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FA Cup 2024/25 – 3rd Round Kits

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The FA Cup 3rd Round is one of the highlights of the English football season, with teams from Premier League and Championship entering the competition with those from League One, League Two and Non-League Teams.

Time for a quick recap….

1st Round – 1st November to 4th November 2024

2nd Round – 29th November to 1st December 2024

The 3rd Round this season was played over 6 days, between Thursday 9th January to Tuesday 14th January (the games on 14th January were 3 matches postponed from Saturday 11th January), there are 32 games in total in this round and all games were played to a final result, with replays now scrapped from this season!

Everton were one of the teams that kicked the FA Cup 3rd Round off on Thursday evening were they played Peterborough United. The wore alternative blue socks at Home (default socks are white), it turns out Peterborough United turned up using their Away Kit which used white socks as well, so Everton made the switch to blue socks to avoid the clash.

Aston Villa are celebrating their 150th Anniversary this season and used their FA Cup game on Friday 10th January to wear their celebration kit. The Black shirt with red lion pays tribute to the first kit worn by the club in 1875, the kit was paired with white shorts and black socks, also the shirt did not contain any sponsors, the Adidas logo was “Blacked” out and the only player numbers were worn, not names. A truly wonderful look, that I do hope we get to see again this year!

They also used a special goalkeeper kit too, so it was nice to see the whole team get something different in this case.

Liverpool v Accrington Stanley (who are they – yes, you have to be a certain vintage to get that reference) was another game with a special kit, with Accrington Stanley wearing a special one off change kit to commemorate their appearance at Anfield. This was also the 3rd different kit used by Accrington in their 3 FA Cup games, having worn Away in the 1st Round (at Rushall Olympic) and Home Kit (home to Swindon Town).

Brighton & Hove Albion used alternative socks in their game against Norwich City, not necessarily anything to be looked into here, however they used alternative white shorts through-out their Carabao Cup campaign (3 Home games), so will this be another alternative look from the Premier League? Let’s see what happens in the 4th Round.

I wanted to call out our Friends at The Terrace, who’s wonderful Morecambe Kit got some get visibility when the team played at Chelsea…

Something very interesting with the Manchester City Kit and a wonderful spot by @KitConnorsseur over at X. Manchester City wore a non branded FA Cup Sleeve patch.

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 a patch worn in Saturday’s game against Salford City.

Arsenal continued their use of a “No More Red” Kit in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup, this is the 4th season they have used this all white kit, which is being used to promote various local charities for youths, the shirts will be auctioned off and will not be produced for sale.

Details from this years campaign can be found here.

Dagenham & Redbridge who were one of the two Non-League sides in the competition and played League sides in all three rounds they played in, each of these games they were away and wore their away kit, also it was the only Admiral Kit in the competition (well at least from the 1st Round).

Mansfield Town were the 2nd team to wear three different kits in their three cup games. They wore their Away Kit in 1st Round (at Curzon Ashton) and their 3rd Kit in 2nd Round (at Stevenage).

Manufacturers – 64 Teams, 17 Manufacturers

  • Macron – 11 Teams
  • Adidas – 10 Teams
  • Puma – 8 Teams
  • Nike – 6 Teams
  • Castore – 5 Teams
  • Umbro – 5 Teams
  • Errea – 4 Teams
  • Hummel – 3 Teams
  • Joma – 2 Teams
  • New Balance – 2 Teams
  • Oxen – 2 Teams
  • Admiral – 1 Team
  • Kappa – 1 Team
  • Kelme – 1 Team
  • O’Neills – 1 Team
  • Sudu – 1 Team
  • Terrace – 1 Team

Overview of 3rd Round

What were your Kit Highlights from FA Cup 3rd Round, let me know in the comments or over at my Socials… X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

Premier League: Matchweek 20 Kit Review

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The Premier League’s first round of fixtures of 2025 have been completed and this is also the first round of fixtures with teams playing each other again this season, these were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 3.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 20 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 86 (+3 new Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 68 (+2 new Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

Newcastle United wore their Away Kit with alternative white shorts

Leicester City wore their Away Kit for the first time this season.

Nottingham Forest wear another team to use their Away Kit for the first team in Matchweek 20!

Two new Goalkeeper Kit seen this weekend:

  • Manchester United – Green Adidas Trefoil Template with default socks
  • Nottingham Forest – Red Adidas Template

Kit Highlights

Newcastle United wore their 8th Kit Variation of the season, the most in the Premier League so far in 2024 / 25. This was their 3rd different Away Kit look.

Manchester United wore their 7th different Goalkeeper Kit look of the season (20 games), this was due to the default Adidas Trefoil socks being worn with the kit, in it’s previous use it was worn with standard green template socks!

Everton were the only Away team to where their Home Kit this weekend, the nine other teams in change kits!

With Leicester City and Nottingham Forest wearing their Away Kits for the first time, that leaves three teams who are yet to use one of their three designated Kits from this season in Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion (3rd), Chelsea (3rd) and Fulham (3rd).

Nottingham Forest have now worn four different kit variations in their last four games, with 3rd, Home, Home with red shorts and Away being worn, and this also goes back to five in six games with all sky blue 3rd look being used in the game at Manchester United.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, The Spurs home kit has really grown on me this season and Newcastle in their wonderful Away kit is always a good thing for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits

There were four variations seen over these fixtures.

  • Newcastle United – Away with Alternative white shorts
  • Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 4th time used
  • West Ham United – 3rd with Home Socks, 2nd time used
  • Manchester United – 3rd with alternative shorts, 3rd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 7th January

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

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

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

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Premier League – Matchweek 17

Premier League – Matchweek 18

Premier League – Matchweek 19

Champions League – Match 6

England Kit History – 1990 to 1999

England Kit History – 2000 to 2009

England Kit History – 2010 to 2019

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 17 Kit Review

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The Premier League is one step closer to the half way stage of the season Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 17 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 81 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 64 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Brighton & Hove Albion used alternative blue socks with their Home Kit.

Newcastle United wore their 3rd Kit with alternative aqua green shorts.

Wolverhampton Wanderers used their Home Kit with alternative “Old Gold” shorts for the first time this season.

AFC Bournemouth in alternative purple shorts with their Away Kit.

Two new Goalkeeper Kits seen this weekend:

  • Brentford – Green Umbro Template
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Black Nike Template

Kit Highlights

Newcastle United now have the joint highest Kit Variations of the season, with their 7th Kit look in total, this being their 3rd different 3rd Kit look!

There have been more goalkeeper kits worn this season so far with 64 than the whole of last season with 61 Kits! Two new looks this week with Brentford and Brighton both wearing new looks this weekend (standard Umbro / Nike Templates).

Liverpool were the only Away team this weekend to wear their default home kit, Brighton and Wolves both in alternative elements of their Home for the first time this season.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Ipswich Town and Newcastle United, a nice match up with Newcastle United in their 3rd Kit, the balance of colours worked well and the alternative shorts of Newcastle were unexpected!

Kit Stats

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

There were six variations seen over these fixtures, the most in one Matchweek so far this season.

  • Newcastle United – 3rd Kit with alternative aqua green shorts
  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Home Kit with alternative blue socks
  • Arsenal – 3rd Kit with alternative turquoise socks, 2nd time used
  • Wolves – Home with alternative old gold shorts
  • AFC Bournemouth – Away with alternative purple shorts
  • Southampton – 3rd Kit with alternative white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

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

Thank you for all your support this year, and wishing you and your families a wonderful Christmas!

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

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League – Matchweek 16

Champions League – Match 6

England Kit History – 1990 to 1999

England Kit History – 2000 to 2009

England Kit History – 2010 to 2019

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 16 Kit Review

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The Premier League has now completed Matchweek 16 and we are a week away from the start of Christmas Period of games and the halfway point of the season! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 16 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 77 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 62 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Aston Villa wore their 3rd Kit for the first time in Premier League this season, although they did use alternative white socks at Nottingham Forest. This is their 7th different kit variation of the season, the highest now in the League.

Crystal Palace used their 3rd Kit for the first time at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Tottenham Hotspur used alternative navy socks with their Away Kit, based on the white trim my guess would be these are alternative Home socks but created an interesting look at Southampton!

West Ham United were another team to change their socks up, this time with their 3rd Kit which they combined with Home socks.

Kit Highlights

Everton wore alternative blue shorts to create all blue look, this was 3rd time this look was used in 5 games.

Brentford lost for the first time this season in their Home Kit, the 10th game they have worn it but their loss at Chelsea was the first!

West Ham United wore Home socks with their 3rd Kit, this means they have worn these socks with all three kits this season in the League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the Manchester Derby, tri-colour kits are one of my favourite kit things, so with Manchester City’s home already in this look and the Manchester United going for alternative shorts and socks, it was always going to be a winner in my eyes!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits

There were five variations seen over these fixtures.

  • Everton – Home Kit in All Blue, 3rd time used this season
  • Aston Villa – 3rd Kit with alternative white socks
  • Manchester United – Home Kit with alternative black shorts and white socks, 2nd time used
  • Tottenham Hotspur – Away with Navy socks
  • West Ham United – 3rd with Home socks

Kit Grid – Up to 17th December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week.

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

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

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Champions League – Match 6

England Kit History – 1990 to 1999

England Kit History – 2000 to 2010

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Premier League: Matchweek 13 Kit Review

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The Premier League Matchweek 13 is completed, a third of the way through the season and the return of Friday Night Football for just the 3rd time this season, let’s take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 13 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 69 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Southampton wore their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having worn it in the Carabao Cup in the same look with alternative white shorts.

Aston Villa wore their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks for another away kit look for them this season!

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

  • Crystal Palace – Fluro Yellow

Kit Highlights

Aston Villa are fast becoming my favourite team on the road this season, wearing the 4th different variation of their Away Kit this season, only wearing it look the one time. They are using the home kit to mash up their looks, we still have yet to see their 3rd kit used in the Premier League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, the Fulham away this season is a great look and worked well match up at Tottenham!

Kit Stats

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

There were three variations seen this weekend

  • Southampton – 3rd with alternative white shorts
  • Aston Villa – Away with home shorts & socks
  • Everton – All Blue, 2nd time used this season

Kit Grid – Up to 1st December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back on Friday after the first round of mid-week fixtures of this season!

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

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

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Champions League – Match 4

England Kit History – 1980 to 1989

England Kit History (Reference Page)

Champions League: Match 5, Kit Review

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The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 5 of the League phase, the “super” league is now taking shape for the 36 teams competing!

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 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 88 (+5 from Match 4)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 5 new Kits on show this week

  • Slovan Bratislava – Home
  • Brest – Away
  • Feyenoord – Away / Alternative white socks
  • Atalanta – Away
  • Stuttgart – 3rd

Kit Highlights

Bayern Munich continue to appear to be using their 3rd Kit as the Champions League first choice kit, wearing it for the fourth time against PSG and the for third time in a Home game.

Slovan Bratislava wore their fourth different kit of the competition, after using their registered Home Kit for the first time in the Champions League this season, after previously wearing a special cup kit, away and 3rd kits!

Bologna wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Lille, the 3rd time they have worn the kit this season in the competition but the first time at home!

Although not an actual kit from the game, but as part of the build up to the game between AS Monaco and Benfica this wonderful graphic was created which incorparates the kits worn in the match as F1 Overalls.

Five Teams in total have worn four different kit looks in their opening five games.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Manchester City and Feyenoord, not only a cracking game on the pitch but the two kits used worked well together and I do enjoy constrasting socks, so both team in this look is a win for me!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

  • 22 Home Kits
  • 7 Away Kits
  • 5 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kits

There was just 1 Kit Variation used this week

  • Feyenoord – Away with alternative white socks

6 Clubs in total have worn the same kit in their opening five fixtures of the competition (Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, RB Salzburg).

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.

Other posts that might interest you….

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Premier League – Matchweek 12

England Kit History

Champions League: Match 2, Kit Review

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The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 2 of the League phase, all teams now playing Home and Away in this new version of the competition. So it is that time again to look at the Kits worn this week.

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) with Atalanta, Bologna, PSG and Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena zvezda) releasing their 3rd Kits and Feyenoord confirming their 3rd Kit Shorts and Socks inbetween Match weeks.

Match 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 59 (+23 from Match 1)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 23 Kits on show this week

  • Suttgart – Cup Kit
  • Sparta Prague – 3rd
  • Barcelona – Home
  • BSC Young Boys – Away
  • Bayer Levekusen – Home
  • AC Milan – Away
  • Red Star Belgrade – 3rd
  • PSV – Home
  • Sporting CP – 3rd
  • Slovan Bratislava – 3rd
  • Manchester City – 3rd
  • Feyenoord – Away
  • Shakhtar Donetsk – Home
  • Aston Villa – Home
  • Bayern Munich – Away
  • Benfica – Home
  • Atletico Madrid – 3rd
  • Lille – Home
  • Liverpool – Home
  • Bologna – 3rd
  • RB Leipzig – Home
  • Juventus – 3rd
  • Strum Graz – Home

Kit Highlights

Stuttgart followed a tradition we often see with German teams in Europe and used a dedicated European Kit for the first time, with gold details and paired with red socks (different from their Away Kit socks).

On Tuesday 1st October, out of the 18 teams that played 7 in total wore the same kit as in Match 1, with 6 teams playing against each other, with RB Salzburg v Brest, Arsenal v PSG and Borussia Dortmund v Celtic, the only other team that wore the same kit was Inter Milan!

Slovan Bratislava wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Manchester City, who also wore their 3rd Kit so the rare sight of a 3rd Kit v 3rd Kit match up!

BSC Young Boys wore a change kit in The Champions League for the first time since 8th December 2021 when they played Manchester United, they used their all white Away against Barcelona on Tuesday 1st October.

Bayern Munich have yet to wear their Home Kit in the competition, having worn 3rd Kit in first game and now Away kit at Aston Villa.

Bologna launched their 3rd Kit on Monday and debuted it in their game against Liverpool.

One of the Kits of the season, Juventus’ 3rd Kit was used for “The Old Lady’s” visit to RB Leipzig, the second of the possible four Trefiol Kits to used in the Competition, and it looks great in action.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between PSV and Sporting CB, a classic look for PSV Eindhoven and the Sporting Kit being something a little different produced a nice Kit Match up with a real European feel… loved it!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

  • 21 Home Kits
  • 4 Away Kits
  • 9 3rd Kits
  • 2 “Cup” Kits

There were no Kit Variations used this week, all 36 Kits were in their default look.

13 Clubs in total have worn the same kit in their opening 2 fixtures of the competition

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 22nd / 23rd October 2024.

Other posts that might interest you….

Champions League – Match 1

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Kit Manufacturers Breakdown: 2024/25

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UPDATE JULY 2025 – TO FIND 25 / 26 SEASON DETAILS – CLICK HERE

Following on from my reference article last season, which you can find here. I thought it was time to get update one for the forthcoming season.

Overview of Kit Manufacturers

Breakdown per Manufacturer (In good old fashioned League Ladders Style)!

Puma – 17 Teams (+1 Team from 23/24)

Macron – 17 Teams (+2 Teams)

Adidas – 11 Teams (+2 Teams)

Umbro – 10 Teams (-3 Teams)

Castore – 6 Teams (-1 Team)

Errea – 6 Teams (same number)

Nike – 6 Teams (-1 Team)

Hummel – 3 Teams (-1 Team)

Oxen – 3 Teams (+1 Team)

Joma – 2 Teams (-1 Team)

New Balance – 2 Teams (same number)

That Leaves nine teams this season that are the only club that their manufacturer supplies.

FBT – Crewe Alexandra (League Two)

Kappa – Hull City (Championship)

Kelme – Watford (Championship)

Mills – Tranmere Rovers (League Two)

O’Neills – Bristol City (Championship)

SUDU – Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League)

TAG – Burton Albion (League One)

Terrace – Morecambe (League Two)

VX3 – Newport County (League Two)

So there we have it, 92 Team, 20 manufacturers, 2 more than last season (SUDU and Terrace) and all the details you may need.

Any surprises there, any thoughts and comments please let me know?

The Heat Press – Issue 1

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The Heat Press is a new feature that I want to introduce to the Kit Geek Site.

This will be a regular look at the latest news in the Kit World, taking a few talking points from that week and looking into them in a little more detail as well as final section sharing some of the best content from the wonderful creators in The Kit Community.

The Headlines

  • Shelter’s No Home Kit Initiative
  • Christmas Kits
  • The Kitsman Awards
  • Marseille Extend Kit Deal

Shelter’s No Home Kit Initiative

I am sure you are aware of Shelter’s #NoHomeKit charity campaign this Christmas. The campaign is asking for Teams and Fans to wear their away kits to rasie awareness to the Homeless over the Christmas period. Some EFL Teams will be taking part in this over the coming week, so keep an eye of those teams using their change kits in home games.

There is a great video over on Shelter’s Twitter Account promoting the initiative – Click here to see that video.

Here is my tweet helping to promote the cause, so make sure you share your away kits using the #NoHomeKit “hashtag” and if you can donate, please go to https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/NoHomeKit and give what you can.

Christmas Kits

Its that time of year when some team release special Christmas Kits, so far we have seen the following kits on show.

U.S. Cremonese, the Italian Team in Serie B

Werder Bremem in Bundesliga 2

Atalanta were also due to have a Christmas Kit but this got pulled in the end, due to the sky line incorporated into the shirt not being of Bergamo where the club are based but being of Torino, I would like to have been a fly on wall on that discussion!!

The Kitsman Awards

The wonderdul @The_Kitsman over on Twitter created an 2021 Awards for Kit Community, the categories as follows…

Voting is currently open for the top four nominees in each category and will remain open until 23rd December 2021, so make sure you check out Josh’s timeline and vote for your favourite accounts

Marseille Extend Kit Deal

Olympique de Marseille and Puma have announced an extenstion to their current kit deal until 2028. The French club have been using Puma kits since the 2018 / 19 season and this deal will mean their relationship will be at least 10 years in the making.

And finally…..

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I want to end each issue with some content that is being created by other in the Kit Community

There is a new Kitbliss Podcast, check out this latest offering from the wonderful Chris at Kitbliss here

Check out this short video from @ChatShirt which is highlight the @chanceunitedfc shirt and how you can order one the shirts to support this great charity.

Kit Mag Volume 2 is now out and is a great read for Kit Lovers out there, you can get both digital and print copies at https://www.kitmag.co.uk/

And thats it, I hope you liked the first issue of The Heat Press, let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in coming weeks, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter