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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

Premier League: Matchweek 1 Kit Review

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And we are off….

The 2023 / 24 Premier League Season has now kicked off and as mentioned here I will be taking a more in depth look into the Kits each Matchweek from my usual update via Social Media.

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we have seen 50 out of the 60 Kits released so far…

Matchweek 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 20
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 20

New Kits this Matchweek

Of course all kits this week are being used for the first time this season, more details will appear in this section as we move through the season and new kit looks / variations are used.

Kit Highlights

The New Premier League Namesets got their first full outings and visually worked well I believe, they certainly appeared to be a lot bigger and clearer than their predecessors, so a thumbs up from me on those changes (apart from the bespoke colours, I would still love to see more colour options available to teams).

There were two Kit Mash ups used in the opening weekend of fixtures…

Firstly Crystal Palace who combined their 3rd Kit with their white Away Kit Socks, this look giving two shades of Blue on the kit, with the lighter shade of blue being used with the Away Kit this season.

The second Mash Up was with Tottenham Hotspur, who not only launched their beautiful Navy Blue Away Kit this weekend, they then used it at Brentford with Home Socks (White)

There was a potentially a third Kit Mash Up used with Aston Villa using alternative “Claret” Socks to their trip to Newcastle United, however we do not know what their 3rd kit looks like, so not sure if this is a mash up or just use of alternative home socks, my feeling is this will be an alternative sock but time will tell!

Some more investigation is needed on Brighton & Hove Albion’s Goalkeeper Kit, the black kit worn by Jason Steele this weekend which appears to be same black kit used in the 2022/23 Season, its been difficult to get a clear image of the kit to be 100% certain… so watch this space about this one!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits (12 default and 1 variations), 4 Away Kits (3 default and 1 variation) and just the one 3rd kit used in these opening games

Kit Grid – Up to 15th August

Kit News

In the coming week we expect to see the lauch of Arsenal’s 3rd Kit which has been well documented as a return to the green / navy sleeves, which is rumoured to launched on Friday 18th August 2023.

That is this Premier League Matchweek Kit Review, 10 games down… 370 to go!!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 2 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.

Premier League – Matchweek Kit Reviews, Coming soon!

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As regular “Twitter / 𝕏” Followers will know I share updates after Premier League Matchweeks with Kit Updates and my Kit Grid, showing what kits were worn in those games.

For the 2023 / 24 Season I want to take this post a little deeper and will be sharing a more detailed review, the high level detailed posts will remain for Premier League and EFL for that snapshot view but for those that are interested in a little more detail, these Matchweek Posts will be here.

There will be a structure to this posts, so you can revisit any Matchweek and know where to find the information or details you are interested in…

  • Overview of the Kits worn in that week’s fixtures
  • Total Number of Kit Variations for both Outfield and Goalkeeper Kits
  • Looking at any “New” Kit Variations used by the Premier League Teams
  • Kit Highlights from the Matchweek
  • Any relevant Kit Stats from the Matchweek
  • Updated “Kit Grid” showing total Premier League Fixtures
  • Any relevant Kit News

Is there anything else you would like to see in these reviews, let me know??

All feedback, ideas can be shared in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

Premier League, Top Trumps – 2022/23

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I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous seasons was a Top Trump format.

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

  • League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn in 22 / 23 Season
  • Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn in 22 / 23 Season
  • Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points Won – Numner of points won wearing the kit(s)
  • Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit

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

The cards by each team….

There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Arsenal’s points per game in their 3rd Kit, Manchester United having joint highest points scored in a Kit.

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

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

Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.

You can find full kit review for the 2022/23 Premier League Season here and last season’s Top Trumps here

Premier League 2022/23 – End of Season Report

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The 2022 / 23 Premier League season ended on Sunday 28th May 2023 with Manchester City securing their 3rd Premier League in a row with 3 games still to play. At the foot of the table, Everton survivied with a final day victory which means that Leicester City and Leeds United will be joining already relegated Southampton.

As the season has ended, I will follow my tradition of taking a more in depth look into the kits worn through this season, some stats and information behind these kits.

Kit Stats

  • 760 Kits worn (380 Games)
  • Home Kit used 73% of the time (67% Default, 6% Variations)
  • Away Kit used 15% of the time (12% Default, 3% Variations)
  • 3rd Kit used 12% of the time (9% Default, 3% Variations)
  • 109 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
  • Home Kits – 43.1% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 25 Home Kits worn (5 teams wearing 23/24 Home Kit this season)
    • 22 Home Kit variations used
  • Away Kits – 29.4% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 19 Away Kits worn
    • 13 Away Kit variations used
    • Aston Villa did not use registered Away kit, wearing 2 different variation
  • 3rd Kits – 26.6% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 19 3rd Kits used
    • 10 3rd Kit variations used
    • Manchester United did not use registered 3rd kit, wearing alternative shorts
  • Goalkeeper Kits:
    • 68 Goalkeeper used
    • 2 Teams (Liverpool and Manchester City) in 5 different Goalkeeper Kits
    • 4 Teams in 4 Goalkeeper Kits (Arsenal / Leicester City / Liverpool in 23/24 GK Kits)

Overview of Kits Used

Kit Overview

Kit Log, Match 1 to Match 19

Kit Log, Match 20 to Match 38

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Premier League Teams:

  • Two Teams in 9 Kit variations
    • Manchester United – Home Kit x6, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Newcastle United – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x2, 4th Kit
  • Two Teams in 8 Kit variations
    • Leeds United – Home Kits x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x4
    • Southampton – Home Kit x4, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
  • West Ham United in 7 Kit variations – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • Five Teams in 6 Kit variations
    • Aston Villa – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Chelesa – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Crystal Palace – Home x2 (including 23/24 Kit), Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Everton – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
    • Fulham– Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
  • Two Teams in 5 Kit variations
    • Arsenal – Home Kit x2 (including 23/24 Kit), Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Liverpool – Home Kit x2 (including 23/24 Kit), Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
  • Four Teams in 4 Kit variations
  • Four Teams in 3 Kit variations
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 6
    • Manchester United
  • Most variatons of Away Kit – 3
    • Newcastle United
    • Southampton
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4:
    • Leeds United
  • Six Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
    • AFC Bournemouth
    • Brentford
    • Leicester City (Including 23/24 Home Kit)
    • Manchester City (Including 23/24 Home Kit)
    • Nottingham Forest
    • Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Most worn Home Kit – 31, Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Most worn Away Kit – 9, Nottingham Forest
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 9, Brentford and Manchester City
  • Most worn 4th Kit – 1, Newcastle United
  • Liverpool and Manchester City used 5 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 23/24 GK Kits
  • Most worn GK Kit – 31, Tottenham Hotspur (Yellow GK Kit)

Kit Grid

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

Kit Tables

One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Manchester United’s 6 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.

Home Kits

No surprises at the top of table, with Manchester City heading the table up with 2.48 points per game in their Home Kit, followed by Arsenal (2.31) and Manchester United (2.21). Both Manchester Clubs scoring 62 Points in Home Kits.

Chelsea can sum up their disappointing season by scoring less 1 point per game (0.93), only managing 28 points in their 30 games in their home kit, one of four teams (Everton, Leicester City and Southampton) in managing less than 1 point per game.

Away Kits

Newcastle United’s Champions League qualifying season was supported by their performance in their Navy Away kit, worn in 3 different variations The Magpies managed 2.67 points per game in their 6 games.

Arsenal scored the most points in an Away Kit, they managed 18 points in their two away kit looks which was used across 10 games in total.

Only 7 teams managed more than 1 point per game, with Everton who only secured their Premier League status on the final game scored 1.4 points per game in their away kit and remained unbeated in their two away kit looks this season.

Fulham, who used their away kit 3 times, did not manage to score any points in these games.

3rd Kits

Rumour has it that Mikel Arteta did not like the Arsenal Pink 3rd kit this season, however in its two appearences they won both games giving the kit a maximum 3 points per game.

Champions Manchester City, who were the joint highest wearers of a 3rd kit this season score 20 points in total, finishing 2.22 points per game.

Fulham were more productive in their 3rd kit, were the 4th highest points per game scorers in 3rd kits, with a total of 9 points won in 5 games wearing 2 variations of their 3rd Kit.

There were 3 teams that did not score any points in their 3rd Kit (Leeds United x5, Southampton, x5 and Nottingham Forest x2).

Summary and Highlights

There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following:

Lets start with Manchester United, who wore a staggering 6 variations of their Home Kit, the key to this was the socks… they started the season using alternative black away socks and it was not until teams returned from the World Cup on 27th December where the default Home Socks were finally used… see the difference in the socks below? One of the Kit Mysteries of 2022/23 Season

The other four looks for Manchester United were…

As briefly mentioned above, another Kit Mystery for the season is Arsenal 3rd Kit, initally popular with fans when it was first released, however it only made two appearences this season (both victories) and was used in two of Arsenal’s first three games, so its final use in the Premier League was on 20th August in the game against Bournemouth… rumour was the Mikel Arteta did not like the kit but there is no confirmation of that!

Newcastle United ended the season unbeaten in their change kits, they played a total of 12 games in change kits.

  • 6 games in Away Kit (3 Variations)
  • 5 games in 3rd Kit (2 Variations)
  • 1 game in 4th Kit

Leeds United, ended the season with the most variations of a 3rd Kit, using 4 different looks in just 5 games unfortunatley not scoring a point in any of these looks but as a Kit Geek, I did enjoy they use of this kit!

This season was the first since 2019/20 where a 4th Kit was used. However Newcastle United’s 4th was not a traditonal 4th Kit but a training shirt that was matched prepared and partnered with Home Shorts and Socks, the reason being that their designated kits of this season were all considered to clash when they visited Brighton & Hove Albion in just the second game week of the season and their first away game!

Crystal Palace did not use their 3rd Kit in the Premier League in 2021/22 season and it took until their 23rd game of this season against Brentford in February to wear one this time, a total of 651 days and 64 League games between wearing 3rd Kits (both Black with Red / Blue details).

There were some interesting Kit Mash Ups used this season…

Arsenal, using grey Goalkeeper Socks with their Black Away kit… a look they used three times against Manchester United, Liverpool and Brentford!

When Manchester City visited Crystal Palace, their goalkeeper socks were considered a clash with Crystal Palace’s, so Ederson took to the field in white outfied away socks of Palace!!

Leeds United, followed a similar look to Arsenal when they played Manchester United with their Goalkeeper look using grey socks with their black keeper kit, they wore this look in both games against Manchester United… which were in the space of 4 days!

There we have it, The Premier Leagues’s End of Season Kit report for 2022/23, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek

You can find other End of Season Reports below.

Championship – 2022 / 23 End of Season Report

League One – 2022 / 23 End of Season Report

League Two – 2022 / 23 End of Season Report

Premier League, Top Trumps – 2021 / 22

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I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous season was a Top Trump format.

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

  • League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn in 21 / 22 Season
  • Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn in 21 / 22 Season
  • Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit
  • Points Won – Numner of points won wearing the kit
  • Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit

The cards by each team….

There we have it, any surprises in there, Brighton’s Points per game, Leicester City’s lack of games won in their Away and 3rd Kit?

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

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

Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.

My initial attempt at this was for 2018 / 19 Season can be found here