GeneralTagged Champions League, Europe, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Soccer, UEFALeave a comment

On Wednesday 11th December 2019 we reached the end of the Group Stages of the 2019/20 Champions League Campaign which means its time for me to take a look at the Kits worn within the Groups.

I have been sharing some stats via Twitter through the “Match Days” over at @Kit_Geek but here we will look at all the games and Kits used through this stage of the competition.

Match Day 1 (17th / 18th September 2019)

Match Day 2 (1st / 2nd October 2019)

Match Day 3 (22nd / 23rd October 2019)

Match Day 4 (5th / 6th November 2019)

Match Day 5 (26th / 27th November 2019)

Match Day 6 (10th / 11th December 2019)

Kit Stats

83 Kits worn in 96 games
48% (Home Kits – 31 Full Kits, 9 Varitations)
30% (Away Kits – 19 Full Kits, 5 Variations)
22% (3rd Kits – 12 Full Kits, 7 Variations)
9 Teams wore Home, Away and 3rd Kits in their 6 Games
Lille OSC wore 5 different kits in 6 games – Home (x2), Away, 3rd (x2)
Club Brugge and Zenit St.Petersburg both only wore one kit
Liverpool only wore their home kit, however in final game at Red Bull Salzburg they wore solid red socks (have they ditched the half/half socks?)

Group H

As a Kit Geek I do feel the need to highlight Group H, this group contained Ajax, Chelsea, Lille OSC and Valencia, between these four teams we saw 17 different kits used, which is 20% of all the kits used in the Group Stages!

What did they wear:

Ajax – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Lille, Chelsea, Valencia all at home)
Home Kit variation with Black socks (v Chelsea)
Away Kit (v Lille)
Away Kit variation with Orange shorts / socks (v Valencia)

Chelsea – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Ajax, Lille, Valencia all at home)
Home Kit variation with blue socks (v Valencia)
Away Kit variation all white socks (v Lille)
3rd Kit variation all black socks (v Ajax)

Lille OSC – 5 Kits

Home Kit (v Chelsea & Valencia at Home)
Home Kit variation with white shorts (v Valencia)
Away Kit (v Ajax away)
3rd Kit variation with solid white socks (v Ajax at home)
3rd Kit variation with Navy socks (v Chelsea)

Valencia – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Ajax, Chelsea, Lille all at home)
Home kit variation with Black socks (v Chelsea)
Home kit variation with Orange shorts (v Lille)
Away kit variation with Black shorts (v Ajax)

Group H also provided me with my favourite kit so in the Champions League this season, the Ajax Home kit with Black socks, something classic and clean about that look that just worked for me!

Something else I like to consider is the some of the best looking kit match ups over the Competition and one that immediatley stands to me is the game at the San Siro on Tuesday 10th December where Inter Milan hosted Barcelona, the two kits looked great paired against each other.

Any stand out kits for across this season’s Champions League and any favourite Kit Match ups that you enjoyed seeing, let me know on the comments below or over at Twitter on @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Log and all the information you might need!

Nov 1, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

We are now over a quarter of the way through the season, so this feels like the ideal time to take a deeper look into the Kits worn so far in the 2019/20 season.

Followers to my Twitter account – @Kit_Geek will know that I do keep weekly updates on kits via the “Kit Grid” with some high level stats for those of you like me who like to see the numbers behind the kits worn.

Kit Grid, Match Day 10:

Kit Stats

10 Rounds of fixtures into the season, means 200 Kits worn. Taking a look at little at some of the overall kit stats:

Home Kits worn – 71% (65% Full Kits, 6% Home Kit variation)
Away Kits worn – 18% (14.5% Full, 3.5% Variation)
3rd Kits worn – 10.5% (8.5% Full, 2% Variation)
4th Kit worn – 0.5%

Looking at points won by teams in their Home, Away, 3rd (and 4th) Kits – This includes variations of each Kits.

Home Kits – 191 Point won, at an average of 1.35 Points per game
Away Kits – 45 Points won, at an average of 1.25 Points per game
3rd Kits – 34 Points won, at an average of 1.62 Points per game
4th Kit – 1 Point won, so 1 Point per game

So it appears that a team wearing their 3rd kit is likely to score more points, with 5 teams having 100% win records when in their 3rd choice outfit this season, those teams:

Liverpool (3 games)
Crystal Palace and Manchester City (2 games)
Bournemouth and Newcastle United (1 game)

Point per game by Team:

Home Kits

Away Kits

3rd / 4th Kits

Kit Variations

One thing I particularly like keeping an eye out for is variations of kits worn, below is the update by team and the kits they have worn in the League this season:

69 Variatons of Kit Worn
Liverpool have worn 5 variations of Kits (due to sock changes on Home / 3rd Kit)
9 Teams have worn 4 variations of Kits
8 Teams have worn 3 variations of Kits
Newcastle United and Norwich City have worn just 2 variations of their Kits, both being Home and 3rd Kits

Of the 59 Registered Kits, we have not seen 5 in the Premier League this season:

Chelsea 3rd Kit
Everton 3rd Kit
Leicester City 3rd Kit
Newcastle United Away Kit
Norwich City Away Kit

The Order that teams have worn Kits:

Goalkeeper Kits

Something new that I have been tracking this season is what the Goalkeepers are wearing this season, below are the Goalkeeper kits worn per game

55 Goalkeeper Kits worn in 2019/20

And there we have it, a fairly comprehensive view of the Kits worn in the Premier League so far in 2019/20.

I always like to end my kit round ups with my favourite Kit match up of the recent weeks, for me it was last week’s (26th October) game between Watford and Bournemouth. Bournemouth changing to white shorts and socks to avoid the clash with Watford’s…. giving us inadvertently a tribute to Luther Blisset.

Please let me know your thoughts, favourite kits and comments below or over on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Log 2019/20

Sep 3, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

As we reach the first International Break of the 2019/20 season it feels like its a good time to take stock and have a look at the kits worn in the first four rounds of the season.

As always I like to look at the stats of the kits worn and information behind that.

Kit Stats

Home Kits – 69% (65% full, 4% variation)
Away Kits – 18% (17% full, 1% variation)
3rd Kit – 12% (11% full, 1% variation)
4th Kit – 1%

Teams with 3 kits worn – In Appearance

Arsenal (Away, Home, 3rd)
Burnley (Home, 3rd, Away)
Crystal Palace (Home, Away, 3rd)
Everton (4th, Home, Home variation)
Manchester United (Home, Home variation, 3rd variation)
Sheffield United (Away, Home, Away variation)
Tottenham Hotspur (Home, Away, Home variation)

Teams with 2 kits worn – In Appearance

Aston Villa (Home, Away)
Bournemouth (Home, 3rd)
Brighton & Hove Albion (Home, Away)
Chelsea (Home, Away)
Leicester City (Home, Away)
Liverpool (Home, 3rd)
Manchester City (Away, Home)
Newcastle United (Home, 3rd)
Norwich City (Home, 3rd)
Southampton (Away, Home)
Watford (Home, 3rd)
West Ham United (Home, Away)

Team with 1 kit worn

Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home)

Something we have seen twice this season (Everton at Crystal Palace and Watford at Newcastle United) is the Referee step in and ask teams to change their kits to avoid a clash.

Everton who wanted to use their Coral away kit but was advised by the Ref is would cause a clash of kit and with their then soon to be released 3rd kit being Navy Blue, it meant a return of last season’s white 3rd kit, as what will be a 4th kit this season. For me this white kit actually complements the current home kit in its desgin, so maybe should have been kept as a 3rd kit this season.

The second instance was with Watford, who wanted to use their Navy Blue away kit for the first time at Newcastle and with their home kit this season being Black / Yellow halved shirts, it meant a return of last season’s Green Away kit to be used as a 3rd kit, something the team did not have last season being one of only two teams to wear just a Home and Away kit.

The other one of those teams was Wolverhampton Wanderers, who currently are the only team to wear just one kit so far this season, however I would expect to see the team to use a rare 3rd kit when they play away at Watford on 1st January 2020, with their home and away kits both clashing with Watford’s halved shirts…. will we see the return of last season’s white away kit or something new?

Premier League – Goalkeeper Kits

Something new I am also keeping record of this season and inspired by Denis over at Museum of Jerseys (and the excellent Kit Tracker that Denis illustrates) are the Goalkeeper kits worn in the Premier League.

43 Different kits worn – (caviat here is that there are several template kits worn by teams, so many teams have same GK Kit)
Only Brighton & Hove Albion have worn just one kit so far this season (Mat Ryan)
Burnley, Manchester United, Newcastle United & Norwich City have all worn 3 kits in the opening 4 games

My favourite kit match up of the season so far was on 18th August when Sheffield United played Crystal Palace, for me a nice balance of tradition and modern kit design…. although if Arsenal had chosen to wear their away kit Liverpool rather than their 3rd kit then that would have been right up there…!

Let me know your thoughts and what your favourite Kit Match ups have been on the comments below or over at Twitter on @Kit_Geek

English Football – Kit Manufactuer Data

Aug 6, 2019Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit News, Kits, SoccerLeave a comment

The 2019 / 20 season kicked off last weekend in England with the EFL playing their first round of games and Premier League returning this week, I felt it was time to have quick look at who is wearing what this season in England.

Unforuntaley the data does not include Bury FC as there has no update on the future of the club when creating this article, all being well I will update as soon as the club’s issues are resolved

The most seen kit manufactuer that we will see this season…. Puma.

Kit Manufactuers

Puma – 13 teams
Adidas – 12 teams
Errea – 12 teams
Macron – 9 teams
Nike – 9 teams
Umbro – 9 teams
Hummel – 7 teams
FBT – 3 teams
Kappa – 3 teams
Joma – 2 teams
New Balance – 2 teams
Admiral – 1 team
Avec – 1 team
Bristol Sports – 1 team
Elev8 – 1 team
Elite Pro Sport – 1 team
O’Neills – 1 team
Player Layer – 1 team
Surridge – 1 team
Tag – 1 team
Under Armour – 1 team

Premier League:

Championship:

League One:

League Two:

There have been 18 Clubs that have changed manufactuer

There was only six clubs in the top two division that have changed kit manufactuer this season, League Two the highest single division to see changes with seven clubs.

Premier League

Arsenal (Puma to Adidas)
Aston Villa (Luke 1977 to Kappa)
Burnley (Puma to Umbro)
Manchester City (Nike to Puma)

Championship

Brentford (Adidas to Umbro)
Reading (Puma to Macron)

League One

Bolton Wanderers (Macron to Hummel)* – TBC
Coventry City (Nike to Hummel)
Doncaster Rovers (FBT to Elite Pro Sports)
Gillingham (GFC to Macron)
Shrewsbury Town (Errea to Admiral)

League Two

Cambridge United (Puma to Hummel)
Carlisle United (Umbro to Errea)
Leyton Orient (Nike to New Balance)
Macclesfield Town (Macron to Nike)
Oldham Athletic (Sondico to Hummel)
Port Vale (BLK to Errea)
Salford City (Umbro to Kappa)

Overall in the 2019 / 20 Season there is 21 different Kit Manufactuers that will take the field of action, this is an decrease from last season where there was 24 different kit makers on show, the three that we will not see this season:

BLK – Provided Port Vale’s kit
GFC – Gillingham’s own club branded kit
Sondico – Provided Oldham Athletic’s kit

Please let me know your thoughts and comments, either below or over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter.

Football Kit Top Trumps – Premier League 2018/19

Jul 11, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Fun, Kit Geek, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, Top Trumps1 Comment

It is time for one final review of the Home kits worn by the Premier League teams in the 2018/19 season, this time in the form of the classic “Top Trump” card.

I was torn on going for an opinion based scoring system based on design, aesthetics and general use, however I decided to go for a more factual based performance of the kit, so our ranking areas are:

League Games Worn
Variations of Kit
Games Won
Points Won
Points per game

So for your “pleasure”, here are the Home Kits worn in 2018/19 Premier League Season in Top Trumps!

Arsenal and AFC Bournemouth*

*AFC Bournemouth wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Tottenham Hotspur, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 1-0).

Brighton & Hove Albion and Burnley

Cardiff City and Chelsea*

*Cheslea wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Watford, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 3-0).

Crystal Palace* and Everton

*Crystal Palace wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against AFC Bournemouth, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 5-3).

Fulham and Huddersfield Town

Leicester City* and Liverpool

*Leicester City wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Chelsea, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they drew 0-0).

Manchester City and Manchester United