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Premier League: Matchweek 23 Kit Review

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The fixtures from Matchweek 23 may ring some bells for some of you, as they are the repeat fixtures from Matchweek 18 which were the fixtures the weekend before Christmas, this also means that due to their meeting in the FA Cup 3rd Round it will be the third time that Liverpool and Arsenal have met in the last six weeks.

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 23 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 95 (+1 from Matchweek 22)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 22)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was just the one new kit look on show through this weekend.

Luton Town’s “Eight Goal Thriller” at Newcastle United saw The Hatters in a new look for the season, combining Home shirts and socks with Away shorts, their 7th overall kit look of the season but the first time they have mashed up their home kit for different look!

Kit Highlights

There is only one place to start… Manchester United’s “Sock Watch”, their home game against West Ham United gave us the return of the default Home Socks for the 2023/24 Home Kit, the first time they have been worn at Home since the opening game of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers, so not seen since the second game of the season at Tottenham Hotspur, so have Adidas fixed the rumour issue with the socks that the players complained about, lets hope so as they do elevate the overall kit with their design!

Wolverhampton Wanderers were in their Away Kit for the second time in three games, and for only the third time this season in total.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this week’s games could only be the game between Manchester United and West Ham United, with Manchester United’s Home Kit looking how it should with the return of the socks, combined with a classic White Away Shirt of West Ham, doning alternative shorts for nice overall Kit Look!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits in action in this Matchweek

There were three Kit Variation on show this week.

  • Fulham in their Home Kit with white socks, the 4th time this look has been used in The League
  • Luton Town’s new Home Kit Mash up with Away shorts
  • West Ham United using alternative sky blue shorts with their away for the 2nd time

Kit Grid – Up to 6th February 2024

Kit News

As there was only a day between the end of Matchweek 22 and start of Matchweek 23, there was no new Premier League Kit News, so stayed tuned here for updated news next week.

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

Premier League – Matchweek 18

Premier League – Matchweek 19

Premier League – Matchweek 20

Premier League – Matchweek 21

Premier League – Matchweek 22

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Premier League: Matchweek 21 Kit Review

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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 

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Premier League – Matchweek 17

Premier League – Matchweek 18

Premier League – Matchweek 19

Premier League – Matchweek 20

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Premier League: Matchweek 20 Kit Review

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The season has now reached Matchweek 20 and the final round of the Premier League fixtures of the Festive Period also means this is the first set of return fixtures, with the reverse games being played in Matchweek 3.

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 20 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 89 (+3 from Matchweek 19)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 57 (+1 from Matchweek 19)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were three new kit look on show through these fixtures.

Sheffield United used alternative red shorts and socks to give a very 90s look when they visited Manchester City, this was the first alternative look they have used for their Home Kit this season.

Manchester United used their Away kit with alternative white socks, although used the socks before this was the first time that we have seen the look with the default away shorts… given us their 10th Kit variation of the season (more on that below)

Arsenal wore their 3rd for the first in the League, however it was worn with alternative white socks which is a variation that we have previoulsy seen this season in The Champions League when they played Sevilla.

There was one new Goalkeeper used this week, that was Brentford’s black version of the current Umbro Goalkeeper Template, the 3rd different Keeper look used by The Bees.

Kit Highlights

Manchester United have now worn 10 different kit variations / looks in 20 Premier League game in total. These are made up six different Home Kits, three away kit looks and just the one 3rd kit – this also means they have worn has many different kit looks as they have wins in The League.

The six Home Kit looks used…

The four Change Kits…

My favourite Kit Match Up of this week was the match up between Manchester City and Sheffield United, regular readers will know that I do enjoy an alternative Kit Look and this Sheffield United change up with red shorts and socks is great, as mentioned above something very 90s about the look and works well in contrast to Manchester City’s Home Kit.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits in action in this Matchweek

There were three Kit Variation on show this week, all three being new kit looks for the season…

  • Sheffield United, Home Kit with alternative red shorts and socks
  • Manchester United’s Away Kit with alternative white socks
  • Arsenal 3rd Kit with white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 3rd January 2024

Kit News

The Premier League fixture will come thick and fast over the fesitve period, so there is little in Kit News updates, if I have missed anything Premier League related please let me know.

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

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Premier League – Matchweek 17

Premier League – Matchweek 18

Premier League – Matchweek 19

Premier League: Matchweek 17 Kit Review

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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!

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Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Champions League – Group Stages – in case you missed this review last week!

Champions League 2023/24: Group Stage, Kit Overview

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On Wednesday 13th December, the Group Stages of the Champions League wrapped up for the final time, with 32 teams becoming 16 for the Knock Out Stages starting in February.

The format of the competition is changing from next season will see the removal of the group stages as we know them.

In true Kit Geek style I wanted to take a look at the kits worn by the 32 teams competing in these group stages.

Overall Kit Stats:

  • 90 Kits worn in Group Stages – 96 games
  • 38 Home Kits (27 first choice / 11 variations)
  • 22 Away Kits (19 first choice / 3 variations)
  • 21 3rd Kits (18 first choice / 3 variations)
  • 9 “Cup” / 4th Kits (7 first choce / 2 variations)

Group A

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • Manchester United the only team to use Home, Away and 3rd Kits, with 2 Home variations used 4 variations in total (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Bayern Munich and FC Copenhagen in just Home and Away Kits
  • Galatasaray in two variations of Home Kit (one with Alternative Shorts)
  • Most worn Kits in the Group Galatasaray Home and Bayern Munich Away – 4

Group B

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • No team wore Home, Away and 3rd kits, just two kits with some variations!
  • All teams wore alternative white socks when playing at Sevilla, all the only alternative worn by that team
  • All teams wore change kits in away games
  • Most worn Kit was all Home Kits (Cup Kit for RC Lens) and Sevilla 3rd Kit – 3

Group C

  • 10 Kits worn in the Group
  • No Team wore Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Two Home Kit Variations worn, Napoli and SC Braga with Alternative Shorts
  • Real Madrid in 3rd Kit in all Away games
  • Most worn Kit, All Home Kits and Real Madrid Away, Union Berlin Cup Kit

Group D

  • 12 Kits worn in the group
  • Inter Milan and Real Sociedad in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
  • RB Salzburg in Home Kit for just one game, wearing Cup Kit 5 times in 2 variations
  • Real Sociedad only team to play in change kits in all away games
  • Most worn kit in the group, Inter Milan Home – 4

Group E

  • 12 Kits worn in the group
  • Celtic and Atletico Madrid only teams to wear 3 different kits, Celtic (H, A, 3rd) and Atletico (H, 3rd, Special)
  • Atletico Madrid in Special Kit against Celtic
  • Celtic wore plain teamwear socks with Home Kit (x3) and Away Kit (x1) meaning 4 different kit variations used (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Most worn kit in the group, Lazio Home – 5

Group F

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • PSG and AC Milan used Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Borussia Dortmund in just Cup Kit in all group games, using alternative yellow shorts in all away games
  • Newcastle United in alternative white shorts in 3 games, including one home game and only used change kit once
  • Most worn kits in group, PSG Home, Borussia Dortmund Cup kit (both variations), AC Milan Home, Newcastle United Home with white shorts – 3

Group G

  • 9 kits worn in the group (lowest in Group Stages)
  • BSC Young Boys in Home Kit in all games, only team to do so in Group Stages
  • RB Leipzig only team to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Red Stat Belgrade in 2 variations of Home Kit, Red shorts and socks (4), White shorts and socks (1)
  • Most worn kit in Group, BSC Young Boys Home – 6

Group H

  • 14 Kits worn in the group (Highest in Group Stages)
  • FC Barcelona only team in Group Stages to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits, a different change kit in every away game
  • Shakhtar Donetsk in Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • FC Porto in 4 different kit variations (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Most worn kit in the Group, Shakhtar Donesk Home Kit – 4

Matchday Breakdowns:

Match Day 1

Match Day 2

Match Day 3

Match Day 4

Match Day 5

Match Day 6

Kit Highlights:

Looking at some of my favourite Kit highlights of the Group Stages.

In Group B, Sevilla’s default look with black socks with their white home kit meant that each of the teams visiting The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium wore alternative white socks with their change kit!

When Atletico Madrid visited Celtic, they wore a Special All Red Shirt with Home Shorts and Socks. It is the same as the special kit from the 2021-22 season, with a different sponsor and without the 75th-anniversary logo. The red also means Atletico pay homage to the red kit worn in the famous battle away against Celtic 50 years ago.

When Manchester United visited Galatasaray, they wore their 3rd kit with alternative red shorts… this gave us a unique look of White / Red / White for The Red Devils, Red shorts not being used since 1956/57 season when an all red look was used by Sir Matt Busby – Details about this can be found on Museum of Jerserys here

FC Barcelona used four distinct kits within the Group Stages, using a different change kit in each of their away games, this included their 4th Kit (Senyera Kit) which has been used by the club since 2022/23 Season.

The only team in the Group Stages to wear just one kit (with one variation) was BSC Young Boys, their home kit being worn in all six group games.

There we have it, my round up of this season’s and the final ever (?) Champions League Group Stages, let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

Premier League: Matchweek 16 Kit Review

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The third round of fixtures in the last week have been completed and we are closing in on the half way stage of the season, so take a few minutes with me and lets take a deeper look at the Kits from this weekend’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 16 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 81 (+2 from Matchweek 15)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (No change from Matchweek 15)

New Kits this Matchweek

A couple more new kit looks on show through this round of fixtures

Nottingham Forest used their 3rd kit for the first time this season in their visit to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Newcastle United wore their 3rd Kit in a variation of Navy / Navy / Yellow when they played Tottenham Hotspur, although the 2nd time the 3rd shirt has been worn this season, it is the first in this look.

Kit Highlights

Chelsea used a change kit for just the 2nd time this season, both times being their 3rd kit, with The Blues yet to use their Away kit this season, one of five kits yet to be used by the teams this season!

“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).

West Ham United were the only team this weekend to play in their Home Kit in an away match, this meant in the 10 games, we saw four Away Kits and five 3rd Kits in action!

The five 3rd Kits in action were the following from AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Newcastle United, this is most 3rd Kits in action in one matchweek since MW32 of 2022/23 Season.

This was the first time that Arsenal dropped points wearing their Away Kit this season, with their defeat against Aston Villa being the fifth time that The Gunners have used the Kit, winning the previous four games.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this round of fixtures was the first game of the weekend with Crystal Palace playing Liverpool, both kits being right up there as some of the best on show this season in The Premier League.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 5 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

There were just the two Kit Variation on show this week…

  • Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 6th time this has been used
  • Newcatle United’s 3rd kit with alternative yellow socks

Kit Grid – Up to 10th December

Kit News

Crystal Palace have launched a special 4th / Charity Shirt. The shirt will raise funds for the Palace for Life Foundation and will help the charity expand and enhance its outstanding work in the local community, with the goal of improving the lives of young South Londoners.

There are only 1000 shirts made with unique numbers on each of the shirts, all profits going to the charity and will be worn by both Women’s and Men’s teams in their respective FA Cup Fixtures, Women against Chatham Town on 10th December 2023 and Men against Everton on 4th January 2024.

With only a day between the end of Matchweek 15 and start of Matchweek 16 we thought there would be no kit news so thank you Crystal Palace…!!

That wraps up Matchweek 16, European Club Football returns this week, so expect to see some in depth kit reviews of the Group Stage of The Champions League at the end of the week.

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Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League: Matchweek 14 Kit Review

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Its December and the Premier League fixtures are coming in thick and fast, so here a look at the Kits worn in Matchweek 14.

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 14 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 77 (+2 from Matchweek 13)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (+1 from Matchweek 13)

New Kits this Matchweek

A couple more new kit looks on show this week,

Brighton & Hove Albion used their away kit with alternative white shorts, this was the first time this look has been used in a competitive game this season and becomes the 3rd different look used The Seagulls this season in the League.

Luton Town, now this is the kind of kit usage that got me interested in Football Kits all those years ago, The Hatters have given us an “Ultimate” Kit Mash, with elements of all three kits being on show in one game! This was the first time that we have seen the 3rd Shirt in the League this season, however it was paired with Away Shorts and Home Socks…. simply Wonderful!

This also becomes the 6th Kit Variation used by The Hatters this season, joint 2nd highest in Premier League.

There was one new Goalkeeper Kit on show, which was Crystal Palace who used their 3rd different Goalkeeper Kit with an Orange alternative kit.

Kit Highlights

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United going for the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this now seems to the sock of choice now, having been used 4 times in a row (with Home Kit).

Aston Villa using their away kit in an all white format means that they have used four different kit looks in their last four games.

Crystal Palace have now worn their Away Kit 3 times in the last four games

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Luton Town, it was always going to be this game this week with that Luton Town Mash Up…

This gives me another excuse to share a picture of it!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

There were six variations on show, three Home, two Away and one 3rd, this the most variations seen in one matchweek, the 2nd time this season we have seen this (first being MW6).

  • Aston Villa using white shorts with their Away Kit to give an all white look, the 2nd time this has been used this season.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion, used an alternative look for the first time in Premier League, using white shorts with their away kit
  • Everton in All Blue, the 2nd time this look has been seen in League.
  • Fulham using alternative white socks and again the 2nd time this look has been used this season
  • Luton Town with their wonderful mash up… 3rd Shirt / Away Shorts and Home Socks
  • Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 4th time this has been used

Kit Grid – Up to 4th December

Kit News

It is another quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front over the last few weeks.

That wraps up Matchweek 14 and with the first set of mid week fixtures taking place this week, the next review will be out this coming Friday!

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

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League: Matchweek 13 Kit Review

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The Premier League returns after the third International Break of the season and this weekend kicks off a run of 8 Matchweeks between now and the end of 2023… so strap yourselves in as we take a more detailed look into the kits worn this weekend!

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 13 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 75 (+2 from Matchweek 12)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (No Change from Matchweek 12)

New Kits this Matchweek

The new kit looks are still trickling in, with two new kits variations on show this week, both variations of Home Kits.

Aston Villa in their third different Home Kit look this season, using alternative claret shorts and socks for their visit to Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester United used their home kit with alternative black shorts and Teamwear (2023 version) socks for the first time, the second Red / Black / Black look of the season but first with these socks.

Kit Highlights

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United going for the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this week but with alternative Black shorts meant a new kit variation (see above), this is the 6th different Home Kit look of the season for Manchester United and the 9th in total in just 13 games!

Aston Villa have now worn six different kit variaions so far this season, 2nd highest in the Premier League… they have used 2 Home Kits, 2 Away and 3rd kit in the first 13 games of the season, yet to wear their default Home Kit look on the road this season.

AFC Bournemouth played in a change kit for the first time in eight games against Sheffield United, which was almost 3 months ago on September 2nd against Brentford.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Arsenal, a nice balance between the two kits and both using black shorts which adds to the aesthetic to me, plus the Arsenal away kit keeps growing on me, I really do like seeing it in action!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and again just the 1 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there was four variations on show, all home kits..!

  • Chelsea with all blue look for the 2nd time this season
  • Aston Villa with alternative claret shorts and socks (again mentioned above)
  • Manchester United with black shorts and Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks (as mentioned above)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers used their alternative shorts to create an all “Old Gold” look

Kit Grid – Up to 27th November

Kit News

It is a quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front over the last few weeks.

We are starting to see some leaks for next season’s kits hitting Social Media, I am not one to share until we have offical launch pictures however there are some interesting colour / crest choices for clubs if the leaks are accurate.

That wraps up Matchweek 13 and watch this space for future Premier League Kit Reviews.

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Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League: Matchweek 11 Kit Review

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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.

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Premier League: Matchweek 10 Kit Review

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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.

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