Worst Premier League kits ever

The Premier League is often referred to as 'the best in the world' but that is probably not true when it comes to kits.

Yes, there have been some impressive shirts since the competition's inception, the late 1990s and early 2000s being the most fruitful period for kit design. However, for every stunner, there are two or three absolute stinkers.

You can probably picture them now. Awesome patterns, awesome color combinations, funny columns. There are plenty of sources to choose from.

So, that's exactly what we did. Here are the worst Premier League kits we've ever seen.

Brentford's Premier League season has been marked by more understated kits but the Bees' 2022/23 third shirt is an eyesore.

Cooked up by a graphic design instructor in Microsoft Paint, the combination of pink and yellow confetti and a bettor's bettor sealed its end in one of the worst ways the Premier League has seen.

If the nondescript pale blue pattern wasn't bad enough, Wolverhampton Wanderers and adidas have decided not to plaster it all over the Old Gold's 2020/21 away kit.

Standing awkwardly on the shoulders, the only thing about this shirt is that it was worn during the campaign when fans were not allowed to enter the stadiums due to the coronavirus.

This one may have been rediscovered by Chelsea fans and lovers of vintage football shirts, but you can't deny that the design and color scheme are unique.

Orange and gray, really?

Even Ruud Gullit's good looks can't save this Umbro 90s offering which looks very strange in every view.

Umbro didn't learn from their mistakes when they designed the Manchester United away shirt in 1995/96. I believe the official color name is prison porridge.

Also, this shirt is now loved by Man Utd fans and kit aficionados for its retro charm but even nostalgia glasses can't make this kit look remotely tasteful.

Of course, this was also the shirt Man Utd changed during a 3-1 defeat to Southampton in 1996 after Sir Alex Ferguson said the players could not see each other well on the pitch.

There's probably a reason why you don't see too many Jako kits these days, especially in the Premier League. Their brief stint with Portsmouth during the tyranny put an end to this abomination.

Red and Portsmouth are already a strange combination but the diluted gold names make things even worse.

No wonder Pompey's players managed to inspire themselves to a 17th place finish in 2005/06.

Pink kits are all the rage these days. Clubs often find themselves swamped with orders when they release a good fuchsia or salmon number but Everton may not have had that problem in 2022/23.

Along with Hummel, the Toffees have produced the most vomit-inducing pink shirt the world has ever seen, with the biggest sponsor of the bet on nothing.

Palermo would be ashamed of this.

We've tried to limit the number of goalkeeper shirts on this list because, well, they're awesome. But for us, this is the worst the Premier League has had to endure.

The color conflict is on another scale since Pony lost its reputation as a kit manufacturer in the late 1990s.

Sorry Tottenham fans, this is bad.

What you may have noticed already is that some shirts tend to be more grizzly than home clothes. Manufacturers play a risky game with away and third jerseys and it often backfires.

Chelsea's 2012/13 third shirt is an example of a pointless pattern on the rest of the kit, with unnecessary yellow lettering emblazoned across the body and stomach.

Kappa endured an identity challenge in the late 1990s and notably kicked out Fulham, who seemed to have a certain grudge against him. How else would you describe this 2012/13 shirt?

A deep orange with a black trim would work well but this one doesn't, with a weird pointed collar and unnecessary side panels.

Dimitar Berbatov deserved better.

Less commonly known as the ice lolly kit, it's no surprise that this was the year Manchester City surrendered the Premier League title to Liverpool. After all, how can you be proud of your sports while wearing a rhubarb and custard combo?

Puma have had a poor start as Man City's kit manufacturers and this is their worst creation yet.

Highlighter yellow doesn't usually make a good football shirt but it sure does when you slap a bunch of Blackburn Rovers crests across it.

One sleeve is drawn and the other is not, this thing is truly a disgrace to the good people of Lancashire.

Under Armor are among the worst kit designers the Premier League has seen, providing dull and ugly kits. Unfortunately, Spurs had to endure their worst form in the 2010s.

The 2014/15 shirt is terrible, especially down to the unnecessary blue stripe emblazoned across the chest. The collar is pretty bad, too.

Has there ever been a worse sponsor than Wonga?

That's not the only thing that's disgusting about Newcastle United's 2014/15 shirt, which has become famous for its weird V-neck that only emphasizes the dreaded sponsor.

Watching John Carver's Newcastle this time around is an unparalleled form of punishment.

In the same season as the Newcastle monstrosity, Puma gave Arsenal three disgusting kits, the worst of which was the third kit.

Arsenal's Puma days represented a dark era for the Gunners but it might have been a lot more fun if fans didn't have to look at an awful lot of shirts.

Asymmetrical kits are not easy to pull off and Man Utd have found it hard to pull off in 2020/21, wearing what is known as the zebra kit. A very spoiled zebra, that is.

It was the single worst kit Man Utd have ever produced – honestly, try to find a worse one – and it proves that designing kits based on animals is a surefire recipe for failure.

Let's start with the obvious. The Middlesbrough club crest is on the sleeve. Please, do not do that.

Second, a pattern that resembles your grandmother's tableware probably won't go down too well with patrons.

The strangeness of Boro's kit was highlighted by their season wearing it, with Yorkshire reaching the League Cup and FA Cup finals (losing both) and being relegated from the Premier League in 1996/97.

One of Liverpool's worst modern memories came with this perfect football shirt. Of course, that was 'Crystanbul' at Selhurst Park, which saw the Reds throw away a three-goal lead in the last 11 minutes against Crystal Palace as they battled for a first Premier League title.

Perhaps it is fitting that Liverpool wore such a bad shirt on such a bad night, when the Warriors failed to produce a single good kit in their three-year spell with the Reds.

For further proof that vintage isn't always good, we bring you the 1995/97 Nottingham Forest shirt. The ink-dripping look that the Midlands team have adopted – particularly on the shoulders of the shirt – is, to put it mildly, ironic.

Combined with a surprisingly large open collar, this was another fragrance from Umbro in the 1990s.

Warriors may be the worst kit manufacturer in Premier League history. Imagine forcing Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho to give this dreadful display?

It might not be as bad as other Liverpool shirts but the gray ruff around the collar is one of the worst things ever put on a football kit.

The first season of the Premier League boasted the ugliest kit we've ever seen and Coventry City topped the list with their meaty green away kit.

They may have only finished 15th in the league in 1992/93 but they deserved the title by enduring this jersey on the road during the campaign.

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