The Premier League Matchweek 13 is completed, a third of the way through the season and the return of Friday Night Football for just the 3rd time this season, let’s take a deeper look into the kits worn this weekend.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 13 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 69 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..
Southampton wore their 3rd kit for the first time in the Premier League this season, having worn it in the Carabao Cup in the same look with alternative white shorts.
Aston Villa wore their Away shirt with Home shorts and socks for another away kit look for them this season!
The one new goalkeeper kit on show:
Crystal Palace – Fluro Yellow
Kit Highlights
Aston Villa are fast becoming my favourite team on the road this season, wearing the 4th different variation of their Away Kit this season, only wearing it look the one time. They are using the home kit to mash up their looks, we still have yet to see their 3rd kit used in the Premier League.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, the Fulham away this season is a great look and worked well match up at Tottenham!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits
There were three variations seen this weekend
Southampton – 3rd with alternative white shorts
Aston Villa – Away with home shorts & socks
Everton – All Blue, 2nd time used this season
Kit Grid – Up to 1st December
Kit News
There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back on Friday after the first round of mid-week fixtures of this season!
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The Premier League is back after the 3rd and final International Break of 2024 and as we ramp up to Christmas the fixtures will come around quickly with nine rounds of fixtures over the next six weeks!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 12 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 67 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were three new Kit looks this Matchweek..
Nottingham Forest wore alternative Sky Blue shorts with their 3rd Kit!
Wolverhampton Wanderers were in their 3rd Kit for first time this season.
Manchester United wore alternative shorts and socks with their Home Shirt to create a Red / Black / White look at Ipswich Town.
The one new goalkeeper kit on show:
Wolverhampton Wanderes – Dark Purple
Kit Highlights
Brentford wore their Home Kit in an away game for the first time this season at Everton, they are final team to do this in 2024/25, it also was their first point in away game having lost the prevous five worn in change kits.
Chelsea continue their 100% record in their Away kit this season, making it 3 wins in 3 this weekend (2 with alternative socks, as worn here).
The four Umbro supplied team’s goalkeepers all wore the same template kit this weekend, with AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Ipswich Town and West Ham United all using the yellow goalkeeper kit!
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion, mainly due this being the first match up this season by two teams in striped shirts… the Bournemouth Home Kit (sponsor aside) is fantastic this season, and seeing the contrast in stripes with Brighton shirt worked well for me!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits
There were three variations seen this weekend
Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 2nd time worn this season
Nottingham Forest – 3rd, alternative Sky Blue Shorts
Manchester United – Home with black shorts and white socks
Kit Grid – Up to 26th November
Kit News
Leicester City’s front of shirt sponsor BC.Game announced this week that they have been declared bankrupt, however news from the club is that their sponsor is still committed to the club and will remain on shirts…. one to keep an eye on!
Tottenham Hotspur have annouced a “remastering” of their brand, the headline of this is course an amendment to the club crest which see the word mark of the club removed, leaving just the cockerel. However there is more to this change than just this, there is an re-introduction of a club “wordmark”, 7 Club “Hallmarks” created for the club, we will see these on the kits in the coming seasons!
The most interesting update for me is club introducing a colour palette, does this give us hint of the colours will club will use for their kits going forward, nothing surprising to see but they are closely linked to kits of the club’s past!
Wolverhampton Wanderers have announced a special kit to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of “Floodlight Friendly” win against Honved in 1954, a game that key in the creation of The European Cup. The reflective looking design with minimal branding will be worn against Ipswich Town on 14th December.
Full details can be found on the club website here
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Matchweek 3 is completed, the Transfer Window has been slammed shut and we have now made it to the first International Break of the 2024/25 Premier League season, so let’s take some time to look into the Kits worn this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
We have seen 58 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers to confirm their 3rd Kits.
Matchweek 3 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 35 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 34 (+3 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 3 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester City Away Kit
Tottenham Hotspur Away Kit
Liverpool 3rd Kit
There was also 3 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Ipswich Town, Pink
West Ham United, Green
Liverpool, Green
Kit Highlights
For the 2nd week in a row, there was no variations (alternative shorts / socks) with the kits used, there has only been 1 used so far this season, after the time last season we had already seen 10!
There 5 teams that have only 1 kit so far this season – Chelsea, Fulham, Leicester City, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The remaining 15 Teams have worn 2 kits over the opening 3 fixtures, no team in 3 kits in 3 games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Liverpool, Liverpool in their 3rd Kit gave us a classic look for a classic Premier League fixture
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits and 5 Away and 1 3rd Kits in action.
There were no Kit variations used in this Matchweek, the second week in a row.
Kit Grid – Up to 2nd September
Kit News
Nike released their 3rd Kits this week, all notably have the Nike Swoosh rotated 90′ on the shirt for change in look for the US Manufacturer and forms part of the “Together We Rise’ collection for it’s high profile clubs.
Chelsea’s 3rd Kit takes inspiration from Punk and Punk Rock which can find its origins in the West London region, a black kit with pink and yellow details throughout the kit.
Liverpool’s 3rd Kit is more a traditional look, with it’s white shirt, black shorts and white socks. The kit celebrates the women’s game and its acceleration in world sport.
Tottenham Hotspur’s 3rd Kit is an all-green Kit is inspired by local heritage, with references to the trees from which the name ‘Seven Sisters’ is derived
It was the 2nd Round of The Carabao Cup this past week, the time that Premier League Clubs enter the competition, and it gave us the first competive use of AFC Bournemouth, Brentford and Southampton’s 3rd Kits.
Newcastle United used alternative white socks with their Home Kit and most interestingly Brighton & Hove Albion using white shorts with their Home Kit at The Amex Stadium against Crawley Town
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back with Matchweek 4’s review after the International Break!
I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous seasons was a Top Trump format.
So for those of a certain age will know all about Top Trumps, so for this set I have looked at the kits of each of the 20 Premier League Teams, Home, Away and Third kits and stats around these kits, the stats I have picked are the following:
League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn
Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn
Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
Points Won – Number of points won wearing the kit(s)
Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit
I have highlighted the “Top Trump” in each section in “Gold and Black”.
The cards by each team….
There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Wolverhampton Wanderers points per game in their change kits, Tottenham Hotspur scoring 54 points in their home kit, Luton Town’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?
What would you consider as the overall “Top Trump” card, Manchester City Home Kit or something else?
Are there any other stats that you think I should haved used for future Top Trump looks at Football Kits.
Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.
The 2023 / 24 Premier League season ended on Sunday 19th May 2024 with Manchester City securing their 4th Premier League on the final day of the season, pipping Arsenal to title. At the foot of the table, the three promoted teams from last season Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United found themselves dropping back down to the Championship.
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 69% of the time (61% Default, 8% Variations)
Away Kit used 19% of the time (14% Default, 5% Variations)
3rd Kit used 12% of the time (8% Default, 4% Variations)
110 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
Home Kits – 37.3% of total Kit Variations used:
21 Home Kits worn (1 teams wearing 24/25 Home Kit this season)
20 Home Kit variations used
Away Kits – 34.6% of total Kit Variations used:
20 Away Kits worn
18 Away Kit variations used
3rd Kits – 28.1% of total Kit Variations used:
16 3rd Kits used
15 3rd Kit variations used
4 Teams did not use default 3rd kit, Arsenal, Manchester United, Sheffield United wearing alternative socks and Brighton & Hove Albion wearing alternative shorts
Goalkeeper Kits:
61 Goalkeeper used
3 Teams (Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool) in 4 different Goalkeeper Kits
Liverpool in 24/24 GK Kit
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:
One Team in 11 Kit variations
Manchester United: Home Kit x6, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x3
Sheffield United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Tottenham Hotspur: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
West Ham United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Six Teams in 4 Kit variations
One Teams in 3 Kit variations (Home, Away, 3rd)
Most variations of Home Kit – 6
Manchester United
Most variatons of Away Kit – 4
Luton Town
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4
Luton Town
Two Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
Burnley
Liverpool (also wore 24/25 Home Kit)
Most worn Home Kit – 30, Chelsea (2 Variations)
Most worn Away Kit – 15, Sheffield United (2 Variations)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 8, AFC Bournemouth, Brentford (2 Variations) and Manchester United (2 Variations)
Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool used 4 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 24/25 GK Kit for Liverpool
Most worn GK Kit – 29, Everton (Green GK Kit)
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Aston Villa four different kit variations in their opening four games, two Home Kits and two Away Kits…!
Match 1 to Match 19
Match 20 to Match 38
Kit Grid
Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek
Kit Tables
One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Manchester United’s 6 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.
Please also note, as these are the match performances in each kit, I have not taken into account the points deductions for Everton and Nottingham Forest.
Home Kits
No surprises at the top of table, with Manchester City heading the table up with 2.37 points per game in their Home Kit, followed by Arsenal (2.32) and Liverpool (2.22). Manchester City scoring 64 Points in Home Kits.
Only the three relegated teams scored less than a point a game when in their Home Kit.
Away Kits
Arsenal are the stand out team in their Away Kit this season, 2.58 points per game and huge 31 points in total (out a possible 36), Manchester City the only other team above 2 points per game (2.33).
Wolverhampton Wanderers ended the season with 1.67 points per game in their Away Kit are another team to call out, finishing with the 4th best performance here, after having the 4th worst performance in their Home Kit!
There were only 8 teams with a better record than a point per game, Sheffield United who wore their Away 15 times in 19 Away games, only managed 6 points here at 0.40 points per game!
3rd Kits
Champions Manchester City were the only team to have a 100% win record in a kit, with 6 points from the 2 games in their 3rd Kit!
Another 4 teams managed to scored over 2 points per game and over, with Liverpool 2.25, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers all scoring 2 points per game!
Manchester United managed 14 points in their 3rd Kit, the most points scored here.
We also had 3 teams that failed to score a point in their 3rd Kit, relegated teams Sheffield United and Burnley were joined by Premier League Runners Up Arsenal, only wearing their 3rd kit once and losing at Fulham.
Summary and Highlights
There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following:
Lets start with Manchester United, who for the second season in a row wore a staggering 6 different Home Kit Variations, again like last season this mainly due to the socks worn, with 3 different pairs of black socks worn with the Home Kit this season, with the default pair (white cuffed with pattern), and 2 pairs of Teamwear socks, one with Adidas wordmark and one with just Adidas “3 Stripes”
And with 5 different change kit used as well, makes a total of 11 Different Kit looks used this season, this includes two different looks of the 3rd Kit, however they were one of the four teams that did use their 3rd Kit in it’s default look, which was with red socks.
Although Luton Town ended the season relegated from the League, they have provided football fans with plenty of entertainment through out the season, including us Kit Lovers… Their three kits were proved to be very interchangable and they ended up using 10 Different Kit Variations this season, with two Home Kit Looks, four Away Kit and four 3rd Kits, all maintaining the overall Luton Town feel to the kits… thank you to Denis at Museum of Jerseys for this wonderful overview of the kits, which can also be found here.
The most worn outfield kit look was Brighton & Hove Albion’s Home Kit which was worn 28 times out of the 38 Games, this kit was also worn once with white shorts and socks at Luton Town, so Home was worn 29 times in total. Chelsea did wear their Home Kit 30 times in total, with 26 in it’s default look and 4 times with alternative blue socks but as a single look the Brighton Home Kit takes it!
Arsenal ended the season wearing their Away Kit 12 times in their 19 Away games, and amassed 31 Points out of 36, winning 10 of the games in this wonderful kit..!
Liverpool were unbeaten in their Away Kit, playing 7 games winning 3 and drawing 4 of those matches.
The single most worn kit of the 2023/24 Premier League Season, was a goalkeeper kit and the first choice kit of Everton, which was worn in 29 of the 38 games this season!
Sheffield United gave us one of my favourite kit “Easter Eggs” of the season, they wore alternative red socks with Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season, with none of the kits having red socks as part of their default look!
Compared to previous seasons it was a fairly uneventful period for goalkeeper kits in 23/24, no mash ups, no unusual elements to the kits and with 15 teams in the expected 3 goalkeeper kits, there were two clubs (Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest) who used just 2 kits all season and another two clubs, Arsenal and Brentford who used 4 kits… Liverpool also used 4 Goalkeeper kits, with their 24/25 Kits being used in the final game of the season.
Arsenal – used 3 different templates, but one with Black Shorts (the default look for The Gunners) and Green Shorts, as seen by several other Adidas Supplied clubs.
Brentford – were the only team to use 4 different kit looks for their goalkeepers.
There we have it…
The Premier Leagues’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below and of course the Matchweek Kit Reviews from each of the 38 Matchweek’s of this Premier League Season!
So that’s it, Matchweek 38 and in turn the Premier League has been completed for another season! Manchester City lifting their 4th Title in a row on the final Matchweek, and Luton Town joining Sheffield United and Burnley in dropping out of the Top Flight. These fixtures being the reverse games from Matchweek 5 from back in September.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 38
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 110 (+1 new kit from last Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 61 (+1 new kit from last Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There was just the one new kit on show in the final round of fixtures, with Liverpool showcasing their new Home Kit for 2024/25 Season.
And of course, their new first choice goalkeeper kit, which is the new Nike Goalkeeper Template in Black.
Kit Highlights
In the final games of the season, there was a record made for this season… with 8 teams in different variations of kits and all 5 Away kits on show were alternative away kit looks for their default looks!
The only two teams not in alternative looks were Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United.
Tottenham Hotspur, started and ended their season in Away Kit with Home Socks…
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth, the Chelsea home kit has grown on through out this season and the AFC Bouremouth Away kit with alternative navy socks is a great look and this match up works well for me.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away Kits in action.
As mentioned above, there were 8 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Everton, All Blue Home Kit, 4th time used this season
Newcastle United, Away with white socks for 3rd time
Manchester United, Home with white socks for just 2nd time
Nottingham Forest, Away with alternative white shorts & socks, 2nd time
AFC Bournemouth in Away with Navy socks, 2nd time this season
Aston Villa, All white away kit, 3rd time used
Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, 8th time
Tottenham Hotspur in Away with white (home) socks, 4th time
Kit Grid – Final Grid
Kit News
A couple of next season’s kit have been offically launched in the week, with Arsenal and Manchester City however due to Premier League rules (apparently) with the title winners not confirmed in the final games teams will have to wear their default registered kits
Arsenal’s 2024/25 Home Kit is wonderful, bringing back the “Cannon” for the Home Kit for the first time in 30 years, it is the same template we have seen with the International Kit releases, with navy blue being used across the “shardes” in the shirt and shorts, giving a nice overall balance to the kit.
Manchester City’s new Home Kit also has navy detailing, within the collar and cuffs, which contain a motif of “0161” the phone area code of Manchester. Navy Blue is more prominent in the over kit, with the socks being Navy Blue and alternative shorts also being in navy!
And there we have it, the weekly Kit Reviews for 2023/24 Season, hopefully you have enjoyed them and would like them to return next season!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
Can you remember that first shirt or kit that sparked your interest in Football Kits??
For me it was the set of Tottenham Hotspur kits made by Hummel, used between 1985 and 1987, as a 9/10 year old this was the first time I can remember just loving the look of a team’s kit, so much so I was drawn to support Tottenham through this period mainly due to their kit (and Chris Waddle)… and pictures of the kits within Shoot or Match Magazine, these truly were the kits that sparked my love of all things football kit now.
I want to take some time to look into these kits in a little more detail and maybe get all nostaligic about them!
Home Kit
The home kit, probably the most iconic in terms of design from Hummel with its famous chevrons playing a prodement role within the shirt itself, from their traditional location on each sleeve but also running across the middle of the shirt to create solitary band.
This chevron band seeing pinstripes coming on the yolk of the shirt at 45′ angle creating a look that has remained almost unique in the past 35 years, with only the Danish National Team have a similar look at the same time with their away kit (the kit before their own iconic Hummel Kit of the Mexico 1986 World Cup), see the end of post for a picture of that kit.
These kits were used for two seasons, in the 1985/86 season was paired with white shorts in the following season the kit was used with navy shorts as first choice, which complement the navy detailling of the shirt well.
The Home kit was also used in other forms of Mash up, looking at the wonderful Museum of Jersey’s article – Tottenham Hotspur: The Hummel Years the home kit was used with away shorts (at Manchester City in August 1985) and Away socks (at Southampton in November 1985).
Illustrations from Museum of Jerseys
Away Kit
The away kit, a sky blue kit with navy and white detailing on shirts and white trim on shorts. This was used as the away kit in 1985/86 and 1986/87 season but also made an appearence as a third kit in 1987/88, more on that shortly.
Although Sky blue is colour that is considered fairly common within the Tottenham Hotspur change colour palette nowadays, this was only introducted by Le Coq Sportif as a away kit colour choice in 1982 so was still a new choice as alternative colour for Spurs at this point. From my research there are not many pictures of the kit in action, I did find this video where the kit was worn at Newcastle United in March 1987 – Highlights Here
Also used in 1988 FA Cup game against Port Vale, which saw the 1987 Runners Up knocked out by then Division 3 (Now League One) team.
3rd Kit
The 3rd Kit, which had a similar template to the away but in navy blue with sky blue and white detailing, initially intorduced as a 3rd kit in 1986/87 season and then got moved up to “Away Kit” status in 1987/88 season however paired with the home shorts from that season.
Navy blue a more common colour for a Tottenham Hotspur change kit with it being used through the clubs history but regularly within 1960s and 1970s. Again not many pictures of the team in action in this kit, the image below was taken from 87/88 season and Spurs’ trip to Coventry City.
Goalkeeper Kit
Ray Clemence used a couple of different kits, using a similar template seen on this Tottenham Hotspur Home Kit.
Memorable Moments
Tottenham reached the FA Cup final in the 1986/87 season, where they played (and eventually lost to Coventry City After Extra Time), although using these kits that season then played in the final in their new Home Kit (which was used between 1987 and 1989)… if they had not used their new kit and carried on with this home kit as kit enthusiasts we would have been robbed of one of the most famous kit tales in football history… those sponsorless shirts!
Who remembers this advert in Shoot or Match at the time…
Maradonna wore the home kit in Ossie Ardiles Testimonial in 1986 against Inter Milan
Mordern versions
A popular set of kits with the fans has recently seen Score Draw Remakes for home and 3rd kitd that are curently available via the Tottenham Hotspur shop
AFC Sudbury’s Goalkeeper worn a version of this classic template in the 2021/22 FA Cup against Colchester United.
Denmark, as mentioned above the only other example I am aware of used at the same time with their 1985/86 Away kit.
Denmark’s Jan Molby in their Away kit (1985/86)
In 2018/19 season, Tottenham’s 3rd Kit drew some inspriation from the Hummel home kit with its diagonal pinstripes in the upper yolk of the shirt, this kit was famously worn in the Champions League Semi-Final second leg with saw a Lucas Moura’s second half hat-trick take the North London team to their first Champions League Final.
Let me know what you think of this Tottenham Hotspur Hummel kit set and I would love to know what your first kit loves were? Please use the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek
Books / Links to sites used for research for this postand thanks to Denis Hurley for allowing me to use his illustrations as part of my article.
Premier League Returns after The Internationl Break with Matchweek 30, there was 8 games on 30th March the joint most games in one single day so far this season. This round of fixtures being the reverse games of Matchweek 8 back in October.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 30 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 103 (+3 from Matchweek 29)
Goalkeeper Kits – 58 (No change from Matchweek 29)
New Kits this Matchweek
Even as we reach Matchweek 30 we are seeing new Kit Looks used by teams, this week there were three new kit variations used…
West Ham United used alternative sky blue shorts with their Home for the first time this season to give us a classic Hammers look, these are also the same shorts that we have seen used with the Away Kit as an alternative this season, this is the 5th kit variation used this season by West Ham.
Fulham used their 3rd Kit with alternative pink shorts and socks to give us a nice looking kit against Sheffield United, the 5th kit look used by them this season.
Luton Town used their 8th Kit Variation of the season, another “mash up” on show, using the 3rd shirt with Home shorts and socks for a nice Navy / Navy / Orange look!
Kit Highlights
Although I do not include this as a variation of kit, as the actual kit remains the same Tottenham Hotspur used a charity sponsor in their game against Luton Town, the shirt sponsorship was in support for Philippines-based breast cancer charity “I Can Serve” and supported by regular sponsor AIA.
Everton made it four kits in four games when they used their 3rd Kit at AFC Bournemouth, it is also 5 Kits in 6 games which are all the of the Kit Variations The Toffees have used this season so far!
My favourite Kit Match Up of this weekend was the game between Newcastle United and West Ham United, the balance between the two kits works well, classic looking and timeless in their appearence, this really worked well for me!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd Kits in action for these games.
There was there was four Kit Variations on show… three we were new kit looks above.
West Ham United, Home with alternative Sky Blue Shorts
Fulham, 3rd with alternative pink shorts and socks
Luton Town, 3rd with Home Shorts and socks
Manchester United in Away with alternative white shorts and socks, 2nd time used
Kit Grid – Up to 30th March 2024
Kit News
The big Premier League Kit News during the International Break was that Castore have purchased the Umbro Brand in the UK, now what does that mean? This is the statement regarding the purchase…
We are thrilled to announce that today, we have completed a deal with Umbro licensee, GL Dameck to sign an exclusive Umbro Professional Team Sports sub-license. This sub-licence allows us to market the Umbro brand in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, and Denmark.
Following a £145 million investment round in November 2023, we will continue to innovate in the elite sports market with this Umbro Pro Team licence marking its emergence as a multi-brand business.
As a brand with a rich history at the heart of sport and a deep and storied life in elite football, having created some of the most iconic strips of all time, Umbro has an exceptional legacy. Our digital expertise and highly agile global supply chain provides a model that has allowed us to disrupt the traditional dominance of Nike and adidas. The ability to now market and supply the Umbro brand for team sports will elevate both Umbro and Castore to new levels.
The agreement also signifies our first step towards a brand segmentation strategy, enabling us to take a significant position in the UK & European elite sports markets.
Since our inception, we have rapidly grown to partner with over 50 leading sports teams worldwide through its digital first business model. We will now apply this digital expertise to the marketing of Umbro’s exceptional brand heritage and authenticity and further expand the Umbro partnership portfolio, with fans remaining at the core of its strategy.
From the start of the 2024/25 season we will have the exclusive right to seek to work with Umbro’s existing English Premier League team partnerships, including: AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Luton Town and West Ham, as well as English Football League Clubs Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town and Forest Green Rovers.
We will also supply, under the Umbro brand, to Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership, where Castore is already the global kit partner for Glasgow Rangers FC, and England Rugby men’s and women’s teams at a time of heightened interest in the sport during the Guinness Six Nations.
To me, this appears that the Umbro Brand will still exist but be produced by Castore, does that mean Castore will stop as a Kit Manufacturer, we will have to wait and see!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and the Premier League Kit Review will quite quickly with a midweek round of fixtures this Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday.
We are now in double figures for Matchweeks and over a quarter of the way through the season as Matchweek 10 is now completed.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.
Matchweek 10 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 64 (+4 from Matchweek 9)
Goalkeeper Kits – 50 (+3 from Matchweek 9)
New Kits this Matchweek
For the second Matchweek in a row, there were four new kit looks on show….
Sheffield United made an interesting Kit Choice to their visit to Arsenal, going for the first time this season with their light grey / off white 3rd kit paired with alternative red socks… The Blades have gone with their Yellow Away Kit for all their games on the road this season and maybe this would have been a better choice this week, as this look did create somewhat of an overall clash!
Newcastle United used their Away Kit in its default (Green / White / Green) look for the first time this season at Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton used their wonderful 3rd Kit for the first time in their victory at West Ham United, the kit is part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration for Hummel and is a variation of their classic “Mexico” design. I wrote a detailed piece on all those kits which you can find here!
Fulham complete the new outfield kits on show this week, debutting their neon pink Away Kit at Brighton & Hove Albion, a kit ot brighten up those dreary winter days…!
There were also three new goalkeeper used for the first time this weekend… with Chelsea using the green version of the Nike Template for the first time and in the game at The London Stadium saw both Keepers in new kits, with West Ham United using the Pink Umbro template as seen by all Umbro Teams in the Premier League now and Everton moving from their green keeper kit for the first time this season by using their Black / Blue alternative kit!
This takes up to 50 Goalkeeper Used this season so far.
Kit Highlights
We will start as always with Manchester United “Sock Watch”, this weekend in the Manchester Derby it was a return the most recent Adidas Teamwear socks, with just the Adidas Logo… this was the 2nd time they have worn these socks with their Home Kit.
Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in their opening TEN GAMES, so currently have the longest running Kit Streak in the Premier League.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham, although the Brighton Home Kit is not one of my favourite kits of the season, the match up with the vibriant Fulham Away gave us a nice balance in kit looks and for me just worked well on the eye!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek, this was the second week in a row that we have seen this breakdown.
However there was one Home, Away and 3rd Kit Variation on show this weekend!
Manchester United, Home with Teamwear Socks (New Logo)
Luton Town, Away with Home Shorts & Socks, 2nd Time this variation has been used this season
Sheffield United, 3rd with alternative red socks.
As mentioned above Liverpool have now worn their Home Kit for all 10 games so far, therefore using just the one kit this season! This run is likely to end next weekend when they visit Luton Town so a change kit will be used there.
Sheffield United have used change kits in all five their Away games this season, using their Away kit four times and 3rd kit for the first time this weekend!
Kit Grid – Up to 30th October
Kit News
The Arsenal x Maharishi collection was released in the last week, Maharishi were founded in London in 1994 and are known for using camouflage as in the heart of their designs. Another example of The North Londoners branching their “kits” across from the standard playing and training gear, with these items likely to be used as Pre-Match kit.
To the other side of North London, Tottenham Hotspur launched their “Legacy” Number initiative for their kits, this is wear players wear a unique number on their kit, the number represents their place in order of players to represent the club, something originally seen in Cricket and recently seen used by England National Football Team as well… will more clubs follow this lead, time will tell?
The Numbers will be on the back of the shirts, above the players name – See “805” for Son below!
That wraps up Matchweek 10 plenty new kits on show and some interesting Kit News for the week.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.
The Premier League hits it sixth week of the season and it is time to have a more in depth look at the kits worn this weekend and some interesting kit usage to take a look into.
As always you can find Matchweek 5’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… with Luton Town’s 3rd shirt being unveiled in the last week, shorts are still to be confirmed and we are assuming the socks were the navy socks worn at Chelsea.
Matchweek 6 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 54 (+6 from Matchweek 5)
Goalkeeper Kits – 45 (+3 from Matchweek 5)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were another 6 new kit looks on show this weekend…
Fulham in Home Kit with alternative white socks, their first kit variation of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers debuted their 3rd kit for this season.
Nottingham Forest in alternative red shorts with their Home Kit, creating a classic all red look, something not seen used by the team since 2019/20 season.
Manchester United used their wonderful 3rd kit for first time this season, it was used with alternative white socks (default being red), to give a nice all white look.
Tottenham Hotspur, used their home shirt with alternative navy shorts and socks (these are not the Away shorts / socks) and contain similar pattern to home kit.
Newcastle United used their 3rd kit for the first time and were another team that used alternative shorts and socks, to create a Navy / Yellow / Yellow look (default being Navy / Navy / White) and what a debut it was!!
3 New Goalkeeper Kits:
Arsenal – Green with black shorts
Newcastle United – All Blue
Sheffield United – All White
Kit Highlights
Let’s start with Manchester United, who used their 6th different kit variation in their first 6 games… with four home kits (check out last week’s report about those socks), one away and this 3rd kit from Saturday’s game against Burnley…
Another Kit that was used for the first time this season was Arsenal’s green goalkeeper kit, I want to call this one out as although it is the standard Adidas Goalkeeper template, this is only version of the kit seen in the Premier League that has different colour shorts paired with it, with black shorts being the default look!
My favourite kit match up of the weekend was Manchester City against Nottingham Forest, Forest in all red is a great look in my eyes for the club, especially combined with those Adidas stripes and matched against Man City’s home kit gave a nice overall match up for me!
There were only two games this weekend with both teams in their default Home Kits…
Brentford v Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3, 3rd kits in action.
However there were plenty of variations on show, with six alternative looks seen this weekend, five already mentioned above as they were new looks for their respective teams.
Fulham / Nottingham Forest / Manchester United / Tottenham Hotspur / Newcastle United
Aston Villa used alternative claret socks for the 2nd time this season
There are still only two teams who have only worn 1 kit this season in the opening 6 games.
Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool
And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit
Kit Grid – Up to 24th September
Kit News
The final Kit release of the 2023/24 Premier League Season has now happened with Luton launching their 3rd shirt this week, the shirt design being based on the aerial view of their Kenilworth Road Stadium.
However we still do not know what the full kit will look it, although the navy socks used at Chelsea appear to be part of this kit, will it “All Navy” or maybe pink shorts to match the pink detailing on shirt and socks.
Newcastle United who returned to the Champions League last week, confrmed that they will wear a slighlty different design of home shirt in that competition, with UEFA rules requiring a space for the nameset when the stripes are of “Light / Dark” combinations. I am very glad to see the red numbers remaining, in my humble opinion Newcastle United should always use a red namset with their home kit.
That wraps up Matchweek 6 and a lot to consider from this recent round of fixtures.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 7 will be out next week!
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