We are now just over half way through the season for the three EFL Leagues, I wanted to document the Kits Worn by each team at this stage of the season.
The Championship
87 Kits worn
33 Home Kits worn (24 Regular Home Kits / 9 Variations)
2 Teams in 5 Kit variations in League Two (Rochdale, Walsall)
3 Teams in 4 Kit variations (Colchester United, Stevenage, Tranmere Rovers)
13 Teams in 3 Kit variations
6 Teams in 2 Kit variations, fewest in the League
So just over half way through the season, we have seen 242 Kits used by the 72 teams in total, what have been your favourite kits on show, Kit Mash ups and Kit Match ups in the 2021/22 season, let me know over at @Kit_Geek
Time for Issue Number 4 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 3 click here
The Headlines
Arsenal – #NoMoreRed
Borussia Dortmund Kit Design Competition
Micheal Olise’s FA Cup look
Barcelona’s Senyara Kit
Arsenal – #NoMoreRed
Arsenal took to the field in their Third Round FA Cup match at Nottingham Forest on Sunday 10th January in an all white kit. The Kit was used to highligh the increase in knife crime within London and sees all the red removed from the kit. I have written a more detailed piece on this kit, which can be found here – Arsenal – #NoMoreRed
Borussia Dortmund – Kit Design Competition
Borussia Dortmund are launching a competition which give fans, kit lovers and concept kit designers the opportunity to design the kit for German team for the 2023/24 seaon. Full details can be found on how to enter and to create the design, include templates here
Michael Olise’s FA Cup Look
Crystal Palace played local rivals Millwall on Saturday 8th January 2022 in FA Cup, The Eagles used their 3rd kit, a Sky Blue and White halved shirt with blue shorts and blue / white socks. This Kit was taken to another level by winger Michael Olise with his matching Nike boots, Olise topped this look off with a wonderful goal early in the second half to see his team through to the Fourth Round of FA Cup.
Barcelona’s Senyera Kit
Kit sustainabilty has been a hot topic over recent weeks, so its worth calling out the Barcelona have used their “Senyera” kit for now the fourth calendar year… first used in 2019, it has seen action in 2020, 2021 and was used in the La Liga fixture against Granada on Saturday, so now been used in 2022 as well.
And Finally….
Whats happening in the Kit Community.
I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.
There is a new Podcast launched this week, the guys over at Kit Magazine have now released Episode 1 of their Podcast on Monday, along with some well known names in the Kit Community, this episode has a look at of the latest Kit News and in depth discussion about Forward Madison’s drip kit.
Tom, one half of the duo behind the wonderful @TheShirtUnion Twitter Account has pulled together one their handy Kit Grids for the African Cup of Nations with kicked off on 9th January, their grid show the shirts worn by each team taking part in the 2022 Competition.
The Guys over at @niclassicshirt have moved into their new premises in Newtownards, Northern Ireland and are now open for business, they were the winners of The Kitsman Award for “Best Independant Store” for 2021, all details can be found at their site for their in store and online options – https://www.niclassicshirtco.co.uk/
Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter
The FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, first kicked off 150 years ago in November 1871 has now completed the 2nd Round of the 2021/22 season.
The second round was made up of 40 Teams made up from the 31 from League One and League Two and just 9 teams from the Non-League English Football Pyramid, with Buxton being the lowest rank team in the round who play in the 7th Tier (Northern Premier League Premier Division).
There was only one game that went to a replay, Barrow AFC v Ipswich Town, so this gave us a total of 21 games for the round.
Second Round Kit Log
Manufacturers
16 Kit Manufacturers were on show in the Second Round, with Puma for the second round running supplying the most kits, with 9 this round (5 League and 4 Non League teams).
This was a reduction from 23 in the First Round, there were 8 manufacturers with just one kit on show, these included Nike and Umbro.
Kit Highlights
Looking at some of the kit highlights for the Second Round.
Carlisle United v Shrewsbury Town, surprisingly resulted in the away team using their home kit, on paper would appear to be kit clash (and we have seen changes for less of a clash) but the result was not too bad with Yellow in the Shrewsbury Kit really standing out in the fixture.
Barrow AFC and Ipswich Town were the only teams to go to a replay, the resulting replay on Wednesday 15th December saw Ipswich Town use their limited edition 3rd Kit, the Black and Grey striped shirt will not be available for sale to supports, so will definitley be a collectors item. It also meant that Ipswich Town have worn Home, Away and 3rd Kits in the FA Cup this season.
Rochdale played in their 3rd variation of Home kit in their 3rd game of competition (First Round, First Round Replay and Second Round), they have worn the Home shirt with white shorts and socks, white shorts and black socks and in their game with Plymouth Argyle wore black shorts and socks.
Let me know your favourite kits from the FA Cup Second Round at either the comments section below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek
As always I like to document the kits worn in a season by the clubs in the English top four leagues, we are still seeing some new kits (3rd Kits) being released over the past few weeks but now feels like the right time to look at the kits worn and their manufacturers.
Premier League
9 Different manufacturers with 60 Kits for 20 teams
Adidas – 4 Teams
Nike – 4 Teams
Umbro – 3 Teams
Castore – 2 Teams
Hummel – 2 Teams
Puma – 2 Teams
Joma – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Kelme – 1 Team
There has been an increase in the number of manufacturers supplying teams in the Premier League, from 7 last season to 9 this season. Adidas seeing a reduction a of their teams from 7 down to 4, Puma also seeing their kits being cut to 2 from 4. There are kit makers that we did not see in the “EPL” last season appearing in 21/22, these are Castore (Newcastle United and Wolverhamption Wanderers), Joma (Norwich City) and Kelme (Watford). Under Armour being the one manufacturer that we will not see this season as they step away from Football.
Championship
8 Different manufacturers with 68 Kits for 24 teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Umbro – 5 Teams
Puma – 4 Teams
Adidas – 3 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Errea – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
The Championship saw a reduction in the kit manufacturers in show this season, last season having 11, the three kit makers not seen are due to promotion and relegation, with Kelme (Watford), O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) and Elev8 (Sheffield Wednesday – although no longer their kit provider). Macron joining Umbro in supplying the most teams, this looks like a direct link to Blackburn Rovers who swap the “Double Diamond” for the Italian Manufacturer this season.
League One
12 Different manufacturers with 63 Kits for 24 teams
Puma – 5 Teams
Errea – 3 Teams
Macron – 3 Teams
Adidas – 2 Teams
Nike – 2 Teams
Elite Pro Sports – 1 Team
FBT – 1 Team
Joma – 1 Team
O’neills – 1 Team
Tag – 1 Team
Umbro – 1 Team
In League One there was an increase the number of manufacturers for the 2021/22 from 11 to 12, we say goodbye to Admiral who no longer supply Shrewsbury Town but see Joma (Morecambe) and O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) in League One this season. There are still 9 teams that do not have a 3rd Kit for this season, so we could see these introduced over the coming months.
League Two
12 Different manufacturers with 65 Kits for 24 teams
Errea – 5 Teams
Macron – 5 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Joma – 2 Teams
New Balance – 2 Teams
Avec – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Mills – 1 Team
O’neills – 1 Team
Player Layer – 1 Team
Puma – 1 Team
Surridge – 1 Team
League Two also sees an increase in the number of kit manufacturers on show this season, increasing by two to 12 kit makers, with new boys on the block Mills (Tranmere Rovers) and O’neills (Hartlepool Town) being the additional manufacturers. League Two also provides the most single use kit makers, with seven manufacturers providing kits for just one team.
Overall view
20 Kit manufactuerers, 256 different kits for 92 teams
71 Teams (77% of all teams) are supplied by 7 Kit Manufacturers (Macron, Puma, Hummel, Errea, Adidas, Umbro, Nike).
Only 9 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20
Premier League: Newcastle United / Norwich City / Southampton / Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship: Blackburn Rovers
League One: Morecambe / Sheffield Wednesday / Shrewsbury Town
The FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, first kicked off 150 years ago in November 1871 has now completed its full First Round of the 2021/22 season.
The first round was made up of 80 Teams made up from the 48 League One and League Two teams and then 32 teams from the Non-League English Football Pyramid, with AFC Sudbury being the lowest rank team in the round who play in the 8th Tier (Isthmian League North Division).
First Round Kit Log
The 80 Teams were provided by 23 Kit Manufactures, with 5 manufactures only supplying a non league team and not a league team, this give us kit lovers plenty of different kits to admire.
Manufacturers
Puma supplied the most kits in this round with 15 kits, 9 from League teams and 6 from Non League teams, Macron supplying 13 kits with 8 League Teams and 5 Non League Teams
There were 11 Manufacturers that provided just 1 kit in the First Round, 7 suppling League Teams and 4 supplying Non League Teams.
Uhlsport supplying 2 kits in the competition, both for Non League Teams.
First Round Replay – Kit Log
There 12 Replays in the First Round, only 4 of these games saw a repeat in kit match ups from their first ties.
Kit Highlights
I want to call out a few Kit Highlights from the total 52 First Round games.
Plymouth Argyle – The Pilgrims wore away shorts and socks in both games against Sheffield Wednesday, likely due to the clash of black shorts and dark socks but surpising they changed given that Sheffield Wednesday wore their pink away kit in their League One clash earlier in the season meaning Plymouth could wear their first choice home shorts and socks.
Leyton Orient v Ebbsfleet United – The New Balance Derby, New Balance only supplied 3 teams in First Round and two of them were drawn against each other but not one for those colourblind fans, with Red v Green (white shorts helping to distinquish the teams here).
Banbury United – They reached the First Round for the second season running and for the 2nd time in their unique kit from the team over at The Terrace, something wonderfully 90s about their red home kit.
AFC Sudbury – Had a one off kit for their historic appearence in the First Round, a Hummel Kit similar in design from the Coventry City kits from 2019/20 Season and of course based in their classic “Mexico” template. The goalkeeper kit is also worth calling out, the keeper wearing a red kit with the classic Hummel Template made famous by Tottenham Hotspur in the mid 80s
Let me know your favourite kits from the FA Cup First Round at either the comments section below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
The 2020/21 League Two (4th Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Cheltenham Town claimed the title, with Cambridge United (Runners Up) and Bolton Wanderers earning automatic promotion to League One, with Morecambe winning the the Play Off Final against Newport County 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)
117 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 39% of Kit variations used
24 Home Kits worn
22 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 39% of variations used
23 Away Kits worn
23 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
17 3rd Kits worn
5 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 3% of variations worn
3 Special Kits 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
4 teams wore 7 kit variiations – Highest in the league
Morecambe – Home x3, Away x4
Newport County – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd, Special Kit
Salford City – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
Tranmere Rovers – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
5 teams wore 6 kit variations
Bolton Wanderers – Home x4, Away x2
Colchester United – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, Special Kit
Exeter City – Home x4, Away, 3rd
Oldham Athletic – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
Scunthorpe United – Home, Away, 3rd x4
6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
Barrow AFC – Home x3, Away, 3rd
Crawley Town – Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
Leyton Orient – Home, Away x3, 3rd
Mansfield Town – Home x2, Away x2, Special Kit
Port Vale – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Southend United – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
Most variations of Home Kit
2 teams wore 4 variations of Home Kit
Bolton Wanderers: White / Navy / White – White / White / Navy – All White – White / Navy / Navy
Exeter City – Full Home kit – Home / Red socks – Home / Away shorts, socks (Purple) – Home / Red shorts, socks
Most variations of Away Kit
Morecambe wore 4 variations of Away Kit
All Navy, Navy / White shorts, Navy / White shorts, socks, Navy / Navy shorts, white socks
Most variations of 3rd Kit
Scunthorpe United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
All White – White / Black / White – White / Claret / White – White / White / Sky Blue
6 Teams wore just used home and away kits (no 3rd Kit)
Bolton Wanderers
Carlisle United
Cheltenham Town
Harrogate Town
Morecambe
Stevenage
4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
Bradford City
Forest Green Rovers
Grimsby Town
Walsall
Most worn Home Kit – 36, Leyton Orient
Most worn Away Kit – 17, Cambridge United
Most worn 3rd Kit – 16, Walsall
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
The 117 kits worn in League Two was the most amount of kits worn in the top four English Leagues, there were several examples of kits worn being in all variations (Bolton Wanderers Home Kit, Morecambe Away Kit, Scunthorpe United 3rd kit), as well as several other kit mash ups with teams combining their kits to form different looks.
Bolton Wanderers were a team that used their home kit well, using different variations to ensure they could avoid kit clashes. at one point in April they used four different home kit variations in four games. The result of this home kit usage meant they only wore change kits 5 times all season, they only used their registered away kit once and their away kit with white shorts and socks 4 times.
Port Vale were another team to use their Home kit, this time they would change the socks (and baselayers) used with their home kit when playing at home to avoid clashes with their visting opponents, using combinations of black and white to change the look
There were 3 Special Kits used during the season, each of these appearences resulted in the team winnig in their shirts, so could been seen as lucky shirts this season.
Colchester United wore their one off “Supporters” shirt against Southend United on 20th April 2020.
Mansfield Town wore their “Thank you NHS” Shirt on 23rd March against Forest Green Rovers
Newport County wore their anniversary shirt celebrating 40 years since their European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final against Carl Zeiss Jena, against Bradford City
Some of the more interesting kit mash ups seen in League Two in 2020/21…
Crawley Town in Away / 3rd Kit Combo at Exeter City
Exeter City in Home / Away mash up at Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic in Away / 3rd shorts and socks at Carlisle United
Stevenage in Away / Home mash up at Port Vale
There we have it, League Two’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, Championship and League One please click on the link below
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
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.
The 2020/21 Championship (2nd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Norwich City (winners) and Watford (Runners Up) bouncing straight back to The Premier League, with the Play Off Final to be played between Brentford and Swansea 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)
110 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
Home Kits – 44% of Kit variations used
24 Home Kits worn
24 Home Kit variations worn
Away Kits – 32% of variations used
24 Away Kits worn
11 Away Kit variations worn
3rd Kits – 23% of variations worn
21 3rd Kits worn
4 3rd Kit variations worn
Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
2 Special Kits worn (Coventry City, Norwich City)
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 Championship Teams
3 teams wore 7 kit variations – Highest in the league
Luton Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
Middlesbrough – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
QPR – Home x3, Away x3, 3rd
2 teams wore 6 kit variations
Barnsley – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
Coventry City – Home, Away x2, 3rd x 2, Special Kit
6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
AFC Bournemouth – Home x3, Away, 3rd
Brentford – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Bristol City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Rotherham United – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
Stoke City – Home x3, Away x2
Watford – Home x2, Away, 3rd
Most variations of Home Kit
7 Teams wore 3 variations of Home Kit
AFC Bournemouth, Barnsley, Middlesbrough, QPR, Reading, Stoke City, Watford
Most variations of Away Kit
2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
Luton Town, QPR
Most variations of 3rd Kit
4 Teams wore 2 variations of 3rd Kit
Birmingham City, Coventry City, Luton Town, Middlesbrough
Special Kits
Coventry City Supporters Shirt
Norwich City Supporters Shirt
4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
Huddersfield Town, Millwall, Preston North End, Wycombe Wanderers
Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
Most worn Away Kit – 13, Blackburn Rovers
Most worn 3rd Kit – 17, Preston North End
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
Huddersfield Town wore change kits in all of their 23 away game this season, wearing their away kit 9 times and their 3rd kit 14 times
Several teams elected to use their 3rd more than their away kit this season. The teams are Barnely, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End and Watford.
Queen’s Park Rangers used their away kit in three different variations – Black shorts and socks, white shorts and socks, blue shorts and socks.
Three teams did not have 3rd Kits, Blackburn Rovers (3 variations – Home x2, Away), Reading (4 variations Home x3, Away) and Stoke City (5 variations – Home x3, Away x2).
Coventry City played the first 14 games in their home kit, the last team in the league to use a change kit, they ended the season using 6 variations of kit – joint 2nd most in the league
Barnsley wore purple socks in their home game with Reading on 2nd April to raise awareness for Weston Park Cancer Charity.
Luton Town’s Umbro kits were the most interchangable of the season, by using 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 3 pairs of socks in just three colours (Orange / White / Navy Blue) the team created 7 different kit variations (joint highest in the League).
MIllwall took inspriation from the main sponsor with their 3rd Kit, using the Huski Chocolate Mountain theme into their unique shirt.
There were two “Supporters” Shirts used this season, Coventry City released a navy kit for their club members which was used at home against Brentford and Norwich City used their supporters shirt as a thank you in their final league at Carrow Road against Reading.
There we have it, The Championship 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, please click on the link below.
Starting on 12th September 2020 and finishing on 23rd May 2021, the 2020/21 season was completed within the quickest amount of time in Premier League history, which we saw the 380 games completed in just 253 days and concluded with Manchester City winning their third title in four seasons.
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 71% of the time (63% Full, 8% Variations)
Away Kit used 16% of the time (13% Full, 3% Variations)
3rd Kit used 13% of the time (11% Full, 2% Variations)
109 Kits different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
Home Kits – 42% of total Kit Variations used:
23 Home Kits worn (Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City, Liverpool wearing 21/22 Home Kits this season)
West Ham United – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
Five Teams in 6 variations of Kit:
Brighton HA – Home Kit x2, Away kit x3, 21/22 Home Kit
Chelsea – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
Fulham – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
Sheffield United – Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x3
Southampton – Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x3
Most variations of Home Kit:
5, Manchester United (Including 2 different pairs of Black socks used)
Everton, Fulham, West Ham United used 4 variations of Home Kit
Most variatons of Away Kit:
3, Aston Villa, Brighton HA and Manchester United
Manchester United did not full Away (all dark green, only variations with white shorts / socks)
Most variations of 3rd Kit:
3, Manchester United, Sheffield United and Southampton
Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion only two teams not to use any Kit Variations, just their standard Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Most worn Home Kit – 32, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Most worn Away Kit – 12, West Bromwich Albion
Most worn 3rd Kit – 9, Burnley
No Fourth Kit used this season, first time since 2017/18
Arsenal used 5 Goalkeeper Kit variations, including away shirt as part of all white GK Kit
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
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 5 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.
Home Kit
As expected Manchester City head up this table with 2.28 Points, 0.45 points more than Manchester United. The three relegated teams within the bottom three positions, Burnley the only other team with less than 1 point per game in their Home Kit.
Away Kit
Liverpool head the Away Kit Table, with 2.25 points per game for their 4 uses of “Teal” Away kit, Leicester City and Manchester United both with 2.00 points per game but Leicester City in their away 5 times compared to Manchester United’s 4.
Newcastle United scored 13 points in their away kit, which was the highest in the league throughout the season but their 8 uses average 1.63 points per game.
Wolves only used their away kit once in 2020/21 and lost, so did not score a single point in their away kit, a total of 8 teams average less than point per game in their away kit, including West Ham who finished 6th in the League
3rd Kit
Manchester City finished the season with a 100% win record in their 3rd Kit, with 7 wins and maximum 3.00 points per game.
Sheffield United and Fulham did not score a point in their 3rd kits, with Sheffield United losing all 6 games in their Green / Gold Kit.
Brighton & Hove Albion did not use a 3rd Kit this season (their black away from 2019/20 was registered as their 3rd kit),
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:
Manchester United used two different pairs of black socks with their Home Kit, the original sold which had the same “flecked” pattern as the home shirt and contained the wording “Manchester United” and were only worn in the first game of the season at Home against Crystal Palace, the 2nd pair of black socks used were standard Adidas Teamwear socks and used throughout the rest of the season in the league
Arsenal first Premier League team to use an outfield shirt as a Goalkeeper Kit, when it was deemed that their 3 goalkeeper kit options were two much of clash for their game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aresenal used their away shirt to create an all white goalkeeper kit
Leno using Arsenal’s Away kit as a GK Kit
When Manchester United visited Liverpool on 17th January 2021 they elected to use their dark green away kit, however it was consided that the two teams would be indistinguishable for those fans with colourblindness. Manchester United used white socks to break these colours up.
Aston Villa who used 8 Kit variations overall, at one stage used 7 different kit variation in 8 games which included 6 kits in 6 games.
There we have kit, the end of season report for 2020/21 Premier League season, let me know your favourite kit details and thoughts in the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek
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.
Football Kit Geek - @Kit_Geek 