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EFL, League One 20/21 – End of Season Report

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The 2020/21 League One (3rd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 9th May, Hull City (winners) and Peterborough United (Runners Up) earning automatic promotion to The Championship, with Blackpool winning the the Play Off Final against Lincoln City for the final promotion place.

I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 98 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 42% of Kit variations used
    • 24 Home Kits worn
    • 17 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 39% of variations used
    • 24 Away Kits worn
    • 14 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 19% of variations worn
    • 15 3rd Kits worn
    • 4 3rd Kit variations worn

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Overview

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log – Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log – Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the League One Teams

  • 1 team wore 9 kit variiations – Highest in the league
    • Oxford United – Home x4, Away, 3rd x4
  • 2 teams wore 6 kit variations
    • Accrington Stanley – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd x2
    • Blackpool – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd
  • 3 Teams wore 5 kit variations
    • Northampton Town – Home, Away x3, 3rd
    • Sunderland – Home x3, Away x2
    • Swindon Town – Home x3, Away x2
  • Most variations of Home Kit
    • Oxford United wore 4 variations of Home Kit
    • Yellow / Navy / Yellow – All Yellow – Yellow / Navy / Navy – Yellow / White / White
  • Most variations of Away Kit
    • 2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
    • Blackpool / Northampton Town
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit
    • Oxford United wore 4 variations of 3rd Kit
    • All White – White / Navy / White – White / Navy / Navy – White / White / Navy
  • Bristol Rovers only used 2 variations of kit, Home and Away
  • 6 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
    • AFC Wimbledon, Bristol Rovers (Home / Away), Doncaster Rovers, MK Dons, Plymouth Argyle. Wigan Athletic
  • Most worn Home Kit – 37, Gillingham
  • Most worn Away Kit – 16, Plymouth Argyle
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Rochdale

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 Highlights and Summary

League One teams used 98 Kits through out 2020/21 season, this was the lowest amount of kits worn in the Top Four Leagues in England, it also saw a more classic look for teams in terms of kit usage, 7 teams only had Home and Away kits (Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Shrewsbury Town, Sunderland and Swindon Town).

Lincoln City did not wear their full home kit in an away game, the only game they wore their Home Kit was at Plymouth Argyle and was worn with 3rd shorts (white).

Bristol Rovers wore their away kit home against Shrewsbury Town when the away team wore their all white away kit.

Doncaster Rovers worn a 3rd Kit at Home against Hull City, this kit was commerate the career of James Coppinger, who has spent 17 years at the club and made nearly 700 appearences for them. The player himself designing the kit with his sons to celebrate his time with club.

Accrington Stanley, who wore 6 kit variations in total wore 5 different kits in 5 games (Match 25 to Match 29) – All White (Away variation), Black / White / White (3rd), All Red (Home), White / Black / White (Away), Black / Black / White (3rd variation).

Oxford United, who wore the most kit variations in the league with 9 different kits used, started the season with 5 different kits in their first 5 games… this became 6 kits in 8 games and 7 in 16 games, 8 in 19 games and they wore their 9th variation in their 38th game.

There were some classic kit mash ups in League One in 20/21…

Gillingham at Portsmouth…

Swindon Town again at Portsmouth

Sunderland at Plymouth Argyle

There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League or Championship, please click on the link below.

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/premier-league-2020-21-end-of-season-kit-report/
https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/efl-championship-20-21-end-of-season-report/

EFL, Championship 20/21 – End of Season Report

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The 2020/21 Championship (2nd Tier of English Football) league season came to a close on 8th May, Norwich City (winners) and Watford (Runners Up) bouncing straight back to The Premier League, with the Play Off Final to be played between Brentford and Swansea City for the final promotion place.

I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).

Kit Stats

  • 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
  • 110 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
  • Home Kits – 44% of Kit variations used
    • 24 Home Kits worn
    • 24 Home Kit variations worn
  • Away Kits – 32% of variations used
    • 24 Away Kits worn
    • 11 Away Kit variations worn
  • 3rd Kits – 23% of variations worn
    • 21 3rd Kits worn
    • 4 3rd Kit variations worn
  • Special Kits – 2% of variations worn
    • 2 Special Kits worn (Coventry City, Norwich City)

Overview of Kits Worn

Kit Overview

Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15

Kit Log, Match 16 to Match 30

Kit Log, Match 31 to Match 46

Kit Variations

Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the Championship Teams

  • 3 teams wore 7 kit variations – Highest in the league
    • Luton Town – Home x2, Away x3, 3rd x2
    • Middlesbrough – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd x2
    • QPR – Home x3, Away x3, 3rd
  • 2 teams wore 6 kit variations
    • Barnsley – Home x3, Away x2, 3rd
    • Coventry City – Home, Away x2, 3rd x 2, Special Kit
  • 6 Teams wore 5 kit variations
    • AFC Bournemouth – Home x3, Away, 3rd
    • Brentford – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Bristol City – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Rotherham United – Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
    • Stoke City – Home x3, Away x2
    • Watford – Home x2, Away, 3rd
  • Most variations of Home Kit
    • 7 Teams wore 3 variations of Home Kit
    • AFC Bournemouth, Barnsley, Middlesbrough, QPR, Reading, Stoke City, Watford
  • Most variations of Away Kit
    • 2 Teams wore 3 variations of Away Kit
    • Luton Town, QPR
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit
    • 4 Teams wore 2 variations of 3rd Kit
    • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Luton Town, Middlesbrough
  • Special Kits
    • Coventry City Supporters Shirt
    • Norwich City Supporters Shirt
  • 4 Teams wore no variations of kit, just Home / Away / 3rd Kit
    • Huddersfield Town, Millwall, Preston North End, Wycombe Wanderers
  • Most worn Home Kit – 39, Norwich City
  • Most worn Away Kit – 13, Blackburn Rovers
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 17, Preston North End

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 Highlights and Summary

Huddersfield Town wore change kits in all of their 23 away game this season, wearing their away kit 9 times and their 3rd kit 14 times

Several teams elected to use their 3rd more than their away kit this season. The teams are Barnely, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Preston North End and Watford.

Queen’s Park Rangers used their away kit in three different variations – Black shorts and socks, white shorts and socks, blue shorts and socks.

Three teams did not have 3rd Kits, Blackburn Rovers (3 variations – Home x2, Away), Reading (4 variations Home x3, Away) and Stoke City (5 variations – Home x3, Away x2).

Coventry City played the first 14 games in their home kit, the last team in the league to use a change kit, they ended the season using 6 variations of kit – joint 2nd most in the league

Barnsley wore purple socks in their home game with Reading on 2nd April to raise awareness for Weston Park Cancer Charity.

Luton Town’s Umbro kits were the most interchangable of the season, by using 3 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and 3 pairs of socks in just three colours (Orange / White / Navy Blue) the team created 7 different kit variations (joint highest in the League).

MIllwall took inspriation from the main sponsor with their 3rd Kit, using the Huski Chocolate Mountain theme into their unique shirt.

There were two “Supporters” Shirts used this season, Coventry City released a navy kit for their club members which was used at home against Brentford and Norwich City used their supporters shirt as a thank you in their final league at Carrow Road against Reading.

There we have it, The Championship End of Season Kit report for 2020/21, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

If you have seen my End of Season Kit Report for the Premier League, please click on the link below.

https://kitgeek.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/premier-league-2020-21-end-of-season-kit-report/

Premier League 2019/20 – End of Season Kit Report

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On Sunday 27th July 2020, 354 Days since the season kicked off on 9th August 2019 the longest Premier League season concluded with Liverpool winning their first top flight league title in 30 years.

This is time for me to look into some more detail the kits worn throughout the season and some of the information and stats behind these kits.

Kit Stats

  • 760 Kits Worn (380 games)
  • 113 Different kits worn
  • Home Kits – 45%, 29 Home kits worn (9 teams using 2020/21 Home Kit) and 22 variations of Home kit used
  • Away Kits – 30%, 21 Away kits worn (AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea using 2020/21 Away Kit) and 13 variations of Away kit used
  • 3rd Kits – 22%, 18 3rd kits worn and 7 variations of 3rd Kit worn
  • 4th Kits – 3%, 3 4th Kits worn
  • 73 Different Goalkeeper Kits worn (12 2020/21 GK Kits worn)

Two designated kits from 2019/20 season were not used, Liverpool Away was not used with the “halved” socks, only plain white and Southampton 3rd Kit was not used with is assigned navy socks but home kit socks.

Overview

Match Day 1 to Match Day 19

Match Day 20 to Match Day 38

Kit Variations

  • Manchester United wore 9 variations of Kits – x3 Home, x3 Away, x3 3rd
  • Four teams wore 7 variations of Kits (Chelsea, Everton, Sheffield United, West Ham United)
  • Chelsea – x3 Home Kits (inc. 20/21 Home), x3 Away Kits (inc. 20/21 Away), x1 3rd Kit
  • Everton – x4 Home Kits, x1 Away Kit, x1 3rd Kit, x1 4th Kit
  • Sheffield United – x2 Home Kits, x4 Away Kits, x1 3rd Kit
  • West Ham United – x4 Home Kits (inc. 20/21 Home), x2 Away Kit, x1 3rd Kit
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 4, Everton
  • Most variations of Away Kit – 4, Sheffield United
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 3, Manchester United
  • Three teams used a 4th Kit (Burnley, Everton, Southampton)
  • Norwich City only team not to use a variation of their kits (3 Kits worn)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers only used change kits 6 times (x4 Away, x2 3rd)
  • Cheslea wore 6 different goalkeeper kits (inc 3 from 20/21)
  • Tottenham Hotspur wore 5 different goalkeeper kits all from 19/20
  • Southampton only wore 2 Goalkeeper kits

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

I also like to look at the points won by each kit, I have grouped these into (Home, Away and 3rd/4th “Kit Tables” so all variations of kit will be included in its group, the scoring is based on a points per game ratio.

Home Kit

No suprises here, with Liverpool heading the table with 2.66 “Points Per Game” in their home kit a massive 0.55 points more than Manchester City in 2nd place.

The three relegated teams are also at the foot of the table in the Home Kit usage as well.

Away Kit

The Away table does give us a different looking table, Chelsea heading up this group with Liverpool both scoring 2.60 points per game, with matching records of 13 points from 5 games.

Southampton, who achieved the most points in change kits in the Premier League are in 5th Place with 1.62 points per game.

Leicester City, who only used their away kit twice and managed just the one draw are 2nd bottom here, with Aston Villa with 0.14 points per game are at the foot of the table with just 1 point from the seven games in their away kit.

3rd/4th Kit

Liverpool complete the clean sweep, heading up the 3rd/4th Kit group with 2.25 points per game, here they tied with Manchester City, with identical records of 9 points from 4 games.

It’s a different story for Leicester City here, with their 3rd kit being much more successful than their away kit, coming in 3rd place here with 1.80 points per game.

Arsenal and Everton, only managed one point in their 3rd Kit (and 4th Kit in Everton’s case), scoring just 0.33 points per game and Norwich who did not score a single point in their 3rd Kit are bottom of the pile.

I always like to round these reviews up by looking back and picking the game that had my favourite kit match up, for the 2019/20 Premier League Season I have chosen a game that took place towards the end of the season during “Project Restart”, Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur. The overall look worked well, the details of the red numbers on the Newcastle Home kit is one that I will always enjoy and with Tottenham wearing their wonderful 3rd Kit (probably my favourite kit in 19/20 Premier League season), the whole look worked for me and was very pleasing to the eye!

What are your favourite kit match up of the season and your overal kit highlights, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over on Twitter – https://twitter.com/kit_geek

Premier League One Kit Wonders – 2019/20

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As we approach the final round of fixtures of the 2019/20 Premier League season, its always to time to take stock and look back the season and reminisce over the good and bad of the latest season.

There will be plenty of looking back at the season from me over the coming weeks but I wanted to kick this off by looking back at those kits that were only worn once this season.

So far we have seen 107 different kits worn in the Premier League and in this post I want to call out the 24 Kits that have been worn just once, our “One Kit Wonders”.

Arsenal

Southampton v Arsenal, 25th June 2020

Arsenal’s popular away kit, that pays homage to the classic “Brusied Banana” kit, was worn in their 2-0 victory at Southampton with yellow shorts, giving an all yellow look which was also used with the “Bruised Banana” kit against Southampton back in 1991.

AFC Bournemouth

Watford v AFC Bournemouth, 26th October 2019

Bournemouth’s draw at Watford saw the south coast team pair their home shirt with white shorts and socks, giving them a classic AC Milan look.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v AFC Bournemouth, 24th June 2019

One of the (minor) impacts of “Project Restart” was that some clubs had sponsorship deals ending, which in turn saw new kits launched with a significant number of games still to play. Bournemouth was one of these teams, who wore their 2020/21 Home kit from Umbro (with holding sponsor Vitality). This was worn with white shorts and socks in the 1-0 defeat at Wolves in June.

Manchester United v AFC Bournemouth, 4th July 2020

The visit to Manchester United saw Bournemouth use their 2020/21 away kit from Umbro, with a graphic of the famous Bouremouth Pier sublimated onto the aqua shirts, similar to the Manchester United umbro shirt from 1994/96 which had Old Trafford on their shirts. It did not prove a lucky shirt with The Cherries losing 5-3 in this kit’s only appearence.

Brighton and Hove Albion

Newcastle United v Brighton and Hove Albion, 21st September 2019

With Brighton’s away kit being all black it meant that The Seagulls reached into the back of the Kitman’s cupboard at The Amex to pull out 2018/19 away kit to be used as this season’s third kit. In this drawn game it was worn for the only time this season with white shorts.

Aston Villa v Brighton and Hove Albion, 19th October 2019

Brighton’s second “One Kit Wonder” was their home kit worn with blue socks in a defeat at Aston Villa.

Burnley FC

West Ham United v Burnley FC, 8th July 2020

When Burnley visited a fellow Claret/Blue wearing West Ham, it was deemed that their away kit (All Sky Blue) and 3rd Kit (Green/Black) were not enough of a contrast to hosts home kit, Umbro created a one off white shirt to be worn with white shorts and socks to make a “4th Kit”, one of three 4th Kits seen this season and has a 100% win ratio in its use.

Chelsea

Crystal Palace v Chelsea, 7th July 2020

Chelsea’s new sponsorship deal with “3” started on the 1st July, this meant the 2020/21 kits were brought into action at the end of this season. The pale blue away kit saw it first and only appearence of this season in the 3-2 victory at Crystal Palace.

Everton

Crystal Palace v Everton, 10th August 2019

Looking way back to first round of fixtures of the 2019/20 season, Everton were asked by the Premier League to use their third kit from 2018/19 as the “coral” away and navy 3rd kits supplied by Umbro were seen to be too much of a clash to their visit to Crystal Palace, the game ended in a draw and is the one of the three “4th” kits seen used this season.

Manchester United v Everton, 15th December 2019

Everton’s second “One Kit Wonder” was the variation of their home kit, worn with blue shorts that The Toffees wore in their drawn game at Manchester United.

Leicester City

West Ham United v Leicester City, 28th December 2019

Leicester City often use variations of their home kit to avoid unnecessary use of their change kits, their 2-1 win at West Ham saw using their home kit with white socks, a combination only used once this season.

Manchester United

Southampton v Manchester United, 31st August 2019

Manchester United have worn their 3rd kit three times in the Premier League this season, in three different variations, the first worn with white shorts (bespoke to this kit, not the home shorts which have red Adidas stripes) at the drawn game at Southampton.

Sheffield United v Manchester United, 24th November 2019

The second use of the 3rd kit was at Sheffield United with bespoke white shorts and socks, the game ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Arsenal v Manchester United, 1st January 2020

The final appearence of the Manchester United 3rd kit was its only use in its first choice all black variation, the game at Arsenal ended in defeat which means they did not win a single game using their 3rd Kit in the League this season.

Sheffield United

Chelsea v Sheffield United, 31st August 2019

Sheffield United’s versitle white away kit has been used in four different combination this season, the use of white shorts and red (home kit) socks was only used the once, to give us a nice looking kit, the red socks work really well with red Adidas stripes on side panels and shorts, the red flowing through out the kit. The game ended in a draw in what has been an inspresive return to the Top Flight for The Blades.

Newcastle United v Sheffied United, 21st June 2020

Sheffield United’s second “One Kit Wonder” was a variation of their home kit, combined with away shorts and socks to give us an overall “white” feel to their home kit. The kit did not prove a lucky one with the game ending in a 0-3 defeat.

Southampton FC

Newcastle United v Southampton, 8th December 2019

Southampton’s use of their 2018/19 3rd Kit at Newcastle United was called for due to the three kits registered for 2019/20 all clashing with Newcastle’s home kit, this is third and final 4th Kit used this season and the only one that was used by the losing team, the kit was combined with home shorts and socks.

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur, 15th December 2019

Tottenham’s visit to Wolves in December saw them use their home socks with their away kit, to give us a Navy/Navy/White variation, tying in nicely with Nike’s Vapor Template’s use of contrasting socks. The game ended in victory for Spurs with an injury time winning goal.

Watford

Newcastle United v Watford, 31st August 2019

Watford are another team that used their away kit from 2018/19 as a 3rd kit for 2019/20, the only appearence of this kit was their visit to Newcastle United back in August. This is the least used 3rd in the League and its only use ended in a draw.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford, 28th September 2019

The second “One Kit Wonder” from Watford was a variation of their away kit used with white socks which was seen in their defeat at Wolves.

West Ham United

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United, 4th December 2019

West Ham’s home kit from Umbro was a popular one with fans, when worn against Wolves it was paired with sky blue shorts and socks for a variation that still gives a strong West Ham feel, this did not prove sucessful on the pitch, with the game ending in defeat.

Newcastle United v West Ham United, 5th July 2020

This is the 3rd variation of West Ham’s home kit, this time combined with sky blue socks was used in the drawn game at Newcastle United.

Manchester United v West Ham United, 22nd July 2020

In the final away game of the season at Manchester United, West Ham used their away kit with change Sky Blue shorts, to give us again an alternative but classic West Ham look. The game ended in a draw.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 23rd November 2019

Wolves’ home kit in 2019/20 was paired with black shorts and socks, surprisingly an alternative of the kit was only used once this season with “old gold” socks in the victory at Bournemouth.

The 24 games in which our “One Kit Wonders” were worn, saw 6 wins, 10 draws and 8 defeats.

There are still the final ten games of the season to be played, so there may be some changes to this final list, Brighton in particular I can see using their home kit with blue socks in their game at Burnley, Sheffield United may use a different variation of their 3rd kit in their game at Southampton and at the moment Manchester City have only used their 2020/21 Home kit once in their victory at Watford but with their final game being at home at likely to wear this kit again in this game which is why I have not included in them in this overview.

Let me know what your favourite “One Kit Wonder” of the 2019/20 Premier League Season at https://twitter.com/kit_geek

UPDATED – MATCH DAY 38

On the final round of fixtures of season, we saw six teams launch their new home kits…. increasing our “One Kit Wonders” to 30…. All fixtures took place on 26th July.

Arsenal

Arsenal v Watford

Arsenal’s victory at relegated Watford give us the first view of the new Adidas 2020/21 Home kit, a darker shade of red than 19/20 version with the use of red socks as first choice!

Brighton & Hove Albion

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton’s new home kit is a really interesting change from their traditional look, one the club has used in the past as points but something new and fresh for their 2020/21 Premier League campaign, its debut was victorious one with a 2-1 win at Burnley.

Leicester City

Leicester City v Manchester United

Leicester City revert to all blue for 20/21 season with this Adidas Convido 20 Template! Their 2-0 defeat cost the team and this kit a place in the Champions League next season.

Newcastle United

Newcastle United v Liverpool

Newcastle’s 2020/21 Kit sees the magpies use thinner stripes than 19/20, but the red numbers remain (something I love to see in a Newcastle Kit) and check out them socks…!!! Its first outing ended in 3-1 defeat to Champions Liverpool.

Southampton

Southampton v Sheffield United

Southampton are ditchng the stripes in 2020/21 in favour of a sash…. I love a sash, so this looks great in my eyes, Southampton ended the season in style beating high flying Sheffield United 3-1.

West Ham United

West Ham United v Aston Villa

West Ham are our final team introducing their new kit in 2019/20 season, a return to white shorts and socks paired with a more traditional looking shirt, the drawn game with Aston Villa saw the visitors stay up on the last day of the season.

So there we have it, the 30 “One Kit Wonders”, our final record sees 9 wins, 11 draws and 10 defeats!

Champions League 2019/20 – Kit Log

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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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:

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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

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Away Kits

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3rd / 4th Kits

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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

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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:

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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

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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.

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Premier League – Kit Log 2019/20

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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)

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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

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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…!

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English Football – Kit Manufactuer Data

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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:

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Championship:

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League One:

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League Two:

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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

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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*

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*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

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Cardiff City and Chelsea*

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*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

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*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

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Leicester City* and Liverpool

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*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

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Newcastle United and Southampton

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Tottenham Hotspur and Watford

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West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers

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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

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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.