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FA Cup – First Round, Kit Review

Nov 18, 2021Mar 29, 2022Posted in UncategorizedTagged EFL, FA Cup, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Soccer1 Comment

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

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

Jun 4, 2021Posted in EFLTagged EFL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, League Two, SoccerLeave a comment

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

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/06/03/efl-league-one-20-21-end-of-season-report/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kit Stats

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

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Overview

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log – Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log – Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

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

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

Kit Grid

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

Kit Highlights and Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gillingham at Portsmouth…

Swindon Town again at Portsmouth

Sunderland at Plymouth Argyle

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

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

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

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

EFL, Championship 20/21 – End of Season Report

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021Posted in EFLTagged Championship, EFL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Soccer2 Comments

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.

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

Premier League 2020/21 – End of Season Kit Report

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League4 Comments

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)
- 23 Home Kit variations used
Away Kits – 31% of total Kit Variations used:
- 21 Away Kits worn (Arsenal, Everton wearing 21/22 Aways Kits this season)
- 13 Away Kit variations used
- Manchester United did not use registered Away kit, only variations (x3)
3rd Kits – 27% of total Kit Variations used:
- 18 3rd Kits used
- 11 3rd Kit variations used
- Brighton & Hove Albion did not use 3rd kit in 20/21
- Chelsea did not use registered 3rd kit, only variations (x2)
Goalkeeper Kits:
- 66 Goalkeeper used
- 5 Teams used 21/22 Goalkeeper kits (All teams that debuted their new kits)
- Arsenal used Away Shirt as Goalkeeper shirt
- Manchester United only team to use alternative socks with Goalkeeper kit (Home Kit with alternative socks at Leeds United)

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:

Manchester United in 11 variations of Kit – Home Kit x5, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x3
Aston Villa in 8 variations of Kit – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x 2
Two Teams in 7 variations of Kit
- Everton – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 21/22 Away Kit
- 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

Champions League 20/21 – Kit Overview, Group Stages

Feb 16, 2021Posted in GeneralTagged Champions League, European Football, Football, Football Kits, Kits, UCL, UEFALeave a comment

On Tuesday 16th February we see the knock out phase of The Champions League start, so I felt it was a good time to look back at the Group Stages and kits that were worn by the 32 teams competing.

Overall Kit Stats:

89 Kits worn in Group Stages – 96 games
42 Home Kits (30 first choice / 12 variations)
27 Away Kits (23 first choice / 4 variations)
19 3rd Kits (15 first choice / 4 variations)
1 4th Kit

Group A

Atletico Madrid using 4 different kits in first 4 games
Bayern Munich in 3rd kit mash up with home shorts at Atletico
Red Bull Salzburg used last seasons Euro away kit (Black)

Group B

Only 7 kits used in whole group
Real Madrid only team to wear just one kit in Group stages
No 3rd kit used in this group
Shakhtar Donesk used last season’s kits

Group C

Porto used home kit with white shorts not normal blue and all navy for away kit, instead of yellow shorts
Olympiakos used 4 different kit variations
No team wore a home kit away from home, change kits used in all 12 games

Group D

Only 8 kits worn in this group, 2 for each team
Ajax only team to wear change kit twice (x2 3rd kit)

Group E

14 Kit variations worn in this Group
Chelsea, Krasnodar and Stade Rennes all wore 4 kit variations
Sevilla only wore home kit, using alternative red socks in last game at Rennes

Group F

Only kit variation used in group was Borussia Dortmund Home kit with alternative yellow shorts
Lazio wore 3rd kit at home to Zenit

Group G

Barcelona used 4 different kits (home, away, 3rd and last season’s 4th)
Dynamo Kyiv only used change kit once
Ferencvaros wore away kit at home to Dynamo Kyiv

Group H

15 kit variations worn in the group
Manchester United wore 5 kit variations in their 6 games (only 3rd kit was worn twice)
Basaksehir / RB Leipzig both wore 3 varations of home kit in first 3 games

Matchday Breakdowns:

Some of my favourite kit match ups in the group stages.

Zenit St Petersburg v Lazio from Match Day 2 and Juventus v Ferencvaros from Match Day 3.

Any kit highlights from you from the Champions League within the Group stages, let me know on the comments below or over at twitter on https://twitter.com/kit_geek

FA Cup 2020/21 – Kit Log

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

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

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

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

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

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

The manufacturers with one kit on show in Round 1

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

Round 2 – 27th to 30th November 2020

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

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

The one kit manufacturers in Round 2 are:

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

Kit Stats

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

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

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

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

Kit Stats

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

Kit Match ups

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

Round 1 – Port Vale v King’s Lynn Town

Round 2 – Marine v Havant & Waterlooville

Round 3 – Chorley v Derby County

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

English Football – Kit Overview 2020/21

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

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

Premier League

7 Different Manufacturers with 60 Kits for the 20 teams.

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

Championship

11 different manufactuerers, currenly with 68 kits for 24 teams

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

League One.

11 different manufactuerers, currently 63 kits for 24 teams

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

League Two

10 different manufactuerers, 63 kits for 24 teams

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

Overall view

21 Kit manufactuerers, 254 different kits for 92 teams

Only 13 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20

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

Premier League 2019/20 – End of Season Kit Report

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

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

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

Kit Stats

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

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

Overview

Match Day 1 to Match Day 19

Match Day 20 to Match Day 38

Kit Variations

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

Kit Grid

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

Kit Tables

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

Home Kit

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

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

Away Kit

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

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

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

3rd/4th Kit

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

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

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

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

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

Premier League One Kit Wonders – 2019/20

Jul 23, 2020Jul 31, 2020Posted in General, Premier League Kit LogTagged Adidas, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kits, Nike, Premier League, Soccer, umbroLeave a comment

As we approach the final round of fixtures of the 2019/20 Premier League season, its always to time to take stock and look back the season and reminisce over the good and bad of the latest season.

There will be plenty of looking back at the season from me over the coming weeks but I wanted to kick this off by looking back at those kits that were only worn once this season.

So far we have seen 107 different kits worn in the Premier League and in this post I want to call out the 24 Kits that have been worn just once, our “One Kit Wonders”.

Arsenal

Southampton v Arsenal, 25th June 2020

Arsenal’s popular away kit, that pays homage to the classic “Brusied Banana” kit, was worn in their 2-0 victory at Southampton with yellow shorts, giving an all yellow look which was also used with the “Bruised Banana” kit against Southampton back in 1991.

AFC Bournemouth

Watford v AFC Bournemouth, 26th October 2019

Bournemouth’s draw at Watford saw the south coast team pair their home shirt with white shorts and socks, giving them a classic AC Milan look.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v AFC Bournemouth, 24th June 2019

One of the (minor) impacts of “Project Restart” was that some clubs had sponsorship deals ending, which in turn saw new kits launched with a significant number of games still to play. Bournemouth was one of these teams, who wore their 2020/21 Home kit from Umbro (with holding sponsor Vitality). This was worn with white shorts and socks in the 1-0 defeat at Wolves in June.

Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth, 4th July 2020

The visit to Manchester United saw Bournemouth use their 2020/21 away kit from Umbro, with a graphic of the famous Bouremouth Pier sublimated onto the aqua shirts, similar to the Manchester United umbro shirt from 1994/96 which had Old Trafford on their shirts. It did not prove a lucky shirt with The Cherries losing 5-3 in this kit’s only appearence.

Brighton and Hove Albion

Newcastle United v Brighton and Hove Albion, 21st September 2019

With Brighton’s away kit being all black it meant that The Seagulls reached into the back of the Kitman’s cupboard at The Amex to pull out 2018/19 away kit to be used as this season’s third kit. In this drawn game it was worn for the only time this season with white shorts.

Aston Villa v Brighton and Hove Albion, 19th October 2019

Brighton’s second “One Kit Wonder” was their home kit worn with blue socks in a defeat at Aston Villa.

Burnley FC

West Ham United v Burnley FC, 8th July 2020

When Burnley visited a fellow Claret/Blue wearing West Ham, it was deemed that their away kit (All Sky Blue) and 3rd Kit (Green/Black) were not enough of a contrast to hosts home kit, Umbro created a one off white shirt to be worn with white shorts and socks to make a “4th Kit”, one of three 4th Kits seen this season and has a 100% win ratio in its use.

Chelsea

Crystal Palace v Chelsea, 7th July 2020

Chelsea’s new sponsorship deal with “3” started on the 1st July, this meant the 2020/21 kits were brought into action at the end of this season. The pale blue away kit saw it first and only appearence of this season in the 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace.

Everton

Crystal Palace v Everton, 10th August 2019

Looking way back to first round of fixtures of the 2019/20 season, Everton were asked by the Premier League to use their third kit from 2018/19 as the “coral” away and navy 3rd kits supplied by Umbro were seen to be too much of a clash to their visit to Crystal Palace, the game ended in a draw and is the one of the three “4th” kits seen used this season.

Manchester United v Everton, 15th December 2019

Everton’s second “One Kit Wonder” was the variation of their home kit, worn with blue shorts that The Toffees wore in their drawn game at Manchester United.

Leicester City

West Ham United v Leicester City, 28th December 2019

Leicester City often use variations of their home kit to avoid unnecessary use of their change kits, their 2-1 win at West Ham saw using their home kit with white socks, a combination only used once this season.

Manchester United

Southampton v Manchester United, 31st August 2019

Manchester United have worn their 3rd kit three times in the Premier League this season, in three different variations, the first worn with white shorts (bespoke to this kit, not the home shorts which have red Adidas stripes) at the drawn game at Southampton.

Sheffield United v Manchester United, 24th November 2019

The second use of the 3rd kit was at Sheffield United with bespoke white shorts and socks, the game ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Arsenal v Manchester United, 1st January 2020

The final appearence of the Manchester United 3rd kit was its only use in its first choice all black variation, the game at Arsenal ended in defeat which means they did not win a single game using their 3rd Kit in the League this season.

Sheffield United

Chelsea v Sheffield United, 31st August 2019

Sheffield United’s versitle white away kit has been used in four different combination this season, the use of white shorts and red (home kit) socks was only used the once, to give us a nice looking kit, the red socks work really well with red Adidas stripes on side panels and shorts, the red flowing through out the kit. The game ended in a draw in what has been an inspresive return to the Top Flight for The Blades.

Newcastle United v Sheffied United, 21st June 2020

Sheffield United’s second “One Kit Wonder” was a variation of their home kit, combined with away shorts and socks to give us an overall “white” feel to their home kit. The kit did not prove a lucky one with the game ending in a 0-3 defeat.

Southampton FC

Newcastle United v Southampton, 8th December 2019

Southampton’s use of their 2018/19 3rd Kit at Newcastle United was called for due to the three kits registered for 2019/20 all clashing with Newcastle’s home kit, this is third and final 4th Kit used this season and the only one that was used by the losing team, the kit was combined with home shorts and socks.

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur, 15th December 2019

Tottenham’s visit to Wolves in December saw them use their home socks with their away kit, to give us a Navy/Navy/White variation, tying in nicely with Nike’s Vapor Template’s use of contrasting socks. The game ended in victory for Spurs with an injury time winning goal.

Watford

Newcastle United v Watford, 31st August 2019

Watford are another team that used their away kit from 2018/19 as a 3rd kit for 2019/20, the only appearence of this kit was their visit to Newcastle United back in August. This is the least used 3rd in the League and its only use ended in a draw.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford, 28th September 2019

The second “One Kit Wonder” from Watford was a variation of their away kit used with white socks which was seen in their defeat at Wolves.

West Ham United

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United, 4th December 2019

West Ham’s home kit from Umbro was a popular one with fans, when worn against Wolves it was paired with sky blue shorts and socks for a variation that still gives a strong West Ham feel, this did not prove sucessful on the pitch, with the game ending in defeat.

Newcastle United v West Ham United, 5th July 2020

This is the 3rd variation of West Ham’s home kit, this time combined with sky blue socks was used in the drawn game at Newcastle United.

Manchester United v West Ham United, 22nd July 2020

In the final away game of the season at Manchester United, West Ham used their away kit with change Sky Blue shorts, to give us again an alternative but classic West Ham look. The game ended in a draw.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 23rd November 2019

Wolves’ home kit in 2019/20 was paired with black shorts and socks, surprisingly an alternative of the kit was only used once this season with “old gold” socks in the victory at Bournemouth.

The 24 games in which our “One Kit Wonders” were worn, saw 6 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats.

There are still the final ten games of the season to be played, so there may be some changes to this final list, Brighton in particular I can see using their home kit with blue socks in their game at Burnley, Sheffield United may use a different variation of their 3rd kit in their game at Southampton and at the moment Manchester City have only used their 2020/21 Home kit once in their victory at Watford but with their final game being at home at likely to wear this kit again in this game which is why I have not included in them in this overview.

Let me know what your favourite “One Kit Wonder” of the 2019/20 Premier League Season at https://twitter.com/kit_geek

UPDATED – MATCH DAY 38

On the final round of fixtures of season, we saw six teams launch their new home kits…. increasing our “One Kit Wonders” to 30…. All fixtures took place on 26th July.

Arsenal

Arsenal v Watford

Arsenal’s victory at relegated Watford give us the first view of the new Adidas 2020/21 Home kit, a darker shade of red than 19/20 version with the use of red socks as first choice!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton’s new home kit is a really interesting change from their traditional look, one the club has used in the past as points but something new and fresh for their 2020/21 Premier League campaign, its debut was victorious one with a 2-1 win at Burnley.

Leicester City

Leicester City v Manchester United

Leicester City revert to all blue for 20/21 season with this Adidas Convido 20 Template! Their 2-0 defeat cost the team and this kit a place in the Champions League next season.

Newcastle United

Newcastle United v Liverpool

Newcastle’s 2020/21 Kit sees the magpies use thinner stripes than 19/20, but the red numbers remain (something I love to see in a Newcastle Kit) and check out them socks…!!! Its first outing ended in 3-1 defeat to Champions Liverpool.

Southampton

Southampton v Sheffield United

Southampton are ditchng the stripes in 2020/21 in favour of a sash…. I love a sash, so this looks great in my eyes, Southampton ended the season in style beating high flying Sheffield United 3-1.

West Ham United

West Ham United v Aston Villa

West Ham are our final team introducing their new kit in 2019/20 season, a return to white shorts and socks paired with a more traditional looking shirt, the drawn game with Aston Villa saw the visitors stay up on the last day of the season.

So there we have it, the 30 “One Kit Wonders”, our final record sees 9 wins, 11 draws and 10 defeats!