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EFL: 2026/27, Kit Round up: Vol.2

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Something new I want to start doing this season is a semi-regular look at the EFL and the Kit Usage within Championship, League One and League Two.

Click here to catch up with Volume One

Welcome to Volume Two, we are looking at the kits worn between 8th September and Monday 6th October

So far this season we have seen:

Championship – 68 Kits (+12 from Vol.1)
League One – 65 Kits (+12)
League Two – 65 Kits (+13)

Championship – Kit Overview

All 72 Kits have been released.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56

Kit Grid, up to 6th October.

Kit Highlights

Four Teams have worn a total of Four different Kit Looks / Variations so far this season – Millwall, Queen’s Park Rangers, Swansea City and West Ham United.

Birmingham City and Burnley released their 3rd Kits, which completes the 72 Kits for Championship this season.

Queen’s Park Rangers wore four different Kit Looks in four games, this included wearing their 3rd Kit at Home in an initiative where fans could trade old shirts for their 3rd Kit in support of “KitAid”.

They wore 3rd Kit and Home Kit in Home games, and then a mash up of Home with Away shorts and socks, and then Away with Home socks for the four different looks.

Wrexham’s visit to West Ham United gave us one of the best Kit Mash Ups of the past month, wearing their 3rd Kit with Away socks for a complementary look.

League One – Kit Overview

All 72 Kits have now been released in League One.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 65

Kit Grid, up to 6th October

Kit Highlights

Four Teams have worn four different kit variations so far this season in League One – Burton Albion, Leyton Orient, Luton Town and Notts County.

Five teams released their 3rd Kits to complete the 72 Kits of League One, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City and Luton Town.

Burton Albion are one of the teams that have worn four kits so far this season in EFL and League One, of these four kits, three of their looks have been their 3rd Kit, which they have worn in it’s default look and mashed up with Away shorts and socks.

League Two

Kit Overview – 69 Kits out 72 released (Barney,

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 65

Kit Grid, up to 6th October

Kit Highlights

Tranmere Rovers are the team in League Two with the most Kit Variations used so far this season, with four different kits looks used.

Exeter City released their 3rd Kit which is also their 125th Anniversary Kit, which was worn in their Home game against Tranmere Rovers

There have been another four clubs that have confirmed their 3rd Kits in the past month, Accrington Stanley, Bristol Rovers and Salford City with Fleetwood Town using last season’s Away as their 3rd Kit this season.

The final team to wear a change kit in EFL was Fleetwood Town, who wore their Home Kit in their opening 8 games of the season, wearing a change kit for the first time against Salford City on 3rd October.

EFL Kit News

We had Round 3 of Carabao Cup, this the round where the remaining Premier League Teams (those playing in Europe) enter the competition.

The second EFL Cup cup competition started in September, the EFL Trophy will be called “Jersey Mike’s” Trophy this season, sponsor by the American Sandwich retail outlet have agreed a 5 Year deal to sponsor the competition which includes clubs from League One and League Two as well as 16 Premier League U21 Teams.

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EFL: 2026/27, Kit Round up: Vol.1

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Something new I want to start doing this season is a sem-regular look at the EFL and the Kit Usage within Championship, League One and League Two.

Think of this a lighter version of the Premier League Matchweek Kit Reviews which will be published every month or so (looking at approximately 5 or 6 games per volume). In this first Volume, we are looking at the kits worn between the start of the season (15th August) through to the 5th round of fixtures but to Monday 7th September.

So far this season we have seen:

  • Championship – 56 Kits
  • League One – 53 Kits
  • League Two – 52 Kits

Championship

Kit Overview – 70 out of the 72 Kits have been released, with Birmingham City and Burnley to confirm their 3rd Kits.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56

Kit Grid, up to 7th September.

Kit Highlights

Burnley are the only team that worn have one a single kit look so far in the Championship so far this season, however they have had a couple of different sponsor looks in that time, after terminating their original sponsorship the day before the League kicked off (having worn it in the Carabao Cup the week before). They announced their new sponsor Vertu Motors. It appears the first outing a patch was used to cover the original sponsor before newly printed shirts were produced, the club also offered to replace or refund supporters with new shirts.

Charlton Athletic visited local rivals West Ham United on 22nd August and used an interesting Kit “Mash Up”, they wore their Away Kit for the first time but used black socks to complete the look, these socks are not part of any outfield kit this season and appear to Reebok teamwear socks.

Queen’s Park Rangers wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Middlesbrough on 5th Septmeber, this was for an initative with their sponsor and Kit Aid where supporters could trade in old shirts for their all black 3rd shirt for free with the old shirts being used by Kit Aid by recycling them across the world.

League One – Kit Overview

Kit Overview – 67 Kits out of 72 released, with 5 3rd Teams still waiting to launch 3rd Kits.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 53

Kit Grid, up to 8th September

Kit Highlights

Bromley gave us a wonderful mash up in their game against Sheffield Wednesday on 29th August, using their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks, this look is one of my favoruite kit looks in football, red / black stripes with white shorts and socks.

Leyton Orient have used the most kit looks in EFL so far this season, with 4 different variations used in their opening 5 games, with Home, Away and 3rd kits being used, the 4th look was a mash up of Away and 3rd socks in their game against Luton Town on 4th September.

Bradford City and Leicester City remain the only teams in League One to use a single kit (Home) look so far this season.

League Two

Kit Overview – 64 Kits out 72 released. Accrington Stanley to confirm if they are also using last season’s 3rd kit or launching a new Away. 7 other teams to confirm their 3rd Kit.

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 52

Kit Grid, up to 6th September.

Kit Highlights

Tranmere Rovers gave us the rare sight nowadays of an outfield player in goal but due to them playing in a mash up of their Away with Home shorts against Port Vale on 22nd August it meant that we saw three different kit elements in play, with Goalkeeper Shirt, Home Shorts and Away socks being used.

One to keep an eye on this season is Shrewsbury Town, who for their 140th Anniversary are wearing Navy Blue kit as their home kit, with their traditiona amber and blue being used as their Away Kit this season…

Three teams, Bristol Rovers, Chesterfield and Fleetwood Town remaining the only teams to wore a single kit look so far this season.

EFL Kit News

There have been two round of the Carabao Cup (EFL run competition).

Round 1 (and Preliminary Round)

Round 2

Round 3 is being played of the next two weeks (8th / 9th / 15th / 16th / 17th September), expect updates on those rounds in Volume 2 of EFL Kit Review.

Episode 41 of The Football Kit Podcast was released in August and it’s a EFL Special where we take a deep dive into this season’s kits and pick some of our favourite’s and some we are not so keen on, Chief Football Writer of The I, Daniel Storey our guest in this Episode, which you can find here.

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League Two – 25/26 Season

EFL, League Two 2025/26: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2025 / 26 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 2nd May 2026, with Bromley securing the title on the final day of the season, with MK Dons as runners up and the final automatic spot being secured by Cambridge United. Salford City, Notts County, Chesterfield and Grimsby Town will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

I am taking my annual in depth look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 90 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 34% of Kit variations used
    • 31 Home Kits worn in total
    • 7 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 37% of variations used
    • 33 Away Kits worn in total
    • 9 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
    • 24 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 4 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 2% of variations worn
    • 2 Special Kits worn

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

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

  • Cambridge United in 6 Kit Variations: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2, 4th
  • 5 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Barnet: Home x2, Away x3
    • Cheltenham Town: Home, Away x3, 3rd
    • Colchester United: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Salford City: Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
    • Walsall: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • 7 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Crawley Town: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Grimsby Town: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • MK Dons: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Newport County: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Notts County: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Swindon Town: Home, Away, 3rd, 4th
    • Tranmere Rovers: Home x2, Away, 3rd
  • 9 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
  • 2 Teams in just 2 Kit Variations, Home and Away
    • Bristol Rovers
    • Oldham Athletic
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 2 Kits
    • Barnet
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (white)
    • Colchester United
      • Default Home
      • Home with white socks
    • Fleetwood Town
      • Default Home
      • Home with red shorts
    • MK Dons
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (grey)
    • Salford City
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away socks (black)
    • Tranmere Rovers
      • Default Home
      • Home with 3rd socks (dark red)
    • Walsall
      • Default Home
      • Home with Away shorts & socks (black)
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Barnet
      • Default Away
      • Away with Home shorts (black)
      • Away with Home shorts & socks (black)
    • Cheltenham Town
      • Default Away
      • Away with Home socks (red)
      • Away with Home shorts (black)
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits
    • Cambridge United
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with black shorts
    • Grimsby Town
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Home socks (black)
    • Newport County
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with white socks
    • Salford City
      • Default 3rd
      • 3rd with Home shorts & socks (white)
  • Most worn Home Kit – 40, Chesterfield
  • Most worn Away Kit – 17, Colchester United (13 Default / 4 Variation)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Walsall

Something that I like to share which is an overview of when each of the new kit looks were first worn, for example… Cambridge United wore their Home Kit, Away Kit in their opening two games and then 3rd Kit in their fourth game

Match 1 to Match 23

Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Socials.

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Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2025 / 26 League Two season teams wore 90 Kits, this was a significant reduction in the number kits compared to last season where 114 Kits were worn, and the fewest number of Kits worn in English this season.

The most worn Kit in the League was Chesterfied, which was worn 40 times in 46 games.

Cambridge United wore the most Kit Variations in League Two, with Home Kit, two Away and 3rd Kit looks, plus a 4th Kit worn once.

Swindon Town were another team to wear four different kits this season, as well as their regular Home, Away and 3rd Kits, they also wore a 4th Kit, which was also a charity kit.

There were four teams in League One that wore just Home and Away Kits, two of these used mash ups however there were two clubs that only used Home and Away kits just in their default looks.

Barnet, wore mash ups of Home and Away Kits to create five different kit looks.

Fleetwood Town wore red shorts (from their designated 3rd Kit, last season’s Away Kit) to create an alternative Home Kit look, but just used two Home Variations and Away, their 3rd Kit was never used.

Bristol Rovers wore just Home and Away Kits in League Two, their 3rd Kit (last season’s Away) was used in FA Cup though. They also wore their Home Kit in 38 games, changing just eight time in the League.

Oldham Atletic were the other team to wear just Home and Away Kits, their 3rd Kit for this season was not used at all.

MK Dons wore change kits in 22 of their 23, however their only use of their Home Kit on the road was a mash up with their Away shorts and socks, meaning their default look was never used on the road.

Cheltenham Town wore their 3rd Kit just once and at Home, they also call a “Charity Third” Kit, something they have done over the past few seasons.

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2025 / 26, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over on my Socials.

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You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!

Premier League – End of Season Report 25/26

Championship – End of Season Report 25/26

League One – End of Season Report 25/26

The Heat Press ’25: Kit Round Up, 27th June

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It’s back…..!

As we approach the end of June, teams are now starting to kick off their pre-season training and of the course the Club World Cup is still in full swing with the completion of the group stages, I thought it was time to dust off The Heat Press and take a look at some new kits….

To pass these summer weeks I will take a weekly (or maybe more) look at the Kits launched across the English Leagues and beyond, the discussion points and anything else Kit Related that comes up. I will only share those kits that have been officially released, as there are plenty of leaks that do the rounds but we will keep this official.

You will also find my Kit Overview illustrations for each of the four divisions.

Premier League – 11 / 60 Kits

New Kits:

Everton, Home: The first kit to be worn at The Hill Dickinson Stadium, which takes inspiration from the new stadium’s location on the banks of the River Mersey and shows a ‘wave’ that flows throughout the shirt. Blue socks will also return as first choice colour, the first time since 2014 / 15 season, although they were navy blue, this is time royal blue socks will be used in the kit’s default look since 2012 / 13.

Tottenham Hotspur, Away: Tottenham Hotspur have followed up their Home Kit, by launching their Away Kit, this is all black kit with a subtle checked pattern within both the shirt and shorts, the kit is being labeled as “In Darkness we Dare” which is a spin on the club’s motto “To do is to dare”. The first team in Premier League to launch Home and Away kits.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, Home: The second season with Sudu as manufacturer and it’s another classic looking Wolves kit, simple but effective, I like that they keep the Home Kits simple and it works well in my eyes, nice collar too and detailing within the shirt.

Championship – 6 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Preston North End, Away: A fairly standard offering from Castore in terms of the Home Kit, some nice details within the shirt which take inspiration from Deepdale. The talking point here is the sponsor, Spud Bros… but from my point of view, they are local company supporting their local team, so fair play to them, much more appealing than a betting company, so a win from this Kit Geek.

Millwall, Home: If you follow me on Social Media you will know that I’m a Millwall fan, so been waiting for this one, last season’s Home Kit was wonderful, one of my favourite Millwall kits of all time, so any kit this season will have some big shoes to fill in my eyes…! And they have delivered, a simple and clean look, something classical about this shirt with it’s central placement of logos, one happy Millwall Fan here.

West Bromwich Albion, Home: Macron 2nd season with WBA, an interesting collar and some additional detailing in the socks, which also contain a single stripe.

League One – 14 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Bradford City, Away: Bradford City launched their new Away Kit at the end of last week, and its light, almost metallic all blue look on the road this season, paired with a Pink 3rd Kit which was released at the end of last season! This kit also carries “UK City of Culture” detail on this shirt.

Northampton Town, 3rd Kit: Its the 3rd Kit first up for Northampton Town and another almost metallic futuristic look in League One, with aqua green, gray kit and detailed with neon yellow… a nice look, that works well for me.

Cardiff City, Home: New Balance remains as Cardiff’s kit manufacturer for a 4th season, and this season will see the club play in pinstripes with white shorts and blue socks!

League Two – 18 / 72 Kits

New Kits:

Shrewsbury Town, Home: A nice looking kit, based on one worn by the club between 1983 and 1985. Some nice details within the shirt and the red trim is something that I particularly like and works for me. Oxen delivering some nice designs again.

Cambridge United, Away: Umbro and Cambridge United are a partnership that have consistently delivered and this season looks to continue that trend, with new Home Kit launched last week and the Away proving to be a classic look that will work perfectly as a change kit!

Cambridge United, 3rd: The full kit set is completed for Cambridge, with this black kit which is paired with gold shorts and black socks, a nice balance from Home Kit.

This week’s Kit News…..

Chelsea wore their 2025 / 26 Away Kit for the first time in the Club World Cup Group Game against ES Tunis. The Kit was worn with alternative socks, rather than the Green default socks.

It appears the Brentford x Joma deal is confirmed, with the launch of their training range this week.

Barnsley have confirmed they are moving away from Puma have signed a new Kit deal with Oxen, who now will supply at least three teams in League One this season and four in total in EFL.

Carlisle United who were relegated into National League last season, launched their new home kit and its another look to the past with Umbro, this time taking one of their classic Away kit looks but giving it a home kit spin as they look to bounce back to League Two this season!

You might wonder why the announcements of Liverpool’s new signings has been using last season’s Nike Kits, the new deal with Adidas does not start until 1st August, so all activity including pre-season friendlies in July will be in Nike playing and training kits.

Manchester City used their alternative shorts and socks with their Home Kit in the final World Club Cup Group game against Juventus, the navy shorts and socks give a really interesting look that I think works well with the navy details within the shirt, a look I hope we see in Premier League this season!

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EFL, League Two 23/24: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2023/24 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 27th April 2024, with Stockport County securing the title, with Wrexham as runners up who make it back to back Promotions and the final automatic spot being secured by Mansfield Town. MK Dons, Doncaster Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Crawley Town will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

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

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 106 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
    • 41 Home Kits worn in total
    • 17 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 35% of variations used
    • 37 Away Kits worn in total
    • 13 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 24% of variations worn
    • 25 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 5 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 3% of variations worn
    • 3 Special Kit 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 Two Teams

  • Crawley Town wore 8 Kit Variations: Home x3, Away x3, 3rd x2
  • 2 Teams wore 7 Kit Variations
    • Newport County: Home x2, Away x3, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Salford City: Home x3, Away, 3rd x3
  • 3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
    • AFC Wimbledon: Home, Away x3, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Morecambe: Home x4, Away x2
    • Walsall – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
  • 3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Crewe Alexandra: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Grimsby Town: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Harrogate Town: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • 6 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
  • 9 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
    • Morecambe: Red / White / Red – Red / White / White – All Red – Red / White / Black
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • AFC Wimbledon: All White – White / Blue / Blue – White / Blue / White
    • Crawley Town: Green / Black / Green – Green / White / Green – Green / Black / Black
    • Newport County: All White – White / Black / White – White / Black / Black
    • Walsall: All White – White / Red / White – White / Red / Red
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
    • Salford City: White – Black – Black / White – Black – White / All White
  • Sutton United in 4 different kits with no variations
  • 7 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
  • 3 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
  • Most worn Home Kit – 39, Stockport County
  • Most worn Away Kit – 16, Harrogate Town / Colchester United (11 Default / 5 with White Socks)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, AFC Wimbledon

Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… AFC Wimbledon wore their Home Kit in their first game, 3rd Kit in their 3rd game and Away Kit in their 4th game..!

Match 1 to Match 23

Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2023/24 League Two season teams wore 106 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 93 Kits were worn, in fact this number of kits was passed just under half way through the season on 23rd December 2023. League Two was only beaten by the Premier League in the number of Kit Variations used in the English Leagues this season.

The most worn Kit in the League was from Champions Stockport County who wore their wonderful Home Kit in 39 of 46 games, only changing 7 times throughout the whole season..!

Harrogate Town wore change kits in all their away games this season, wearing their Away Kit 16 times and 3rd Kit 7 Times in two different variations…!

Between Match 40 and Match 44, AFC Wimbledon wore 5 different kits in 5 games, this included Home Kit, 2 variations of their Away Kit, 3rd Kit and Special Charity Kit.. these games were over 3 weeks between 23rd March and 13th April.

There were three “Special Kits” used in League Two this season, each of them Charity Kits…

AFC Wimbledon for War Child and their own community charity.

Newport County for Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Sutton United for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Although not a charity kit Mansfield Town wore Red Socks with their Home Kit for Down’s Syndrome Association awareness week, something they have also done in previous seasons.

Grimsby Town’s home kit, gives us a nice little kit quirk in League Two with several teams having wearing alternative socks due to the red socks worn by the club, last season there were 5 teams that used alternative socks when playing against The Mariners, this season that number was 6 plus Newport County wore white shorts as an alternative against them!

Morecambe with only a Home and Away Kits used 6 different kit variations, with 4 different Home Kit Looks and 2 Away Kits, using 2 Shirts, 3 pairs of shorts and 2 pairs of socks!

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!

Premier League: End of Season Report

Championship: End of Season Report

League One: End of Season Report

League Two – 100 Kits!

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League Two Clubs are the gift that keeps on giving for us Kit Geeks, on Saturday 10th February we saw the 100th Kit Variation used by the 24 clubs in League Two in 362 Games, for comparison in whole of the 2022/23 season there were a total 94 Kits used, this number was surpassed just under half way through the season with Newport County wearing a kit mash up that contained Away Shirt / Home Shorts / 3rd Socks on at Wrexham on 23rd December 2023.

So where have the 100 kits come from?

The way that I define it is a discintive look, so taking all the elements of the kit (Shirt / Shorts / Socks) and then reviewing how that look is made up and the differences in the kit looks, so a club’s default home kit would be one look and then if the home shirt is worn with default shorts but away kit socks, that becomes a new kit variation.

Overview:

  • 24 – Home Kits
  • 15 – Home Kit Variations
  • 24 – Away Kits
  • 11 – Away Kit Variations
  • 20 – 3rd Kits
  • 5 – 3rd Kit Variations
  • 1 – 4th / Special Kit

Looking at the Clubs in more detail, these kits are in order of their appearence this season and the number of times each kit has been used underneath it, this information is correct up to Saturday 10th February.

Accrington Stanley – 4 Kit used, with the Home, Away and 3rd Kits joined by a Home Kit with alternative white socks!

AFC Wimbledon – One of the ten teams to use just Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Barrow AFC – Another team with Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Bradford City – Home, Away and 3rd Kits for The Bantams

Colchester United – Three Kit variations for Colchester, however just Home and Away, with an Away variation with alternative white socks!

Crawley Town – The most variations of the 100 Kits is from Crawley Town with 8 Kits, with different elements of each of the three kits being used to create three different Home Kit looks, three Away Kits and two 3rd Kit variations. The final variation used was the 100th Kit of the Season, their Default 3rd Kit (White / Black / White) used at Crewe Alexandra.

Crewe Alexandra – 5 Kits used by Crewe, with Home and Away variations combined with the three default kits.

Doncaster Rovers – 4 Kits used, with Home Kit with away shorts being used as a variation, we are still to see their default Away Kit this season!

Forest Green Rovers – Just Home, Away and 3rd Kits used (in that order as well).

Gillingham – Our 5th Team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Grimsby Town – 5 Kits for Grimsby, with mash ups of socks between Home and Away Kits

Harrogate Town – Another team to use socks to create mash up looks, Home and 3rd Kits in Harrogate’s case

Mansfield Town – Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Milton Keynes Dons – Another team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Morecambe – Although just having Home and Away Kits this season, Morecambe have used alternative white socks and mash ups to create 5 Kit Variations in total

Newport County – One of two teams to use 7 Kit Variations, however the only team in League Two (and EFL / Premier League) to use a 4th Kit this season, also using two different Home Looks, three Away and 3rd Kit!

Notts County – Another team to use just Home and Away Kits, with alternative white shorts and socks being used to create a second Home Kit look

Salford City - The 2nd Team with 7 Kit Variations, again another team using element of the kits to create different looks, Salford’s however have only used Black Shorts / Socks and White Shorts / Socks to create the look with their three different shirts.

Stockport County – The 8th Team Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Sutton United – Home, Away and 3rd Kits

Swindon Town – 4 Kits, with Home combined with 3rd Socks to create an alternative look

Tranmere Rovers – The Final team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits, also Tranmere’s Home kit at this moment is the most used kit in League Two with 23 appearences in their 31 games so far (correct as of 12th February)

Walsall – The only that has used 6 Kit Variations this season so far, Walsall are one of my favourite teams for kit usage, often creating different looks with their kit elements, this season has seen two Home Kits, three Away and just the default 3rd Kit used.

Wrexham – 4 Kits looks, with the alternative variation of Away and Home socks being 4 times so far this season!

As mentioned above the 100th Kit used was Crawley Town’s use of their default 3rd Kit against Crewe Alexandra on Saturday 10th February 2024.

Kit Grid – Up to 12th February, this shows what the fixtures were for this season so far!

One Final look, at when the Kits were worn… this view shows you at which match the new kit look / variation was first used, for example… AFC Wimbledon wore their Home Kit in their first game, 3rd Kit in their 3rd game and Away Kit in their 4th game..!

There we have it 100 Kits of League Two, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

EFL, League Two 22/23 – End of Season Report

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The 2022/23 League Two Season came to a close on Monday 8th May 2023, with Leyton Orient securing the title well before the end of the season on 22nd April, Stevenage were runners up with a remarkable turnaround from their previous season and the final automatic spot being secured by Northampton Twon on the final day of the season. Stockport County, Carlisle United, Bradford City and Salford City will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

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

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 93 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 38% of Kit variations used
    • 26 Home Kits worn, includes 2 23/24 kits
    • 9 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 34% of variations used
    • 24 Away Kits worn
    • 8 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 27% of variations worn
    • 20 3rd Kits worn
    • 5 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kit – 1% of variations worn
    • 1 Special Kit 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 Two Teams

  • 3 Teams wore 6 Kit Variations
    • Crawley Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
    • Hartlepool United – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
    • Walsall – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
  • 3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Barrow AFC – Home x2 (Inc 23/24 Home), Away x2, 3rd
    • Rochdale – Home x3, Away, 3rd
    • Salford City – Home, Away, 3rd x3
  • 8 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
  • 8 Teams in just 3 Kit Variations
  • 2 Teams in just 2 Kit Variations
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits
    • Hartlepool United: White/Blue – White – White (with hoop) / White/Blue – White – White / White/Blue – White – Red
    • Rochdale: Blue/Black – White – Black / Blue/Black – Black – Black / Blue/Black – White – White
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Crawley Town: White – Black – White / All White / White – Black – Black
    • Walsall: All White / White – White – Red / White – Red – White
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
    • Salford City: White – Black – Black / White – Black – White / All White
  • Sutton United in 4 different kits with no variations
  • 7 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
  • 2 Teams in just Home and Away Kits
  • Most worn Home Kit – 39, Mansfield Town, 38 default look and once with away socks
  • Most worn Away Kit – 16, Stevenage
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 10, Swindon Town, 9 default look and once with home shorts

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2022/23 League Two teams wore 93 Kits, this was an increase in the number kits compared to last season where 86 Kits were worn, although there was an increase season on season this was lowest in English Leagues this season. League Two was also the only league which had two teams in just two kits (Home and Away), Colchester United and Stevenage. Stevenage did use a special kit in their FA Cup victory against Aston Villa but this was never used for League games.

Hartlepool United were one of two teams that wore their home kit in 3 different variations, however two of these looks used white socks. They went through a period during the season, from 31st December to 3rd April where their home kit look was with just plain white socks rather than the default home socks with contained red bands and Errea branding within them. Supply Issues, the Kit-Man’s choice, one of the Kit Mysteries of 2022/23 season!

There was just the one “Special” Kit on show this season, and that was Sutton United’s 125th Anniversary Kit which saw The Us turn out in a red kit with white shorts and red socks, their orignal club colours from 125 years ago. This was part of a run that of games that had Sutton in 4 completely different kits in 4 games.

Grimsby Town’s home kit caused some teams in League one some issues with socks this season, Grimsby’s default look uses red socks which meant that 5 teams used alternative socks when playing against The Mariners..

Carlisle United, wore their Away kit with Home socks…

Crawley Town in Home Kit with Away socks…

Crewe Alexander in Home Kit with 3rd shorts and socks…

Doncaster Rovers in their 3rd kit with Away socks…

Walsall in Home kit with Away socks…

Carlisle United only had Home and Away kits this season but used these kits to mix a match two additional looks, as mentioned above using one look to face Grimsby Town and then using Home Shirts, Away shorts and socks against Bradford City

Mansfield Town were one of a number teams across the EFL to use their kit to raise awareness for a charity. The Stags wore the club’s light blue away socks with amber shirts and blue shorts as a display of support to mark Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week, and the Down’s Syndrome Association’s #LotsOfSocks campaign.

On the final day of the season, two teams wore their 2023/24 Home Kits… Barrow AFC wore their new Puma Home Kit and Newport County debuted their kit from VX3 who are replacing Hummel as their manufacturer.

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2022/23, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

You can find other End of Season Reports below.

Premier League – 2022/23 End of Season Report

Championsip – 2022/23 End of Season Report

League One – 2022/23 End of Season Report

EFL, League Two 21/22 – End of Season Report

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The 2021/22 League Two Season came to a close on Saturday 7th May 2022, with Champions being Forest Green Rovers, who gain promotion to Third Tier of English Football for the first time with Exeter City securing Runner’s Up spot, Bristol Rovers securing a final day promotion with a remarkable 7-0 victory against already relegated Scunthorpe United, a successful season for clubs in that region of the country in League Two. Northampton Town, Port Vale, Swindon Town and Mansfield Town will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

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

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 86 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 36% of Kit variations used
    • 25 Home Kits worn
    • 6 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 33% of variations used
    • 25 Away Kits worn
    • 3 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 26% of variations worn
    • 17 3rd Kits worn
    • 6 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kits – 5% of variations worn
    • 4 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 Two Teams

  • Walsall wore 10 Kit Variations
    • Home x3, Away x3, 3rd x4
    • Full Details can be found here
    • 11.5% of all kits worn in League Two
  • Rochdale wore 6 Kit Variations
    • Home x2, Away, 3rd x3
  • 3 Teams wore 5 Kit Variations
    • Colchester United – Home, Away x2, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Stevenage – Home x2, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
    • Tranmere Rovers – Home x2, Away, 3rd x2
  • Bradford City wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Home, Away, 3rd, Special Kit
  • 15 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
  • 3 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, 2 Kit variations
    • Carlisle United
    • Newport County
    • Scunthorpe United
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits
    • Walsall – Red / White / Green, All Red, Red / Red / Green
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Walsall – Green / Green / Red, All Green, Green / Green / White
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 4 Kits
    • Walsall – White / Green / White, White / Red / White, White / Red / Red. White / Red / Green
  • 12 Teams wore just Home, Away, 3rd (or Special) Kits
  • 17 Teams worn no variation of kits
    • Bradford City wore 4 kits with no variations
    • 3 Teams in just Home and Away kits
  • Mansfield Town wore two “Away” Kits, debuting their 2022 / 23 Away Kit in the final away league game of the season
  • Most worn Home Kit – 40, Mansfield Town
  • Most worn Away Kit – 19, Colchester United (22 including the one other variation used)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 14, Salford City and Tranmere Rovers (who wore 3rd Kit 14 times in total. 13 default look and 1 variation)

Kit Grid

Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2021/22 League Two teams wore 86 Kits, this was a huge reduction in the number kits compared to last season where 117 Kits were worn.  The reduction is linked to the number of times teams had variations of their kits, with only 15 variations of Home, Away, 3rd kits used (7 of which worn by Walsall) compared to 50 variations from the default look used in 2020 / 21 season.

Two Teams, Colchester United and Harrogate Town wore change kits in all 23 away game. Colchester United in their away kit for 22 times and 3rd Kit once, where Harrogate Town had more of an even split with their Away Kit used 11 times and 3rd Kit worn 12 times.

Stevenage had two different Home Kits through out the season, an inital kit which was only worn four times before their actual Home Kit for the season was used.

The was a subtle difference in sponsor layout and additional stripes across the chest of the shirt in the final home kit.

League Two was also the home of “Special Kits” in 2021 / 22, with four teams wearing a special kit for a variety of reasons.

Bradford City – Limited Edition 4th Shirt

Colchester United – Ukraine Solidarity Kit

Northampton Town – 125th Annivesary Kit

Stevenage – Season Ticket Holder Tribute Kit

Walsall worn a remarkable 10 different kit variations, using elements of the Home, Away and 3rd kits to build these variations, I have gone into detail about this in a seperate article which you can find here

Mansfield Town wore their home kit for 40 games through out the season, the most of any team in the top four English Leagues, only wearing their away kit six times including debuting their 22 / 23 Away kit in their final away of the season at Salford City.

There we have it, League Two’s End of Season Kit report for 2021/22, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

You can find other End of Season Reports below.

Premier League – End of Season Report

Championship – End of Season Report

League One – End of Season Report

EFL – Kit Round Up

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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)
  • 32 Away Kits worn (24 Regular Away Kits / 8 Variations)
  • 20 3rd Kits worn (19 Regular 3rd Kits / 1 variation)
  • 2 Special Kits worn (Coventry City / Queen’s Park Rangers)
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  • Luton Town / Millwall in 6 Kit variations – Most in The Championship
  • 4 Teams with 5 Kit variations (Barnsley, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Fulham)
  • 5 Teams with 4 Kit variations
  • 9 Teams with 3 Kit variations
  • 4 Teams with 2 Kit variations (Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Stoke City) – fewest in the league

League One

  • 82 Kits Worn
  • 34 Home Kits worn (24 Regular Home kits / 10 variations)
  • 32 Away Kits worn (24 Regular Away kits / 8 variations)
  • 15 3rd Kits worn (14 Regular 3rd Kits / 1 variations)
  • 1 Special Kit (Doncaster Rovers)
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  • 4 Teams with 5 Kit variations, most in League One (Accrington Stanley, Morecambe, Oxford United, Portsmouth)
  • 4 Teams with 4 Kit variations (Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town, Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday)
  • 14 Teams with 3 Kit variations
  • 2 Teams in 2 Kit variations, fewest in the league (Bolton Wanderers, Gillingham)

League Two

  • 73 Kits worn
  • 29 Home Kits worn (24 Regular Home Kits / 5 variations)
  • 26 Away Kits worn (24 Regular Away Kits / 2 variations)
  • 18 3rd Kits worn (16 Regualr 3rd Kits / 2 variations)
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  • 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

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

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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/