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Premier League: Matchweek 24, Kit Review

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The Premier League says goodbye to January as it plays it’s fifth round of fixtures in 2026 , with these games played across three days on Saturday 31st January and Monday 2nd February 2026.

They are the return fixtures of the second round of fixtures played in Matchweek 2 , on the weekend of 22nd to 25th August 2025.

You can find last round of fixtures report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 24 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 98 (+1 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 68 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

There was just the one new kit looks on show these matches.

Brentford in their 3rd Kit with alternative claret socks.

Kit Highlights

We are closing in on 100 Kit Looks used this season, with the one new look this weekend that takes up to 98… just 2 more looks to go and we continue to see at least one new kit look every match week this season, the breakdown below shows this in more detail!

Brentford wore their 4th Kit Variation of the season and their first alternative kit look.

Arsenal have worn 4 different kit looks in the last 5 games.

West Ham United have now worn their Home Kit in 10 consecutive games, however they have worn 3 different looks in this time, with default look used 7 times, All Claret used once and the look they used this weekend at Chelsea with alternative claret socks used twice.

Crystal Palace wore their Away (although marketed as white change kit), for just the second time this season, the first being in Match 7, so first time in 17 games.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Aston Villa and Brentford, as regular followers and readers will know I love a constrasting sock being used, so Brentford using this look and the colour match up between the two kits works really well for me here.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away and 2 Third Kits in action.

There were four Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • West Ham United – Home with alternative claret socks, 2nd time used
  • Fulham – Home with alternative black shorts, 2nd time used
  • Brentford – 3rd with alternative claret socks
  • Burnley – Away with Home socks

Kit Grid – Up to 3rd February

Kit News

Chelsea launched a range of leisure wear called “Return of the Rebel” which takes inspiration from one of the clubs most well know Away Kits worn between 1994 and 1996, the grey and orange look.

There was lots of rumours that this shirt was the Away Kit for 2026 / 27 Season but turns out that was incorrect and this leaked shirt was part of this range and will be a “Pre-Match” Shirt. A nice retro crest used here as well.

Full details can be found on the club website – here

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Premier League: Matchweek 20, Kit Review

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The Premier League hits the New Year and we are officially in the second half of the season, and these were the eighth round games of nine over a six week period, with the fixtures played across two days on Saturday 3rd January and Sunday 4th January 2026.

You can find last round of fixtures report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 20 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 91 (+2 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

There were two new kit looks on show this weekend.

Nottingham Forest wore their Away Kit with alternative navy shorts and socks

Burnley wore their Home Kit with Away socks

Kit Highlights

For the second Matchweek in a row, 17 Teams wore their Home Kit, with 15 in default look and 2 in alternative Home Kit Looks.

Nottingham Forest wore their 6th Different Kit Look of the season so far, this was their 3rd different Away Kit variation.

Burnley wore their 5th different Kit Variation of the season, there are the only team in the Premier League this season to use “Kit Mash” up and now they have done it twice, having worn Away Kit with Home socks at West Ham United, this weekend they wore Home Kit with Away Socks at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brentford wore their Home Kit in an Away game for the first time this season, in their 10th Away Match of the campaign.

A couple of interesting Kit notes from Newcastle United this weekend…

Firstly, Fabian Schär marked his 250th appearance for the club with a special detail on his match shirt.

Secondly, Nick Pope wore their 3rd Choice Goalkeeper Kit, the yellow Trefoil Template, this is the first time that we have seen this template used when the team are NOT wearing their 3rd Kit (other teams have worn same colour in standard and Trefoil Templates to get around this).

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth Home Kit is one of my favourite this season, and paired with a classic looking Arsenal 3rd Kit gave us a nice overall match up and balance!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 2 Away and 1 Third Kits in action.

There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Nottingham Forest – Away with alternative navy shorts / socks
  • Burnley – Home with Away socks
  • Manchester United – Home, with alternative black shorts, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 4th January

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this week.

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Premier League: Matchweek 19, Kit Review

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Happy New Year to all you readers and followers out there….

The Premier League hits the New Year and this also marks the half way point of the season, and these were the seventh round games of nine over a six week period, with the fixtures played across 2025 and 2026 different this year being completed on Tuesday 30th December 2025 and Thursday 1st January 2026.

They were also the first set of return fixtures, with these previous games being played in Matchweek 15, earlier this month!

You can find last weekend’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 19 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 89 (+1 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

There was one new kit looks on show in these fixtures

Aston Villa wore their Away Kit with white alternative socks.

Kit Highlights

There were 17 Teams in these round of fixtures to wear their Home Kit, this was the most home kits seen in a single “Matchweek” so far this season.

Aston Villa wore their 8th Kit Variation of the season, this is highest now in the Premier League. They have worn 3 Different Home Kit looks, 3 Different Away Kit and 2 Different 3rd Kits.

They have also worn 4 different Kit Looks in their last 4 games!

Newcastle United wore white socks their blue goalkeeper kit for the 3rd time this season, in this case this was due to Burnley’s sky blue socks.

Tottenham Hotspur have now worn their 3rd Kit (Nike T90) four times in the last six games, all within the last month.

There was a nice symmetry with the game between Nottingham Forest and Everton, Everton in All blue this week was aligned with Forest in All Red when the two meet just a few weeks ago.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, not a lot going on in these fixtures, so went for this one purely for the good contrast between the Kits, should Wolves have worn their 3rd Kit, well we would not be here if these things did not happen, so its all okay with me.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 1 Away and 2 Third Kits in action.

There were two Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Everton – Home, All Blue, 3rd time used
  • Aston Villa – Away, with alternative white socks

Kit Grid – Up to 1st January

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this week.

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Champions League 25/26: Match 5, Kit Review

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We are now over half-way through the League Phase of the Champions League this season, the fifth round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th November 2025.

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

Match 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 98
  • 15 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 15 new kits this week were the following:

  • Ajax – 3rd
  • Benfica – Home, All Red
  • Union Saint-Gilloise – Away (European Version)
  • Villarreal – Away
  • Barcelona – Away
  • Newcastle United – 3rd
  • Napoli – Away (European Version)
  • Athletic Club – Away
  • Monaco – Home with alternative red shorts / white socks
  • Bayern Munich – 3rd with green socks
  • Inter Milan – Home with white socks
  • Real Madrid – 3rd
  • PSG – 4th Kit
  • Tottenham Hotspur – 3rd
  • Club Brugge – 3rd

Kit Highlights

There are just two teams have just worn a single kit look in the five games so far, both from Germany – Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt

The game between Ajax and Benfica was a game that gave us plenty of talking points in terms of kits. Firstly, Ajax were the Home Team and wore their 3rd Kit, the reason given for this was the lack of Kit Options from Benfica (who have a light grey Away Kit and white 3rd Kit).

This was also the 4th Kit Look Ajax have used so far in the competition (joint highest) and was the first alternative look worn by Benfica.

Two teams wore “European” Away Kits for the first time in the Champions League. Union Saint-Gilloise wore a plain white shirt (their domestic Away contains a map of the area in the body of the shirt) and Napoli wore an All White Away, with their domestic Away being cream in colour.

Newcastle United wore a change kit for the first time in Champions League this season, using their “Trefoil” 3rd Kit against Olympique Marseille.

Athletic Club wore their Away Kit at Slavia Prague, this was their 4th different Kit Look so far this season in the competition, the joint highest from a club.

It was 4th Kit v 3rd Kit, when Tottenham Hotspur visited PSG, who debuted their 4th Kit for this season (something we have seen them use in past few seasons in The Champions League). PSG are the first team to wear four distinct kits in the competition so far.

AS Monaco wore a different Kit variation for the first time this season, however it was still their Home Kit but paired with alternative shorts and socks, so red shorts and white socks, the opposite of their default look.

Bayern Munich wore their 3rd Kit for the second time in the competition, however this time with alternative green socks, rather than the default light gold / cream socks, this is the fourth Kit Look used so far.

There are eight teams that have now worn four kit looks in the opening five games, Galatasaray and Sporting CP (who used four in four games), Ajax, Athletic Club, Bayern Munich and PSG all mentioned above, with the other two teams Inter Milan (who wore white socks with their Home Kit) and Union Saint-Gilloise (European Away) making up the eight clubs.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal, the Spanish team are not one for changing their kit but against Dortmund was one of times when it was needed, so the Kit Match up looked good in action.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 19 Home Kits
  • 7 Away Kits
  • 7 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kit
  • 1 4th Kit

There were just 4 Kit Variations seen this week…

  • Benfica – Home, All Red
  • Monaco – Home, alternative red short / white socks
  • Bayern Munich – 3rd, alternative green socks
  • Inter Milan – Home, white socks

Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at my socials.. X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 9th and 10th December.

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Premier League: Matchweek 11, Kit Review

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The Premier League has now reached the final International Break of 2025, with the 11th round of fixtures completed between Saturday 8th November and Sunday 9th November 2025.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 11 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 72 (+3 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 63 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new kit looks on show this weekend.

Fulham wore alternative black shorts with their Home Kit.

Burnley wore their Away Kit with Home socks for an all Sky Blue look.

Newcastle United 3rd Kit with alternative orange shorts and socks.

There was one new Goalkeeper Kits used this weekend:

  • Manchester United – Green Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Fulham wore their 3rd different Home Kit look of the season (4th overall), with alternative black shorts at Everton.. they have worn their default (All White) look six times and with alternative black socks once.

Burnley’s Green Goalkeeper kit becomes the first kit to be worn 10 times this season, having been worn in 10 of the 11 opening games of the season. Overall Burnley worn their 4th Kit of the season this weekend, having worn a mash up of Away with Home Socks.

Crystal Palace and Sunderland both remain undefeated in their Home Kits this season so far, with Sunderland wearing their Home look in 7 games (4 wins / 3 draws) and Crystal Palace in 6 games (2 wins / 4 draws) – Arsenal are also unbeaten in their Home Kit but did not wear it this weekend.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Sunderland and Arsenal, the Arsenal Away with it’s red trim give a nice overall balance to the kit looks on show.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away and 3 Third Kit in action.

There were three Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Fulham – Home, with alternative Black Shorts
  • Burnley – Away with Home socks
  • Newcastle United – 3rd, with alternative orange shorts & socks

Kit Grid – Up to 9th November

Kit News

For Remembrance Day 2025 Sunderland will use a bespoke warm-up shirt that pays tribute and proceeds from each shirt sold will be donated to each of three partner charities

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Champions League 25 / 26: Match 4, Kit Review

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We are now at the half-way stage of the League Phase of the Champions League this season, the fourth round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November 2025.

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

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, with a couple of 4th Kits already used in the competition so far this season.

Match 4 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 83
  • 12 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 12 new kits this week were the following:

  • Arsenal – Away
  • Union Saint-Gilloise – 3rd with yellow (Home) socks
  • Juventus – Home with white shorts
  • Sporting CP – Away
  • PSV Eindhoven – Away
  • Bayern Munich – Away
  • FC Copenhagen – 3rd
  • Chelsea – Away with alternative socks
  • Galatasaray – 3rd
  • Inter Milan – 3rd
  • Kairat – Away
  • Athletic Bilbao – 3rd

Kit Highlights

Six teams have just worn a single kit look in the four games so far – Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt, Moncao, Real Madrid and Villarreal.

Sporting CP, who by wearing their Away Kit against Juventus means that they have now worn four different kits in their opening four games. This was also the first time Juventus have worn their Home Kit in this season’s competition.

Galatasaray are another team that made it four kit looks in four games, with them wearing their 3rd Kits at Ajax.

Inter Milan wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Kairat, this was their 3rd different Kit look of the competition

Overall, there have been 13 Clubs that have worn 3 different kit looks in their opening 4 games and 15 Teams that have worn just 2 kits.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Olympiacos and PSV Eindhoven, a nice balance of kit colours and with the red and white detailing in the PSV kit gives a nice look to their Away Kit.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 22 Home Kits
  • 6 Away Kits
  • 6 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kit

There were just three Kit Variations seen this week…

  • Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts
  • Union Saint-Gilloise – 3rd with yellow (Home) socks
  • Chelsea – Away with alternative socks

Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at my socials.. X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 25th and 26th November.

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Champions League 25/26: Match 3, Kit Review

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Slightly delayed here is my look at Matchweek 3 of Champions League, completed on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October.

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

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits / Cup Kits that we will see in use over the coming months!

Match 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 71
  • 10 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 10 new kits this week:

  • Olympiacos – Away
  • Pafos – 3rd
  • Atletico Mardid – Away
  • PSG – 3rd
  • Inter Milan – Away
  • Manchester City – 4th
  • Galatasaray – Home / Away Shorts
  • Bodø/Glimt – Away
  • Ajax – 3rd / Alternative dark blue socks
  • Sporting CP – 4th

Kit Highlights

There are eight teams that have worn three different kits in their opening three games of Champions League – Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Manchester City, Olympiacos, Pafos, PSG and Sporting CP.

Nine teams have just worn a single kit look in the three games so far – Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Chelsea, Copenhagen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kairat, Moncao, Real Madrid and Villarreal.

This was the Matchweek where we saw the use of 4th Kits for the first time this season, however for two very different reasons..

Manchester City’s 4th Kit is in collaboration with EA SPORTS FC.

Sporting CP’s 4th Kit was a Charity Kit raising awareness for Brest Cancer for Pink October.

Galatasaray wore a nice variation of their Home Kit, which was paired with their white Away shorts.

Juventus are yet to wear their Home Kit in the competition so far this season, having worn their 3rd twice (including once at Home) and Away Kit.

PSG are one of the teams to make it three kits in three games, with their 3rd Kit, which is my favourite of the T90 Nike 3rd Kits this season.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Chelsea and Ajax, as regular followers will know I do enjoy a contrasting sock colour with a kit look, so both teams going for this was always going to be a match up I enjoyed.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 21 Home Kits
  • 5 Away Kits
  • 6 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kit
  • 2 4th Kits

There were just two Kit Variations seen this week…

  • Galatasaray – Home, with white (Away) shorts
  • Ajax – 3rd, with alternative dark blue socks

Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 21st and 22nd October.

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Premier League: Matchweek 7, Kit Review

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The Premier League is now starting to feel in full swing, Friday night football returns for the first time since Matchweek 2, so its our weekly look into the kits worn this weekend before the second International Break of the season.

You can find last week’s report here

The Kit Overview for Premier League is below:

Matchweek 7 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56 (+1 Kit this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 52 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

We had just the one new Kit look on show this Matchweek.

Crystal Palace wore their “Away” Kit for the first time this season.

There were also three new Goalkeeper Kits used this weekend:

  • Arsenal – Purple Adidas Template
  • Aston Villa – Pink Adidas Template
  • Crystal Palace – Orange Macron Template

Kit Highlights

Arsenal become the 3rd team to use four different Goalkeeper Kits this season, having worn the purple standard Adidas template against West Ham United.

Everton continue to be their streak of not wearing a change kit yet this season, granted they were playing at Home this weekend but is all 7 games this season in their Home Kit (wearing all Blue in opening match of the season at Leeds United)

This game also saw Crystal Palace an alternative goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, having worn first choice green goalkeeper kit for the first six games.

My favourite “Kit Match Up” of the Matchweek was the game between Bournemouth and Fulham, with Bournemouth’s Home kit being on the of the Kits of the season in Premier League (well apart from Sponsor) and Fulham in their wonderful retro inspired Away kit with alternative shorts / socks.

HOT OFF THE PRESS UPDATE – Thank you to Rich for calling this out to me in the comments below

Brighton & Hove Albion have changed the colour of the nameset worn with their Away Kit, having worn white in it’s first appearance at Everton, this was switched to the more visible black against Wolve.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away and 2 Third Kit in action.

There was just the one Kit variations used in this Matchweek.

  • Fulham – Away, with alternative fluro green shorts & socks – 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 5th October

Kit News

It was another European week last week, Aston Villa playing in The Netherlands against Feyenoord, and due to the local laws around sponsorship it meant Villa wore their own charity foundation on the front of their shirts in this game.

Crystal Palace were another team that replaced their betting sponsor in their game against Dynamo Kyiv, played in Lublin, Poland and carrying “Palace for Life”

A reminder you can find details of the 9 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs) – here

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Premier League: Top Trumps 2024/25

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I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that always seems popular is the “Top Trump” format.

You can find 2023 / 24 Top Trumps look here

So for those of a certain age will know all about Top Trumps, so for this set I have looked at the kits of each of the 20 Premier League Teams, Home, Away and Third kits and stats around these kits, the stats I have picked are the following:

  • League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn
  • Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn
  • Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points Won – Number of points won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit

I have not included games where 25 / 26 kits were worn, for example their final Home game wearing their new kit is not included in the card data.

I have highlighted the “Top Trump” in each section in “Gold and Black”.

The cards by each team….

There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Wolverhampton Wanderers wearing their Home Kit in 34 games, Fulham’s 2.25 points per game in their 3rd Kit, Aston Villa scoring 52 points in their home kit, Nottingham Forest’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?

What would you consider as the overall “Top Trump” card, Liverpool Home Kit or something else?

Are there any other stats that you think I should have used for future Top Trump looks at Football Kits.

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EFL, The Championship 24/25: End of Season Kit Report

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The 2024 / 25 The Championship Season came to a close on Saturday 3rd May 2025, with Leeds United securing the title in stoppage time on the final day of the season from Burnley, with both teams amassing a staggering 100 points. Sheffield United, Sunderland, Coventry City and Bristol City will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.

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

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 95 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 34% of Kit variations used
    • 32 Home Kits worn in total 
    • 8 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 35% of variations used
    • 33 Away Kits worn in total
    • 10 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 29% of variations worn
    • 24 3rd Kits worn in total
    • 4 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
    • 2 Special Kits worn in total

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 23

Kit Log – Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the Championship Teams

  • Luton Town in 9 Kit Variations: Home x3, Away x3, 3rd x3
  • Plymouth Argyle in 6 Kit Variations: Home x4, Away, 3rd
  • Sheffield Wednesday in 5 Kit Variations: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
  • 12 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
    • Cardiff City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Coventry City: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Hull City: Home, Away, 3rd, Special
    • Middlesbrough: Home, Away, 3rd, Special
    • Millwall: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Oxford United: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Portsmouth: Home, Away x3, 3rd
    • Preston North End: Home, Away, 3rd x2
    • Sheffield United: Home x2, Away, 3rd
    • Stoke City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Swansea City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
    • Watford: Home x2, Away, 3rd
  • 9 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations (Home, Away, 3rd Kits)
  • Most Variations of Home Kit – 4 Kits
    • Plymouth Argyle:
      • Default Home
      • Home with Home Shorts & white (Away) socks
      • Home with black (3rd) shorts & white (Away socks)
      • Home with Black (3rd shorts) and Home socks
  • Most Variations of Away Kit – 3 Kits
    • Luton Town
      • Default All Navy Away
      • Away with Orange (Home) socks
      • Away with White (3rd) socks
  • Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 3 Kits
    • Luton Town
      • Default All White 3rd
      • 3rd with Navy (Home) shorts
      • 3rd with Navy (Home) shorts and Navy (Away) socks
  • 11 Teams only used Kits with no variations
  • Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
  • Most worn Away Kit – 14, Leeds United
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 12, Hull City and Millwall

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… Burnley wore 3rd Kit, Home Kit and then Away Kit in their first three games

Match 1 to Match 23

Match 24 to Match 46

Kit Grid

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

Kit Highlights and Summary

In 2024 / 25 Championship season teams wore 95 Kits, this was an increase on the number kits compared to last season where 85 Kits were worn, this is the joint with League One with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season with Luton Town using nine Kit Variations, 9.5% of the total Kits used in The Championship

The single most worn Kit in the League was Norwich City for the second season in a row, who wore their Home Kit in 39 of the 46 League games, however this was a reduction from last season having worn their Home Kit 41 times in 23 / 24 Season.

Luton Town were the Kit Lovers Team of the Championship, with a perfectly matched set of kits that was able to be mix and matched, providing nine different looks with some wonderful mash ups!

Plymouth Argyle were another team that made good use of their Kit Set, using 3rd Shorts (Black) and Away Socks (White) to provide alternative Home Kit Variations with white / black shorts and socks.

A theme seen within The Championship was the use of the Kit Set to create new looks, several teams used their Kit in this way, Luton Town and Plymouth Argyle above, there were other notable examples.

Watford made good use of their Black Away Kit shorts and socks, to keep kit looking very much to the club colours.

Preston mashed up their 3rd Kit (shirt) and Away (shorts and socks), to give a different Kit Look at Sheffield Wednesday but one that tonally worked perfectly.

Also Cardiff City, Coventry City, Millwall, Oxford United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City and Swansea City, used another set of socks to create a different Kit Look, with most of these looks being used against Sheffield Wednesday!

Sheffield Wednesday’s Away Kit was an interesting story this season. When released it was shown with black / white socks, that were nice in their design, something a little different, however during the season we did not actually see these socks in action, rather plain white ones worn four times with their Away Kit (and used three times for an alternative Home Kit Look).

There were two “Special Kits” on show in the 2024 / 25 Season…

Hull City wore a special 120th Anniversary Kit against Cardiff City on 28th September.

Middlesbrough wore a “No more Red” Kit, which was a charity kit against Knife Crime, this was worn against Coventry City on 2nd November

There we have it, The Championship’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 when they are published…!

League One – 2024 / 25

League Two – 2024 / 25

Premier League – 2024 / 25