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Champions League 2019/20 – Kit Log

Dec 12, 2019Posted in GeneralTagged Champions League, Europe, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Soccer, UEFALeave a comment

On Wednesday 11th December 2019 we reached the end of the Group Stages of the 2019/20 Champions League Campaign which means its time for me to take a look at the Kits worn within the Groups.

I have been sharing some stats via Twitter through the “Match Days” over at @Kit_Geek but here we will look at all the games and Kits used through this stage of the competition.

Match Day 1 (17th / 18th September 2019)

Match Day 2 (1st / 2nd October 2019)

Match Day 3 (22nd / 23rd October 2019)

Match Day 4 (5th / 6th November 2019)

Match Day 5 (26th / 27th November 2019)

Match Day 6 (10th / 11th December 2019)

Kit Stats

83 Kits worn in 96 games
48% (Home Kits – 31 Full Kits, 9 Varitations)
30% (Away Kits – 19 Full Kits, 5 Variations)
22% (3rd Kits – 12 Full Kits, 7 Variations)
9 Teams wore Home, Away and 3rd Kits in their 6 Games
Lille OSC wore 5 different kits in 6 games – Home (x2), Away, 3rd (x2)
Club Brugge and Zenit St.Petersburg both only wore one kit
Liverpool only wore their home kit, however in final game at Red Bull Salzburg they wore solid red socks (have they ditched the half/half socks?)

Group H

As a Kit Geek I do feel the need to highlight Group H, this group contained Ajax, Chelsea, Lille OSC and Valencia, between these four teams we saw 17 different kits used, which is 20% of all the kits used in the Group Stages!

What did they wear:

Ajax – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Lille, Chelsea, Valencia all at home)
Home Kit variation with Black socks (v Chelsea)
Away Kit (v Lille)
Away Kit variation with Orange shorts / socks (v Valencia)

Chelsea – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Ajax, Lille, Valencia all at home)
Home Kit variation with blue socks (v Valencia)
Away Kit variation all white socks (v Lille)
3rd Kit variation all black socks (v Ajax)

Lille OSC – 5 Kits

Home Kit (v Chelsea & Valencia at Home)
Home Kit variation with white shorts (v Valencia)
Away Kit (v Ajax away)
3rd Kit variation with solid white socks (v Ajax at home)
3rd Kit variation with Navy socks (v Chelsea)

Valencia – 4 Kits

Home Kit (v Ajax, Chelsea, Lille all at home)
Home kit variation with Black socks (v Chelsea)
Home kit variation with Orange shorts (v Lille)
Away kit variation with Black shorts (v Ajax)

Group H also provided me with my favourite kit so in the Champions League this season, the Ajax Home kit with Black socks, something classic and clean about that look that just worked for me!

Something else I like to consider is the some of the best looking kit match ups over the Competition and one that immediatley stands to me is the game at the San Siro on Tuesday 10th December where Inter Milan hosted Barcelona, the two kits looked great paired against each other.

Any stand out kits for across this season’s Champions League and any favourite Kit Match ups that you enjoyed seeing, let me know on the comments below or over at Twitter on @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Log and all the information you might need!

Nov 1, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

We are now over a quarter of the way through the season, so this feels like the ideal time to take a deeper look into the Kits worn so far in the 2019/20 season.

Followers to my Twitter account – @Kit_Geek will know that I do keep weekly updates on kits via the “Kit Grid” with some high level stats for those of you like me who like to see the numbers behind the kits worn.

Kit Grid, Match Day 10:

Kit Stats

10 Rounds of fixtures into the season, means 200 Kits worn. Taking a look at little at some of the overall kit stats:

Home Kits worn – 71% (65% Full Kits, 6% Home Kit variation)
Away Kits worn – 18% (14.5% Full, 3.5% Variation)
3rd Kits worn – 10.5% (8.5% Full, 2% Variation)
4th Kit worn – 0.5%

Looking at points won by teams in their Home, Away, 3rd (and 4th) Kits – This includes variations of each Kits.

Home Kits – 191 Point won, at an average of 1.35 Points per game
Away Kits – 45 Points won, at an average of 1.25 Points per game
3rd Kits – 34 Points won, at an average of 1.62 Points per game
4th Kit – 1 Point won, so 1 Point per game

So it appears that a team wearing their 3rd kit is likely to score more points, with 5 teams having 100% win records when in their 3rd choice outfit this season, those teams:

Liverpool (3 games)
Crystal Palace and Manchester City (2 games)
Bournemouth and Newcastle United (1 game)

Point per game by Team:

Home Kits

Away Kits

3rd / 4th Kits

Kit Variations

One thing I particularly like keeping an eye out for is variations of kits worn, below is the update by team and the kits they have worn in the League this season:

69 Variatons of Kit Worn
Liverpool have worn 5 variations of Kits (due to sock changes on Home / 3rd Kit)
9 Teams have worn 4 variations of Kits
8 Teams have worn 3 variations of Kits
Newcastle United and Norwich City have worn just 2 variations of their Kits, both being Home and 3rd Kits

Of the 59 Registered Kits, we have not seen 5 in the Premier League this season:

Chelsea 3rd Kit
Everton 3rd Kit
Leicester City 3rd Kit
Newcastle United Away Kit
Norwich City Away Kit

The Order that teams have worn Kits:

Goalkeeper Kits

Something new that I have been tracking this season is what the Goalkeepers are wearing this season, below are the Goalkeeper kits worn per game

55 Goalkeeper Kits worn in 2019/20

And there we have it, a fairly comprehensive view of the Kits worn in the Premier League so far in 2019/20.

I always like to end my kit round ups with my favourite Kit match up of the recent weeks, for me it was last week’s (26th October) game between Watford and Bournemouth. Bournemouth changing to white shorts and socks to avoid the clash with Watford’s…. giving us inadvertently a tribute to Luther Blisset.

Please let me know your thoughts, favourite kits and comments below or over on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek

Premier League – Kit Log 2019/20

Sep 3, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, SoccerLeave a comment

As we reach the first International Break of the 2019/20 season it feels like its a good time to take stock and have a look at the kits worn in the first four rounds of the season.

As always I like to look at the stats of the kits worn and information behind that.

Kit Stats

Home Kits – 69% (65% full, 4% variation)
Away Kits – 18% (17% full, 1% variation)
3rd Kit – 12% (11% full, 1% variation)
4th Kit – 1%

Teams with 3 kits worn – In Appearance

Arsenal (Away, Home, 3rd)
Burnley (Home, 3rd, Away)
Crystal Palace (Home, Away, 3rd)
Everton (4th, Home, Home variation)
Manchester United (Home, Home variation, 3rd variation)
Sheffield United (Away, Home, Away variation)
Tottenham Hotspur (Home, Away, Home variation)

Teams with 2 kits worn – In Appearance

Aston Villa (Home, Away)
Bournemouth (Home, 3rd)
Brighton & Hove Albion (Home, Away)
Chelsea (Home, Away)
Leicester City (Home, Away)
Liverpool (Home, 3rd)
Manchester City (Away, Home)
Newcastle United (Home, 3rd)
Norwich City (Home, 3rd)
Southampton (Away, Home)
Watford (Home, 3rd)
West Ham United (Home, Away)

Team with 1 kit worn

Wolverhampton Wanderers (Home)

Something we have seen twice this season (Everton at Crystal Palace and Watford at Newcastle United) is the Referee step in and ask teams to change their kits to avoid a clash.

Everton who wanted to use their Coral away kit but was advised by the Ref is would cause a clash of kit and with their then soon to be released 3rd kit being Navy Blue, it meant a return of last season’s white 3rd kit, as what will be a 4th kit this season. For me this white kit actually complements the current home kit in its desgin, so maybe should have been kept as a 3rd kit this season.

The second instance was with Watford, who wanted to use their Navy Blue away kit for the first time at Newcastle and with their home kit this season being Black / Yellow halved shirts, it meant a return of last season’s Green Away kit to be used as a 3rd kit, something the team did not have last season being one of only two teams to wear just a Home and Away kit.

The other one of those teams was Wolverhampton Wanderers, who currently are the only team to wear just one kit so far this season, however I would expect to see the team to use a rare 3rd kit when they play away at Watford on 1st January 2020, with their home and away kits both clashing with Watford’s halved shirts…. will we see the return of last season’s white away kit or something new?

Premier League – Goalkeeper Kits

Something new I am also keeping record of this season and inspired by Denis over at Museum of Jerseys (and the excellent Kit Tracker that Denis illustrates) are the Goalkeeper kits worn in the Premier League.

43 Different kits worn – (caviat here is that there are several template kits worn by teams, so many teams have same GK Kit)
Only Brighton & Hove Albion have worn just one kit so far this season (Mat Ryan)
Burnley, Manchester United, Newcastle United & Norwich City have all worn 3 kits in the opening 4 games

My favourite kit match up of the season so far was on 18th August when Sheffield United played Crystal Palace, for me a nice balance of tradition and modern kit design…. although if Arsenal had chosen to wear their away kit Liverpool rather than their 3rd kit then that would have been right up there…!

Let me know your thoughts and what your favourite Kit Match ups have been on the comments below or over at Twitter on @Kit_Geek

English Football – Kit Manufactuer Data

Aug 6, 2019Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit News, Kits, SoccerLeave a comment

The 2019 / 20 season kicked off last weekend in England with the EFL playing their first round of games and Premier League returning this week, I felt it was time to have quick look at who is wearing what this season in England.

Unforuntaley the data does not include Bury FC as there has no update on the future of the club when creating this article, all being well I will update as soon as the club’s issues are resolved

The most seen kit manufactuer that we will see this season…. Puma.

Kit Manufactuers

Puma – 13 teams
Adidas – 12 teams
Errea – 12 teams
Macron – 9 teams
Nike – 9 teams
Umbro – 9 teams
Hummel – 7 teams
FBT – 3 teams
Kappa – 3 teams
Joma – 2 teams
New Balance – 2 teams
Admiral – 1 team
Avec – 1 team
Bristol Sports – 1 team
Elev8 – 1 team
Elite Pro Sport – 1 team
O’Neills – 1 team
Player Layer – 1 team
Surridge – 1 team
Tag – 1 team
Under Armour – 1 team

Premier League:

Championship:

League One:

League Two:

There have been 18 Clubs that have changed manufactuer

There was only six clubs in the top two division that have changed kit manufactuer this season, League Two the highest single division to see changes with seven clubs.

Premier League

Arsenal (Puma to Adidas)
Aston Villa (Luke 1977 to Kappa)
Burnley (Puma to Umbro)
Manchester City (Nike to Puma)

Championship

Brentford (Adidas to Umbro)
Reading (Puma to Macron)

League One

Bolton Wanderers (Macron to Hummel)* – TBC
Coventry City (Nike to Hummel)
Doncaster Rovers (FBT to Elite Pro Sports)
Gillingham (GFC to Macron)
Shrewsbury Town (Errea to Admiral)

League Two

Cambridge United (Puma to Hummel)
Carlisle United (Umbro to Errea)
Leyton Orient (Nike to New Balance)
Macclesfield Town (Macron to Nike)
Oldham Athletic (Sondico to Hummel)
Port Vale (BLK to Errea)
Salford City (Umbro to Kappa)

Overall in the 2019 / 20 Season there is 21 different Kit Manufactuers that will take the field of action, this is an decrease from last season where there was 24 different kit makers on show, the three that we will not see this season:

BLK – Provided Port Vale’s kit
GFC – Gillingham’s own club branded kit
Sondico – Provided Oldham Athletic’s kit

Please let me know your thoughts and comments, either below or over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter.

Football Kit Top Trumps – Premier League 2018/19

Jul 11, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged EPL, Football, Fun, Kit Geek, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, Top Trumps1 Comment

It is time for one final review of the Home kits worn by the Premier League teams in the 2018/19 season, this time in the form of the classic “Top Trump” card.

I was torn on going for an opinion based scoring system based on design, aesthetics and general use, however I decided to go for a more factual based performance of the kit, so our ranking areas are:

League Games Worn
Variations of Kit
Games Won
Points Won
Points per game

So for your “pleasure”, here are the Home Kits worn in 2018/19 Premier League Season in Top Trumps!

Arsenal and AFC Bournemouth*

*AFC Bournemouth wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Tottenham Hotspur, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 1-0).

Brighton & Hove Albion and Burnley

Cardiff City and Chelsea*

*Cheslea wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Watford, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 3-0).

Crystal Palace* and Everton

*Crystal Palace wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against AFC Bournemouth, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they won 5-3).

Fulham and Huddersfield Town

Leicester City* and Liverpool

*Leicester City wore their 2019/20 Home kit in the last home game against Chelsea, this game is NOT included in the data for their card (they drew 0-0).

Manchester City and Manchester United

Newcastle United and Southampton

Tottenham Hotspur and Watford

West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Any shocks here, maybe Watford beating Chelsea in the numbers of games worn or Liverpool beating Manchester City in Points per game!

I am planning on creating Away and Third Kit Top Trumps in the coming weeks, as well as Champions League Kits.

Let me know your thoughts by using the comments field below or over at my Twitter Account @Kit_Geek

Kit News, Edition 1 – A Hummel renaissancei

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019Posted in Kit NewsTagged Adidas, Football, Football Kits, Hummel, Kit Geek, Kit News, Kits, Ligue 1, Nike, Premier League, Puma, Serie A, SoccerLeave a comment

Kit news is coming thick and fast, so I thought it was a good opportunity to have a look at what we have seen over the past few days in terms of Kit News.

Confirmed Kits

Middlesbrough – Hummel have delivered a look in the new home kit for Middlesbrough that is a return to a classic look for Boro and one that synonymous with the club.

Inter Milan – Striped kits are always difficult to deliver something new or give a fresh approach to the design, however Inter Milan are a club that often looked to do this over the years and this effort from Nike for 2019/20 is something different and does stand out from the others

Cambridge United – A new Kit deal for Cambridge United with Hummel and the first home Kit is a real classic in design, a clean and simple look on The U’s traditional amber and black. Looks like Hummel will be bigger players in the kit market in 2019/20 and if what we have seen so far is anything to go by we should be in for a treat.

Leicester City – The launch of Leicester City’s away and 3rd kits was no surprise with these kits leaked a few weeks ago. The Away, a pink version of the kit worn by Germany in 2018 World Cup and 3rd Kit, a dark grey version of the Adidas Tiro 19 template. After the introduction of their new home kit in the final game of the season, this completes the kits for the Foxes in 2019/20.

Olymique de Marseille – OM in the second season with Puma have seen the launch of their new home kit sees an introduction on sky blue pinstripe with an all white kit. The kit is also being marketed as 120th Anniversary kit.

AS Roma – Nike have returned to a more classic look for AS Roma this coming season, with the traditional red shirt being paired with white shorts and red socks. There is some “lightening” detailing on the collar, inspired from Roman iconography, which is also continued into name/number fonts for the season.

Ipswich Town – Quick to move on from their recent relegation from Championship, Ipswich Town have launched both their new Home and Away kits from Adidas, both kits from the Adidas template catalogue and the away sees a return to red/navy stripes. A big change with the kits is the sponsor, moving away for black and pink logo to a plain white one that fits with the overall aesthetic of the shirt. It is also worth highlighting that the Children’s versions of the kits will have a local charity as sponsor.

Preston North End – The final kit that I am looking at this first edition of Kit News, is the Nike kit for Preston North End, this template looks like a return to Nike Legend template, most known for its use by several teams in 2002 World Cup, this particular version really reminds me of the England Rugby Union kit worn when they clinch the World Cup in 2003.

Other News:

Aston Villa after a solitary season with local designer Luke1977 (which delivered some amazing kits) have signed a 3 year deal with Kappa
Burnley FC are rumoured to be wearing Umbro next season after leaked photos seen on Twitter
Millwall to have a brown away kit based on their sponsor, chocolate manufacturer Huski
A new badge for FC Nantes
Leaked Arsenal / Adidas kits
New sponsor for PSG

I will follow up with Edition 2 over the coming weeks, let me know your thoughts at Twitter @Kit_Geek or on the comments below.

Premier League, End of Season Kit Report

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019Posted in Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kit Variations, Kits, Premier League, Soccer2 Comments

Sunday 12th May 2019 saw a remarkable season come to a close, with Manchester City and Liverpool slugging out blows over these final weeks of the season like two heavy weight boxers trading punched in the 12th Round….

Anyway enough of this and to what you are here for, the Kit review of the season.

Kit Stats

760 Kits worn (380 games)
112 variations of kits, which are broken down by the following
Home Kits – 42%, 24 Home kits worn (AFC Bournemouth, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Leicester all wearing their 2019/20 Home Kit in their last home game) and 23 variations of Home kit
Away Kits – 30%, 19 Away kits worn (Manchester United only team not to wear their designated away kit) and 15 variations of Away kit
3rd / 4th Kits (thanks Fulham) – 28%, 18 3rd/4th Kits worn and 13 variations of 3rd Kit

Overview

Match Day 1 to 19

Match Day 20 to 38

Kit Variations

Everton and Fulham both wore 9 variations of kits this season
Everton – 4 Home Kits, 1 Away and 4 3rd Kits
Fulham – 4 Home Kits, 2 Away, 2 3rd and 1 4th Kit
Manchester United and West Ham United wore 8 variations of kit
Manchester United – 3 Home Kits, 2 Away kits and 3 3rd kits (they also did not wear their designated away kit combination of Pink / Black / Pink)
West Ham United- 4 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits
Most variation of Home Kit – 4 (Everton, Fulham, West Ham United)
Most variation of Away Kit – 3 (AFC Bournemouth, Burnley, Cardiff City)
Most variation of 3rd Kit – 4 (Everton)
Fulham used a 4th Kit once (which in turn meant they wore 4 kits in the first 5 games)
Watford are the only team to use no variation and only two different kits all season
Leicester City wore their home kit 32 times, only wearing change kits against teams in Blue or Blue / white stripes – the least unnecessary changes

Kit Log

Below is a graphic looking at who what against whom, this is something that I will be looking at in more detail over the coming days, so watch this space.

As in my previous post about The Championship – The Championship, End of Season Kit Report I mentioned my favourite kit match up of the season, for me this was a tough call this season but one of my favourite kits to take the field was Chelsea’s home shirt and when they played Crystal Palace at home, palace wore blue socks with their away to produce for a stunning kit mash up.

As mentioned, there will be additional posts coming up over the coming days but please let me know your thoughts, favourite kits and comments about 2018/19 Premier League Season by using the comments field below or via Twitter – @Kit_geek

Same kit, different manufacturer

Jan 9, 2019Nov 29, 2021Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kits, SoccerLeave a comment

One of the things in the kit world that catches my eye, is when we see a return or revisit to classic kit or design for a club (or country). This is something that actually kicked off my twitter account and I put some examples out there with the first tweets sent out into the twitter-sphere, here and here .

I wanted to take some time to look at some examples of these kits here. Now I what I look for here is something a little different that we do not see every year, that people link directly to a club, so there will be no Real Madrid white kits or Monaco’s home kit, in fact most of the examples we see here are change kits (away and 3rd kits), that have been produced by different manufacturers.

To start the ball rolling lets look at one classic example of what I am talking about.

Celtic F.C. – “The Bumblebee”

A kit first seen in 1996/97 season when Umbro turned the traditional colour palette of Celtic’s away kits on its head with its fluorescent yellow and black hooped kits, since then we have also seen Nike and New Balance have their own take on this kit.

Umbro – 1996/97 and 1997/98 (Away kit)
Nike – 2009/10 (Away kit) and 2010/11 (Euro / 3rd kit)
New Balance – 2015 / 2016 (3rd kit)

West Ham United – “The Hoops”

The famous West Ham United away kit is one that part of the club’s history, Bobby Moore and his teammates wearing a version in the 1960’s, for this article I am focusing on recent returns to this style under different manufactures, where we have seen four kit manufacturers produce their version of this Hammer’s Classic.

Pony – 1993/94 and 1994/95 (Away kit)
Fila – 2001/02 and 2002/03 (Away kit)
Macron – 2011/12 (Away kit) and 2012/13 (3rd kit)
Umbro – 2015/16 (Away kit)

Arsenal – “Its up for grabs now” kit

This kit will be forever linked to climax of 1988/89 season when needing to win by 2 goals at reigning Champions and the biggest club of the era, Liverpool… Michael Thomas went through in the last minute to secure that 2-0 victory and in turn win the “First Division” Title. Although Yellow is a go to colour for an Arsenal away kit, what I am looking at here are some of the details in the shirt, the blue sleeves and the red trim, since the original Adidas version, Nike and Puma have also produced this combination.

Adidas – 1988/89, 1989/90 and 1990/91 (Away kit)
Nike – 2008/09 (Away kit)
Puma – 2014/15 (Away kit)

Crystal Palace – “The Sash”

An Iconic Crystal Palace Shirt, this was first introduced in the 1976/77 season when switching their Red/Blue stripes, returned to using white has their home kit, however introducing red/blue sash for the first time. That initial kit was manufactured by Umbro but since has been seen in several other manufacturers (five of which pictured above).

Umbro – 1976/77 (Home kit)
Admiral – 1977/78, 1978/79 and 1979/80 (Home kit)
Adidas – 1980/81, 1981/82 and 1982/83 (Home kit)
Hummel – 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87 (Home kit)
Errea – 2008/09 (Home kit)
Nike – 2010/11 (Away kit)
Puma – 2018/19 (Away kit)

S.S. Lazio – “The Eagle Kit”

Something is not just seen in British Teams, Lazio introduce their unique “Eagle” kit in 1982/83 season, a design that was also used in change strips and goalkeeper kits – there is a fantastic article over at Museum of Jerserys which goes into more detail for the kits that season – click here for that article

The kit has been revisited twice in recent years both versions produced by Macron.

Ennerre – 1982/83 (Home kit)
Macron – 2014/15 (Home kit)
Macron – 2018/19 (Home kit)

There is a couple more kits that I want to mention here, where we currently have only seen twice but one’s to keep an eye on the future.

Southampton F.C. – The “Keegan” kit

Patrick – 1980 through to 1985 (*in the style of the old vidiprinter…. *FIVE SEASONS*) – (Home kit)
Under Armour – 2017/18 (Home kit)

Newcastle United – “The Rugby Shirt”

Adidas – 1995/96 (Away kit)
Puma – 2018/19 (Away kit)

I am sure there so many more examples here but thought I would highlight some of the examples that spring to mind for me.

I would be interested to know if your team has one and are there any International Teams that have something similar (USA Sash immediately springs to mind), please let me know in the comments below or via Twitter here.

Journeyman Series #1 – Freddy Adu, Football Manager Legend

Aug 30, 2018Aug 30, 2018Posted in Journeyman SeriesTagged FM, FM2005, Football, Football Kits, Football Manager, Journeyman, Kits, Soccer, USA, USMSTLeave a comment

I wanted to start looking at football kits in a slightly different way and was thinking on how best to approach this, so here goes the Journeyman Series. Where I will be taking some time to review the kits worn of those players we regard as a “Journeyman”.

Journeyman Series #1 – Freddy Adu

For those Football Manager addicts, the name Freddy Adu needs no introduction, the “Wonderkid” first hit the headlines when he signed a contract with the MLS at the tender age of just 14 in 2003 and was picked up by DC United in the 2004 player draft as number one pick.

The eyes of the world were on the youngster, photo shoots with Pele, high profile trial at Manchester United all followed and heaped the pressure on the his shoulders, unfortunately that weight of expectation was never truly fulfilled.

However we are here to talk about the kits worn by Mr Adu not his footballing career. From his first club, DC United in 2004 he has played for 14 different clubs in 8 countries in 14 years (including a year out of the sport), as well as representing United States at Under 17, Under 20, Under 23 and Senior teams.

* on loan from Parent Club

Above you can see a selection of the kits worn through out the ongoing career of Freddy Adu, he is still playing at Las Vegas Lights and only 29, so I would expect to see a couple more clubs added to this list over the coming years.

Some Kit Highlights:

DC United, 2004

The first home kit worn by Freddy Adu, a classy Adidas kit, simple black with the “3 stripes” in white, including the band across the chest.

United States, 2006

There is something about United States kits that I really like, the combination of colours and the way often change these colours around just works well for me.

United States, 2012

Another example of United States kit, this time revisiting the historic “Sash” and using a deep red for the home kit.

Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2015

Any chance I get to take a look at a Tampa Bay Rowdies shirt I will take it, this one using a basic Nike Template was worn in 2015 and for me just works and enhancing the template.

Las Vegas Lights, 2018

Looking at this Las Vegas Lights kits, one word springs to mind…. unique! Flashes of neon against the black, screams Vegas at night and made by Australian sportswear manufacturers BLK, famously known for they Rugby League kits.

So my Journeyman series starts here, let me know what you think…. any kit highlights for you from Freddy Adu’s career, anything from the teams he played for in Turkey, Finland or Brazil.

And if there is a Journeyman you would like to see featured in this series, then please let me know.

World Cup Kit Log, Group Stage Round 3

Jun 29, 2018Posted in World Cup Kit LogTagged Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kits, Russia 2018, Soccer, world cupLeave a comment

48 games….. 8 completed groups…. 32 teams and 62 kits used….!!

We have reached the end of the Group Stage with the final rounds completed and the biggest take away for me in this, is that 30 of 32 teams have worn both their kits. There has been some interesting choices in using the “Second” choice kits for clashes and in some cases both team turning to their “Second” kits when there would have no real clash in using their “First” choice kits, FIFA or Manufacturer’s marketing their products, we will probably never know.

Kits used for the first time in the Competition in this round:

Russia, Second kit
Spain, First kit
Morocco, Second kit
France, Second kit
Peru, Second kit
Germany, Second kit

I want to call out the Germany kit here, this kit really is magnificent and for me one of the best kits seen produced in the recent years and unfortunately due to the team’s performance at this World Cup will always be remembered as the kit that was worn when they were knocked out the Competition

We are still yet to see the full Colombia first choice kit, both appearances of the shirt have been matched with white shorts and socks, a surprising choice as not sure the blue shorts/red socks would have clashed too much with the all green kit of Senegal.

Japan and Poland meet in their final Group games, a game that saw the only two teams to wear their “First” choice shirts for all three games in the group, however Poland did use white shorts, to create an all white kit which was a variation from their home kit, leaving Japan on their own as the only team to use one full kit for the Group Stage.

Round 3 kit highlights:

Germany’s kit, a thing of beauty that will now be remember for the wrong reasons
Japan wearing the full kit for all three games, only team to do so.
Finding out that teams have to nominate bib colours as well each game

My favourite kit of the round is the Germany kit.