The Football Kit Podcast

Denis, Gav and Les are joined by Design Football's Jay Handley to discuss teams who 'wear the skin of their enemy', or at least colours associated with rival sides. WARNING: Contains Star Trek references. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used with kind permission.

As the group stages of UEFA's three main competitions begin, Denis, Gavin and Les take a look at UEFA kit regulations past and present, deciding which rules are good ("Nyon to something good!") or bad ("UEFA the game or what?"). Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used with kind permission.

The kit book shelves will have a new tome soon, when Matt Riley's Kit & Caboodle is released. Ahead of that Matt joins Gav, Denis and Les to discuss the inspiration behind the book, which does not sit on the fence about topics such as gambling and Crypto/NFT sponsorships, using shirts to oppose wars and bigotry, and attempts to put football on a more sustainable footing, which naturally includes t...

Having looked at change kits, goalkeeper jerseys and notable templates (twice!), Denis, Gavin and Les take a look at a specific club's kit offerings as chosen by a guest. That club is Newcastle United, and the guest is renowned Toon matchworn shirt collector Gavin Haigh, who selects three good ("Canny kit that pet!") and three bad ("Nah way the lads!") kits from the Magpie's polyester pantheon. Ou...

Having established that templates are no bad thing in Episode Seven of The Football Kit Podcast, Denis, Gav and Les revisit the subject in Episode Ten to choose more 'Templates of Worship' and 'Templates of Doom'. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used with kind permission.

Goalkeepers are a different breed they say, and their attire certainly sets them apart from their team mates. In this episode of The Football Kit Podcast that attire is considered by Denis, Gav and Les, who each choose a "you're a keeper" entry of something they like as well as a "No saving that" choice, something far from number one. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recording...

All post-punk band Half Man Half Biscuit wanted was a Dukla Prague away kit, but for some people change kits, be they away, third, fourth or in Napoli's case thirteenth kits are the work of the capitalist devil. Denis, Les and Gav discuss change kits, finding positives as well as negatives, or 'Positive changes' and 'Changes for the worse'. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Rec...

The Football Kit Podcast and the Templates of Doom! In Episode Seven old stalwarts Denis and Les are joined by a January transfer window signing, as Gav Hope of Kit Geek gives the line up some strength in depth. Templates might be a dirty word to some but they are the bedrock of kit design, and in what might be the first part of a quasi-regular series, our three kit connoisseur each nominate a 'Te...

In Episode Six of The Football Kit Podcast we talk to Steve Appenowitz, author of the essential 2018 tome Bundesliga Trikots and fan of Borussia Mönchengladbach, about his latest book Das Gladbach Trikot. Also… Denis and Les are intrigued by the EFL's stance on short clashes, and recall a Chelsea mash-up in their first season with adidas. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recor...

Denis and Les are joined by John Devlin (True Colours Football Kits) and Gavin Hope (Kit Geek) for a special episode that reviews the kits of a belated 2020 European Championships. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used with kind permission.

In Episode Five of The Football Kit Podcast we talk to a kit design colossus: Craig Buglass, whose Cool Motion and Total 90 kits for Brazil, Holland, Portugal, South Korea, USA et al are among the most well known Nike designs, and who also collaborated on kits for Puma and Umbro. Also… Denis and Les consider some of the kits of Euro 2020: the refreshed Puma away kits such as those of Austria, Swit...

In Episode Four of The Football Kit Podcast we talk to Marc Roe, Walsall's accidental kitman who spent part of lockdown giving Joe Wicks a run for his money with fitness videos on the club's Facebook account. Also… Denis discusses the rebrand at Serie A champions elect Inter, and Les muses a mash-up from 1991 featuring Les Lions Indomptables.

In Episode Three of The Football Kit Podcast we talk to Port Vale's Scott Brown, a goalkeeper with over 500 English and Scottish league appearances to his name, to discuss the kit design work of pop wastrel Robbie Williams, Jim Leighton’s boot rule and the need for gloves that retain grip in the snow. Also… Les takes a look at a Mexican brand making waves with the help of Netflix, and Denis muses...

In Episode Two of The Football Kit Podcast we talk to Amilcare Elvo, the lead designer of ambitious young Italian brand Zeus. Also... Denis considers a vexillological issue that vexed fans of the Russian national side and Les mulls a mash-up for Argentina at the 2010 World Cup. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used with kind permission.

From shirts to socks, cotton to polyester, Aertex to TechFit...The Football Kit Podcast is your source of punishingly detailed football apparel analysis. In episode One we interview the senior football kit designer at adidas, Jürgen Rank, and also consider prematurely ended sponsorships and a notable kit mash-up from 1990. Outro track is Teleseme by Steve Cobby (2015 Déclassé Recordings). Used wit...