The Premier League has now in double figures with Matchweeks, dark evenings, winter balls and we are now over a quarter of the way through the season! So let’s take a more in depth look at Kits of this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 10 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 60 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 57 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek.. both Home Kit variations!
Everton wore alternative blue socks for the first time.
Aston Villa used alternative claret socks with their home kit at Tottenham.
The two new goalkeeper kits on show
Everton – Aqua Blue
Leicester City – Pink Adidas Template
Kit Highlights
Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Everton wore Home Kits in away games for the first time this season. This means Brentford and Southampton remain the only teams to wear change kits in all their Away games!
There have been 7 instances of teams wearing home kit variations (all alternative socks) an no team in yet to win in their alternative look!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Manchester City, again Bournemouth’s clean looking kit (aside the sponsor) stands out, and matched up with Man City, both look great in action.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 17 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits
There were four variations seen this weekend
Manchester City – Home, alternative white socks, 2nd time used
West Ham United – Away / Home socks, 2nd time used
Everton – Home with alternative blue socks
Aston Villa – Home with claret socks
Kit Grid – Up to 5th November
Kit News
Aston Villa annouced a collaboration with Rock Band Black Sabbath, this limited additional release will have just 250 shirts available, 200 outfield shirts and 50 goalkeeper. The shirt was worn against Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup, there is also a pair of specially designed Predator Boots linked to this partnership…!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with a review of Champions League Match 4 Kits!
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The Premier League has now completed Matchweek 9, just under a quarter of the way through the season and this weekend also saw the return of Friday Night Football for the first time since Matchweek 1.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 9 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 58 (+5 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 55 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were five new Kit looks this Matchweek..
AFC Bournemouth used their 3rd Kit for the first time this season at Aston Villa.
Wolverhampton Wanderers wore a change kit in The Premier League for the first time this season, wearing their Away kit at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Fulham wore alternative black socks with their Home Kit for the first different variation of their Home kit in 24/25.
Manchester United wore their 3rd Kit in it’s 3rd different look of the season, this time with alternative charcoal socks to match the shorts.
Liverpool wore their Away kit for the first time in the League this season having previously worn it in the Champions League.
The two new goalkeeper kits on show
Aston Villa – Blue Adidas Template
Manchester United – Green Adidas Trefoil
Kit Highlights
This weekend was the first use of the Premier League “winter ball”, the yellow version of the Nike ball, it was also the first weekend the teams donned the “Poppy” on their shirts, which will be auctioned off for relevant charities by the clubs.
Manchester United have now worn 5 different Kit Variations in just 9 games, wearing a different Kit look in each of their 5 away games, they are also keeping this up with their Goalkeeper Kits, wearing 5 different Goalkeeper kits including two version of the “Adidas Trefoil” template, but yet still to wear the black version they are selling!
EDIT: Another thing to notice here is that the socks with this keeper kit are not matching, these appear to be the standard green Adidas socks (notice the logo and the lime green detailing) rather than the Adidas Originals logo, which would likely be in white. (Thanks to Darren who called this out in the comments below).
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between West Ham United and Manchester United, I do enjoy seeing this Manchester United 3rd kit in action, and with the alternative socks this weekend might just be my favourite look… paired with a classic West Ham look, just a nice Kit Match up!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits
There were two variations seen this weekend
Fulham – Home, alternative black socks
Manchester United – 3rd, alternative charcoal socks
Kit Grid – Up to 28th October
Kit News
Arsenal are the next team to launch their Originals collection for this season after Manchester United and Newcastle United, the collection has a shirt that is being referred a “retro third” collection, which is based on the Home Shirt used between 1991 and 1993 but in navy / lilac sleeves.
It could be argued “Tailored by Umbro” has made a return, with a minor update to Michail Antonio’s West Ham United Home shirt, the round collar has been adapted by the manufacturer after the player was cutting the collar for comfort.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
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The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 3 of the League phase, after the second international break of the season, with the new version of the competition starting to bed in with clubs and fans alike.
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 3 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 72 (+13 from Match 2)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 13 Kits on show this week
AC Milan – 3rd
Club Brugge – Away
Red Star Belgrade – Away
Shakhtar Donetsk – Away
SK Slovan Bratislava – Cup Kit
PSV – 3rd Kit (All White)
Sporting CP – Away
Bayer Leverkusen – 3rd
Lille – 3rd
Feyenoord – 3rd
Manchester City – Home
Sparta Prague – 3rd / Away socks
Inter Milan – Away
Kit Highlights
Slovan Bratislave wore an unexpected kit, is it a 4th Kit or a Cup Kit, time will tell but it was not expected at Girona.
PSV went for All White look at PSG, wearing alternative white shorts and socks to give the clean overall look at PSG.
AC Milan went for their 3rd Kit at Home against Club Brugge, another look not expected and meant they used Home. Away 3rd Kits in their opening 3 games.
Thanks to @SVBJude04 who shared that Bayer Leverkusen Goalkeeper Matěj Kovář who wore the Leverkusen Away Kit, with the team in their 3rd Kit at Brest, they went with outfield change kit as their choice for evening… something we are certainly behind in Kit Geek Towers.
11 Team in total have worn three different kit looks in their opening three games.
There 7 seven teams that have worn Home, Away, 3rd Kits are AC Milan, Feyenoord, Lille, PSV, Red Star Belgrade, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting CP.
Manchester City and Slovan Bratislava have worn three different kits, with 4th / Cup Kits being used.
Bayer Levekusen and Sparta Prague have both worn their 3rd Kits in two different variations to give their three different looks.
My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Juventus and Stuttgart, there were plenty of nice kit match ups on show this week but this one was my favourite, Juventus appear to be using white shorts / socks in Europe this season and paired with a classic looking Stuttgart Away kit gave us a nice balance in their game!
Kit Stats
Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…
18 Home Kits
7 Away Kits
9 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kits
There were 3 Kit Variations used this week
Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts and socks
PSV – 3rd, All white
Sparta Prague – 3rd / Away socks
11 Clubs in total have worn the same kit in their opening three 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.
The Premier League returns after the second International Break of the season, with the return of “Monday Night Football” for just the 3rd time so far this season.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 8 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 53 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Arsenal wore their “Trefoil” branded 3rd Kit for the first time this season, however they used alternative “Aqua” socks rather than the default navy sock look.
Manchester City were the other team with a new look this week, using their 3rd Kit for the first time in the Premier League.
The three new goalkeeper kits on show
Arsenal – Fluro Yellow
Chelsea – Light Blue
Crystal Palace – Charcoal Grey
Kit Highlights
Liverpool used their charity sponsor for this weekend’s game against Chelsea, linked to the regular front of shirt sponsor Standard Charter, they have used this “Futuremakers” logo in previous seasons in one off games.
Arsenal became the fourth team already this season to use four different goalkeeper kits when they used their “Trefoil” goalkeeper kit, the same as used by Manchester United but like the Red Devils it was only the black version that they promoted with the kits during the launch. The other teams with four goalkeeper kits this season are, Manchester United, Liverpool and Southampton… to compare last season, three team used 4 kits all season!
There are six teams that have worn change kits in all their Away games so far this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton!
Wolverhampton Wanderers are the only team to use just one kit look this season so far in the League and given their upcoming fixtures looks likely to remain that way well into November!
Crystal Palace used a different goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, moving away from their aqua kit to a charcoal grey version of this Macron Template.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal, the Bournemouth kit this season is a clean and classy look, paired with Arsenal’s vibrant 3rd kit worked well for a nice looking match up!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits
There were two variations seen this weekend
West Han United – Home, with alternative sky blue socks (2nd time used)
Arsenal – 3rd Kit, alternative socks
Kit Grid – Up to 22nd October
Kit News
It looks like Adidas will be increasing their “Elite” teams with the Premier League from next season, currently there are just two teams in this bracket (Arsenal and Manchester United) from the Premier League out of the five in total.
Next season Newcastle United will be joining them, and with rumours of Liverpool deal already in place for next season, it now looks like Aston Villa will also be joining this “Elite” list as well, giving the Premier League five teams in total that may have a “Trefoil” logo with their 3rd Kit next season!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with The Champions League Match 3 Kit Review.
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Over the years I have documented the Kit History of England’s Men National Team at World Cups and European Championship Finals, and was also asked to write a piece for Kit Magazine looking in the World Cup History for the World Cup Special back in 2022..
This got me thinking… should I keep a record of the Kits worn by England across their History, so here we are!!
This will be one of my reference pieces for those people to use as they see fit to look back the Kit History of England Men’s National Team, I have broken each article down into decades starting from 1960’s (once I have caught up to this decade, I may go back in time too…)!
England played 100 Games between 1960 and 1969, wearing their Primary (Home) Kit 86 times and their Secondary (Away) Kit just 14 times!
1960 – 1963
We are kicking off from 1960, and looking between here and 1963 there was very little change in the overall shirts, with a plain white shirt with a “V” neck for both Primary and Secondary shirts with plain red “V” neck.
The exception here was the socks, with several variations used over these four years… England started the decade with red socks as the default “Tri-Colour” look, these socks contained a white band across the shins, with alternative white socks used with a red band and plain white socks also seen in action.
The most adventurous socks were seen in November 1960, when red / blue / white hooped socks were used in the Home Nations game at Wembley against Wales (Image below).
In 1961, the moved to white socks as default with red / blue bands on the cuffs and another sock variation was used, this time return to single band with Navy socks, with white band used this time, worn just the once against Wales again in Home Nations with the home kit but also worn with secondary shirt (red) and white shorts for “tri-colour” look against Austria.
1962 was a World Cup year, and year started with England returning to red socks with their Primary Kit but quickly reverted to white socks with red / blue banded cuffs.
During the World Cup, England played four games and adopted the All White look for games against Brazil and Argentina, using their default (White / Blue / White) against Hungary and all red (with banded socks) against Bulgaria.
Not much change in terms of Kit usage in 1963, however the one call out was the use of “crew” necked collar with the Primary Kit, first used against The Rest of the World XI to celebrate 100 years of The FA.
1964 – 1965
1964 introduced what would be the classic England look for the next 10 years, the simple crew collar white shirt, navy shorts and plain white socks. Socks with the banded cuffs were used at start of 1964 but they were soon replaced to the plain look we often associate the team with in this period. Also for the summer games against Ireland and Brazil a final return of the “V” Necked collar was seen.
The Secondary Kit was used four times in total in 1964, with three different variations, with white shorts and white (banded cuff) socks against Portugal and USA, with white shorts and plain white socks against Portugal and then white shorts and red socks against Argentina both these games were part of the Taça das Nações Tournament hosted in Brazil that summer.
However by the end of 1964 and into 1965, the kit became one that we would see the rest of the decade..
Of the nine games played in 1965, six were in this classic look, all white was used twice against Sweden and Spain, a new secondary kit was used for the first time, matching the crew collar of the Primary Kit and worn with white shorts and red socks, this was worn against West Germany… a match up that would be a year away from immortality.
1966
As host of the 1966 World Cup, England prepared with a number of fixtures including games in January and February, as well as four game Pre-World Cup Tour to Scandinavia and Poland and ended up playing 17 games in the calendar year.
February saw something of a “Kit Mash”, with Primary Shirt and Shorts paired with Secondary socks for another “Tr-Colour” look and not one that is thought of with these particular set of kits!
England’s look remained fairly consistent through out the year, only going for the all white look once in their World Cup Quarter Final against Argentina, and using their secondary Kit twice, against Poland and then most famously in The World Cup Final against West Germany at Wembley.
1967 – 1969
After the mammoth 17 Games of their World Cup Winning year, 1967 provide something of a quieter year with just 6 games played, no variation used just default Primary and Secondary Kits in action.
1968, was the first time England played in the European Championship Finals, by winning their Quarter Final play off games against Spain in April / May (both wearing all white), they went on to play in the finals (just 4 teams then) using their default Primary Kit in both games.
The was an alternative Secondary Kit variation used this year, when the team visited Romania in November 1968, they wore red shirts, white shorts and socks for look not seen in action since 1964 and was also the final time red shirts would be used by England this decade.
In 1969 England played 10 games, which they wore their Primary White shirts for all of them, the only change was the alternative All White Look, used against Mexico, Uruguay and Brazil on the Summer tour to these countries, in preparation of the World Cup in 1970, the shirts although looked the same in terms of design they wear in the “Airtex” material to combat the heat of Central and South America.
Breakdown per year – 100 Games in Total
1960 – 8 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
1961 – 9 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1962 – 11 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1963 – 9 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1964 – 12 Games
4 Primary Kit Variations
3 Secondary Kit Variations
1965 – 9 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1966 – 17 Games
3 Primary Kit Variations
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1967 – 6 Games
1 Primary Kit Variation
1 Secondary Kit Variation
1968 – 9 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
2 Secondary Kit Variations
1969 – 10 Games
2 Primary Kit Variations
More Kit looks than I expected in this decade, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek and watch this space, as in England in 1970’s will be coming soon and an overall visual page of the England Kit History is now also live on the site here
We are now 7 Games into The Premier League season and we have reached the second International Break, so as those International Players meet up with their fellow countryman, sit back take 5 minutes and take a look back at the Kits from Matchweek 7.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 7 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 51 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 50 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were four new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Fulham used a change kit for the first time this season in the league with their Away kit at Manchester City.
Newcastle United used a variation of their 3rd kit, with alternative turquoise shorts and socks to match the detailing in the shirt.
Manchester United used their 3rd kit in it’s default look for the first time.
Tottenham Hotspur used their 3rd Kit for the first time in the league this season.
The 3 new goalkeeper kits on show
Liverpool – Yellow
Southampton – Purple
Newcastle United – Pink
Kit Highlights
Liverpool and Southampton both used their 4th Goalkeeper Kit variations of the season (in just 7 games). Southampton have now used Green, Orange, light orange and now Purple of the Puma template, with Liverpool using Black, Green, Purple and now Yellow.
The Liverpool Goalkeeper Kit was the standard keeper template from Nike this season, however it did not use the rotated Nike “Tick” as seen on their 3rd Kit this season, thanks to our friend Jim for calling this detail out this weekend.
Newcastle United and Southampton continue to wear changes kits in all their Away games this season, with Southampton in their Away Kit in all of these games, Newcastle have used 3 different kit looks in their 4 Away games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Fulham, two kits that worked just well together and Fulham in Red / Black just works as a change kit!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 4 3rd Kits
There was just the variations seen this weekend, mentioned above as they used for the first time
Newcastle United – 3rd with Alternative shorts and socks
Kit Grid – Up to 7th October
Kit News
It is being reported that Liverpool had already signed a new kit deal, returning to Adidas for a 3rd time, there is not much detail shared as yet but suggestions are that there will be a formal annoucement in early 2025, ready for the 2025/26 season and will initially be for 5 years up to 2030.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after the International Break.
The Premier League hits Matchweek 6 and all teams have played home and away three times now, so it is time to take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 6 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were three new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester City used alternative white socks for the first time this season in the League.
West Ham United another team in a variation this week, this one was their first outing in their Away Kit but was used with White (Home) Socks.
Aston Villa used their Away Kit for the second time in this season but this was the first in it’s default look.
The 3 new goalkeeper kits on show and 2 of them from The Merseyside Clubs.
Everton – Pink
Liverpool – Purple
AFC Bournemouth – White
Kit Highlights
West Ham United have become the first team to wear 4 Kit Variations this season, with Away used this weekend, 2 Home Kit looks and a 3rd Kit appearance, making it 4 Kits in 6 Games!
Everton and Jordan Pickford wore an alternative goalkeeper kit for the first time this season, with the use of their 3rd choice pink keeper’s kit against Crystal Palace having worn a green kit for the previous 5 games.
There are 6 Teams that have worn change kits in all of their Away games this season, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle United and Southampton, with Brighton, Crystal Palace and Southampton wearing just their Away Kits in these games!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and West Ham United, I do love a Kit Mash up, and seeing different elements of kits being used together, so seeing the Black Away Shirt and Shorts paired with Home Socks was always going to be popular with me, matched against the Brentford Kit just seemed to work well!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away Kits.
A couple of variations seen this weekend, both mentioned above as they used for the first time
Manchester City – Home with Alternative White Socks
West Ham United – Away with Home Socks (white)
Kit Grid – Up to 1st October
Kit News
Manchester United have launched their “George Best” Collection, inspired by their iconic player and winner of Ballon d’Or in 1968 and European Cup in the same year, the collection takes influence for the kit worn in that final at Wembley and includes a tracksuit jacket, trousers and a long sleeve shirt containing Best’s signature and the number 7 in the same style used on those kits.
Another team in the Adidas family also released a retro range this week, with Newcastle United launching of their “Originals” range. The shirt is a cracker, many fans and kit lovers expressing their preference to this shirt of the current Home Shirt.
Chelsea are rumoured to be close to reaching an agreement for their front of shirt sponsorship, the club are talks with three major Airlines, belived to be Qatar Airways, Riyahd Air and Turkish Airlines, with the deal expected to be annouced in the coming weeks. I would expect the new shirt sponsor will be debuted after the next International Break in October.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back later this week with Champions League, Match 2 and then after next weekend’s fixtures for Premier League.
The Premier League is now in full swing for the 2024/25 Season and the first European Club games have happened in the last week, so it is time to take a more in depth look at the Kits worn this weekend.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, with all 60 Kits now being confirmed
Matchweek 5 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 44 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 44 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 2 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Chelsea wore their Away Kit in it’s default look with Blue Socks for the first time this season at West Ham United
Manchester United wore their 3rd Kit, this was with alternative shorts and was the first “Trefoil” Adidas Logo to be used since the 1992/93 Season (Arsenal Away).
There was also 4 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Manchester United – Fluro Yellow
Tottenham Hotspur – Orange
West Ham United – Pink
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Pink
Kit Highlights
Manchester United have now worn 4 different Goalkeeper Kits in their opening 5 games of the season, with this “Fluorescent Yellow” kit, this was an unexpected Kit, with a Black version of this kit being advertised with the 3rd Kit (Trefoil Logo), so likely we will see a 5th version at some point this season!
Interesting choice of Kit by Brentford for their visit to Tottenham Hotspur, their 3rd navy sleeves as well as Spurs having Navy Sleeves, deemed as no clash… maybe with VAR in place sleeve clashes are less of issue when it comes to team’s kits!
Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers are still the two teams who have worn just one kit this season so far, Wolves did wear an alternative Goalkeeper Kit this week for the first time though!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester United, the two kits work so well together, one full of design detail and one simple in it’s aesthetic, so a great combo in my view.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits and 3 Away and 3 3rd Kits in action.
Again, variations are not really something we have seen so far this season, with just one this week and only the 3rd of the season so far!
Manchester United – 3rd with “off” white shorts
Kit Grid – Up to 23rd September
Kit News
No firm news this week, there are starting to be some reports of future kit details and designs but as always we will only report when these things are confirmed by the clubs themselves.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next weekend’s fixtures.
This season see a new format of the Champions League, so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and create a Matchweek Kit Review, much like my Premier League ones… so here we are, looking at Match 1 of The Champions League, 2024/25 Edition!
The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.
This gives 103 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits or Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!
Match 1 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 36
New Kits this Matchweek
As the first week of the Competition, all 36 kits are being used for the first time!
Kit Highlights
Due to some of the regional country laws around sponsorship gave some slightly different Kit Looks..
Aston Villa wore a Charity Sponsor (one they have used before) in their game at BSC Young Boys, their first game in Europe’s Premier Competition for over 40 years!
Stuttgart wore their Away Kit at Real Madrid, but went with no sponsor to give them a plan chest band on the kit, for a classic look!
Bayern Munich followed their recent trend of wearing change kits in Home European games, by wearing their “Trefoil” Clad 3rd Kit in the emphatic 9-2 victory against Dinamo Zagreb.
As pointed out by our friend Denis of Museum of Jerseys all 11 of Liverpool players were in Green, although different shades in their game at AC Milan.
Manchester City debuted their 4th Kit in their Home game against …., released just last week they were quick to use the kit (even before using their 3rd kit) and it was in a Home fixture, is this a trend we will see for the rest of the campaign for The English Champions!
Only three teams wore Home Kits in Away games, Inter Milan at Manchester City (possible only due to 4th kit being worn at Home), Girona at PSG and Arsenal at Atalanta.
Borussia Dortmund wore their “Cup Kit” at Club Brugge, so could be argued it was actually four teams!
My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between AS Monaco and Barcelona, a nice Kit Match up with two good kits for these teams this season..!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen the following kits…
20 Home Kits
8 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
1 4th Kit
1 “Cup” Kit
Kit Variations seen this week
Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts & socks
Aston Villa – 3rd, with alternative white shorts
Bayer Leverkusen – 3rd, with alternative white shorts & 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 1st / 2nd October 2024.
The Premier League is back after the first International Break of the season and Matchweek 4 is completed, let’s take some time to look into the Kits worn this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
All 60 Kits have now been released, we have even seen a 61st, more on that below….!
Matchweek 4 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 42 (+7 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (+6 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 7 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester United were in a change kit for the first time this season, using their Away Kit.
Leicester City in their 3rd Kit.
Brentford in their 3rd Kit.
Everton in their 3rd Kit.
Newcastle United in the Away Kit.
Alternative socks for both West Ham (Home Kit) and Chelsea (Away Kit) both in alternative looks for the first time.
There was also 6 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Arsenal – Pink
AFC Bournemouth – Blue
Leicester City – Black
Manchester City – Light Orange
Manchester United – Green
Southampton – Green
Kit Highlights
For the first time in 38 years Arsenal were forced to wear a change kit in The North London Derby againt Tottenham Hotspur, this was due to PGMOL ruling that there was too much white in the Arsenal home kit, Arsenal reportedly offered to wear alternative red shorts but their offer was rejected, so it was their Away Kit that was used…!
West Ham were the first team this season to use a Kit Variation, with alternative blue socks with their Home Kit, this was also the only Home Shirt used by an Away team this Matchweek.
This was soon followed by Chelsea, in alternative socks with their Away kit.
There just 2 teams that have only 1 kit so far this season – Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Wolves also just wearing the 1 Goalkeeper as well.
Brentford and Everton are the first team to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season in their opening 4 games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Brentford, the two kits working well together to give a nice overall look on the pitch.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits and 5 Away and 4 3rd Kits in action.
The first variations of the season used this weekend
West Ham United – Home / Blue Socks
Chelsea – Away / Light Orange Socks
Kit Grid – Up to 16th September
Kit News
Manchester City have release their much rumoured “4th” Kit… making it the 61st Kit of the Premier League this season, described as the below on the Manchester City website.
“Marking 30 years since the release of the album Definitely Maybe, it’s definitely City. Co-designed by lifelong Man City fan Noel Gallagher, this collection pays homage to the album that defined an era. Featuring designs inspired by the iconic Oasis album cover”
I managed to pop into the Puma store on Carnaby Street, London on the day of it’s launch to see it in person, whether the team needs a 4th Kit is another debate, but as a Kit and Kit Collection this does look great.
This may not be the last 4th Kit we see, as there is still talk of either Chelsea or Tottenham Hotspur launching a 4th Shirt this season linked with Air Jordan Brand.
The final two teams to release their 3rd Kits this season, did so this week…
Aston Villa, have gone for “Midnight Blue” as their alternative change kit, giving a nice balance between their three kits.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have gone for a more flamboyant colour, “Hyper Voilet” is its description, it’s bold choice to used and will be interesting to see in action.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next weekend’s fixtures.
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