At last, every Premier League club has either officially revealed the identity of their new home and away shirts or at least pretty accurate ‘leaked’ image floating about on the internet.
Brighton were the last to get theirs in, just three months after Liverpool were the first to give us a glimpse of what we can expect to seem them wearing when they revealed their home strip before the final game of last season. Remember when all the clubs did that? Those were the days.
So now the Seagulls have woken up and joined the party, it’s time we got down to business and ranked all 40. The results you’ll find here aren’t the work of just me and me alone, it’s the work of the entire Football FanCast team.
Everyone ranked each shirt from one to 40 and then, using a unique scoring system, I tallied all the votes up to conclude the results of our very first Premier League Kit Power Rankings.
You’re probably going to hate us now but that’s ok, no one really likes us anyway…
40. Liverpool Away
They may be bringing in the big names and mounting a real challenge for the Premier League title, but this kit is awful.
According to the FFC Power Rankings, Liverpool’s purple number is the worst, by a long way!
39. Watford Away
Watford were one of the last teams to release their away strip and according to us, it wasn’t worth waiting for.
Similar to designs they have had in the past, but this shade of green will make the team look like a squad of goalkeepers.
38. Tottenham Home
Tottenham fans won’t be used to seeing themselves ranked near the bottom in this kind of thing – they’re home shirts are normally pretty smart – they’ve won MirrorFootball’s last two Football Shirt Power Rankings. This year’s is absolutely hideous, though. What is that monstrosity at the bottom?
Any Spurs fan that tells you they like it is lying through their teeth. Daniel Levy didn’t throw £1billion at a brand new stadium for this!
37. Burnley Away
At the time of writing Burnley haven’t officially revealed their away kit, but this concept design doesn’t give us much hope.
Sean Dyche’s team will enter the Europa League for the first time this season, surely they can do better than this effort!
36. Burnley Home
Turn away Burnley fans, your home shirt isn’t much better. The probably is they always seem to look exactly the same every single season. This time, though, it has been completely ruined by a sponsor nobody’s ever heard of.
Does the poker chip really need to be that big? Fair to say Steven Defour’s poker face isn’t too convincing either – just look at the disgust in his eyes.
35. Cardiff City Home
So this wasn’t my doing as I think Cardiff’s strip is a pretty smart, although my colleagues clearly don’t agree.
Nevertheless, there’s a distinct lack of creativity going on here and you can see why it hasn’t impressed.
At least it’s no longer red.
34. Brighton Away
Another team that has decided to go with green for their away shirt.
Having stripes as their home kit, a block colour was always on the cards, but after the bright yellow for their first season in the Premier League last year, green is just boring.
33. Southampton Away
Like Brighton, the Saints have opted for a block colour for their away strip for 2018/19.
The colour yellow has often been used in their alternative strips in years gone by. Most famously in 1976 when they won the FA Cup against Man United wearing their yellow and blue strip.
They’ll be hoping for similar success this season after a disappointing 2017/18 season.
32. Manchester United Away
United’s away kit has divided the office and fans alike, at a first glance it’s hideous but when you learn the meaning behind it, it all makes sense.
The pink design, pays homage to the local newspaper, the M.E.N.’s iconic Pink newspaper. United may not be playing pretty at the moment but at least they are in pink.
31. Manchester United Home
It’s basically Tottenham’s car crash of a shirt but in red and black. But wait a minute, they’re made by rival manufacturers. Adidas and Nike have had a mare here. That shouldn’t happen, that just shouldn’t happen.
All of the above Old Trafford stars are clearly in agreement. It’s horrid and well deserving of such a low rank.