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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!

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

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Premier League: 2024 / 25, My Favourite Kit Observation by Team

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If you are reading this then I am sure you have already seen my End of Season Kit Report for 2024 / 25 Premier League and taken the all the details here around Kit Usage this season and many of you will know about the Kit Stats that I share on my Socials through out the season.

I wanted to build on that and spend a little time with each of the 20 Teams and call out my favourite Kit Stat, Kit Tale, Story or general call out all the teams, although there are some teams with plenty to discuss regarding their kits, this will be my favourite observation per team.

Arsenal

7 Goalkeeper kits were worn by Arsenal, including the only “Mash Up” Goalkeeper Kit of the season, using the Yellow and Black versions of the Adidas Template to produce this wonderful look!

Aston Villa

The most kit variations used by a single team with 13 Kits in total but only 3 of these were worn more than once… Home Kit (Default Look) 23 times, Away with Home Shorts (All White) 3 times and Home with alternative claret shorts / socks was worn twice.

AFC Bournemouth

Alternative red socks worn at Manchester City in their final Away game of the season, this was the Club’s only variation look of their Home Kit this season.

Brentford

Brentford wore just one alternative variation from their three Kits this season and that was the appearance of Claret Socks at West Ham United. Initially it was believed that visitors had used a pair of change socks from their hosts but closer inspection shows that these were standard Umbro Teamwear socks, not from West Ham Kit room…!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion scored the most points in a change kit in the Premier League this season, having scored 19 points in their Away Kit (worn in 14 games).

Chelsea

Chelsea only used their 3rd Kit once in the Premier League this season, worn at Brighton & Hove Albion. In fact this Kit was only worn twice domestically this season, both games against Brighton and within the same week (8th February, FA Cup and 14th February, Premier League).

Crystal Palace

Only variation of kit used by the club this season was in FA Cup Final, with their Home Kit paired with alternative white socks.

Everton

Everton wore their Away Kit in just four game this season but they did that using three different looks, with alternative yellow short and socks used.

Fulham

Fulham were another team that used a change kit just four time, this being their 3rd Kit, which they used twice with alternative white socks (although they do not appear to be Home socks as not carrying the FFC above the Adidas logo).

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town’s Home was the single most worn outfield kit look this season, being worn 30 times in total.

Leicester City

Leicester City used alternative navy socks with 3rd Kit at Chelsea, a look that worked really well and my favourite for The Foxes this season.

Liverpool

Liverpool used the Nike Goalkeeper template in four different colours, the only Nike supplied team to do so (five if you included the green kit which they also wore with and without the inverted Nike Swoosh logo)!

Manchester City

Another team to wear four Goalkeeper kits was Manchester City, their fourth kit was one that partially created via AI with design input from Ederson, Stefan Ortega, and Rico Lewis, this was part of the promotional advertising for a competition for fans to design their 3rd Kit for 2026 / 27 season!

Manchester United

Manchester United were one of three teams to hit double figures for their Kit Variations this season, each of their three kits used light coloured short variations (White – Home, Light Grey – Away, Off White – 3rd).

Newcastle United

Newcastle United were one of the teams with double digit Kit Variations, wearing 10 Kit looks in total including all possible combinations of their Away Kit with its default and alternative shorts / socks.

Nottingham Forest

Most points scored in 3rd Kit, 16 Points in the 10 games (and 4 Variations) worn.

Southampton

Wore change kits in 18 of the 19 Away games, wearing their Away Kit in 15 Games and 3rd Kit in 3 Games, their 3rd Kit was worn with alternative white shorts in all games rather than the default pink shorts.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur had two kit variations used this season, one with Home and one with Away but both used the same pair of alternative Navy Socks.

West Ham United

West Ham wore their Home socks with each of their 3 kits, as default with their Home Kit 22 times, twice with their Away Kit and 4 times with their 3rd Kit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves spent the final half of the season in their Home Kit, wearing it in the final 19 games. The last time they wore a change kit was 29th December and in total wore a change it just once in 24 games in six months, wearing alternative Old Gold Shorts on the road in the second half of the season in all but 1 game!

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

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Premier League 2024 / 25: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2024 / 25 Premier League season ended on Sunday 25th May 2025 with Liverpool having secured their 2nd Premier League back in April with four games still to play and finished 10 points clear of second placed Arsenal. At the foot of the table, for the second season in a the three promoted teams from last season Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton found themselves dropping back down to the Championship.

As the season has ended, I will follow my now traditional in depth look into the kits worn through this season, some stats and information behind these kits and some highlights over the season.

Kit Stats

  • 760 Kits worn (380 Games)
  • Home Kit used 72% of the time (65% Default, 7% Variations)
  • Away Kit used 17% of the time (13% Default, 4% Variations)
  • 3rd Kit used 11% of the time (8% Default, 3% Variations)
  • 113 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
  • Home Kits – 37.2% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 22 Home Kits worn (2 teams wearing 25 / 26 Home Kit this season)
    • 20 Home Kit variations used
  • Away Kits – 33.6% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 20 Away Kits worn
    • 18 Away Kit variations used (1 team wearing 25 / 26 Away Kit Variation this season)
  • 3rd Kits – 29.2% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 18 3rd Kits used
    • 15 3rd Kit variations used
    • 2 Teams did not use default 3rd kit, Brighton & Hove Albion did not use their 3rd Kit, Southampton did not use in default look
  • Goalkeeper Kits:
    • 74 Goalkeeper used
    • 2 Teams (Arsenal and Manchester United) in 7 different Goalkeeper Kits
    • 1 Team (Aston Villa) in 5 Different Goalkeeper Kits
    • 4 Teams (Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Southampton) in 4 different Goalkeeper 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:

  • One Team in 13 Kit variations
    • Aston Villa: Home Kit x4, Away Kit x5, 3rd Kit x4
  • Two Team in 10 Kit variations
    • Manchester United: Home Kit x4, Away x3, 3rd Kit x3
    • Newcastle United: Home Kit x3, Away x4, 3rd x3
  • Three Teams in 7 Kit variations
    • Everton: Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
    • Nottingham Forest: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x4
    • West Ham United: Home Kit x3, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • One Team in 6 Kit variations
    • Arsenal: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • Five Teams in 5 Kit variations
    • AFC Bournemouth: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Chelsea: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd
    • Fulham: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Leicester City: Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Tottenham Hotspur: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
  • Four Teams in 4 Kit variations
  • Four Teams in 3 Kit variations
    • Brighton & Hove Albion did not use a 3rd Kit, but x2 Home & Away
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa
    • Manchester United
  • Most variations of Away Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa (5 if you include 25 / 26 Away Kit used on last game)
    • Newcastle United
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4
    • Aston Villa
    • Nottingham Forest
  • Two Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
    • Crystal Palace
    • Ipswich Town
    • Southampton
  • Most worn Home Kit – 34, Wolverhampton Wanderers (2 Variations)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 15, Southampton
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 10, Nottingham Forest (4 Variations)
  • Arsenal and Manchester United used 7 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 24/25 GK Kit for Arsenal
  • Most worn GK Kit – 30, Everton (Green GK Kit) and Leicester City (Green GK Kit)

Kit Variation by each team

Something that I have created last season which provided to be popular was an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Brentford wore Home Kit and Away Kit in their first two games and then 3rd Kit in game four.

Match 1 to Match 19

Match 20 to Match 38

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. Aston Villa and Manchester United’s four Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.

Home Kits

No real surprises here, with Liverpool heading up the points per game table, although in comparison to last season three teams (including Liverpool) scored a better points per game average than 2.17 of this season. Liverpool also scored the most points with 63!

The three relegated teams all scored under a point per game!

Away Kits

Again, no surprises at the top of this table with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea heading the top 3 with the top 2 the only teams to average more than 2 points per game in their Away Kit.

Brighton & Hove Albion scored the most points this season in their Away Kit, with 19 points, a win on the final day in this kit at Tottenham Hotspur meant they finished with more points than Crystal Palace.

There are some of the traditionally larger teams towards the bottom here, 11 teams in total averaged 1 point of less per game in their Away with Aston Villa and Manchester City both only averaging 1 point per game and further six teams scoring less than a point per game, including Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Southampton, who wore their Away Kit the most amount of times this season (15 games), only managed 1 win, 1 draw to score just 4 points in this kit this season.

3rd Kits

The 3rd Kit points per game table gave us Manchester City at the top with 2.4 points per game. Fulham in 2nd place and overall 5 teams scoring 2 points or more on average in their 3rd Kit.

Nottingham Forest scored the most points in their 3rd kit, with 16 point in it’s 10 uses (also the most worn 3rd Kit).

Chelsea (1 game) and Tottenham Hotspur (2 games) failed to score a point in their 3rd Kit and Brighton & Hove Albion did not use their 3rd (2023 / 24 Away Kit) at all this season.

Summary and Highlights

There was a slight increase in the number of kits worn this season from last year, with 113 Different Kits used compared to the 110 of 2023 / 24 season, however that does include the use of 3 kits from next season (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United) compared the 1 (Liverpool) from this time last year!

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 Aston Villa, they used an incredible 13 different Kit Looks this season, this is the most that have been used by a single team in a season since I have been keeping this records. They wore this season’s kits in 12 different looks and then debuted next season’s Away kit in their final game of the season.

The used their Home Kit in four different variations…

Away Kit in four different variations….

and 3rd Kit also in four different variations….

Manchester United used once less Kit Variation than last season but still managed to use 10 different looks this season, this was made up of four Home Kit looks…. and three looks for both Away and 3rd Kits.

Newcastle United’s first season back with Adidas, gave us ten different kit variations in the League this season, including four combinations of their wonderful Away Kit.

Wolverhampton Wanderers used alternative “Old Gold” shorts in nine games in total this season and all of these have taken place since they changed their Manager in December (is this Vítor Pereira’s preference on the road?) and have only worn a change Kit Once in 24 games, their final use of change kit was on 29th December 2024 at Tottenham Hotspur and ended up in their Home Kit in 34 of the 38 games.

The single most worn outfield kit look was Ipswich Town’s Home Kit which was worn 30 times this season.

Nottingham Forest used their 3rd Kit in four different looks this season, they also secured the most points in 3rd Kits, with 16 points won in it’s 10 games worn as the team qualified for European Football for the first time in 30 years.

One of interesting Kit Stories of the season was use of claret socks by Brentford when they played at West Ham United. Initially it was believed that visitors had used a pair of change socks from their hosts but closer inspection shows that these were standard Umbro Teamwear socks, not from West Ham Kit room…!

Southampton wore change kits in 18 of their 19 Away games this season, their only use of Home Kit away from St.Mary’s in the Premier League was their game at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 9th November (Matchweek 11).

Two other kits were also worn 30 times, these were the goalkeeper kits of Everton and Leicester City (both shades of green for the traditionalists out there).

Compared to last season, the Goalkeeper Kit Usage was very different with 72 different Goalkeeper kits used, this is an increase of 18% with 61 Kits used last season.

Both Arsenal and Manchester United wore 7 different Goalkeeper Kits this season.

Arsenal wore three of the standard Adidas Templates, two of their 3rd Kits (Adidas Trefoil), their new 2025 / 26 kit in their final Home game of the season and this wonderful Mash Up of their yellow and black keeper templates.

Manchester United’s 7 Goalkeeper Kits were made up of their three standard templates and they had use of three different 3rd Kit looks (Adidas Trefoil), their 7th look was their use of Green Adidas Trefoil Kit which was first used with the regular green template socks (one for the more eagle eyed Kit spotters out there).

Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City and Southampton all used four different Goalkeeper Kits this season, all using different looks with no mash ups.

There we have it…

Premier League’s End of Season Kit report for 2024 / 25, 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 and of course the Matchweek Kit Reviews from each of the 38 Matchweeks of this Premier League Season on this site.

Championship: End of Season Report

League One: End of Season Report

League Two: End of Season Report

FA Cup: 2024 / 25

Premier League: Matchweek 37 Kit Review

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Matchweek 37 the penultimate round of games of this Premier League season is now completed, and half the clubs have now played their final home games of the season, including the final Premier League game at Goodison Park.

Due to the FA Cup Final and Manchester United / Tottenham Hotspur both competing in Europa League Final the games were played over five days (Friday to Tuesday). The games were the reverse matches from Matchweek 10 back in early November.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 37 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 110 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 72 (+1 New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

Arsenal wore their 2025 / 26 Home Kit.

AFC Bournemouth wore alternative red socks with their Home Kit.

There was also a new Goalkeeper Kit, with Arsenal debuting their 2025 / 26 Kit.

Kit Highlights

Arsenal have now worn their 6th Kit look of the season but debuting their 2025 / 26 Home Kit and their 7th Goalkeeper Kit, this is joint highest amount of Goalkeeper Kits used in Premier League this season and their 2nd new Kit look in two games.

Wolverhampton Wanderers wore alternative shorts, for an all “Old Gold” look for the 9th Time, this is the most used alternative look in the Premier League this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Brentford and Fulham, two nice kits on show, likely the last time we will see this Brentford Home Kit which has been in use for two seasons and Fulham in 3rd Kit with Home socks, for a nice match up!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits

There were four Kit Variations used this Matchweek

  • Nottingham Forest – 3rd Kit with alternative sky blue shorts, 3rd time used
  • Fulham – 3rd Kit with white (home) socks, 2nd time used
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers – Home with alternative Old Gold Shorts, 9th time used
  • AFC Bournemouth – Home with alternative red socks

Kit Grid – Up to 21st May

Kit News

There have been a few official kit launches for next season, and we have seen these kits in action over these penultimate round of fixtures.

Manchester City’s Home Kit will feature a sash for the first time, something often seen in change kits over the years but will now adorn the Home Shirt.

Arsenal’s new Home Kit goes back to just red and white for classic look, the shirt also contains a repeating pattern using the Gothic “A” often seen used through out the club’s history.

Chelsea’s Home kit continues to their recent trend of adding a detailed pattern within the shirt, this one identified as one that “celebrates the city’s iconic architecture, with our classic royal blue paired with a new vibrant shade”. The kit does include some red / white flashes in the side panels that provide some change from recent season.

It’s not just new shirts getting some love this week, Brentford who’s deal with Umbro is ending in the coming weeks have come up with a unique way to use their remaining shirts. They are launching a limited run of bespoke shirts made by upcycling unused stock from the last four seasons’ Umbro football shirts. Created in collaboration with design platform (re)boot and ROW_____Z, the project aims to reduce textile waste and highlight sustainable fashion in football.

Each shirt is unique and handmade using parts of home, away and third kits worn during Brentford’s four Premier League seasons and available from the Club’s shop.

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

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Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 35

Premier League – Matchweek 36

Kit History: Aston Villa

England Kit History (Reference Page)

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

FA Cup – 2024 / 25

FA Cup – 2024 / 25

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On Saturday 17th May 2025, the 143rd FA Cup Final was hosted at Wembley between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Crystal Palace lifted the Cup, their first major trophy win in their History.

A total of 745 teams entered the competition, with 124 teams competing from First Round onward. This was the first time in the competition’s history that there were no replays played from the First Round.

I am taking this opportunity to look back at this season’s competition and the Kits worn by the teams from the First Round.

First Round – 1st November to 4th November 2024

80 Teams kicked off the First Round of the FA Cup this season, 48 teams from League One and League Two and 32 Non-League Teams, with Horsham and Guiseley being the lowest ranked teams in the competition, playing in the 7th Tier of English Football.

Tamworth and Huddersfield Town provided an interesting Kit Match up, with a lot going on with both kits, my favourite match up of this round.

Shrewsbury Town wore a mash up of their Away Kit / Home shorts and socks, a look they did not use in their League One Campaign.

Another nice looking Kit Match up was the game between Woking and Cambridge United, Woking in their traditional white / red halved shirt, matched up against Cambridge’s wonderful 3rd kit!

Second Round – 29th November to 1st December 2024

40 Teams in the Second Round, with only 9 Non League Clubs remaining in the competition.

Wealdstone and Wycombe Wanderers Kit match up was a nice one, with Wycombe in their 3rd Kit, one of Hummel’s “Mexico” Templates.

There was a lot of Blue / Yellow on show when AFC Wimbledon hosted Dagenham & Redbridge. The National League side who won this game, played all games from the First to Third Round in their Away Kit.

I do have a soft spot for Red / Black Kits (I think its a love of AC Milan from the 80s / 90s), so Kettering Town’s Home Kit was great to see in action, and matched up with Doncaster Rover’s Away kit gave us a nice looking Kit Match up!

Third Round – 9th January to 14th January 2025

The FA Cup Third Round, one of the highlights of the English Football Calendar with teams from Premier League and Championship entering the competition, giving us a total of 64 Teams left to compete, there was just two Non-League teams left, with Tamworth and Dagenham & Redbridge.

Aston Villa used the FA Cup to wear their special 150th Anniversary Kit, a wonderful looking kit that was elegant in it’s simplicity, carry an original Club Crest and just player Numbers, a shame it was only used in this one game.

Arsenal used their “No More Red” special Charity Kit, their fourth year of wearing an all white kit to highlight their campaign against youth violence and knife crime.

Another team in a special kit was Accrington Stanley, who wore a one off kit for their trip to Anfield to play Liverpool.

A full Third Round Kit Review can found here

Fourth Round – 7th February to 11th February 2025

The Competition is now taking to take shape, with 32 teams left competing.

Coventry City wore a special “4th Kit” for their game against Ipswich Town, the kit was the same design / template as their Home Kit but in Navy with tonal crest, logo and sponsorship.

Chelsea used their 3rd Kit for the first time in a domestic game this season, it has only been used twice this season both games against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Fifth Round – 28th February to 3rd March 2025

In the Fifth Round, 16 teams left with just 4 of those being outside the Premier League.

Wolverhampton Wanderers wore alternative “Old Gold” Shorts, they used this all “Old Gold” look in their FA Cup Games this season.

One of my favourite kit usages is when a team wears a “Tri-colour” kit, with all elements of the Kit being in different colours, so Manchester City against Plymouth Argyle produced a wonderful Kit Match up with both teams in “Tri-Colour” Kits.

Quarter-Finals – 29th March to 30th March 2025

Just eight teams left in the competition, with just Preston North End being a team from outside the Premier League.

Brighton & Hove Albion had an interesting Kit Choice, when wearing their Home Kit in this season’s competition, they wore alternative blue socks in each of it’s three appearances.

Every team in the Quarter-Finals wore their Home Kit.

Semi-Finals – 26th April to 27th April 2025

There was not a lot to talk about in terms of kit in the Semi-Finals.

Aston Villa wore all white, this is using the white home shorts (the default Away shorts are sky blue), they have used this look in all Competitions (Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and Champions League) this season.

One detail to call out is with Manchester City’s Kit, is their use of a non branded FA Cup Sleeve patch this season.

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

Final – 17th May 2025

Crystal Palace wore alternative white socks in the final, a look they have not used as yet this season and one that I am sure will go down in history after their victory against Manchester City, this was their 3rd different Kit Look of their campaign.

And there we have it, the FA Cup 2024 / 25… congratulations to Crystal Palace once again!

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

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If you liked this, then check out the below posts that have recently been published on the site…

For those that follow EFL Clubs or the leagues in general, I have now published my End of Season reviews for The Championship, League One and League Two (Links can be found below).

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

Premier League: Matchweek 36 Kit Review

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Matchweek 36 of the Premier League is completed, leaving us just two more rounds of fixtures to go. The games were the reverse matches from Matchweek 9 back in October.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 36 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 108 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 71 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

Arsenal in Away with alternative white shorts and socks.

Kit Highlights

Everton in one of their classic looks, with Blue socks… surprisingly this was just the second time this look has been used this season and the first since Matchweek 10.

Manchester United wore a charity sponsor in their game against West Ham United, the (RED) Charity supports initiatives to reduce pandemics across the world, this was the first time that Manchester United have worn a charity sponsor in a domestic League Games, more details can be found here.

There were only three change kits worn this weekend, all three were variations of the kit, with Arsenal and Aston Villa in variations of their Away Kit and West Ham United in their 3rd.

The use of 17 Home Kits in this weekend’s fixtures was also the joint-highest in a single Matchweek this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Ipswich Town and Brentford, two teams in their Home Kits, a nice looking “Umbro Derby” as we get the end of the season.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 2 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kits

There were five Kit Variations used this Matchweek

  • Everton – Home with alternative blue socks, 2nd time worn
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Home with alternative blue socks, 2nd time worn
  • Aston Villa – Away with White shorts (all white), 3rd time worn
  • West Ham United – 3rd with Home (white) socks, 4th time worn
  • Arsenal – Away with alternative white shorts & socks

Kit Grid – Up to 12th May

Kit News

New Balance are looking set to return to Premier League, it is being reported that West Ham United have agreed a deal with US Company from the start of 2026 / 27 Season. The Hammers have one more season left with Umbro after ten years supplying the club but have decided it is time to move on the brand now owned by Castore. More details can be found here

The leaks for next season are coming in thick and fast, and I am sure we will see some confirmed before the end of the season!

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

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For those that follow EFL Clubs or the leagues in general, I have now published my End of Season reviews for The Championship, League One and League Two (Links can be found below).

Premier League – Matchweek 31

Premier League – Matchweek 32

Premier League – Matchweek 33

Premier League – Matchweek 34

Premier League – Matchweek 35

Kit History: Aston Villa

England Kit History (Reference Page)

The Championship – 2024 / 25

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

Premier League: Matchweek 34 Kit Review

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Matchweek 34 of the Premier League was one of the more unusual ones of this season, due to the FA Cup Semi Finals at the weekend this Matchweek was played over 10 days between 22nd April and 1st May 2025. The games were the reverse matches from Matchweek 17 and saw Liverpool crowned as Premier League Champions for 2024 / 25 Season.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 34 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 105 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 71 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

Aston Villa in Home Kit with Claret Shorts and White socks.

Everton Away with alternative yellow shorts.

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa continue to be the club that keep on delivering this season in terms of kits, wearing their 12th Kit Variation in Premier League (34 games) and 13th overall (150th Anniversary Kit). This was their 4th different Home Kit Look, also having worn four Away and 3rd Kits this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Manchester City and Aston Villa, regular followers / readers will know that I have soft spot for contrasting sock colours, so both team in this look, as well as Aston Villa using another Kit Look was always a winner for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits

There were three Kit Variations used this Matchweek

  • Aston Villa – Home with claret shorts and white socks
  • Everton – Away with alternative yellow shorts
  • Manchester United – 3rd with alternative shorts, 4th time used

Kit Grid – Up to 2nd May

Kit News

There was no new Premier League Kit News in the past week, the leaks for next season are coming in thick and fast, and I am sure we will see some confirmed before the end of the season!

And finally congratulations to Liverpool on winning the Premier League this season.

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

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Champions League 2024 / 25: League Phase Overview

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On Wednesday 29th January 2025 the first League Phase of the Champions League came to it conclusion, with the 36 Teams playing 8 games each for a total of 144 games.

Overall Kit Stats:

  • 104 Kits worn in Group Stages – 144 games
  • 36 Home Kits (31 Default / 5 variations)
  • 34 Away Kits (27 Default / 7 Variations)
  • 28 3rd Kits (19 Default / 9 Variations)
  • 4 “Cup” Kits
  • 2 4th Kits
  • 2 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
  • 8 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
  • 12 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
  • 12 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
  • 2 Teams in just 1 Kit

Team Breakdowns

Below you will find the Kit Log of all 36 Teams, I have these in alphabetical order.

AC Milan to Benfica

Bolonga to Inter Milan

Juventus to RB Leipzig

RB Salzburg to BSC Young Boys

Match Day Breakdowns:

Match 1

Champions League – Match 1

Match 2

Champions League – Match 2

Match 3

Champions League – Match 3

Match 4

Champions League – Match 4

Match 5

Champions League – Match 5

Match 6

Champions League – Match 6

Match 7

Champions League – Match 7

Match 8

Champions League – Match 8

Kit Highlights:

Looking at some of my favourite Kit highlights of the competition so far…

There were two teams that wore five different Kit variations in their eight games.

Feyenoord wore Home Kit and two variations of Away and 3rd Kits.

Sparta Prague wore Home Kit, Away Kit and three different variations of their 3rd Kit.

Borussia Dortmund (Cup Kit) and Real Madrid were the only two teams to wear a single Kit Look through this phase of the competition.

During Match 7, there was a rare kit site of 4th Kit v 4th Kit with PSG and Manchester City’s game. PSG also played all eight of their games in Blue, six in Home Kit and their last two in their 4th Kit.

Bayern Munich did not wear their Home Kit during this stage of the competition, wearing their 3rd Kit in seven games and Away just once!

Slovan Bratislava were the only team to wear four distinct kits, wearing Home, Away, 3rd and a Cup Kit in their eight games!

Girona gave us one of the more interesting Kit Mash ups, with 3rd Kit (Pink) being worn with Away socks (Navy) when they played at PSV in Match 4.

AC Milan wore their 3rd Kit in three of their four Home games, only wearing their Home Kit once in the opening round of fixtures.

That’s it, this the first Champions League “League” Phase has now been completed! Links to all the weekly reports can be found above.

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

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Champions League: Match 8, Kit Review

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The Champions League reaches the end of the league phase, Match 8 saw all 36 teams play on the same day at the same time, much as we see in other competitions on the final round of games.

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

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

Match 8 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 104 (+8 from Match 6)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were eight new Kits on show in these final round of matches

  • Celtic – 3rd
  • Sparta Prague – Away
  • Shakhtar Donetsk – Away / Home shorts
  • Arsenal – Away
  • Feyenoord – 3rd with alternative white shorts & socks
  • Club Brugges – 3rd / Home socks
  • PSV – Home with alternative white shorts
  • Bologna – Away / Home shorts

Kit Highlights

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund were the only teams to wear just the one kit in their eight league games.

There were two teams that wore their 5th Kit Variation of Competition so far…

Feyenoord, wore their 3rd Kit with alternative white shorts and socks, having now worn 1 Home Kit Look, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kits.

Sparta Prague wore their Away Kit for the first time, ending their run in the competition with 1 Home Kit, this Away Kit and 3 different 3rd Kit looks.

Celtic and Arsenal wore change kits for the first time in the competition this season.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Manchester City and Club Brugges, regular followers and readers will know that I am partial to a kit that has contrasting socks, so with both teams in this look it was always going to be this game!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

  • Home Kits – 18
  • Away Kits – 8
  • 3rd Kits – 5
  • “Cup” Kits – 4
  • 4th Kits – 1

There were 5 Kit Variations used this week

  • Shakhtar Donetsk – Away with Home shorts
  • Feyenoord – 3rd with alternative white shorts & socks
  • Club Brugges – 3rd with Home socks
  • PSV – Home with alternative white shorts
  • Bologna – Away with Home shorts

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

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I will be back later this week with a more detailed look at the Kits worn by the teams in this phase of the competition.

Other posts that you will find interesting….

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Champions League – Match 6

Champions League – Match 7

Premier League – Matchweek 23

England Kit History

Premier League: Matchweek 23 Kit Review

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

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 23 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

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

New Kits this Matchweek

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

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

Kit Highlights

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

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

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

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

Kit Stats

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

There was just the single variation seen over these fixtures.

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

Kit Grid – Up to 27th January

Kit News

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

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

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

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