The Midweek Fixtures taking place on 23rd to 25th April 2024 are all fixtures from Matchweek 29, this was due to the FA Cup Quarter-Finals, and given that over half of MW29 fixtures were taking place this midweek, a Part II of that Matchweek was needed as a special round up…!
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 29 Fixtures (Part II)
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 107 (+1 from Matchweek 34)
Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 34)
New Kits this Matchweek
There was one new kit and it was the final kit of the 60 Premier League Kits to be used this season, with Manchester City in their 3rd Kit for the first time in the League this season.
Kit Highlights
My favourite Kit Match Up of the remain Matchweek 29 Fixtures was the game between Manchester United and Sheffield United, a nice and clean Kit Match up, pleasing on the eye!
Kit Stats
Looking at Matchweek 29 as a whole we have seen 13 Home Kits, 6 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kit in action for the four games in this Matchweek.
There were a total of 2 Kit variations used in this Matchweek (all 10 fixtures)
Tottenham Hotspur in Away with Home Socks, 3rd time this season (From originial fixtures)
Chelsea, in Home Kit with alternative blue socks.. 3rd time
Kit Grid – Up to 26th April 2024
Kit News
Some interesting Kit News coming out of Liverpool this week, it has been reported that Adidas will be returning to be Kit Manufacturer for third time from the 2025/26 Season in an initial Five Year Deal, if true this would mean next season will be the last with Kits provided by Nike.
Adidas previously supplied the Liverpool Kits between 1985 & 1996 and then between 2006 & 2012… we await offical communication but so far this has gone down very will with Fans and Kit Lovers alike, full details can be found here…. (Image Credit to @TheShirtUnion)
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
Matchweek 22 was the second round of Midweek fixtures (outside the Christmas Period), with all 20 Teams in action across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (30th January to 1st February).
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 21 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 94 (+3 from Matchweek 21)
Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (+1 from Matchweek 21)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were three new kit looks on show through these fixtures and one new goalkeeper kit!
Brighton & Hove Albion wore an alternative white shorts and socks with their Home Kit for the first time, a nice overall look that still keeps the overall classic Brighton feel to the kit!
Everton used their Away Kit just the second time this season but this time with alternative “salmon” shorts and socks for lovely looking overall Kit… I think I might even prefer the look here than the standard navy shorts and socks.
Brentford wore their 3rd Kit with alternative navy socks, this was the first kit variation worn by The Bees this season but thats not all from this them this week….
There was also a new Goalkeeper Kit on show for Brentford, the first team to wear 4 goalkeeper kits this season. This was a purple version of last seasons keeper template which has also been worn by Luton Town this season!
Kit Highlights
An “interesting” Kit Stat from the game between Aston Villa and Newcastle United, the result of Newcastle United winning meant this was the first time Aston Villa had suffered defeat in their default Home Kit this season as well as being the first League victory for Newcatle United in alternative Black Socks with their Home Kit….!
Brentford became the first team to wear four goalkeeper kits this season, with their use of the purple template from last season’s Umbro catalogue.
My favourite Kit Match Up of these midweek fixtures has to be Fulham and Everton, the use of red and white details in the Fulham Home kit is one of favourite little details this season, paired with cracking Everton away kit with what is arguably better alternative shorts and socks is a winner for me!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits in action in this Matchweek
There were five Kit Variation on show this week.
Brighton & Hove Albion in Home kit with alternative white shorts and socks
Everton in Away kit with alternative “Salmon” shorts and socks
Newcastle United in Black socks with their Home Kit for the 3rd Time this season
Brentford, 3rd kit with alternative navy socks
Manchester United in all off white 3rd kit, 4th time this look has been used
Kit Grid – Up to 23rd January 2024
Kit News
With Paris St. Germain’s Jordan Kit “deal” coming to an end this season we thought they may be the end of the “Jumpman” logo featuring on Football Kits, however it has been reported that a London Club is being looked at to take up the logo moving forward… with currently Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur being in the Nike camp, it likely to be one of these clubs with Chelsea being rumoured as the preferred option.
Matchweek 21 is a unique Matchweek in the Premier League season, with the fixtures being split over two weekends to give each of the teams a mini “mid-season” winter break, there was five fixture played over the weekend of 12th to 14th January and the remaining five fixtures on 20th to 22nd January.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 21 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 91 (+2 from Matchweek 20)
Goalkeeper Kits – 57 (No Change from Matchweek 20)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new kit look on show through these fixtures.
Crystal Palace have worn their 3rd twice already this season, including the opening fixture back in August, however this is the first time that the kit has been worn in default look of all black, with the black socks getting the debut outing!
Nottingham Forest used their 3rd Kit with bespoke alternative orange shorts and socks for the first time this season in their game against Brentford, the overall look worked well with amount of orange in the shirt… a nice alternative and opens up more opportunities for mix and matching with the default navy blue shorts and socks.
Kit Highlights
Manchester United “Sock Watch”, it was the 2023 Adidas Teamwear socks again in the home game against Tottenham Hotspur, this seems to be the go to sock now for The Red Devils…
Wolverhampton Wanderers wore their away kit for only the second time this season and the first time since the third game of the season back in August against Everton, this also means they have worn Home, Away and 3rd Kits in their last three games!
My favourite Kit Match Up of this week was the match up between Brentford and Nottingham Forest, the alternative look against the classic Brentford kit worked well for me, I have seen comments that considered this to be a kit clash but I think there is enough destinction between the light and dark shorts and socks and in the shirts that this worked well under the lights of Gtech Community Stadium!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits in action in this Matchweek
There were four Kit Variation on show this week.
Luton Town, Away Kit with Home Shorts and Socks, this is the 3rd time this look has been used
Manchester United’s again in Black Teamwear Socks (with updated Adidas Logo), the 8th time they have been worn
Aston Villa, Home Kit with alternative claret shorts and socks, the 2nd time for this look
Nottingham Forest’s 3rd Kit with alternative shorts and socks (see above)
Kit Grid – Up to 23rd January 2024
Kit News
It is being widely reported that Aston Villa have signed “Major” Deal with Adidas, replacing Castore from next season. Aston Villa have been supplied by the many kit manufacturers over the years, however this would be the first time that they have worn the “Three Stripes” of Adidas and will be the second club to move from Castore to Adidas with Newcastle United also making that change from 2024/25 Season – Image from @TheShirtUnion
Manchester City have released a “Year of the Dragon” shirt to celebrate the Chinese New Year and it has been reported that this kit will be worn by both Men and Women’s teams at some point this season, with the kit having its own designed nameset I wonder if it will be a cup game that we see this kit, however with the Men away at Tottenham Hotspur in the 4th Round, its not likely to be that game.
Another interesting story that was being report at the end of last week was the potential introduction of “4th” Kits from 2024/25 season. It is not clear if this will be for every team but the reports suggested that one of Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur or Chelsea will have a 4th Kit available for regular use and not seen as a “Special Kit”.
So what we have seen with Crystal Palace and Arsenal this season may become the norm in future season within Premier League!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
The FA Cup 3rd Round, one of the highlights of the Football Season for many of us, the round that sees teams from the Premier League and Championship join the competition, often with several “Non-League” teams still involved, the dreams and hope of a New Year replicated into Footballing dreams both big and small!
In it’s 143rd season, the oldest competition in Football initially had 732 teams enter with qualifying rounds starting back in the summer of 2023, with 32 teams from these fixtures reaching the first round, where the EFL Teams first join the Competition.
A recap of the previous rounds…
1st Round
1st Round Replays
2nd Round
2nd Round Replays
The 3rd Round of The FA Cup took place over 5 days of the first weekend of 2024, between Thursday 4th January and Monday 8th January, the fixture between Crystal Palace and Everton the first to be played on Thursday of this weekend!
3rd Round Kit Log
64 Teams kicked off the 3rd Round in 32 Fixtures.
3rd Round Replays
There were 14 different Kit Manufacturers seen in this round of the FA Cup, with Macron having the most teams with 11 and Umbro with 10, the only two with double figures… four Kit Makers, Kappa, Kelme, New Balance (all Championship Clubs) and VX3 (Newport County) with just one club.
Kit Highlights
Crystal Palace kicked off the 3rd Round of the FA Cup on Thursday by wearing a special charity / 4th shirt, containing a sash something that The Eagles are well known for doning on their kits over the years. This shirt was paired with Home shorts and socks and with Everton in their 3rd Kit, it made for one of my favourite Kit Match Ups of the season so far.
For the 3rd Season in a row Arsenal used an all white kit, labelled as “No More Red”, highlighting teenage knife attacks in London. The shirts will not be for release and will sold for charities supporting the local communities. This season is different as the previous incarnations were used away from The Emirates Stadium, at Nottingham Forest in 2022 and Oxford United in 2023, so this is a rare ccurrence of Arsenal not in red at Home, Liverpool joind the No More Red theme by wearing their 3rd Kit for a unique look for one of the historic fixtures in English Football!
Maidstone United the lowest team left in the competition, continued to the 4th Round with their victory against League One Stevenage, The National League South (6th Tier) Kent Team have a kit which is based in design on the final Maidstone United kit from 1992 before the club folded and withdraw from The Football League.
An interesting Kit Match up with the Tyne / Wear Derby, in recent years when the clubs have played each other change kits have been worn to avoid a clash, this was not the case in this FA Cup game, with Newcastle United wearing alternative white shorts and socks with their Home Shirt to give a more traditional look to this fixture, something that raised mixed views across Social Media with both those glad to see this and those that called it out as a kit clash!
Blackpool are the only team that have worn three different kit looks in the opening three rounds of the Competition, having worn all Tangerine Home Kit in their opening round against Bromley, then their default home with against Forest Green Rovers and their Away Kit against Nottingham Forest.
Manchester City had one difference in their kit from any of the other competing clubs… as they continue to not use the offical FA Cup sleeve patches, due to the current sponsors of the competition, they do not use the patches as it is direct competition to their own principle sponsor. It is likely, as in previous seasons that will be fined for this action but that does not stop them! It also means the holders patch (which is silver not red) will not be seen this season.
Being a Cup competition meant that lots of clubs, introduced their own “Cup” Namesets instead of the standard league names and numbers that normally used, some stand out ones that we wanted to call out are the following…
Any of your FA Cup hightlights that I have missed or stand out, let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
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The Christmas fixtures are now in full swing with Matchweek 17 being completed over this weekend, however due to the abandonment of the game between AFC Bournemouth and Luton Town there was only nine completed fixtures.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 17 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 81 (No Change from Matchweek 16)
Goalkeeper Kits – 55 (+1 from Matchweek 16)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were no new outfield kits on show this week, this is the first time this season that we have had no new kit looks in a Matchweek.
However, there was one new Goalkeeper kit, with Brighton & Hove Albion using the yellow version of their goalkeeper kit template (last season’s Nike Keeper Template), which also means the three goalkeeper kits used by Brighton this season are the same three kits used last season by the club (Black / Orange / Yellow).
Kit Highlights
Sheffield United wore their home kit away from Brammall Lane for the first time this season when they visited Chelsea on 16th December.
There were 15 Teams in their default Home Kit this matchweek, this is the highest number of default Home Kits on show in one week this season so far and with the abandoned game between AFC Bournemouth and Luton Town, this meant only three teams were in change kits this weekend…. Fulham (Away Kit), Aston Villa (3rd Kit), Manchester United (3rd Kit / Alternative Socks).
My favourite Kit Match Up of this week was at Anfield, with Liverpool playing Manchester United, with an all red versus all white look, there is something very classic looking about this Manchester United kit and although being used with alternative white socks, the overall match up looks somewhat classic in terms of colours and shirt design!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek (one match abandoned)
There were just the one Kit Variation on show this week…
Manchester United in their 3rd Kit with alternative white socks, creating an All White look. 2nd time this has been used this season.
Kit Grid – Up to 18th December
Kit News
We wish Tom Lockyear all the best in his recovery from his cardic arrest in the game between AFC Bouremouth and Luton Town.
The Premier League fixture will come thick and fast over the fesitve period, we will try and keep on top of things at Kit Geek Towers!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
The first round of midweek fixtures of the 2023/24 season have been completed and just like Amazon’s Sub Counter, we want to take Kit Reviews the next level… so here is the review of Matchweek 15 Kits!
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 15 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 79 (+2 from Matchweek 14)
Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (No change from Matchweek 14)
New Kits this Matchweek
A couple more new kit looks on show through this round of fixtures/
Burnley used their third kit for the first time this season at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a nice alternative kit for Burnley with a touch of the Sky Blue within the body of the shirt.
Liverpool used their purple 3rd kit for the first time in the League this season at Sheffield United, having worn it in the Europa League once this season.
Kit Highlights
Manchester City are now the only team that have worn just two kits so far this season, with Home being worn 11 times and Away 4 times!
“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United again used the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this has now been used 5 times in a row (with Home Kit).
My favourite Kit Match Up of this round of fixtures, was the clash between Everton and Newcastle United, a classic look for both teams, especially with Newcastle United in their alternative black socks!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.
There were two Kit Variations on show…
Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 5th time this has been used
Newcastle United in alternative black socks with their Home Kit, the 2nd time used this season, first being in MW2
Kit Grid – Up to 8th December
Kit News
Bukayo Saka made his 200th Appearence for Arsenal in their visit to Luton Town on 5th December, to mark the occasion his shirt contained “200” inside the collar… thanks to @ArsenalShirt for highlighting this!
It is another quiet week on the Premier League Kit News, a few leaked kits coming through but as previously mentioned we will not share these until it the offical kit launches but they can found easily if you look for them!
That wraps up Matchweek 15, the first midweek fixtures of the season and we will back early next week with MW16!!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
The clocks have changed, we are now into November and the Premier League Winter Ball is in action… but what happened on the Kit front in this week’s Premier League Fixtures….
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 11 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 70 (+6 from Matchweek 11)
Goalkeeper Kits – 52 (+2 from Matchweek 11)
New Kits this Matchweek
After two weeks of four new kits on show we had one better with this weekend with six new outfield kits, meaning over half the games fielded a kit look we have not seen yet this season, plus a couple new Goalkeeper kits in their as well!
Manchester United, sporting their 5th different Home Kit look of the season (8th Overall) with one of their more traditional Home Kit Variations, using white shorts and socks against Fulham.
West Ham United used their 3rd Kit for the first time this season in the League, having previously used it in Europe.
Wolverhampton Wanderers used alternative shorts to create an all “Old Gold” look on the road, this was the first time we have seen this kit colour variation since 2018/19 Season against Southampton (13th April 2019).
Aston Villa were another team to use their 3rd Kit for the first time in the league having previously used it in Europe this season.
Liverpool used a change kit for the first time this season in their visit to Luton Town, using their away kit!
Chelsea used a variation of their Home Kit for the first time this season, pairing it up with alternative blue socks, to give an all blue look, something not seen since 2021/22 season, as navy socks (from the Away kit) were used as alternative last season
There were two new goalkeeper kits also used for the first time this weekend, both shades of purple…. Having used just one kit for the first nine games of the Season Everton made it three kits in three games for Jordan Pickford and Luton Town used a purple keeper kit, interestingly it was the keeper template from last season that they used not the current Umbro goalkeeper offering!
Kit Highlights
Nottingham Forest have now worn their default Home Kit (Red / White / Red) six times in total and are unbeaten this season in this look, winning three and drawing three of their games!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Luton Town and Liverpool, Liverpool in one their best away kit looks of recent years, matched up with Luton Town’s retro inspired home kit just worked for me and looked great in action.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.
However there was four variations on show, all from home kits
Manchester United, Home with white shorts and socks
Arsenal used their Home kit with alternative red socks, this was the 3rd time this has been used this season
Wolverhampton Wanderers and their All Old Gold look
Chelsea in all blue using alternative blue socks with their home kit
Kit Grid – Up to 7th November
Kit News
Something we have been looking into is the Manchester United sock situation, well we may have some more insights on what is going… Kit Guru Phil Delves has got some inside information, which appears to be that the players are not happy with the default socks, complaining that they are too tight, this being the reason behind the use of Teamwear Socks.
There may be some interesting looking logos for some teams next season, it is rumour that Adidas will bring back the “Trefoil” Logo for their teams third kits next season likely to be Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League.
Nike also looking to do something different with their logo, having used the “Futura” logo a couple of seasons ago, this time it is rumoured that Nike shirts will have a double tick, and possibly have it on its side (potrait view rather than landscape if you will)… I guess we will find out next summer but interesting both stories being reported in the same week!
That wraps up Matchweek 11, plenty of new kits to look back on both outfield and goalkeepers.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.
We are now in double figures for Matchweeks and over a quarter of the way through the season as Matchweek 10 is now completed.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 10 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 64 (+4 from Matchweek 9)
Goalkeeper Kits – 50 (+3 from Matchweek 9)
New Kits this Matchweek
For the second Matchweek in a row, there were four new kit looks on show….
Sheffield United made an interesting Kit Choice to their visit to Arsenal, going for the first time this season with their light grey / off white 3rd kit paired with alternative red socks… The Blades have gone with their Yellow Away Kit for all their games on the road this season and maybe this would have been a better choice this week, as this look did create somewhat of an overall clash!
Newcastle United used their Away Kit in its default (Green / White / Green) look for the first time this season at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton used their wonderful 3rd Kit for the first time in their victory at West Ham United, the kit is part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration for Hummel and is a variation of their classic “Mexico” design. I wrote a detailed piece on all those kits which you can find here!
Fulham complete the new outfield kits on show this week, debutting their neon pink Away Kit at Brighton & Hove Albion, a kit ot brighten up those dreary winter days…!
There were also three new goalkeeper used for the first time this weekend… with Chelsea using the green version of the Nike Template for the first time and in the game at The London Stadium saw both Keepers in new kits, with West Ham United using the Pink Umbro template as seen by all Umbro Teams in the Premier League now and Everton moving from their green keeper kit for the first time this season by using their Black / Blue alternative kit!
This takes up to 50 Goalkeeper Used this season so far.
Kit Highlights
We will start as always with Manchester United “Sock Watch”, this weekend in the Manchester Derby it was a return the most recent Adidas Teamwear socks, with just the Adidas Logo… this was the 2nd time they have worn these socks with their Home Kit.
Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in their opening TEN GAMES, so currently have the longest running Kit Streak in the Premier League.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham, although the Brighton Home Kit is not one of my favourite kits of the season, the match up with the vibriant Fulham Away gave us a nice balance in kit looks and for me just worked well on the eye!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek, this was the second week in a row that we have seen this breakdown.
However there was one Home, Away and 3rd Kit Variation on show this weekend!
Manchester United, Home with Teamwear Socks (New Logo)
Luton Town, Away with Home Shorts & Socks, 2nd Time this variation has been used this season
Sheffield United, 3rd with alternative red socks.
As mentioned above Liverpool have now worn their Home Kit for all 10 games so far, therefore using just the one kit this season! This run is likely to end next weekend when they visit Luton Town so a change kit will be used there.
Sheffield United have used change kits in all five their Away games this season, using their Away kit four times and 3rd kit for the first time this weekend!
Kit Grid – Up to 30th October
Kit News
The Arsenal x Maharishi collection was released in the last week, Maharishi were founded in London in 1994 and are known for using camouflage as in the heart of their designs. Another example of The North Londoners branching their “kits” across from the standard playing and training gear, with these items likely to be used as Pre-Match kit.
To the other side of North London, Tottenham Hotspur launched their “Legacy” Number initiative for their kits, this is wear players wear a unique number on their kit, the number represents their place in order of players to represent the club, something originally seen in Cricket and recently seen used by England National Football Team as well… will more clubs follow this lead, time will tell?
The Numbers will be on the back of the shirts, above the players name – See “805” for Son below!
That wraps up Matchweek 10 plenty new kits on show and some interesting Kit News for the week.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.
The Premier League reaches Matchweek 8 and it’s second International Break of the season, overall a reasonably quiet week in terms of Kits in terms of usage and new but let’s take a look at the Kits from this weekend.
As always you can find Matchweek 7’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 8 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 56 (+1 from Matchweek 7)
Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (+1 from Matchweek 7)
New Kits this Matchweek
As we start to get into the season, the new kits on show contunue to slow down and this was seen again this week where there was just one new kit look on show.
Tottenham Hotspur used their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League, having worn the Kit in the Carabao (League) Cup against Fulham.
1 New Goalkeeper Kit:
Burnley – Two Tone Blue (worn against Luton Town on 3rd October)
Kit Highlights
Again, as last week there is only place to start, is Manchester United “SOCK WATCH” ….
And it is the Teamwear socks again with the Adidas Wordmark… this is two games in a row for these socks, so could they be the sock of choice from now on… who knows!
Another notable Kit Highlight from this game was that Brentford have been in change kits for all their away games so far, using their 3rd Kit for the third time this season at Manchester United, and used change kits four times overall.
Sheffield United continued their use of their away kit when playing on the road this season, their yellow second choice kit was used for the fourth time.
My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool, mainly because both clubs have only used their Home / Primary Kits so far in the Premier League this season, so this match up means that run will continue into Matchweek 9!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.
However there were just one variation on show!
Manchester United in those teamwear socks again
We still have two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 8 games
Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool
And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit
Kit Grid – Up to 3rd October
Kit News
There has been both confirmation of Newcastle United leaving Castore and rumours of Aston Villa ending their deal with the manufacturer earlier but it looks a current Premier League Club will be joining their stable from next season, with Everton set to move to them when their deal with Hummel coming to an end this season. This has been reported in the media with sources at the club confirming this.
That wraps up Matchweek 8 and a quiet week in terms of Kits.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return after the International Break
The 2022 / 23 Premier League season ended on Sunday 28th May 2023 with Manchester City securing their 3rd Premier League in a row with 3 games still to play. At the foot of the table, Everton survivied with a final day victory which means that Leicester City and Leeds United will be joining already relegated Southampton.
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 73% of the time (67% Default, 6% Variations)
Away Kit used 15% of the time (12% Default, 3% Variations)
3rd Kit used 12% of the time (9% Default, 3% Variations)
109 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
Home Kits – 43.1% of total Kit Variations used:
25 Home Kits worn (5 teams wearing 23/24 Home Kit this season)
22 Home Kit variations used
Away Kits – 29.4% of total Kit Variations used:
19 Away Kits worn
13 Away Kit variations used
Aston Villa did not use registered Away kit, wearing 2 different variation
3rd Kits – 26.6% of total Kit Variations used:
19 3rd Kits used
10 3rd Kit variations used
Manchester United did not use registered 3rd kit, wearing alternative shorts
Goalkeeper Kits:
68 Goalkeeper used
2 Teams (Liverpool and Manchester City) in 5 different Goalkeeper Kits
4 Teams in 4 Goalkeeper Kits (Arsenal / Leicester City / Liverpool in 23/24 GK Kits)
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:
Two Teams in 9 Kit variations
Manchester United – Home Kit x6, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Newcastle United – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x2, 4th Kit
Two Teams in 8 Kit variations
Leeds United – Home Kits x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x4
Southampton – Home Kit x4, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
West Ham United in 7 Kit variations – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
Arsenal – Home Kit x2 (including 23/24 Kit), Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Liverpool – Home Kit x2 (including 23/24 Kit), Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
Four Teams in 4 Kit variations
Four Teams in 3 Kit variations
Most variations of Home Kit – 6
Manchester United
Most variatons of Away Kit – 3
Newcastle United
Southampton
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4:
Leeds United
Six Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
Leicester City (Including 23/24 Home Kit)
Manchester City (Including 23/24 Home Kit)
Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Most worn Home Kit – 31, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Most worn Away Kit – 9, Nottingham Forest
Most worn 3rd Kit – 9, Brentford and Manchester City
Most worn 4th Kit – 1, Newcastle United
Liverpool and Manchester City used 5 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 23/24 GK Kits
Most worn GK Kit – 31, Tottenham Hotspur (Yellow 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 – @Kit_Geek
Kit Tables
One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Manchester United’s 6 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.
Home Kits
No surprises at the top of table, with Manchester City heading the table up with 2.48 points per game in their Home Kit, followed by Arsenal (2.31) and Manchester United (2.21). Both Manchester Clubs scoring 62 Points in Home Kits.
Chelsea can sum up their disappointing season by scoring less 1 point per game (0.93), only managing 28 points in their 30 games in their home kit, one of four teams (Everton, Leicester City and Southampton) in managing less than 1 point per game.
Away Kits
Newcastle United’s Champions League qualifying season was supported by their performance in their Navy Away kit, worn in 3 different variations The Magpies managed 2.67 points per game in their 6 games.
Arsenal scored the most points in an Away Kit, they managed 18 points in their two away kit looks which was used across 10 games in total.
Only 7 teams managed more than 1 point per game, with Everton who only secured their Premier League status on the final game scored 1.4 points per game in their away kit and remained unbeated in their two away kit looks this season.
Fulham, who used their away kit 3 times, did not manage to score any points in these games.
3rd Kits
Rumour has it that Mikel Arteta did not like the Arsenal Pink 3rd kit this season, however in its two appearences they won both games giving the kit a maximum 3 points per game.
Champions Manchester City, who were the joint highest wearers of a 3rd kit this season score 20 points in total, finishing 2.22 points per game.
Fulham were more productive in their 3rd kit, were the 4th highest points per game scorers in 3rd kits, with a total of 9 points won in 5 games wearing 2 variations of their 3rd Kit.
There were 3 teams that did not score any points in their 3rd Kit (Leeds United x5, Southampton, x5 and Nottingham Forest x2).
Summary and Highlights
There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following:
Lets start with Manchester United, who wore a staggering 6 variations of their Home Kit, the key to this was the socks… they started the season using alternative black away socks and it was not until teams returned from the World Cup on 27th December where the default Home Socks were finally used… see the difference in the socks below? One of the Kit Mysteries of 2022/23 Season
The other four looks for Manchester United were…
As briefly mentioned above, another Kit Mystery for the season is Arsenal 3rd Kit, initally popular with fans when it was first released, however it only made two appearences this season (both victories) and was used in two of Arsenal’s first three games, so its final use in the Premier League was on 20th August in the game against Bournemouth… rumour was the Mikel Arteta did not like the kit but there is no confirmation of that!
Newcastle United ended the season unbeaten in their change kits, they played a total of 12 games in change kits.
6 games in Away Kit (3 Variations)
5 games in 3rd Kit (2 Variations)
1 game in 4th Kit
Leeds United, ended the season with the most variations of a 3rd Kit, using 4 different looks in just 5 games unfortunatley not scoring a point in any of these looks but as a Kit Geek, I did enjoy they use of this kit!
This season was the first since 2019/20 where a 4th Kit was used. However Newcastle United’s 4th was not a traditonal 4th Kit but a training shirt that was matched prepared and partnered with Home Shorts and Socks, the reason being that their designated kits of this season were all considered to clash when they visited Brighton & Hove Albion in just the second game week of the season and their first away game!
Crystal Palace did not use their 3rd Kit in the Premier League in 2021/22 season and it took until their 23rd game of this season against Brentford in February to wear one this time, a total of 651 days and 64 League games between wearing 3rd Kits (both Black with Red / Blue details).
There were some interesting Kit Mash Ups used this season…
Arsenal, using grey Goalkeeper Socks with their Black Away kit… a look they used three times against Manchester United, Liverpool and Brentford!
When Manchester City visited Crystal Palace, their goalkeeper socks were considered a clash with Crystal Palace’s, so Ederson took to the field in white outfied away socks of Palace!!
Leeds United, followed a similar look to Arsenal when they played Manchester United with their Goalkeeper look using grey socks with their black keeper kit, they wore this look in both games against Manchester United… which were in the space of 4 days!
There we have it, The Premier Leagues’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
