The Football Kit Podcast
Episodes
Episode ThirtyEight
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
World Cup fever officially became a pandemic when adidas launched their away kit offerings and Nike followed up with a slew of their own releases. De...
Episode Thirtyseven
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gav and Les are joined by author John Blair to discuss his recent release Football Kit Italia: The Greatest Kits and Characters of the Golazzo Era, a ...
Episode Thirtysix
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Denis, Gav and Les return to discuss representative games and the kits worn in them. You know the sort of thing; intra-league affairs, all-star games...
Episode Thirtyfive
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Serie A returns this weekend for the 2025/26 edition. Can Napoli do it again with Kevin de Bruyne? Will Inter bounce back after Scudetto and Champions...
Episode ThirtyFour
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Euro 2025 is in the books, and England have by hook or crook defended their Women's European Championships title in Switzerland. But what of the polye...
Episode ThirtyThree
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Devlin and the Superhoops may sound like a 70s prog-rock group, but our episode title refers to the forthcoming release by the godfather of illus...
Episode ThirtyTwo
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 30th season of Major League Soccer is just days away, so Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by Peter Welpton of the Kickaround, the finest soccer rad...
Episode Thirtyone
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TFKP kit-geeks Denis, Gavin and Les could barely get a word in edgeways when Marc Jones, AFC Wimbledon's Head of Brand, Marketing, and Communications,...
Episode Thirty
05 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doing the 92 - Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by Daniel Storey, chief football writer at the i-Paper and author of essential tomes such as Gazza in I...
Episode Twentynine
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The centenary of legendary kit brand Umbro is an apt time for a book charting the history of that beloved firm, and who better to author such a tome t...
Episode Twentyeight
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 FA Cup final is close at hand, and our resident anthem jacket obsessive Les has penned a punishing, five part exploration of the pre-match tr...
Episode Twentyseven
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the 2023/24 season comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the kits that have delighted and displeased, as well as noting the wider kit trends. ...
Episode Twentysix
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The release of the new Nike and adidas kits ahead of Euro 24 and the Copa America was somewhat eclipsed by the news of Germany's defection to the Nike...
Episode Twentyfive
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who are we to stand in the way of those demanding a second installment of 'A Question of Strips'? Denis resumes his David Coleman/Sue Barker, while te...
Episode Twentyfour
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Those are some Reffin' good kits! Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by Canadian ref Quentin Benetti, the man behind the wonderfully niche RefereeKitHist...
Episode Twentythree
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Denis, Gav and Les are joined by multidisciplinary kit overlord Phil Delves (of Hummel's 'Behind the Chevrons videos and Red Star Paris 125-years anni...
Episode TwentyTwo
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The massive impact of Tiny Jerseys: In episode 22 Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by Stephen Rawlings, a California based Borussia Dortmund fan who sp...
Episode Twentyone
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the launch of 'Pretty Poly: The History of the Football Shirt' imminent, Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by author and 90's long-sleeve Bundeslig...
Episode Twenty
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode Twenty Denis, Gav and Les are joined by Raimund Simmet, author of Alle Bayern-Trikots, to discuss the rich kit history of Bayern Munich. ...
Episode Nineteen
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Something a bit different... a quiz! Denis channels his inner David Coleman for 'A Question of Strips!' That leaves the other two to be team captains...
Episode Eighteen
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the narrative strands of the 2022/23 season merge into resolution, Denis, Gavin and Les ask each other what they've liked and disliked about kits i...
Episode Seventeen
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the J. League celebrates its 30th anniversary, Denis, Gavin and Les are joined by the estimable Ben Mabley, co-commentator/analyst for DAZN, J-Spor...
Episode Sixteen
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Denis, Gavin and Les take a look at another specific club's kit offerings, this time Nottingham Forest. Tricky Trees fan Jim Hearson selects three goo...
Episode Fifteen
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denis, Gav and Les are joined by the estimable John Devlin of True Colours books and Admiral documentary fame to discuss underrated World Cup kits. Fo...
Episode Fourteen
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 wit...
Episode Thirteen
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode Twelve
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Episode Eleven
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Episode Ten
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode Nine
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Podc...
Episode Eight
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode Seven
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 G...
Episode Six
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mönc...
Euro 2020 Review Special
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 belate...
Episode Five
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Episode Four
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode Three
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode Two
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode One
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From shirts to socks, cotton to polyester, Aertex to TechFit...The Football Kit Podcast is your source of punishingly detailed football apparel analys...