Premier League Kit Log – Kit Variations

When compiling my Kit Log of the 2017/18 Premier League season (check it out here – Premier League Kit Log ) one thing that became clear to me was the amount of variations in the kits that were used, so I started keeping track of the different variations of kits being used by each team.

As mentioned in my previous post, there were 95 variations of kits used in 17/18 Season, this does include those teams that launched their 2018/19 kits (Everton, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea).

The Teams – Kits are in chronological order of when they first worn

Arsenal to Chelsea

 

Crystal Palace to Manchester City

Manchester United to Stoke City

Swansea to West Ham United

Looking at this, four teams did not use any variation of their three choices of kit (Two for Watford), these were Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Swansea and of these only Leicester City and Swansea wore the three kits, as Liverpool and Manchester City both wore 2018/19 Home kits in their final home games.

The teams with the most variation are Manchester United and West Ham United, each turning out in SEVEN variations of kits (Both having 3 Home, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit variations).  Everton also used seven variations of kits but this does include the 2018/19 Home kit

Brighton and Hove Albion initially launched their yellow away kit with black socks and for its first two appearances wore this combination but the kit was used a further 14 times with yellow socks, giving us the largest volume of kit variation used.  Brighton also used alternative kits the most times, 17 of the 19 away games, although their 3rd kit was only used once against Chelsea.  The two away games that they did not change, Watford in August and Liverpool on the final day of the season, 260 days between these two games.

Tottenham Hotspur registered a 3rd Kit (Purple camouflage) however this did not make an appearance in the League, so was the only shirt of the 59 registered with the Premier League that was not used, Burnley wore their 3rd shirt with their home shorts and socks in Arsene Wenger’s final game at The Emirates Stadium, so this full 3rd kit was not worn (it was the away kit from 2016/17 season).

Watford often got criticised for the amount of time they wore their away kit (9 times), when you look at other clubs is not much different in terms of usage however the question of whether they should of worn it in some of the games is up for debate but we live in times where clubs need to make their money, so I do not begrudge them of this, however if this was a more pleasing kit to eye then it might of helped.

Anything jump out to you in the way teams used their kits, let me know?