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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 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

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.

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League: Matchweek 9 Kit Review

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The second International Break is completed and the Premier League returns reaching Matchweek 9 and we around a quarter of the way through the season..!

As always you can find Matchweek 8’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 9 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 60 (+4 from Matchweek 8)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (No Change from Matchweek 8)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was quite a few new kits on show this Matchweek, with four new looks seen!

Brighton & Hove Albion were used their Away Kit for the 2023/24 season for the first time, this was the first time they have used any change kit this season.

Luton Town used another different combination of their Away kit, this one paired with Home Shorts created the third different look on the road this season with their change shirt!

Manchester United used their Away kit for the second time, this time paired with bespoke alternative White Shorts and socks. We will talk about this kit a bit more in the Kit Highlights….

West Ham United used their Away for the fourth time this season, however this look was paired with Alternative light blue shorts, likely to be also available to use with Home Kit too.

Kit Highlights

As with most weeks we will start with Manchester United, who wore their 7th Kit Variation in the opening 9 games of the season, with their Away Kit with alternative shorts and socks at Sheffield United

There was some controversy around this shirt choice given the impacts to colourblind fans / viewers (impacting 12% of Male population, 5% Female population), arguably it could be considered that the 3rd All “Off-White” Kit may have been a more suitbale alternative given the prodomentaly red Sheffield United Shirt.

Although there was no “new” goalkeeper kit on show, there was an interesting detail highlighed by Museum of Jerserys with Manchester United’s goalkeeper kit, with André Onana has now worn both the Competition and Pro versions of the yellow Tiro 23, wearing the Pro version of the shirt this weekend

Details of differences can be seen below in the illistration from MoJ. There is also a difference in fit, with the competition version being a more form fitting shirt, could this be the reason behind the choice in style of shirt?

Luton Town have now used their Away Kit with three different combinations and yet to use it in its default All White look. Each variation has only been used the once but we have seen the following (SHIRT / SHORTS / SOCKS):

  • Away / Away / 3rd at Chelsea
  • Away / Home / Home at Everton
  • Away / Home / Away at Nottingham Forest

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game was the Claret / Blue Derby with Aston Villa and West Ham United, the use of the alternative shorts by West Ham and the claret details in collar / cuff of their away shirt gave a nice overall balance against Aston Villa in their home kit, very pleasing on the eye (for me anyway).

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there were a few variations on show as we looked in the new kits of the week!

  • Arsenal in alternative red socks with their home kit for the 2nd time
  • Luton Town, Away with Home shorts
  • Manchester United, Away with alternative white shorts and socks
  • West Ham United, Away with alternative blue shorts

Liverpool are now the only team to wear just one kit this season, now 9 games since the start of season in their Home Kit, being at Home Next week means this is streak will continue for 10 games.

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 24th October

Kit News

A very quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front.

The only story that peaked our interest was after signing for Luton Town Andros Townsend is going for a slight change of name on his shirt for his new club, adding “Sr” to as a tribute his son (Andros Junior).

That wraps up Matchweek 8 and a few new kits on show, some interesting kit highlights.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League: Matchweek 8 Kit Review

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The Premier League reaches Matchweek 8 and it’s second International Break of the season, overall a reasonably quiet week in terms of Kits in terms of usage and new but let’s take a look at the Kits from this weekend.

As always you can find Matchweek 7’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 8 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 56 (+1 from Matchweek 7)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (+1 from Matchweek 7)

New Kits this Matchweek

As we start to get into the season, the new kits on show contunue to slow down and this was seen again this week where there was just one new kit look on show.

Tottenham Hotspur used their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League, having worn the Kit in the Carabao (League) Cup against Fulham.

1 New Goalkeeper Kit:

Burnley – Two Tone Blue (worn against Luton Town on 3rd October)

Kit Highlights

Again, as last week there is only place to start, is Manchester United “SOCK WATCH” ….

And it is the Teamwear socks again with the Adidas Wordmark… this is two games in a row for these socks, so could they be the sock of choice from now on… who knows!

Another notable Kit Highlight from this game was that Brentford have been in change kits for all their away games so far, using their 3rd Kit for the third time this season at Manchester United, and used change kits four times overall.

Sheffield United continued their use of their away kit when playing on the road this season, their yellow second choice kit was used for the fourth time.

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool, mainly because both clubs have only used their Home / Primary Kits so far in the Premier League this season, so this match up means that run will continue into Matchweek 9!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there were just one variation on show!

  • Manchester United in those teamwear socks again

We still have two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 8 games

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 3rd October

Kit News

There has been both confirmation of Newcastle United leaving Castore and rumours of Aston Villa ending their deal with the manufacturer earlier but it looks a current Premier League Club will be joining their stable from next season, with Everton set to move to them when their deal with Hummel coming to an end this season. This has been reported in the media with sources at the club confirming this.

That wraps up Matchweek 8 and a quiet week in terms of Kits.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return after the International Break

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League: Matchweek 7 Kit Review

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The Premier League is now seven weeks into the season and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some of the stories and news around Premier League Kits.

As always you can find Matchweek 6’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 7 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 55 (+1 from Matchweek 6)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 46 (+1 from Matchweek 6)

New Kits this Matchweek

As we start to get into the season, the new kits on show will of slow down and this was seen this week where there was just one new kit look on show this weekend…

Luton Town in a nice looking kit mash up with Away shirt with Home shorts and socks, celebrating this new look with their first ever Premier League victory.

1 New Goalkeeper Kit:

  • Manchester City (Purple / Pink)

Kit Highlights

The only place to start, is Manchester United “SOCK WATCH” ….

This week it was a return to the Adidas Teamwear socks that include the Adidas Wordmark! This becomes the first look that Manchester United have used more than once in Premier League this season.

Cheslea’s kit was used for the first time with their new front of shirt sponsor, more details below but worth calling out as a kit highlight for the week.

Sheffield United have played all three of their away games this season in their All Yellow Away Kit.

They are not the only team to play in change kits in all their Away Games so far, with both Brentford (Away x1, 3rd x 2) and Crystal Palace (Away x2, 3rd white Away socks x2) continuing their use of change kits on the road this weekend.

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Everton and Luton Town, the mash up of the Luton Kit working really well and giving a nice balance with the Everton Home Kit, something very nostalgic for me with this game, so calling this one as my favourite of the week!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 5 Away Kit and for the 4th time this season just one 3rd kit in action.

However there were just variations on show, one home and one away kit.

  • Manchester United in those teamwear socks
  • Luton Town in their Away / Home Kit Mash up (as mentioned above).

We still have two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 7 games and with both teams playing each other next weeked, likely to make it 8 games in just the one kit!

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 3rd October

Kit News

Chelsea have finally confirmed their front of shirt sponsorship with “Infinite Athlete”, the Sports Technology Company was much rumoured to take the spot on the Chelsea shirt in the past few weeks after initial sponsors Paramount were not sanctioned by the Premier League due to their Broadcast deal with NBC in USA and then fans reacted negatively to the rumours of Stake becoming the headline sponosor of the club.

The Sponsorship with Infinite Athlete was debuted in the West London Derby with Fulham on Monday 2nd October.

Hummel have launched a range of shirts called the “Equality Jersery” to celebrate equality and inclusion in the world of sports. Several of the teams in the Hummel stable will have this shirt, likely to be a pre-match shirt… Premier League’s Everton included in this group. The shirt is the classic “Mexico” template in rainbow colours and goes on sale on 29th September 2023.

There were reports last week coming from Aston Villa that players were unhappy with the quality of the shirts from Castore and that they were impacting performance but holding sweat within the shirt. Added to this, the often seen ripping of Castore shirts certainly brings the quality of the products into the spot light, with Newcastle United already confirmed to moving away from the manufacturer next season, will Aston Villa be the next team?

The game between Luton Town and Burnley which was postponed from Matchweek 2 is being played on Tuesday 3rd October, any additional kit details will be added in next week’s Kit Review.

That wraps up Matchweek 7 and a lot to consider from this recent round of fixtures.

And a final reminder, that the latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is out now, we have a chat with @TinyJerserys about all things minitaure kit and create our own “Mount Kitmore”, find it at your Podcast Catcher of choice here

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 8 will be out next week!

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League: Matchweek 6 Kit Review

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The Premier League hits it sixth week of the season and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some interesting kit usage to take a look into.

As always you can find Matchweek 5’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… with Luton Town’s 3rd shirt being unveiled in the last week, shorts are still to be confirmed and we are assuming the socks were the navy socks worn at Chelsea.

Matchweek 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 54 (+6 from Matchweek 5)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 45 (+3 from Matchweek 5)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 6 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, their first kit variation of the season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers debuted their 3rd kit for this season.

Nottingham Forest in alternative red shorts with their Home Kit, creating a classic all red look, something not seen used by the team since 2019/20 season.

Manchester United used their wonderful 3rd kit for first time this season, it was used with alternative white socks (default being red), to give a nice all white look.

Tottenham Hotspur, used their home shirt with alternative navy shorts and socks (these are not the Away shorts / socks) and contain similar pattern to home kit.

Newcastle United used their 3rd kit for the first time and were another team that used alternative shorts and socks, to create a Navy / Yellow / Yellow look (default being Navy / Navy / White) and what a debut it was!!

3 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Arsenal – Green with black shorts
  • Newcastle United – All Blue
  • Sheffield United – All White

Kit Highlights

Let’s start with Manchester United, who used their 6th different kit variation in their first 6 games… with four home kits (check out last week’s report about those socks), one away and this 3rd kit from Saturday’s game against Burnley…

Another Kit that was used for the first time this season was Arsenal’s green goalkeeper kit, I want to call this one out as although it is the standard Adidas Goalkeeper template, this is only version of the kit seen in the Premier League that has different colour shorts paired with it, with black shorts being the default look!

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was Manchester City against Nottingham Forest, Forest in all red is a great look in my eyes for the club, especially combined with those Adidas stripes and matched against Man City’s home kit gave a nice overall match up for me!

There were only two games this weekend with both teams in their default Home Kits…

Brentford v Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3, 3rd kits in action.

However there were plenty of variations on show, with six alternative looks seen this weekend, five already mentioned above as they were new looks for their respective teams.

  • Fulham / Nottingham Forest / Manchester United / Tottenham Hotspur / Newcastle United
  • Aston Villa used alternative claret socks for the 2nd time this season

There are still only two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 6 games.

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 24th September

Kit News

The final Kit release of the 2023/24 Premier League Season has now happened with Luton launching their 3rd shirt this week, the shirt design being based on the aerial view of their Kenilworth Road Stadium.

However we still do not know what the full kit will look it, although the navy socks used at Chelsea appear to be part of this kit, will it “All Navy” or maybe pink shorts to match the pink detailing on shirt and socks.

Newcastle United who returned to the Champions League last week, confrmed that they will wear a slighlty different design of home shirt in that competition, with UEFA rules requiring a space for the nameset when the stripes are of “Light / Dark” combinations. I am very glad to see the red numbers remaining, in my humble opinion Newcastle United should always use a red namset with their home kit.

That wraps up Matchweek 6 and a lot to consider from this recent round of fixtures.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 7 will be out next week!

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League: Matchweek 5 Kit Review

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The Premier League is back after the International Break and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some interesting kit usage to take a look into.

As always you can find Matchweek 4’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have 59 out of the 60 Kits released so far… with just Luton Town’s 3rd Kit to be confirmed (we may have already seen the socks of this kit in Matchweek 3).

Matchweek 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 48 (+6 from Matchweek 4)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 42 (+2 from Matchweek 4)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 6 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Crystal Palace in their away kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having already worn it in the Carabao Cup

Manchester United, Home kit with another different pair of black socks…. (we will discuss in more detail below)

Brentford Away kit, which is the same kit used as away from last season, part of their 2 year cycle for kit usage.

Chelsea 3rd Kit, only offically released in the week before this game Chelsea get their new 3rd kit straight into action.

Arsenal in their home kit with alternative red socks.

Burnley, changed from their home kit for the first time this season, using their away kit in the game at Nottingham Forest.

2 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Brighton & Hove Albion – Orange GK Kit
  • AFC Bournemouth – Pink GK Kit

Kit Highlights

I have to start with Manchester United, who made 5 different kit looks in their opening 5 games!

Again, it is the socks that are the change, the “Teamwear” socks are back but this time with the updated Adidas logo, with just the “3 Stripes” branding (as seen on the shirts from this season), below you can see Marcus Rashford from the game this weekend in the newer socks and then the team celebrating against Nottingham Forest in Matchweek 3 with the older “Teamwear” socks!

A big thank you to the eagle eyed Museum of Jerseys for this spot!

Here are those 5 kit looks for The Red Devils…

An interesting choice of kit from Manchester City for their visit to West Ham United, many people commenting on the clash the away kit caused, maybe using alternative white shorts here or even the currently unused 3rd kit would have be better visual for the game, could this be the first “Claret” Short clash in the Premier League??

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United, all white versus all yellow is kit match up we do not often see, given Sheffield United’s kits this season it was probably the best choice but I think worked well to give us a vibriant kit contest.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and just the single 3rd kit in action.

There were just two kit variations used, both with home kits.

  • Manchester United and those socks…!
  • Arsenal in alternative red socks for the first time this season!

There are now only two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Liverpool

And just Everton who have used only 1 Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 19th September

Kit News

Just the one New Kit release other the past week or so…

Chelsea completed their Kit Releases for the 23/24 Season with the launch of their 3rd kit (which was worn against Bournemouth this weekend). This is inspired by their original “Eton Blue” kit, means that all three kits this season have element of “Blue” about them…!

Sponsorship news for next season (2024/25) with Manchester United and Qualcomm Technologies announcing an expansion of their current partnership with the club to now become their front of shirt sponsor, the Tech Company’s brand “Snapdragon” will be featured on the shirts, Snapdragon processors power products from the world’s biggest brands across smartphones, PCs, extended reality glasses, gaming devices, wearables, and connected cars.

Adidas have launched a leisure wear range of shirts called, “LFSTLR Range” which are leisure shirts based on the current 3rd Kit Range for some of their “Tier 1” Clubs, so Arsenal and Manchester United being the Premier League Clubs to get these shirts, providing fans with another alternative look to these popular shirts.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 6 will be out next week!

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League: Matchweek 4 Kit Review

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Matchweek 4 is now complete and we have made past the Transfer Deadline Day and to the first International Break of the season, all 20 teams were in action this weekend and again we have some Kit talking points.

This is the fourth weekly review of the kits in the Premier League, you can find last week’s here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have 58 out of the 60 Kits released so far… just 2 to go…Chelsea and Luton Town 3rd Kits.

Matchweek 4 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 42 (+5 from Matchweek 3)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (+5 from Matchweek 3)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were another 5 new kit looks on show this weekend…

Aston Villa – Default Away Kit Look

AFC Bournemouth – 3rd Kit

Fulham – 3rd Kit

Manchester United – Away Kit

Newcastle United – Away Kit with Home socks (white)

5 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Burnley (Pink)
  • Manchester United (Yellow)
  • Sheffield United (Black)
  • Tottenham Hotspur (Yellow)
  • West Ham United (Yellow)

Kit Highlights

Two teams, Aston Villa and Manchester United have worn 4 kits in the opening 4 fixtures of the season…

Aston Villa, in two home kit looks (different socks) and two away kit (different shorts).

Manchester United in three Home Kit Looks (Alternative Shorts / Socks used) and 3rd Kit.

Staying with Manchester United and their game with Arsenal once again brought up the issue of “red / green” kit clashes and their impact on colour blind football fans, fellow Co-Host of Football Kit Podcast Denis from Musuem of Jerseys showed the impact of this on those fans (1 in 12 Male and 1 in 200 Female) with this powerful graphic to show the kit clash.

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Fulham, Fulham in their 3rd kit for the first time and together with Manchester City’s home kit gave a nice balance of colours on show.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and for the first time this season more than one 3rd kit, with 2 seen in action. There were just two kit variations used, both away kits.

  • Tottenham Hotspur who used home socks with their away for the 2nd time this season
  • Newcastle United who also used home socks (white) in their first use of their away kit in Premier League

There are still four teams who have only worn 1 kit this season

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Burnley
  • Chelsea
  • Liverpool

And just two teams who have used just 1 Goalkeeper kit

  • Brighton and Hove Albion
  • Everton

This means that Brighton and Hove Albion are the only team this season to use the same kit look for whole team in the opening four games of the season.

Kit Grid – Up to 28th August

Kit News

There were four kit launches over the past week.

Chelsea Away kit, an interesting black kit with blue pattern.

Everton 3rd Kit, part of the 100 Year Hummel celebrations and many of their teams having verisons of their famous “Mexico” template and return of the simple “Prince Rupert’s Tower” which was also seen on their 3rd Kit from last season.

Fulham 3rd Kit, it had been rumoured all summer that Fulham would use their away kit from last season as their 3rd kit for this year, so the release of a new third kit took a lot people by surprise but have delivered a really nice black kit with pink details and will have alternative pink shorts and socks for plenty of kit options…. interesting it’s a different shade of pink seen in the away kit, I would have thought similar shades would have been used to mix / match away and 3rd kits.

Tottenham Hotspur 3rd kit, an interesting choice of colour Spurs’ 3rd kit this season, described as “natural tone” in colour, it appears to be almost a pale brown which is a colour that has some history with Tottenham kits.

Finally we got confirmation from last week’s teasing information that Adidas will return to produce Newcastle United kits from next season, news that has seemed to delight fans and kit lovers alike.

There we have it, all of Kit thoughts from this weekend.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 4 Review will be published after next round of games after the International Break

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League: Matchweek 3 Kit Review

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We are back with all 20 teams in action this weekend and there is plenty to talk about in terms of the kits on show and kit usage this matchweek.

This is the third weekly review of the kits in the Premier League, you can find last week’s here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 54 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 37 (+4 from Matchweek 2)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 35 (+6 from Matchweek 2)

New Kits this Matchweek

We are now hitting the 3rd Matchweek of the season, so the new kits on show are starting to slow up this week

Luton Town – Away Kit with Navy socks (from yet to be released 3rd Kit??)

Manchester United – Home Kit with Teamwear Black socks (we’ll get to this….)

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Away Kit

Aston Villa – Away Kit with alternative white shorts (not home shorts)

6 New Goalkeeper Kits:

  • Arsenal (Blue)
  • Crystal Palace (Green)
  • Fulham (Green)
  • Luton Town (Pink)
  • Manchester City (Fluro Yellow / Green)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers (Yellow)

Kit Highlights

So, there is only one place to start… Manchester United….

Another Premier League season and yet another Manchester United sock drama. So after using their default home socks in their opening two games, which are black with the similar pattern as seen in the home shirt, this weekend’s home game with Nottingham Forest saw The Red Devils in plain Black Adidas Teamwear socks, is it supply issues or something else, regarding Premier not “signing off” on the sock design as I saw mentioned on Social Media this weekend, only time will tell but if we can get the default socks back that would be great in my humble opionion, they worked really well with the kit and help elevate the overall design!

See the difference below…

The result of this means its 3 different kit looks in 3 games of Manchester United, only matched by Aston Villa, who have worn 2 home kit looks and now an away kit with alternative white shorts (including the monochorm Club Crest).

There is another team that has used 3 different kits in their opening 3 games and that is Wolverhampton Wanderers and their use of Goalkeeper kits, using all 3 already this season…

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Crystal Palace. Palace in their Black 3rd kit with away socks for the second time this season and balance of red / white / black of Brentford gave a nice overall kit match up in my eyes!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and again just the one 3rd kit used this weekend but plenty of variations on show with 4 teams moving from default looks:

  • Home, Manchester United
  • Away, Aston Villa and Luton Town
  • 3rd, Crystal Palace

Kit Grid – Up to 28th August

Kit News

There was just the one kit launch this week, with Aston Villa releasing their 3rd kit for this season on Friday 25th August.

I will be back again next week with Matchweek 4’s Kit Review, what we will see in the final week of games before the first International Break of the season!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League: Matchweek 2 Kit Review

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Matchweek 2 of the Premier League is now completed. This weekend only saw nine games completed with Luton Town’s ground Kenilworth Road not yet ready to host games after the developments to the ground following their promotion via the Playoffs in May.

If you missed the First Week’s Kit Review, you can find it here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 53 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 33 (+13 from Matchweek 1)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 29 (+9 from Matchweek 1)

New Kits this Matchweek

As we are only in the second week of Premier League this season, there were a high number (13) of new kits on show.

  • Nottingham Forest Home Kit (first home game)
  • Sheffield United Away Kit
  • Brentford 3rd Kit
  • AFC Bournemouth Away Kit
  • Tottenham Hotspur Home Kit (first home game)
  • Manchester United Home Kit with alternative Black Shorts
  • Manchester City Home Kit (first home game)
  • Newcastle United Home Kit with alternative Black Socks
  • Aston Villa Home Kit in default look (first home game)
  • Everton Home Kit with alternative blue shorts and socks, all blue look
  • West Ham United Home Kit (first home game)
  • Crystal Palace Home Kit (first home game)
  • Arsenal Away Kit

Kit Highlights

Lots of new kits and kit looks on show this weekend so plenty of kit talking points.

I will start with my favourite Kit Match up of the weekend which was Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United.

Spurs in All White is a favoured looked of mine and same goes for Manchester United, the Red / Black / Black look is one I always enjoy seeing so it was a no-brainer this week for the Kit Match Up of the weekend in my eyes.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton and Hove Albion was not only the fixture with the most letters in it was also the only fixture this weekend with both teams in kits also worn in the opening weekend with the other eight games having at least one new outfield kit on show.

Four Teams have used two different Home Kit Looks in their opening two fixtures…

Aston Villa and Everton

Manchester United and Newcastle United

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits (11 default and 3 variations), 3 Away Kits and again just the one 3rd kit used this weekend.

Due to the postponement of Luton Town v Burnley it meant that there were only 18 kits on show this weekend.

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd August

Kit News

As expected there was some Kit Releases this week…

Arsenal 3rd Kit was something that we expected to see and did not disappoint, one the kits of the season in my humble opionion.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3rd Kit, an interesting choice of colour for Wolves and another “jazzy” design from Castore.

West Ham United 3rd Kit, a blue 3rd kit for Europa Conference Cup Holders and shirt that takes some design inspriation from London Stadium’s (Olympic Stadium) floodlights.

It looks like the rumoured Newcastle United deal to return to Adidas was inadvertently leaked in the latest episode of their Amazon Prime Documentary, this meant Adidas released the below tweet…. so watch this space on 1st September 2023.

Was there another accidental kit release this weekend when Sky Sports showed Chelsea’s new away kit in the advertising graphic for their game this weekend with West Ham United… oops! (unsure of where the picture came from for credit) Will this be offically released with the Club’s new rumoured shirt sponsor this week?

I will be back again next week with Matchweek 3’s Kit Review, will we see any teams going for the Home, Away and 3rd Kits in their first three games, there are nine teams in Home and Change kit so far, with five of those teams (Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Manchester City) all playing away from home!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek 1