Everyone loves a kit release – it’s one of the most anticipated announcements of the summer for most football fans.
Earlier this week we ranked every Premier League home shirt ahead of the 2018/19 season, and it’s now the away shirts’ turn to go under the microscope here at Football FanCast.
The results you’ll find here aren’t the work of just me and me alone though, it’s the work of the entire team at Football FanCast – so don’t blame me if you disagree with them.
Everyone ranked each shirt from one to 20 and then, using a unique scoring system, I tallied all the votes up to conclude the results of our very first Premier League Away Shirt Power Rankings.
Can Wolves deliver again? Have Tottenham improved on their woeful looking home strip? What state will Liverpool’s away shirt be in this year? Can Manchester United redeem themselves?
Let’s take a look…
Oh Liverpool, what have you done?
This shouldn’t really come as a surprise because the Reds have a habit of making awful away shirts with either weird designs or dodgy colours.
They’ve gone for the latter this year with a bold purple number, and everyone here absolutely hates it.
Is this a leaked version of Watford’s away shirt? Perhaps so – it’s a rubbish shade of green so we hope that it isn’t the real deal.
That’s why it’s been ranked so low and Watford fans will be hoping this isn’t what they should expect to see being released.
I’m not sure what’s going on here because while this is only a concept design of Burnley’s away shirt – it hasn’t been leaked or released yet – it’s actually quite nice.
My colleagues clearly don’t agree, though, and it’s been given a relegation spot as a result.
Brighton’s home shirt is incredibly dull, and their away one isn’t much better.
Come on Brighton, you need to do better here – you’re a Premier League club now. Your fans don’t deserve such mediocrity.
We’ve come to expect the odd yellow strip from Southampton and this one, despite it’s 16th-placed ranking, isn’t too bad.
The collar is pretty decent, as is the sleeve design. But it’s just yellow kits that we can’t quite get on board with, especially this shade of yellow.
I love a pink kit, but clearly my colleagues aren’t quite as keen.
I’d have perhaps gone with black adidas stripes instead of a darker shade of pink, but it’s not quite as bad as everyone thinks.
Unfortunately my influence couldn’t get this shirt higher in the rankings.
A nod to the 1996 strip is a classy touch from the Toon Army, and it’s another shirt that deserves a higher rank.
It’s in a 14th though, which isn’t the worst. The colour combination isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, admittedly, but the general style of the strip is pretty smart.
No thrills from Cardiff with this one. Grey doesn’t really do football shirts the justice they deserve and that’s evident here.
They’ve gone with the round neck collar, which is nice and goes well with the design, but overall it’s not really trying hard enough.
If you ever want to look a little bit like Bournemouth, then design your kit like this. That’s what Huddersfield have done, and they’ve done it well.
Would’ve been nicer if they’d tried to be a little more creative though. Be yourselves, Huddersfield, don’t be shy.
Not a bad effort from the Blues, even if it’s another dodgy shade of yellow.
We’ve overlooked the colour here and decided to give a complimentary nod to the simple and classy shirt design. Thumbs up.
Now this away shirt from Leicester City is a really nice little number. As I’ve said before, grey doesn’t really do football shirts justice, but the addition of gold stripes and a gold crest really adds a bit of sexiness to this one.
Fair play to the Foxes, they’ve produced a real gem here.
You’d be mistaken for thinking Phil Foden is modelling Man City’s new training kit but he’s not – it’s the away strip.
It’s an interesting design with a fine looking collar, and the luminous socks are a nice touch to what is a pretty discreet kit. Wonderful.
Puma have delivered here with Arsenal’s away strip. I’ve noticed a lot of criticism towards the Gunners’ home design, but this one seems to have earned the praise it deserves.
The red design/hoop gives it some va-va-voom, which I’m sure is to keep Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger’s legends alive.
Fulham’s home kit this season is a real gem and they’ve delivered with the away kit as well.
The fact Ryan Sessegnon is modelling it will give Cottagers fans hope he’ll still be there come the end of the transfer window.
If they can play with as much class and pizzazz as their kits this season, they’ll be fine.
For Crystal Palace fans seeing Wilfried Zaha modelling the away kit is the best news of the summer.
Other than that, I’m not quite sure how this shirt made it in to the top six. I’m no fan of the sash but for some reason everyone here seems to like it.
Zaha doesn’t though, judging by his face!
Here at FFC Towers, we found Everton’s home kit to be rather boring, but by simply changing the colours, it’s a hit!
Still unsure on the Angry Birds sponsor, but so are Everton fans.
Bournemouth have a lovely, simple and classy away strip here.
The white body with subtle orange trim gives it a real sophisticated feel. The design and colour choices ensure the sponsor isn’t too imposing either, which is a real bonus.
Spurs’ away shirt is infinitely better than their home one, but they should feel pretty cheated by Nike.
Turns out its the exact same design as Barcelona’s training kit – the absolute cheek of Nike to go ahead with that!
This away shirt weirdly works wonders for the Hammers.
They’re spending big in the transfer market at the moment and if they can be as classy as their away strip on the road this season then it’ll be money well spent.
Of course, it’s Wolves.
They’ve returned to the Premier League with two absolutely outstanding shirts. Their home strip is a stroke of genius and this away one is just as good.
Sensational efforts, absolutely sensational efforts!
