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The Heat Press – Issue 18

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Time for Issue Number 18 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 17 click here

The Headlines

  • 2022 / 23 Kit Launches
  • New Kit Deals
  • Adidas International Men x Women
  • England’s 4th Goalkeeper Kit

2022 / 23 Kit Launches

Kit Launches are coming thick and fast, so here some of the releases these past few weeks…

Newcastle United – The 2nd home kit produced by Castore, see a thinner stripe to the home shirt return and with some blue accents on all elements of the kit. The one question remains the sponsor, with rumours that the sponsorship will change before the start of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur – Now in their 6th season with their partnership with Nike, the new Spurs home kit sees a return of flashes of yellow in the shirt and socks, however one thing this does do in introduce another colour to the shirt, with Navy, Red, Purple already appearing on the white shirt, too much?? Maybe for some!

West Ham United – The Hammers look to the past for influence to their 22/23 kit, which is based on the Bukta kit from 1991/93 with its unique sleeve pattern.

A surprise to the kit was to see it match with blue shorts and claret socks, the shorts being a highlight for me, reminding me of the Umbro shorts from late 80s.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Wolves are another team going into their 2nd season with Castore, this kit seems to a simplier version of their last home kit, with just a small amout of black detailing on the shirt this coming season.

Stoke City – It is going to take a lot to beat the way Stoke City have advertised and launced their new kit range, launching Home, Away and 3rd kits over a course of few days but showing how they intend to use their kits this season in a variety of mash ups, this Kit Geek was very excited to see this graphic!

This will be the first time that Stoke City have released a 3rd Kit since their 2017 / 18 season, their last in the Premier League.

Cambridge United – Hummel delivering another bespoke kit for The U’s, a nod to the “Influence” kits from 1991/93 with pattern within the shirt itself…

Stevange – Launching both home and away shirts, the away see the purple remaining as a change colour for the club who used it as their 3rd kit colour last season but the home is a radical change in look with black forming a significant part of the shirt in the body and sleeves for a unique look for the League Two Club.

FC Barcelona – I mentioned on Twitter that I believe this is one of the best home kits produced by Nike for the Catalans, a wonderful take on their classic look, with use of Navy across all elements of the kit working perfectly for me… a great kit!!

New Kit Deals

Although no kits been launched as yet, there has been some confirmation of new kit deals for some clubs over the past week or so…

Aston Villa x Castore

Aston Villa also took to Social Media to thank Kappa for their support, a nice touch I thought.

Ipswich Town x Umbro – This will be interesting to see if they take any influence from the shirts of the early 90s, a return of the laced collar!

MK Dons x Castore

Oxford United x Macron

Adidas International Men x Women

Adidas used some of their International Men’s teams to help launch their new Kit range for the International Women ahead of the upcoming Euros in England.

Belgium – A great look with Black / Red / Red

Germany – who may be in spot of bother with FIFA, as the Women’s shirt only has two stars, not the four that normally appear on the Men’s kit!

Spain – Something classic about this Spanish Shirt!

England’s 4th Goalkeeper Kit

In their Nation’s League Game against Germany, England and Jordan Pickford used a red version of the Nike Goalkeeper template, this was the 4th variation used after Yellow, Green and Black..

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

The latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is now out, this time we take a more detailed look at one club’s kits, with Newcastle United being that club, Les, Denis and I were joined by Gavin Haigh for a wonderful dicussion about The Magpies’ kits over the years, you can check out the podcast on my page or use this link to listen directly here

Another Podcast to check out is The Price of Football, in general a wonderful podcast looking into the “Finances Behind the Beautiful Game”… one episode I really want to recommend is from Thursday 2nd June where there is a facsinating interview with Hummel’s Mark Underwood. The podcast can be found here

Our Friends over at Talking Kit have ended their first series of “Full Kit Rankers”, make sure you check out their YouTube Channel, check out their episodes discussing kits from AFCON to EFL to Champions League

I have always considered Football Kits as a form of art work, well Christopher K Art has taken this one step further, with this wonderful abstract painting of the 2021/22 Millwall Home shirt, I might be biased (I know I am) but this would be fantastic hanging on my wall…!

Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter

Premier League 2021/22 – End of Season Report

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The 2021 / 22 Premier League season ended on Sunday 22nd May with a thrilling last round of fixtures which ended with Manchester City pipping Liverpool to the title, winning their 4th Premier League in the last five seasons. At the foot of the table, Leeds United survivied with a final day victory which means that Burnley will be joining already relegated Norwich City and Watford.

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 74% of the time (68% Default, 6% Variations)
  • Away Kit used 16% of the time (14% Default, 2% Variations)
  • 3rd Kit used 10% of the time (9% Default, 1% Variations)
  • 101 Kits different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
  • Home Kits – 42.6% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 21 Home Kits worn (Arsenal wearing 22/23 Home Kit this season)
    • 22 Home Kit variations used
  • Away Kits – 30.7% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 20 Away Kits worn
    • 11 Away Kit variations used
  • 3rd Kits – 26.7% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 18 3rd Kits used
    • 9 3rd Kit variations used
    • Crystal Palace did not use 3rd Kit in 21/22
    • Manchester United did not use registered 3rd kit, only variations (x3)
  • Goalkeeper Kits:
    • 65 Goalkeeper used
    • Arsenal used Away Kit as a Goalkeeper kit for the second season running
    • Wolverhampton Wanderers were only team to use alternative socks with Goalkeeper kits, using alternative black socks for both 2nd / 3rd choice Keeper 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:

  • Manchester United in 11 Kit variations – Home Kit x4, Away Kit x4, 3rd Kit x3
  • Aston Villa in 8 Kit variations – Home Kit x4, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
  • Two Teams in 7 Kit variations
    • Arsenal – Home Kits x4 (including 22/23 Home Kit), Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Newcastle United – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit
  • Three Teams in 6 Kit variations
    • Brighton & Hove Albion – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Everton – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • West Ham United – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
  • Five Teams in 5 Kit variations
    • Burnley – Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Chelsea – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Leeds United – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Manchester City – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Southampton – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 4:
    • Arsenal (inclucing 22/23 Home Kit)
    • Aston Villa
    • Manchester United
  • Most variatons of Away Kit – 4:
    • Manchester United
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 3:
    • Manchester United
    • However they did not wear their default 3rd Kit (Dark Blue shirts, Black shorts, Yellow socks)
  • Six Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
    • Burnley
    • Crystal Palace (only wore Home and Away Kits)
    • Leicester City
    • Liverpool
    • Norwich City
    • Watford
  • Most worn Home Kit – 32, Norwich City and Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Most worn Away Kit – 14, Brentford
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 6, Burnley
  • No Fourth Kit used this season, second season in a row.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers used 5 Goalkeeper Kit variations
  • Three teams used 4 Goalkeeper Kit Variations
    • Arsenal (including outfield Away Kit)
    • Brentford
    • Manchester City

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 4 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.

Home Kits

As you would expect Manchester City and Liverpool head up the “Home Kit” table with a points per game score of 2.44 and 2.43 respectively, Arsenal making up the top three with 1.96 points per game in their Home Kits.

Liverpool scored the most points overall, with 73 points in their 30 games in their home kits.

Only two teams scored under 1 point per game in their Home Kit and again no surprises that it was the relegated Teams of Watford and Norwich City.

Away Kits

The top two slots in the Away Kit table are again taken up by Manchester City and Liverpool, however here there was a larger gap between the two, with “City” scoring 16 points in the six games away kits were used, only dropping points once in the draw at Crystal Palace, the most points won in an Away kit.

Tottenham Hotspur had a good season in their change kits, ended undefeated in their away kit to complete the top 3 in the “Away Kit” Table, Brighton & Hove Albion also ended the season unbeaten in their away kit wearing the kit 7 times in total and scoring 13 points to end joint 5th with Chelsea in this table.

There were 7 teams who averaged 1 point or lower in their away kit, including Mid table finishers Brentford, Crystal Palace and 8th placed Leicester City who only managed 4 points in their away kit.

3rd Kits

The 3rd Kit table has a different look to it, with Chelsea who only wore their 3rd Kit once in The Premier League and were victorious end with a maxium 3 points per game, Tottenham Hotspur (unbeaten in their 3rd Kit) finished second with 10 points from 4 games, only dropping points in their draw with Southampton.

Manchester City scored the most points again, completing the change kit league double!

Two teams scored “0” points in their 3rd Kit, with Aston Villa (5) and Watford (2), with a total of 9 teams scoring an average of 1 point or lower, this does not include Crystal Palace did not use their 3rd Kit.

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:

Crystal Palace only used two kit variations through out the season, just their home and away kits, this meant we did not see their wonderful 3rd kit in action in the Premier League, it was used in the Cup however.

Wolverhampton Wanderers went 23 League games in row in their home kit, this meant the last time they wore a change kit was on Saturday 11th December 2021 against Manchester City. They wore their home kit a total of 32 times, which was joint highest in the Premier League this season.

In their first season in The Premier League, Brentford wore change kits in 18 of their 19 away games, wearing their away kit 14 time and 3rd kit 4 times, the only time they wore their home kit away from The Community Stadium was against Manchester City on Wednesday 9th February 2022.

Tottenham Hotspur ended the season unbeaten in change kits, wearing their away kit 3 times (2 wins and 1 draw) and their 3rd kit 4 times (3 wins and 1 draw). A great season for two designs that have divided kit lovers but in this Kit Geek’s opinion are two great looking kits.

Brighton & Hove Albion wear undefeated in their “Hyper-Turq” Away kit, wearing it a total of 7 times (3 wins and 4 draws), interestingly they only worn the default version of the kit with black shorts once, at Everton.

There were three teams that wore four distinct goalkeeper kits…

Arsenal

Brentford

Manchester City

There we have it, The Premier Leagues’s End of Season Kit report for 2021/22, 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 – End of Season Report

League One – End of Season Report

League Two – End of Season Report

The Heat Press – Issue 8

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Time for Issue Number 8 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 7 click here

The Headlines

  • Southampton – Special Kit
  • Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary Shirt
  • FA Cup Sleeve Patches
  • Slovenia – Kit Votes

Southampton – Special Kit

Southampton release a “Special” Kit to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their Saints Foundation, the Kit was worn in the FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Home to Coventry City and has the same detail on the kit as their current 3rd Kit which includes a detail of the St.Mary’s Stadium included in the print of the shirt in a repeating pattern. The white shirt was paired with red shorts and white socks.

Kyle Walker-Peters is congratulated after his goal by Jack Stephens, Ibrahima Diallo and Armando Broja.

There were 500 shirts available for purchase from the club in a presentation box for £99.

Northampton Town – 125 Year Anniversary

Meanwhile at the other “Hampton”, Northampton Town have released their shirt commerating their 125th Anniversary and is based on their kit from those early days, Hummel delivering a classic looking shirt for The Cobblers, The “Chocolate and Blue” will be worn in the game against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 5th March 2022.

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The includes the names of the all the season ticket holders who donated the cost of the ticket to the club in the 2020 / 21 Season.

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FA Cup Patches

Something that was brought to my attention this week was that the teams that have won the FA Cup have the number of times they have won included on their Sleeve Patch. Further research shows this was introduced from last season but is one of those little kit details that give me a lot of joy…!

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Also the holders appear to have a “Silver” Patch rather than the standard Red Patch that all other teams have (reversed colours) – Thanks to Tom from @ShirtUnion for pointing this out to me.

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Slovenia – Kit Votes

The Football Association of Slovenia have included fans as part of the decision process with their new kits from Nike in 2022. Fans (30%), alongside Players (40%) and member of the Slovenian FA (30%) will make up the decision making process.

The options were designed by 8 different Kit Designers and 11 different designs for the Home and Away kits, full details can be found at Footy Headlines – here

Voting closed on 7th February 2022 for these kits.

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

The latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast is now out, in Episode 7 Denis, Les and I look at some Kit Templates, which each of us bringing a Template of Worship and Template of Doom….

Spoilers…. my Template of Worship and Template of Doom are below, have a listen to find out which one was which and the reason behind my choices….!

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Make sure you check out the wonderful @_luke1878_ who is producing a “Kit Tracker” for Everton, the detail in the illustrations is fantastic… check out the detail on the patches (see above for reference)…!

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The @PencilCraftsman created this amazing illustration of Manchester United kits over the years, a great piece of art celebrating all things Kit for The Red Devils.

Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter

Breaking News…. Kit Geek to TFKP

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Breaking News from Kit Geek Towers on Friday 21st January 2021…

I am really pleased to confirm that I am joining The Football Kit Podcast, teaming up with legends of the Kit Community Les, aka @SombreEthyl and @HullCityKits and Denis aka @museumofjerseys and @squadnos

I was lucky enough to be invited on to the show last summer to talk kit and specifically about the Kits worn at The 2020 European Championship, you can find that show here

It was great to be part of that Euro 2020 show and was one of my highlights of the year for my Kit Geek persona, so being able to join the Podcast as a regular member of the team is wonderful opportunity and something I am truly honoured to be part of.

There are some exciting plans in the works for upcoming Pods and I will of course be letting you know all about them as they come up.

I have also added a link directly to the Podcast, which can be found in the “Menu” section of this site, where you can find previous episodes of The Football Kit Podcast

The Heat Press – Issue 5

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Time for Issue Number 5 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 4 click here

The Headlines

  • QPR – 140th Anniversary Kit
  • Doncaster Rovers Special Kit
  • Dundee / Dundee United 3rd Kits
  • Formula 1 Kit News

Queen’s Park Rangers – 140th Anniversay Kit

On Saturday 15th January, QPR wore a limited-edition anniversary shirt, designed as an homage to the colours that were worn back in 1882 by Christchurch Rangers who four years later joined forces with St. Jude’s Institute to form Queens Park Rangers.

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There will be a limit number of shirts available to buy, one for the QPR Completists out there, full details about the shirt and how to buy can be found on QPR’s website here

Doncaster Rovers – Special Kit

On Saturday 15th January, Doncaster Rovers wore a “Special” Kit, their all black look was choosen to promote Mental Health Struggles and show that they are not always visble.

Following on from what Arsenal did with their #NoMoreRed campaign, for me this is a wonderful way to use Football Kits to promote issues and charities, so congratulations to Doncaster Rovers and to all involved in this campaign.

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Dundee / Dundee United 3rd Kits

The two neighbours from Dundee (just have a look how close their grounds are if you have not seen that before) both launched new 3rd kits this week, both supplied by Macron.

Dundee – Their white 3rd kit with “Dundee Blue” chest band is launched in Partnershiup with SSAFA (Armed Forces Charity)

Dundee United – Limited Edition 3rd kit (400 available) is based on the club’s first ever 3rd kit from 1995/96

Formula 1 Kit News

I also like to keep an eye on “Kit News” from other sports, this week it was confirmed that Kappa will become the Offical Partner and outfitter for Alpine F1 team.

The French Team (part of the Renault Group) have recently had their teamware provided by Le Coq Sportif but this move sees Kappa join the F1 Circuit from 2022.

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

The Guys over at Talking Kit Podcast launched a new YouTube Show called #FullKitRankers where they rank a selection of kits, their first episode looked at 10 Kits from AFCON 2021 Tournament and I was lucky enough to join them as guest on their panel along with The Kitsman and KitKingdom83

You can find the show on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IahanrhCT18

The Kit Community pulled together wonderfully when Stuart Morley tweeted a kit concept that his 8 year old Son designed for an Italian 3rd Kit.

This tweet was followed up with some wonder renders of Reuben’s design…

Stuart and Reuben now have their own Twitter Account – @MyKidsKits to share Reuben’s designs, well done to Reuben for his great work and to those that have supported by taking on his design.

The fantastic duo (Jayme and Tania) behind Football Shirts FC have launched their new website over the past couple of days, these guys do fantastic work for various charities and it is well worth finding more out about them, what they do and how you can support them…. https://www.footballshirtsfc.co.uk/

Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter

Arsenal – #NoMoreRed

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On Sunday 9th January 2022, Arsenal will be taking on Nottingham Forest in the 3rd Round of the 2021/22 FA Cup but their look for the game will be a unique one, they will be wearing an all white kit – no coloured sponsors, no coloured trim, no other colour at all.

This kit is not there for the sake of change or for any commerical gain, its being used to deliver a powerful message, the removal of red from the kit is to highlight the increasing number of knife attacks and teenager murders in London which saw more than 10,000 knife crime offences between June 2020 and June 2021.

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Ian Wright one of the faces of the initiative

The campaign is being backed and promoted by Club Legend Ian Wright and Hollywood “A Lister” Idris Elba, who are promoting the work carried out by Arsenal in the Community’s work with young people in London and providing more safe, positive spaces for young people and spotlighting talented individuals who are making a positive difference in their community. 

The launch of Arsenal’s No More Red Campaign can be viewed below.

There are some powerful videos supporting the campaign which are well worth spending a few minutes watching to understand the impact of the initiative.

Idris Elba and Ian Wright video can be viewed below.

As mentioned above Arsenal are not looking for any commerical gain here and as a result of this the shirts will not be available for sale but the match worn shirts will be given to those organisations who are currently working to reduce knife crime in London, these organisations are:

  • Arsenal in the Community
  • The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
  • Steel Warriors
  • Don’t Stab Your Future (DSYF)
  • Box Up Crime
  • Copenhagen Youth Project
  • St Giles Trust
  • Abianda
  • Octopus Community Network
  • The Ben Kinsella Trust

All details can be found on Arsenal Website – click here

The shirt will have the club crest, Adidas Logo and 3 Stripes and all sponsorship in white, including a sleeve logo of “No More Red” and will be worn with white shorts and socks.

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For me this is using Football Kits in the most powerful way, this initiative makes me proud to be a Kit Enthusiast and I have nothing but respect for Arsenal, Adidas and all those that are behind the campaign and bringing this to life, congratulations to you all.

English Football – Kit Overview 2021/22

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As always I like to document the kits worn in a season by the clubs in the English top four leagues, we are still seeing some new kits (3rd Kits) being released over the past few weeks but now feels like the right time to look at the kits worn and their manufacturers.

Premier League

9 Different manufacturers with 60 Kits for 20 teams

  • Adidas – 4 Teams
  • Nike – 4 Teams
  • Umbro – 3 Teams
  • Castore – 2 Teams
  • Hummel – 2 Teams
  • Puma – 2 Teams
  • Joma – 1 Team
  • Kappa – 1 Team
  • Kelme – 1 Team

There has been an increase in the number of manufacturers supplying teams in the Premier League, from 7 last season to 9 this season. Adidas seeing a reduction a of their teams from 7 down to 4, Puma also seeing their kits being cut to 2 from 4. There are kit makers that we did not see in the “EPL” last season appearing in 21/22, these are Castore (Newcastle United and Wolverhamption Wanderers), Joma (Norwich City) and Kelme (Watford). Under Armour being the one manufacturer that we will not see this season as they step away from Football.

Championship

8 Different manufacturers with 68 Kits for 24 teams

  • Macron – 5 Teams
  • Umbro – 5 Teams
  • Puma – 4 Teams
  • Adidas – 3 Teams
  • Hummel – 3 Teams
  • Nike – 2 Teams
  • Errea – 1 Team
  • Joma – 1 Team

The Championship saw a reduction in the kit manufacturers in show this season, last season having 11, the three kit makers not seen are due to promotion and relegation, with Kelme (Watford), O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) and Elev8 (Sheffield Wednesday – although no longer their kit provider). Macron joining Umbro in supplying the most teams, this looks like a direct link to Blackburn Rovers who swap the “Double Diamond” for the Italian Manufacturer this season.

League One

12 Different manufacturers with 63 Kits for 24 teams

  • Puma – 5 Teams
  • Errea – 3 Teams
  • Macron – 3 Teams
  • Adidas – 2 Teams
  • Nike – 2 Teams
  • Elite Pro Sports – 1 Team
  • FBT – 1 Team
  • Joma – 1 Team
  • O’neills – 1 Team
  • Tag – 1 Team
  • Umbro – 1 Team

In League One there was an increase the number of manufacturers for the 2021/22 from 11 to 12, we say goodbye to Admiral who no longer supply Shrewsbury Town but see Joma (Morecambe) and O’neills (Wycombe Wanderers) in League One this season. There are still 9 teams that do not have a 3rd Kit for this season, so we could see these introduced over the coming months.

League Two

12 Different manufacturers with 65 Kits for 24 teams

  • Errea – 5 Teams
  • Macron – 5 Teams
  • Hummel – 3 Teams
  • Joma – 2 Teams
  • New Balance – 2 Teams
  • Avec – 1 Team
  • Kappa – 1 Team
  • Mills – 1 Team
  • O’neills – 1 Team
  • Player Layer – 1 Team
  • Puma – 1 Team
  • Surridge – 1 Team

League Two also sees an increase in the number of kit manufacturers on show this season, increasing by two to 12 kit makers, with new boys on the block Mills (Tranmere Rovers) and O’neills (Hartlepool Town) being the additional manufacturers. League Two also provides the most single use kit makers, with seven manufacturers providing kits for just one team.

Overall view

20 Kit manufactuerers, 256 different kits for 92 teams

71 Teams (77% of all teams) are supplied by 7 Kit Manufacturers (Macron, Puma, Hummel, Errea, Adidas, Umbro, Nike).

Only 9 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20

  • Premier League: Newcastle United / Norwich City / Southampton / Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Championship: Blackburn Rovers
  • League One: Morecambe / Sheffield Wednesday / Shrewsbury Town
  • League Two: Tranmere Rovers

The Two Season Kit Wonder

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On Wednesday 24th November 2021 Brentford FC announced that their home kit for their inaugural Premier League Season will also be rolled over for a second season and will be their home kit for 2022/23 Season.

This is unusual for top flight teams, the last time this was seen in the Premier League was between 2012 and 2014 when Arsenal used their Home kit for two season in a row but this is something more common place in League One and League Two.

So I wanted to share with you the kits that have been used in both 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons.

Arsenal’s Home Kit used for 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons

Premier League

There are two examples in this season’s Premier League of kits from last season being used for this season, both are third kits and one is yet to be used yet, these are the all white third kit from the team that kicked off this piece Brentford and the second team is Brighton & Hove Albion, who’s yellow away kit from last season is registred as their 3rd kit this season.

Championship

There are four examples in The Championship this season, all four of these are again as the Premier League teams being used as 3rd Kits in the 2021/22 season with two being 3rd kits last season and two being away kits.

Cardiff City – Last season’s away is this season’s 3rd Kit and the only kit of the four that appeared in The Championship last season, this has yet to be used this season.

Fulham – their yellow away from last season has been used this as the club’s 3rd kit.

Peterborough United – are using the same 3rd Kit in the 2020/21 Promotion winning season from League One in The Championship this season.

Sheffield United – The second team relegated from the 20/21 Premier League season are using their Green / Gold 3rd kit from last season as this season’s 3rd kit as well.

League One

League One is the first division where we see home kits being re-used for a second season, in total there are 10 kits that we have seen for two division.

Accrington Stanley – A big shout here for “Accy” who are using all three of their kits for second season…

AFC Wimbledon – Closely following Accrington Stanley’s lead, AFC Wimbledon are seeing their Home and Away used again this season.

Cheltenham Town – Promoted from League Two last season, they are also using their home shirts again this season, however pairing with black shorts for 21/22 campaign, it was used with white shorts last season.

Fleetwood Town – Their unique Hummel home kit design, gets its second season of use.

Wigan Athletic – The team retained their home kit for 21/22 League Campaign, the second in a row in their 3rd Tier.

Wycombe Wanderers – Another team relegated last season, Wycombe kept both their home and 3rd Kits from last season, both the classic quartered shirt look for The Chairboys.

League Two

There are another 10 kits being used again in League Two this season.

Bristol Rovers – They are using their away kit from last season as a 3rd Kit now.

Colchester United – The Essex team are using both their home and away kits from last again in 21/22, interestingly they used a different home kit in one of their final home games of last season as a “Fans Kit”

Crawley Town – Another team to repurpose their away kit from 2020/21 as their 3rd kit this season, with the all black giving a constraiting alternative to all red home and all blue away.

Exeter City – Exeter are another team that are pairing their shirt from last season with different colour pair of shorts, last season it was black, this season going for an red short / sock combo.

Forest Green Rovers – A club where sustainability is at its heart, have had their current 3rd kit in use for 3 seasons now, introducing it 2019/20 it has seen use in the each of those seasons (thanks to @achrislatham for pointing this one out to me).

Harrogate Town – In their second in the top four divisions, they are using their Away kit again, their 3rd kit this season also made an appearence last season in the delayed FA Trophy final from 2020.

Mansfield Town – their away kit is being used again this season.

Port Vale – Port Vale’s popular all black away kit (partially designed by Robbie Williams) is retained as this season’s 3rd kit.

Sutton United – In their first season in the top four divisions have retained the home and away kits from promotion winning season, they have also introduced a black 3rd kit that gives us all three kits from the same Macron Template for tidy uniform look.

Although not common practise for teams, this still gives us a total of 26 kits re-used in the 2021/22 season that were previously used last season, with Brentford’s annoucement today will this will see this number grow in the 2022/23 season, is Football Shirt Sustainability and increased shirt cycles the future, let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at https://twitter.com/kit_geek

Premier League 2020/21 – End of Season Kit Report

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Starting on 12th September 2020 and finishing on 23rd May 2021, the 2020/21 season was completed within the quickest amount of time in Premier League history, which we saw the 380 games completed in just 253 days and concluded with Manchester City winning their third title in four seasons.

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 71% of the time (63% Full, 8% Variations)
  • Away Kit used 16% of the time (13% Full, 3% Variations)
  • 3rd Kit used 13% of the time (11% Full, 2% Variations)
  • 109 Kits different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
  • Home Kits – 42% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 23 Home Kits worn (Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City, Liverpool wearing 21/22 Home Kits this season)
    • 23 Home Kit variations used
  • Away Kits – 31% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 21 Away Kits worn (Arsenal, Everton wearing 21/22 Aways Kits this season)
    • 13 Away Kit variations used
    • Manchester United did not use registered Away kit, only variations (x3)
  • 3rd Kits – 27% of total Kit Variations used:
    • 18 3rd Kits used
    • 11 3rd Kit variations used
    • Brighton & Hove Albion did not use 3rd kit in 20/21
    • Chelsea did not use registered 3rd kit, only variations (x2)
  • Goalkeeper Kits:
    • 66 Goalkeeper used
    • 5 Teams used 21/22 Goalkeeper kits (All teams that debuted their new kits)
    • Arsenal used Away Shirt as Goalkeeper shirt
    • Manchester United only team to use alternative socks with Goalkeeper kit (Home Kit with alternative socks at Leeds United)

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:

  • Manchester United in 11 variations of Kit – Home Kit x5, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x3
  • Aston Villa in 8 variations of Kit – Home Kit x3, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x 2
  • Two Teams in 7 variations of Kit
    • Everton – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 21/22 Away Kit
    • West Ham United – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
  • Five Teams in 6 variations of Kit:
    • Brighton HA – Home Kit x2, Away kit x3, 21/22 Home Kit
    • Chelsea – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Fulham – Home Kit x4, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Sheffield United – Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit x3
    • Southampton – Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x3
  • Most variations of Home Kit:
    • 5, Manchester United (Including 2 different pairs of Black socks used)
    • Everton, Fulham, West Ham United used 4 variations of Home Kit
  • Most variatons of Away Kit:
    • 3, Aston Villa, Brighton HA and Manchester United
    • Manchester United did not full Away (all dark green, only variations with white shorts / socks)
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit:
    • 3, Manchester United, Sheffield United and Southampton
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion only two teams not to use any Kit Variations, just their standard Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Most worn Home Kit – 32, Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Most worn Away Kit – 12, West Bromwich Albion
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 9, Burnley
  • No Fourth Kit used this season, first time since 2017/18
  • Arsenal used 5 Goalkeeper Kit variations, including away shirt as part of all white 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 – https://twitter.com/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 5 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.

Home Kit

As expected Manchester City head up this table with 2.28 Points, 0.45 points more than Manchester United. The three relegated teams within the bottom three positions, Burnley the only other team with less than 1 point per game in their Home Kit.

Away Kit

Liverpool head the Away Kit Table, with 2.25 points per game for their 4 uses of “Teal” Away kit, Leicester City and Manchester United both with 2.00 points per game but Leicester City in their away 5 times compared to Manchester United’s 4.

Newcastle United scored 13 points in their away kit, which was the highest in the league throughout the season but their 8 uses average 1.63 points per game.

Wolves only used their away kit once in 2020/21 and lost, so did not score a single point in their away kit, a total of 8 teams average less than point per game in their away kit, including West Ham who finished 6th in the League

3rd Kit

Manchester City finished the season with a 100% win record in their 3rd Kit, with 7 wins and maximum 3.00 points per game.

Sheffield United and Fulham did not score a point in their 3rd kits, with Sheffield United losing all 6 games in their Green / Gold Kit.

Brighton & Hove Albion did not use a 3rd Kit this season (their black away from 2019/20 was registered as their 3rd kit),

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:

Manchester United used two different pairs of black socks with their Home Kit, the original sold which had the same “flecked” pattern as the home shirt and contained the wording “Manchester United” and were only worn in the first game of the season at Home against Crystal Palace, the 2nd pair of black socks used were standard Adidas Teamwear socks and used throughout the rest of the season in the league

Arsenal first Premier League team to use an outfield shirt as a Goalkeeper Kit, when it was deemed that their 3 goalkeeper kit options were two much of clash for their game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aresenal used their away shirt to create an all white goalkeeper kit

Leno using Arsenal’s Away kit as a GK Kit

When Manchester United visited Liverpool on 17th January 2021 they elected to use their dark green away kit, however it was consided that the two teams would be indistinguishable for those fans with colourblindness. Manchester United used white socks to break these colours up.

Aston Villa who used 8 Kit variations overall, at one stage used 7 different kit variation in 8 games which included 6 kits in 6 games.

There we have kit, the end of season report for 2020/21 Premier League season, let me know your favourite kit details and thoughts in the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

English Football – Kit Overview 2020/21

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The 2020/21 Season is now in full swing, I thought it was time to document the kits worn by the 92 English League Clubs and look at the manufacturers used.

Premier League

7 Different Manufacturers with 60 Kits for the 20 teams.

  • Adidas – 7 Teams
  • Nike – 4 Teams
  • Puma – 4 Teams
  • Umbro – 2 Teams
  • Hummel – 1 Team
  • Kappa – 1 Team
  • Under Armour – 1 Team

Championship

11 different manufactuerers, currenly with 68 kits for 24 teams

  • Umbro – 6 Teams
  • Macron – 4 Teams
  • Hummel – 3 Teams
  • Errea – 2 Teams
  • Nike – 2 Teams
  • Puma – 2 Teams
  • Adidas – 1 Team
  • Elev8 – 1 Team
  • Joma – 1 Team
  • Kelme – 1 Team
  • O’Neils – 1 Team

League One.

11 different manufactuerers, currently 63 kits for 24 teams

  • Puma – 7 Teams
  • Errea – 3 Teams
  • Nike – 3 Teams
  • Adidas – 2 Teams
  • Hummel – 2 Teams
  • Macron – 2 Teams
  • Admiral – 1 Team
  • Elite Pro Sport – 1 Team
  • FBT -1 Team
  • Tag – 1 Team
  • Umbro – 1 Team

League Two

10 different manufactuerers, 63 kits for 24 teams

  • Errea – 6 Teams
  • Macron – 5 Teams
  • Hummel – 4 Teams
  • Joma – 2 Teams
  • New Balance – 2 Teams
  • Avec – 1 Team
  • Kappa – 1 Team
  • Player Layer – 1 Team
  • Puma – 1 Team
  • Surridge – 1 Team

Overall view

21 Kit manufactuerers, 254 different kits for 92 teams

Only 13 teams change kit manufactuer from 2019/20

  • Premier League: Everton / Liverpool / Leeds United
  • Championship: Birmingham City / Bristol City / Luton Town / Watford
  • League One: Blackpool / Peterborough United / Sunderland
  • League Two: Bolton Wanderers / Harrogate Town / Southend United