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Champions League – Match 7

Premier League – Matchweek 23

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Premier League: Matchweek 23 Kit Review

Jan 27, 2025Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Brighton, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Leicester City, Manchester City, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports6 Comments

The Premier League games completed for January with Matchweek 23, and we are 60% of the way through the season! These were the reverse fixtures from the opening weekend of the season, Matchweek 1.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 23 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 90 (No new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 69 (+1 New Kit this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new outfield kits this weekend, only the second Matchweek that this has happened this season (first being Matchweek 19).

There was one new Goalkeeper Kit used, with Manchester City debuting their AI Designed Kit (designed by Ederson, Stefan Ortega and Rico Lewis).

Kit Highlights

Leicester City became the first team to use a Kit 20 times this season, in just 23 games they have worn their Home Kit 20 times!

Some interesting sock usage by Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye, with what appears at first glance to be an alternative pair of socks used (yellow) with rest of the team being in dark grey socks. Thanks to @_luke1878_ on “X” the answer seems to be “cuts his socks short and wears them upside down, so it looks like his socks are a different colour” – it also he appeared he done the same thing when Everton played Manchester City wearing alternative yellow socks with this kit, his socks looked the opposite!

This week saw 15 teams in their Home Kit, this was the most Home Kits used in a single Matchweek since the first round of fixtures, which were also the reverse round of fixtures

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton, a nice of balance of colours and with the accents of yellow on both kits, it seems to work well!

Kit Stats

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

There was just the single variation seen over these fixtures.

Newcastle United – Away with alternative white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 27th January

Kit News

Manchester City who used their AI Generated Goalkeeper kit this weekend have also announced the 10 options for their 3rd Kit for 2026 / 27 season, which was created via AI by fans and kit designers out there… you can vote for your favourite here

(I may have already made my vote!!).

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Champions League – Match 7

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Champions League: Match 7, Kit Review

Jan 23, 2025Jan 23, 2025Posted in GeneralTagged AC Milan, Arsenal, Bayern, Champions League, Football, Football Kits, Inter Milan, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, sports, UEFA3 Comments

The Champions League is back for 2025 and we are now in uncharted territory, its January, it’s Champions League Group Phase Match 7… the penultimate round of fixtures in the revamped competition!

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, (111 including Cup and 4th Kits).

Match 7 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 96 (+5 from Match 6)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were five new Kits on show this week

Juventus in yellow shorts and socks with their Away Kit

RB Leipzig in Away Kit.

PSG in their 4th Kit for the first time, this is Jordan inspired kit.

RB Salzburg in Away kit, this was the first time in a change kit and was worn with alternative navy socks (default being light blue).

Inter Milan in their 3rd Kit for the first time in the competition.

Kit Highlights

AC Milan wore their 3rd Kit at Home again, this was the 3rd time this was worn at Home in their four games at The San Siro.

Bayern Munich another team that have heavily used their 3rd Kit in the competition this season, this was the 6th time it what used in their 7 games, but also was this a clash with Feyenoord, although given Bayern’s Kit choices this year this was likely the best option without mashing kits up.

PSG and Manchester City gave us a unique 4th Kit v 4th Kit look, now it can be argued that neither kit was really needed but as a Kit Geek, I loved it… something different and something new for me!

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Slovan Bratislava and Stuttgart, mainly due this being a Cup Kit v Cup Kit, and giving us a nice looking kit match up.

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

Home Kits – 17
Away Kits – 9
3rd Kits – 5
“Cup” Kits – 3
4th Kits – 2

There were 2 Kit Variations used this week

Juventus – Away Kit with alternative yellow shorts and socks
RB Salzburg – Away with alternative navy socks

There are still 4 Clubs in total that have worn the same kit in their opening six fixtures of the competition (Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Arsenal, Real Madrid).

There are 16 teams that have used Home (or Cup), Away and 3rd Kits, plus Manchester City wearing Home, 3rd and 4th Kits!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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I will be back for the final round of Champions League Group games, Match 8!

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Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

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Champions League – Match 5

Premier League – Matchweek 22

England Kit History

Premier League: Matchweek 22 Kit Review

Jan 21, 2025Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Liverpool, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur6 Comments

The Premier League games are coming thick and fast, with another round of fixtures completed after last week’s Midweek Fixtures. These were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 2.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 22 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 90 (+3 new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 68 (No new Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were three new kit look in this weekend.

Liverpool used alternative socks with their Away Kit.

Aston Villa used their 3rd Kit with its default black socks for the first time in Premier League this season.

Tottenham Hotspur used alternative navy socks with their Home Kit at Everton.

Kit Highlights

Liverpool used an alternative kit look for the first time since 2022 / 23 season, which was also against Brentford, this game was just over 2 years ago on 2nd January 2023! This also means that Liverpool have worn four kits in the last four games.

Aston Villa, used their 9th Kit Variation of the season, the most kit looks used by a club in Premier League so far this season. The nine kits consist of three different Home Kit Looks, four Away and now two 3rd Kits..! They have worn two new kit looks in their last two games.

Southampton continued their of defeats in their Away kit, making it nine loses in nine games in their yellow and navy kit.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, when a club makes a small change to their kit to avoid a clash is something I can appreciate, so the navy socks enabling these clubs to remain in their traditional looks was a highlight for me this weekend.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures.

Liverpool – Away with alternative white socks
Tottenham Hotspur – Home with alternative Navy socks
Wolverhampton Wanderers- Home with alternative Old Gold shorts, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 21st January

Kit News

Manchester United have announced that they will be wearing a shirt with a charity sponsor later in the season. The game with West Ham United on May 10th, The Red Devils will wear a shirt with the sponsor “(RED)” on it, this is Qualcomm Technologies (owners of shirt sponsors Snapdragon) charity to highlight the campaign to strengthen health systems in the most vulnerable parts of the world, full details can be found on the club’s website – here

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Premier League: Matchweek 21 Kit Review

Jan 17, 2025Jan 17, 2025Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur5 Comments

The Premier League is back for another round of midweek fixtures after the weekend’s FA Cup games. These were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 4.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 21 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 87 (+1 new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 68 (No new Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was just the one new kit look in these fixtures.

Aston Villa used a wonderful variation at Everton, wearing alternative claret shorts and socks to give an all claret look!

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa’s Kit Look was their 8th Variation of the season, this was the 3rd Home Kit look, with four different Away Kit variations and one 3rd Kit Look used so far this season, in 21 games.

Tottenham Hotspur have worn their Away five times in total, four of those in it’s all sky blue default look, each of these four games they have lost… their only victory in this kit was with alternative navy socks at Southampton.

Another team that have yet to win in their Away kit is Southampton, this was the 8th use of their Away Kit (in 11 games) and have lost all eight games.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, although controversial for any of these teams to play in their change kit in a North London Derby, Tottenham in Sky Blue is one of my all time favourite looks, so seeing this match up was something I enjoyed!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kits

There were four variations seen over these fixtures.

Manchester City – Home with Alternative white socks, 4th time used
Fulham – Home with Alternative black socks, 3rd time used
Aston Villa – Home with Alternative claret shorts & socks
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Home with Alternative “Old Gold” shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 17th January

Kit News

Although worn in the FA Cup I want to call out the special kits worn by Premier League Clubs.

Aston Villa’s 150th Anniversary Kit, worn in the game against West Ham United. The black shirts do not have sponsor logos and blacked out Adidas logo, with just player numbers and no names. This was paired with white shorts and black socks to celebrate the original kit worn by the club. It is yet to be confirmed if we will see this kit used in Premier League this season.

Arsenal used their “No More Red” Campaign for 4th Season, the all white kit was based on the current Tiro 24 template was worn against Manchester United. The shirts will be auctioned off to support local youth charities, full details can be found on Arsenal’s website here

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Premier League – Matchweek 20

FA Cup – 3rd Round

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FA Cup 2024/25 – 3rd Round Kits

Jan 15, 2025Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged England, EPL, FA Cup, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports5 Comments

The FA Cup 3rd Round is one of the highlights of the English football season, with teams from Premier League and Championship entering the competition with those from League One, League Two and Non-League Teams.

Time for a quick recap….

1st Round – 1st November to 4th November 2024

2nd Round – 29th November to 1st December 2024

The 3rd Round this season was played over 6 days, between Thursday 9th January to Tuesday 14th January (the games on 14th January were 3 matches postponed from Saturday 11th January), there are 32 games in total in this round and all games were played to a final result, with replays now scrapped from this season!

Everton were one of the teams that kicked the FA Cup 3rd Round off on Thursday evening were they played Peterborough United. The wore alternative blue socks at Home (default socks are white), it turns out Peterborough United turned up using their Away Kit which used white socks as well, so Everton made the switch to blue socks to avoid the clash.

Aston Villa are celebrating their 150th Anniversary this season and used their FA Cup game on Friday 10th January to wear their celebration kit. The Black shirt with red lion pays tribute to the first kit worn by the club in 1875, the kit was paired with white shorts and black socks, also the shirt did not contain any sponsors, the Adidas logo was “Blacked” out and the only player numbers were worn, not names. A truly wonderful look, that I do hope we get to see again this year!

They also used a special goalkeeper kit too, so it was nice to see the whole team get something different in this case.

Liverpool v Accrington Stanley (who are they – yes, you have to be a certain vintage to get that reference) was another game with a special kit, with Accrington Stanley wearing a special one off change kit to commemorate their appearance at Anfield. This was also the 3rd different kit used by Accrington in their 3 FA Cup games, having worn Away in the 1st Round (at Rushall Olympic) and Home Kit (home to Swindon Town).

Brighton & Hove Albion used alternative socks in their game against Norwich City, not necessarily anything to be looked into here, however they used alternative white shorts through-out their Carabao Cup campaign (3 Home games), so will this be another alternative look from the Premier League? Let’s see what happens in the 4th Round.

I wanted to call out our Friends at The Terrace, who’s wonderful Morecambe Kit got some get visibility when the team played at Chelsea…

Something very interesting with the Manchester City Kit and a wonderful spot by @KitConnorsseur over at X. Manchester City wore a non branded FA Cup Sleeve patch.

This has been an ongoing issue between the Club and FA regarding sponsorship, with FA Cup being sponsored by one of Manchester City’s sponsors biggest competitors and over recent seasons they have not worn any sleeve patch (which did carry a fine for the club) but it looks like an alternative has been found with a patch worn in Saturday’s game against Salford City.

Arsenal continued their use of a “No More Red” Kit in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup, this is the 4th season they have used this all white kit, which is being used to promote various local charities for youths, the shirts will be auctioned off and will not be produced for sale.

Details from this years campaign can be found here.

Dagenham & Redbridge who were one of the two Non-League sides in the competition and played League sides in all three rounds they played in, each of these games they were away and wore their away kit, also it was the only Admiral Kit in the competition (well at least from the 1st Round).

Mansfield Town were the 2nd team to wear three different kits in their three cup games. They wore their Away Kit in 1st Round (at Curzon Ashton) and their 3rd Kit in 2nd Round (at Stevenage).

Manufacturers – 64 Teams, 17 Manufacturers

Macron – 11 Teams
Adidas – 10 Teams
Puma – 8 Teams
Nike – 6 Teams
Castore – 5 Teams
Umbro – 5 Teams
Errea – 4 Teams
Hummel – 3 Teams
Joma – 2 Teams
New Balance – 2 Teams
Oxen – 2 Teams
Admiral – 1 Team
Kappa – 1 Team
Kelme – 1 Team
O’Neills – 1 Team
Sudu – 1 Team
Terrace – 1 Team

Overview of 3rd Round

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Premier League: Matchweek 20 Kit Review

Jan 7, 2025Jan 7, 2025Posted in General, Kit History, Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Leicester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, News, Nottingham Forest, Premier League, Soccer, sports5 Comments

The Premier League’s first round of fixtures of 2025 have been completed and this is also the first round of fixtures with teams playing each other again this season, these were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 3.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 20 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 86 (+3 new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 68 (+2 new Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

Newcastle United wore their Away Kit with alternative white shorts

Leicester City wore their Away Kit for the first time this season.

Nottingham Forest wear another team to use their Away Kit for the first team in Matchweek 20!

Two new Goalkeeper Kit seen this weekend:

Manchester United – Green Adidas Trefoil Template with default socks
Nottingham Forest – Red Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Newcastle United wore their 8th Kit Variation of the season, the most in the Premier League so far in 2024 / 25. This was their 3rd different Away Kit look.

Manchester United wore their 7th different Goalkeeper Kit look of the season (20 games), this was due to the default Adidas Trefoil socks being worn with the kit, in it’s previous use it was worn with standard green template socks!

Everton were the only Away team to where their Home Kit this weekend, the nine other teams in change kits!

With Leicester City and Nottingham Forest wearing their Away Kits for the first time, that leaves three teams who are yet to use one of their three designated Kits from this season in Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion (3rd), Chelsea (3rd) and Fulham (3rd).

Nottingham Forest have now worn four different kit variations in their last four games, with 3rd, Home, Home with red shorts and Away being worn, and this also goes back to five in six games with all sky blue 3rd look being used in the game at Manchester United.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, The Spurs home kit has really grown on me this season and Newcastle in their wonderful Away kit is always a good thing for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits

There were four variations seen over these fixtures.

Newcastle United – Away with Alternative white shorts
Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 4th time used
West Ham United – 3rd with Home Socks, 2nd time used
Manchester United – 3rd with alternative shorts, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 7th January

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

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Premier League: Matchweek 19 Kit Review

Jan 2, 2025Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Premier League, Soccer, sports7 Comments

The Premier League Christmas fixtures continue with the 2nd round of games this week over 4 days from 29th December to 1st January, and its the now the half way stage of the season! Let’s take a more detailed look into the kits worn over these games!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 19 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 83 (No new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (No new Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

This was the first Matchweek of the season where there were no new kit looks used, both outfield or goalkeeper kits!

Last season this moment came in Matchweek 7, so to get to Matchweek 19 (half way through the season) is an interesting stat!

Kit Highlights

Wolverhampton Wanderers are unbeaten in their 3rd Kit, with their draw against Tottenham Hotspur.

Newcastle United have won both their games wearing alternative white socks with their Home Kit.

Leicester City have now worn their Home Kit in nine consecutive games, since 2nd November, this is longest Kit Streak of the season so far!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Everton and Nottingham Forest, Forest in all red is one of my favourite kit looks, so this was always going to be a winner for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There were five variations seen over these fixtures.

Manchester City – Home with alternative white socks, 3rd time used
Nottingham Forest – Home with alternative red shorts, 2nd time used
Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 3rd time used
Newcastle United – Home with alternative white socks, 2nd time used
Arsenal – 3rd with alternative turquoise socks, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 2nd January

Kit News

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek

Thank you for all your support this year, and wishing you and your families a wonderful Christmas!

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Premier League: Matchweek 18 Kit Review

Dec 28, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Aston Villa, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, Soccer, sports6 Comments

The Premier League Boxing Day Fixtures are one of the highlights of the season, with all teams playing over two days after Christmas, lets take a deeper look into the kits worn in these games.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 18 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 83 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Everton wore alternative yellow socks with their Away Kit

West Ham United wore their Away in it’s default all black look for the first time.

Two new Goalkeeper Kits seen this weekend:

Aston Villa – Yellow Adidas Template
Manchester United – Black Adidas Trefoil Template

Kit Highlights

Manchester United have now worn 6 different Goalkeeper Kit looks this season, this includes 3 different Adidas Trefoil looks with their 3rd Kit.

Aston Villa were another team to wear a new goalkeeper kit, they used the yellow version of the current Adidas Template, their 4th different version and they have also each of these kits in the last 4 games!

West Ham United and Everton now have worn 6 Kit variations each, both joint 2nd Highest in Premier League so far this season!

Only four teams have worn the same kit in their last 2 games, Aston Villa Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in previous 2 outings!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Everton, contrasting socks is always a winner in my eyes, so both teams in this look makes this Kit Geek very happy!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures, one Home, one Away and one 3rd!

Everton – Away with alternative yellow socks
Fulham – Home Kit with alternative black socks, 2nd time used
Manchester United – 3rd Kit with alternative off white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd December

Kit News

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek

Thank you for all your support this year, and wishing you and your families a wonderful Christmas!

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