The Group Stages of Euro 2024 is now completed and 24 teams has become 16 as we reach the knock out stage of the competition. As we have a small break between the two stages of the competition it is time for me to take a look back at the kits worn in the Group Stages!
You can find a general overview of the Euro 2024 Kits here!
Fixtures
Round 1– 14th June to 18th June
Round 2– 19th June to 22nd June
Round 3– 23rd June to 26th June
Kit Stats
47 Kits worn – 36 games
28 Primary Kits (20 Default / 8 Variations)
18 Secondary Kits (14 Default / 4 Variations)
1 3rd Kits (1 Default)
Kit Overview by Group
Group A
6 Kits worn in Group
Scotland and Hungary in just one kit
Hungary in their registered Secondary kit in all 3 games
Germany / Switzerland in Secondary kits in their 2nd Group games
Group B
8 Kits worn in the Group
Italy in 3 different Kit Looks in 3 games – 3 different pairs of shorts!
Croatia only team to wear just one kit
Group C
8 Kits worn in the Group
Each team in 2 different Kits
England / Denmark in 2 variations of Primary Kit
Serbia used alternative red shorts / socks with Primary Kit
Group D
10 Kits worn in the Group – Most in Tournament
Poland / Austria in 3 different kits in their 3 games
France in alternative blue shorts / socks in the one game in Primary Kit
Poland v Austria was only Primary v Primary kit game, however Poland wore variation with white shorts
Group E
7 Kits worn in the Group
Romania the only team to wear just one kit
Belgium worn Primary against Romania (All Yellow) and Secondary against Ukraine (All Yellow)
Group F
8 Kits in the Group
All teams in 2 Kits
Czechia in a kit mash ups in all their games
Kit Highlights
Italy wore two different pairs of white shorts in their opening two fixtures, with the alternative white shorts for their Secondary Kit have the red / green details that match the shirt and with their all blue look in their final group game meant that was three kits in three games, with three different pairs of shorts.
Another team to have two pairs of shorts of the same colour was France, with Blue Shorts as part of their default Secondary Kit with the matching pinstripe and they then wore alternative blue shorts with their Primary Kit in their final group match against Poland.
Belgium played both Romania and Ukraine in their Group, both playing in All Yellow… interestingly they went with their Primary Kit against Romania and decided to change to their Secondary Kit against Ukraine!
Czechia wore Kit Mash ups in all three of their games, wearing Primary Shorts with Secondary Kit in the first two games, then Secondary Shorts with Primary Kit for a Red / Blue / Blue look in their final match.
England have not set the tournament ablaze as yet, but one small highlight for me has been Jordan Pickford being in three different goalkeeper kits in the group games!
There were just four Nations that wore just one Kit, Scotland and Hungary (both in Group A), Croatia and Romania… the only one of these four teams to qualify to the Knock-out Rounds.
There we have it, the Group Stages of Euro 2024 and all of the Kits Worn, I will be back after the final to round up the Knock-out rounds.
Let me know your thoughts and Kit Highlights in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous seasons was a Top Trump format.
So for those of a certain age will know all about Top Trumps, so for this set I have looked at the kits of each of the 20 Premier League Teams, Home, Away and Third kits and stats around these kits, the stats I have picked are the following:
League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn
Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn
Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
Points Won – Number of points won wearing the kit(s)
Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit
I have highlighted the “Top Trump” in each section in “Gold and Black”.
The cards by each team….
There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Wolverhampton Wanderers points per game in their change kits, Tottenham Hotspur scoring 54 points in their home kit, Luton Town’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?
What would you consider as the overall “Top Trump” card, Manchester City Home Kit or something else?
Are there any other stats that you think I should haved used for future Top Trump looks at Football Kits.
Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.
Euro 2024, Hosted by Germany Kicks off on Friday 14th June with the Hosts taking on Scotland in the opening fixture. The 17th Euros Tournament since they started in 1960 and will be contested by 24 Teams across 6 Groups with 4 Teams in each group, the 3rd Tournament to take this format.
I wanted to document the Kits used in the tournament here as a reference piece for those that want a quick reference Kit Guide.
There will be follow up post of the Kit Usage as we move through the tournament but lets kick off with a Kit Overview…
The Groups
Group A: Germany / Scotland / Hungary / Switzerland
Adidas are prominent in Group A, suppling 3 of the four teams with Puma suppling Switzerland.
Group B:Spain / Croatia / Italy / Albania
Adidas leading the group here, with two teams, Nike and one of the two Teams supplied by Macron (Albania) in this group. Albania also one three teams with a registered 3rd kit, they did manage to wear three different kits in their three group games in EURO 2016
Group C:Slovenia / Denmark / Serbia / England
Nike taking the lead in Group C, with two teams, Puma and the only Hummel kit of the tournament making up the rest of the group.
Group D: The Netherlands / France / Poland / Austria
Nike again leading a group, this time with 3 Teams, Puma making up the group with Austria.
Group E: Ukraine / Slovakia / Belgium / Romania
Joma are supplying two teams in the competition, they are both in Group E (Ukraine / Romania). Adidas and Nike being the two other manufacturers. Romania are one of the three teams that will have three kit options available to them.
Group F: Portugal / Czechia / Georgia / Turkey
Another group with 2 Nike Teams, Puma and the second Macron Nation in this group, interestingly both Countries (Georgia here) supplied by Macron have three different kits (Primary, Secondary, 3rd).
Kit Manufacturers Breakdown
There are just 6 Kit Manufacturers supplying Nations in Euro 2024, with Nike having the most Teams with 9 (37.5%) of teams. Hummel, the only team to provide just one Nation… of course, Denmark.
There will be regular updates across my Social Media Channels of the kits used over the tournament, with my regular deep dive looks after the Group Stages and then a Final Look at the end of the Competition.
There we have it, a reference piece to get you set for the Euros, let me know your thoughts and comments at @Kit_Geek and I hope you enjoy the tournament.
Euro 2024 is about to start, this is the 17th Euros Finals since they started in 1960 and will be hosted by Germany between 14th June and 14th July 2024.
The European Championship Finals have gone through several different formats since its inception, from just 4 teams for the initial tournaments up to 24 teams since 2016
1960 – 1976, 4 Teams
1980 – 1992, 8 Teams
1996 – 2012, 16 Teams
2016 – Onwards, 24 Teams
Here we have a look at the history of England’s Kits through out the competitions in preparation of this year’s tournament, I did something similar for World Cups originally in 2018 on this site – here and in more detail in Volume 5 of Kit Magazine for the 2022 World Cup.
England have qualifed for 10 out of 17 tournments and played a total of 38 games through their finals appearences.
Kit Overview of Euros
4 Team Tournament: 1968
8 Team Tournaments: 1980, 1988, 1992
16 Team Tournament: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012
24 Team Tournament: 2016, 2021
Tournaments in Detail
1968 – This was only tournament where there was four teams that England Qualified for and was hosted in Italy, as then World Cup Holders, the tournament consisted of two semi-finals and then 3rd/4th Playoff game and Final.. England losing in their Semi-Final against Yugoslavia and then beating The Soviet Union in the 3rd/4th Place game. The kit worn in both games was the same as the kit worn in 1966, the classic England look of that time!
1980 – The next time England qualifed for the Euros was in 1980 again held in Italy, and this was the first tournament that saw of an expansion of teams qualifed doubling to 8 Teams, with group stages added for the first time. England were in Group B, played all their group games in their classic Admiral Primary Kit most famously used in World Cup 82. With a win, draw and loss in the group it meant that England did not go past the group stage, so it was just the three appearences of the Primary Kit, it is also worth noting that the kit did not contain any Admiral Branding as it was not permitted in tournaments at this time.
1988 – England followed a positive World Cup Campaign in 1986 by qualifying for 1988 Tournament in West Germany and England now in Umbro and will be in the Euros until 2016. It was not the most memorable competition on the pitch with three defeats in the three group games meaning they were rock bottom of their group, this probably reflects on the memories of the kit worn, they used their Primarty Kit in all three games and was one of the best Umbro Kits for The Three Lions and had Change and 3rd Kits in the same template.
1992 – The final 8 Team Tournament was also the first time that England qualifed for The Euros in consecutive tournaments, hosted by Sweden it was another campaign that England failed to go past the group stage however the team did manage to draw two games only losing against hosts Sweden which prevented their progression from the Group. It was another tournament that the Primary Kit was the only kit used, and was the same kit that was seen in World Cup ’90, this was the last time an England Kit was used in two major tournaments.
1996 – Euro 96 was the first of the next expansion of the tournament, with 16 Teams qualifying with 4 Groups of 4 teams and the introduction of Quarter-Finals for the first time. England were the Host Nation and coming off the back of failing to qualify for World Cup ’94 there was high expectation of the team to succeed on home soil.
England finished top of their Group and qualifed for the knock out stages for the first time in the Euros. The Primary Kit from Umbro was one that introduced a turquoise blue accent to the kit for the first time and was worn in each of the group games and the penalty win against Spain in the Quarter-Finals.
The Semi-Final was the first time that England used a change kit in Euros History and the first time a change had been used by the team in any major tournament since World Cup ’82. It was one of the most well known kits in England Football History, the Indigo / Grey change kit was one has always drawn a lot of attention and been written about so much over the years… however this was its only tournament appearance.
2000 – Euro 2000 was the first Euros to be Co-Hosted, with Belgium and The Netherlands welcoming 14 other countries to their shores. England took to the new millennium in a classic look that called back to the 60’s in it’s design and remains one of the most under-rated kits worn by The Three Lions. The Primary Kit was worn in their opening group game against Portugal and their final group game against Romania, both ending in 3-2 defeats, which meant they did not progress to the knock out rounds.
Their change was also used against Germany, who were also in their change kit for the game, this was the first time that England played in their traditional Red change colour in Euros Finals. The shirt itself is an interesting design being made of an almost wollen material, one that seems a world away for the structure of shirts made today.
2004 – The following Euros was held in Portugal and was in the middle of the “Golden Generation” of England team, with high expectations of the team and their Manager Sven-Göran Eriksson. In the Group they wore their Primary Kit twice and Change Kit once, qualifying from their group for the 2nd time they also wore their Primary Kit in their Penalty defeat against Hosts Portugal.
The Umbro Kit contained a lot more red then seen before, with red shoulder / sleeve taping on the shirt, this was the first England Kit that added a “Star” for their World Cup Victory in 1966, however it was placed on the sleeve of the shirt, not above the crest as normally place. It was also marketed as a reversable shirt, with the reverse being a leisure shirt alternative.
The Change Kit worn against Croatia was again the traditional red shirt but was paired with silver shorts and silver detailing, it also contained “playful” takes on the St.George’s Cross on the shoulders, with a design with paid tribute to the fans with flags drapped on their shoulders.
2012 – England failed to qualify for the 2008 tournament, so their next appearence was in 2012 in the competition hosted by Poland and Ukraine. This was also the final tournament that the team would be wearing Umbro as their Kit manufacturer and it was a new take on their Primary Kit for this tournament.
The kit being all white for the first time in it’s default look, in fact with the National Crest, logo and nameset all in red, there was no navy in the kit at all, also paired with a complementary goalkeeper kit in all red! This Kit was worn in the opening and closing group fixtures as well as the penalty defeat against Italy in the Quarter-Finals.
The Change kit worn against Sweden was another move away from the traditional red, with an All Navy Kit as part of the Tailored by Umbro range, although the default look was with Sky Blue Shorts it was the all navy when it came to an alternative look needed, this was the first time that England wore an alternative look in Euros Finals in their 24th game.
2016 – It was time for change again in Euro 2016, the teams qualifying increased to 24 with 6 Groups of 4 teams and the introduction of Last 16 Knock-out round, meaning teams getting to the final would play a total of 7 games, the same as World Cups. it was also change on the Kit front for England, with Nike now being the kit supplier for their 2nd Major Tournament after the World Cup 2014.
The Primary kit being one of the more controversial kits of The Three Lions’ Kit History, the Nike Vapor Template was a kit look that was paired with contrasting socks, in England’s case it was red socks… with Sky Blue sleeves, this was big change that not all fans were happy with!
For me, I love this kit, I love this template, it’s adventurous and challenges the standard designs!
The Primary Kit was worn in two of the group games and the shock defeat in the Last 16 game against Iceland, their Change Kit was worn against Slovakia which is the same template as the Primary in red and blue.
2020 – Due to the Covid Pandemic the 2020 tournament was postponed one year, so took place in 2021 and was held across Europe with 11 Countries / Cities hosting games, celebrating 60 years of the Tournament. England hosting games across the Group Stages and Knock-out rounds including both Semi-Finals and Final all at Wembley Stadium.
England, again with Nike went for a more classic look for their Kit, with Navy Blue shorts paired with a classic looking shirt and rounded collar, also a return of a central Crest for the first time since 2004.
England however did use alternative white shorts in all of their Group Games and contunied the All White look into their Knock-Out Last 16 game against Germany, it was not until the Quarter-Final match against Ukraine that they wore Navy Shorts, which would be for the first time in the Euros Since their Quarter-Final defeat against France in 2004, 17 years earlier. The same look was used in their Semi-Final victory against Denmark.
In the Final against Italy, it was a return to All White again, meaning they wore their Primary Kit through-out the tournament’s 7 Games, the first time a change kit was not worn by England in The Euros Finals since 1992.
Again, a final look at all the Kits worn in the 10 Tournaments and 38 Games of England at The Euros over the past 56 Years
On Saturday 1st June 2024, Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 6th time in 11 years and 15th time overall in the history of the tournament.
I wanted to follow my overview of the kits worn in the Group Stages with a Kit Overview of the Knock Out Stages of the competition, as well as a final overview of the competition from The Group Stages
The 5 “New Kits Variations” seen in the Knockout Stages:
Arsenal wore their home kit with alternative socks against FC Porto in their Last 16 Game.
FC Porto returned the alternative Home Kit look in the return leg of their match up with Arsenal, these were the only two alternative kit looks used in the Knock-Out games of the Champions League this season.
Napoli wore their away for the first time in the competition this season when they Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid wore their away in game against Borussia Dortmund, this meant they were the 2nd team to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits in the competition, Barcelona being the first.
It took Real Madrid to the 2nd Leg of their Quarter Final against Manchester City to wear their Away for the first time, they then wore it again in their next game against Bayern Munich.
Kit Variations Stats
Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Champions League Teams
FC Porto in 5 Kit Variations (8 Games): Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
6 Teams in 4 Kit variations
Manchester United (6 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
Arsenal (10 Games): Home Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
Napoli (8 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
Atletico Madrid (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
Celtic (6 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Barcelona (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
17 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
8 Teams in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
9 Teams using a variation of one their kits to give 3 variations in total
7 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
1 Team in just 1 Kit – BCS Young Boys
Most variations of Home Kit – 3 (FC Porto)
Most variatons of Away Kit – 2 (RC Lens / Feyenoord / Celtic)
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 2 (Arsenal / PSV / RB Salzburg)
Most variations of Cup Kit – 2 (Borussia Dortmund)
17 Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away, 3rd, 4th or Cup Kits
Most worn Home Kit – 7, Real Madrid (13 Games) / PSG (12 Games)
Most worn Away Kit – 7, Bayern Munich (12 Games)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 5, RB Salzburg (2 Variations in 6 Games)
Most worn 4th Kit – 3, Barcelona (10 Games)
Most worn Cup Kit – 13, Borussia Dortmund (2 Variations in 13 Games)
All Kit variations and the number times they were worn by Group…
Kit Highlights:
There was an increase in overall kits used from last season, increasing from 87 to 95 (9%) with 24 of the 32 teams using at least 3 Kit Looks, and just 8 teams using a maxium of 2 kits.
Only one team, BSC Young Boys wore just one kit look in their Champions League Campaign, which lasted their 6 Group Games.
Borussia Dortmund’s run to the final saw them only use their Cup Kit through-out their 13 games in two variations (Black Shorts and Yellow Shorts)…
FC Porto wore the most Kit Variations in this season’s competition, with 5 kit looks including 3 different Home Kit variations…
Let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups of the 2023/24 Champions League in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
The 2023 / 24 Premier League season ended on Sunday 19th May 2024 with Manchester City securing their 4th Premier League on the final day of the season, pipping Arsenal to title. At the foot of the table, the three promoted teams from last season Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United found themselves dropping back down to the Championship.
As the season has ended, I will follow my tradition of taking a more in depth look into the kits worn through this season, some stats and information behind these kits.
Kit Stats
760 Kits worn (380 Games)
Home Kit used 69% of the time (61% Default, 8% Variations)
Away Kit used 19% of the time (14% Default, 5% Variations)
3rd Kit used 12% of the time (8% Default, 4% Variations)
110 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
Home Kits – 37.3% of total Kit Variations used:
21 Home Kits worn (1 teams wearing 24/25 Home Kit this season)
20 Home Kit variations used
Away Kits – 34.6% of total Kit Variations used:
20 Away Kits worn
18 Away Kit variations used
3rd Kits – 28.1% of total Kit Variations used:
16 3rd Kits used
15 3rd Kit variations used
4 Teams did not use default 3rd kit, Arsenal, Manchester United, Sheffield United wearing alternative socks and Brighton & Hove Albion wearing alternative shorts
Goalkeeper Kits:
61 Goalkeeper used
3 Teams (Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool) in 4 different Goalkeeper Kits
Liverpool in 24/24 GK Kit
Overview of Kits Used
Kit Overview
Kit Log, Match 1 to Match 19
Kit Log, Match 20 to Match 38
Kit Variations
Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Premier League Teams:
One Team in 11 Kit variations
Manchester United: Home Kit x6, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x3
Sheffield United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Tottenham Hotspur: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
West Ham United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Six Teams in 4 Kit variations
One Teams in 3 Kit variations (Home, Away, 3rd)
Most variations of Home Kit – 6
Manchester United
Most variatons of Away Kit – 4
Luton Town
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4
Luton Town
Two Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
Burnley
Liverpool (also wore 24/25 Home Kit)
Most worn Home Kit – 30, Chelsea (2 Variations)
Most worn Away Kit – 15, Sheffield United (2 Variations)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 8, AFC Bournemouth, Brentford (2 Variations) and Manchester United (2 Variations)
Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool used 4 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 24/25 GK Kit for Liverpool
Most worn GK Kit – 29, Everton (Green GK Kit)
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Aston Villa four different kit variations in their opening four games, two Home Kits and two Away Kits…!
Match 1 to Match 19
Match 20 to Match 38
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 – @Kit_Geek
Kit Tables
One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Manchester United’s 6 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.
Please also note, as these are the match performances in each kit, I have not taken into account the points deductions for Everton and Nottingham Forest.
Home Kits
No surprises at the top of table, with Manchester City heading the table up with 2.37 points per game in their Home Kit, followed by Arsenal (2.32) and Liverpool (2.22). Manchester City scoring 64 Points in Home Kits.
Only the three relegated teams scored less than a point a game when in their Home Kit.
Away Kits
Arsenal are the stand out team in their Away Kit this season, 2.58 points per game and huge 31 points in total (out a possible 36), Manchester City the only other team above 2 points per game (2.33).
Wolverhampton Wanderers ended the season with 1.67 points per game in their Away Kit are another team to call out, finishing with the 4th best performance here, after having the 4th worst performance in their Home Kit!
There were only 8 teams with a better record than a point per game, Sheffield United who wore their Away 15 times in 19 Away games, only managed 6 points here at 0.40 points per game!
3rd Kits
Champions Manchester City were the only team to have a 100% win record in a kit, with 6 points from the 2 games in their 3rd Kit!
Another 4 teams managed to scored over 2 points per game and over, with Liverpool 2.25, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers all scoring 2 points per game!
Manchester United managed 14 points in their 3rd Kit, the most points scored here.
We also had 3 teams that failed to score a point in their 3rd Kit, relegated teams Sheffield United and Burnley were joined by Premier League Runners Up Arsenal, only wearing their 3rd kit once and losing at Fulham.
Summary and Highlights
There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following:
Lets start with Manchester United, who for the second season in a row wore a staggering 6 different Home Kit Variations, again like last season this mainly due to the socks worn, with 3 different pairs of black socks worn with the Home Kit this season, with the default pair (white cuffed with pattern), and 2 pairs of Teamwear socks, one with Adidas wordmark and one with just Adidas “3 Stripes”
And with 5 different change kit used as well, makes a total of 11 Different Kit looks used this season, this includes two different looks of the 3rd Kit, however they were one of the four teams that did use their 3rd Kit in it’s default look, which was with red socks.
Although Luton Town ended the season relegated from the League, they have provided football fans with plenty of entertainment through out the season, including us Kit Lovers… Their three kits were proved to be very interchangable and they ended up using 10 Different Kit Variations this season, with two Home Kit Looks, four Away Kit and four 3rd Kits, all maintaining the overall Luton Town feel to the kits… thank you to Denis at Museum of Jerseys for this wonderful overview of the kits, which can also be found here.
The most worn outfield kit look was Brighton & Hove Albion’s Home Kit which was worn 28 times out of the 38 Games, this kit was also worn once with white shorts and socks at Luton Town, so Home was worn 29 times in total. Chelsea did wear their Home Kit 30 times in total, with 26 in it’s default look and 4 times with alternative blue socks but as a single look the Brighton Home Kit takes it!
Arsenal ended the season wearing their Away Kit 12 times in their 19 Away games, and amassed 31 Points out of 36, winning 10 of the games in this wonderful kit..!
Liverpool were unbeaten in their Away Kit, playing 7 games winning 3 and drawing 4 of those matches.
The single most worn kit of the 2023/24 Premier League Season, was a goalkeeper kit and the first choice kit of Everton, which was worn in 29 of the 38 games this season!
Sheffield United gave us one of my favourite kit “Easter Eggs” of the season, they wore alternative red socks with Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season, with none of the kits having red socks as part of their default look!
Compared to previous seasons it was a fairly uneventful period for goalkeeper kits in 23/24, no mash ups, no unusual elements to the kits and with 15 teams in the expected 3 goalkeeper kits, there were two clubs (Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest) who used just 2 kits all season and another two clubs, Arsenal and Brentford who used 4 kits… Liverpool also used 4 Goalkeeper kits, with their 24/25 Kits being used in the final game of the season.
Arsenal – used 3 different templates, but one with Black Shorts (the default look for The Gunners) and Green Shorts, as seen by several other Adidas Supplied clubs.
Brentford – were the only team to use 4 different kit looks for their goalkeepers.
There we have it…
The Premier Leagues’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below and of course the Matchweek Kit Reviews from each of the 38 Matchweek’s of this Premier League Season!
So that’s it, Matchweek 38 and in turn the Premier League has been completed for another season! Manchester City lifting their 4th Title in a row on the final Matchweek, and Luton Town joining Sheffield United and Burnley in dropping out of the Top Flight. These fixtures being the reverse games from Matchweek 5 from back in September.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 38
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 110 (+1 new kit from last Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 61 (+1 new kit from last Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There was just the one new kit on show in the final round of fixtures, with Liverpool showcasing their new Home Kit for 2024/25 Season.
And of course, their new first choice goalkeeper kit, which is the new Nike Goalkeeper Template in Black.
Kit Highlights
In the final games of the season, there was a record made for this season… with 8 teams in different variations of kits and all 5 Away kits on show were alternative away kit looks for their default looks!
The only two teams not in alternative looks were Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United.
Tottenham Hotspur, started and ended their season in Away Kit with Home Socks…
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth, the Chelsea home kit has grown on through out this season and the AFC Bouremouth Away kit with alternative navy socks is a great look and this match up works well for me.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away Kits in action.
As mentioned above, there were 8 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Everton, All Blue Home Kit, 4th time used this season
Newcastle United, Away with white socks for 3rd time
Manchester United, Home with white socks for just 2nd time
Nottingham Forest, Away with alternative white shorts & socks, 2nd time
AFC Bournemouth in Away with Navy socks, 2nd time this season
Aston Villa, All white away kit, 3rd time used
Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, 8th time
Tottenham Hotspur in Away with white (home) socks, 4th time
Kit Grid – Final Grid
Kit News
A couple of next season’s kit have been offically launched in the week, with Arsenal and Manchester City however due to Premier League rules (apparently) with the title winners not confirmed in the final games teams will have to wear their default registered kits
Arsenal’s 2024/25 Home Kit is wonderful, bringing back the “Cannon” for the Home Kit for the first time in 30 years, it is the same template we have seen with the International Kit releases, with navy blue being used across the “shardes” in the shirt and shorts, giving a nice overall balance to the kit.
Manchester City’s new Home Kit also has navy detailing, within the collar and cuffs, which contain a motif of “0161” the phone area code of Manchester. Navy Blue is more prominent in the over kit, with the socks being Navy Blue and alternative shorts also being in navy!
And there we have it, the weekly Kit Reviews for 2023/24 Season, hopefully you have enjoyed them and would like them to return next season!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
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…!
The 2023/24 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 4th May 2024, with Leicester City securing the title on 29th April and Ipswich Town confirming their promotion as runners up on the final day of the season, making it back to back promotions for The Tractor Boys. Leeds United, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City will compete in the Playoffs 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)
86 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
33 Home Kits worn in total(Including 1 Kit from 24/25 Season)
7 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 32% of variations used
27 Away Kits worn in total
3 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
23 3rd Kits worn in total
No 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
3 Special Kits worn in total
Overview of Kits Worn
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 Championship Teams
Queen’s Park Rangers in 6 Kit Variations: Home x5 (Including 24/25 Home Kit), Away
2 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
Plymouth Argyle: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Swansea City: Home x2, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
Birmingham City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Bristol City: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
Leeds United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Preston North End: Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
Southampton: Home, Away x2, 3rd
Stoke City: Home x2, Away, 3rd
Sunderland: Home x2, Away, 3rd
West Bromwich Albion: Home x2, Away, 3rd
13 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
QPR: Hoops with white shorts & socks – Blue shorts & socks – White shorts / blue socks – Blue Shorts / White socks
Most Variations of Away Kit – 2 Kits
Leeds United: All Blue – Blue / Blue / Aqua Blue
Plymouth Argyle: All White – White / White / Green
Southampton: White / Turquoise / White – White / Turquoise shorts & socks
Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 1 Kits
No Team in a 3rd Kit Variation
13 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
1 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
Most worn Home Kit – 41, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 18, Hull City
Most worn 3rd Kit – 14, Preston North End
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Hull City wore their 3rd Kit in their first game, Home Kit in their 2nd game and Away Kit in their 3rd game..!
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
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 – @Kit_Geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
In 2023/24 Championship season teams wore 85 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 99 Kits were worn, this is the joint with League One with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season. Ironically the only team with no 3rd Kit, just Home and Away had the most variations used.
The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City, who wore their Home Kit in 41 of the 46 League games.
Despite being the only club in the Championship with no 3rd Kit, Queen’s Park Rangers used the most kit looks in the league this season, which included 5 different Home Kit Looks. This does include their 2024/24 Home Kit which they debuted in their final Home game of the season, but they did use their 23/24 Home Kit in four different variations across 32 games, using all possible combinations of blue / white shorts and socks.
A theme seen within The Championship was the use of Change Kit / Alternative Socks to create new looks, QPR as seen above but also Birmingham City (Away Socks), Plymouth Argyle (Away), Stoke City (Alternative Red Socks), Swansea City (3rd) and West Brom Albion (3rd).
There were only three Away variations worn by Championship clubs, with Leeds United, Plymouth Argyle and Southampton all doning alternative socks (Plymouth using Home Socks) during the season. Southampton and Plymouth also using alternative socks in both fixtures between the clubs.
I want to call out Hull City Kits this season, for me they have delivered the perfect three kit looks for them this season and probably my favourite set of Kits across the English Leagues, they used their Home Kit 26 times, Away Kit 18 times including wearing it once at Home in their final Home game of the season, their 3rd was worn just twice, shame!
There were three “Special Kits” on show in the 2023/24 Season…
Bristol City in a 1974 Heritage Kit
Preston North End in a Sir Tom Finney Special Kit
Swansea City in 30th Anniversary Kit of their first appearence at Wembley in Autoglass Trophy
There we have it, The Championship’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at – @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!
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
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