League Two Clubs are the gift that keeps on giving for us Kit Geeks, on Saturday 10th February we saw the 100th Kit Variation used by the 24 clubs in League Two in 362 Games, for comparison in whole of the 2022/23 season there were a total 94 Kits used, this number was surpassed just under half way through the season with Newport County wearing a kit mash up that contained Away Shirt / Home Shorts / 3rd Socks on at Wrexham on 23rd December 2023.
So where have the 100 kits come from?
The way that I define it is a discintive look, so taking all the elements of the kit (Shirt / Shorts / Socks) and then reviewing how that look is made up and the differences in the kit looks, so a club’s default home kit would be one look and then if the home shirt is worn with default shorts but away kit socks, that becomes a new kit variation.
Overview:
- 24 – Home Kits
- 15 – Home Kit Variations
- 24 – Away Kits
- 11 – Away Kit Variations
- 20 – 3rd Kits
- 5 – 3rd Kit Variations
- 1 – 4th / Special Kit
Looking at the Clubs in more detail, these kits are in order of their appearence this season and the number of times each kit has been used underneath it, this information is correct up to Saturday 10th February.
Accrington Stanley – 4 Kit used, with the Home, Away and 3rd Kits joined by a Home Kit with alternative white socks!
AFC Wimbledon – One of the ten teams to use just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Barrow AFC – Another team with Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Bradford City – Home, Away and 3rd Kits for The Bantams
Colchester United – Three Kit variations for Colchester, however just Home and Away, with an Away variation with alternative white socks!
Crawley Town – The most variations of the 100 Kits is from Crawley Town with 8 Kits, with different elements of each of the three kits being used to create three different Home Kit looks, three Away Kits and two 3rd Kit variations. The final variation used was the 100th Kit of the Season, their Default 3rd Kit (White / Black / White) used at Crewe Alexandra.
Crewe Alexandra – 5 Kits used by Crewe, with Home and Away variations combined with the three default kits.
Doncaster Rovers – 4 Kits used, with Home Kit with away shorts being used as a variation, we are still to see their default Away Kit this season!
Forest Green Rovers – Just Home, Away and 3rd Kits used (in that order as well).
Gillingham – Our 5th Team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Grimsby Town – 5 Kits for Grimsby, with mash ups of socks between Home and Away Kits
Harrogate Town – Another team to use socks to create mash up looks, Home and 3rd Kits in Harrogate’s case
Mansfield Town – Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Milton Keynes Dons – Another team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Morecambe – Although just having Home and Away Kits this season, Morecambe have used alternative white socks and mash ups to create 5 Kit Variations in total
Newport County – One of two teams to use 7 Kit Variations, however the only team in League Two (and EFL / Premier League) to use a 4th Kit this season, also using two different Home Looks, three Away and 3rd Kit!
Notts County – Another team to use just Home and Away Kits, with alternative white shorts and socks being used to create a second Home Kit look
Salford City - The 2nd Team with 7 Kit Variations, again another team using element of the kits to create different looks, Salford’s however have only used Black Shorts / Socks and White Shorts / Socks to create the look with their three different shirts.
Stockport County – The 8th Team Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Sutton United – Home, Away and 3rd Kits
Swindon Town – 4 Kits, with Home combined with 3rd Socks to create an alternative look
Tranmere Rovers – The Final team with just Home, Away and 3rd Kits, also Tranmere’s Home kit at this moment is the most used kit in League Two with 23 appearences in their 31 games so far (correct as of 12th February)
Walsall – The only that has used 6 Kit Variations this season so far, Walsall are one of my favourite teams for kit usage, often creating different looks with their kit elements, this season has seen two Home Kits, three Away and just the default 3rd Kit used.
Wrexham – 4 Kits looks, with the alternative variation of Away and Home socks being 4 times so far this season!
As mentioned above the 100th Kit used was Crawley Town’s use of their default 3rd Kit against Crewe Alexandra on Saturday 10th February 2024.
Kit Grid – Up to 12th February, this shows what the fixtures were for this season so far!
One Final look, at when the Kits were worn… this view shows you at which match the new kit look / variation was first used, for example… AFC Wimbledon wore their Home Kit in their first game, 3rd Kit in their 3rd game and Away Kit in their 4th game..!
There we have it 100 Kits of League Two, let me know your thoughts and comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
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