It is that time of year again. Time to scope out the newest addition to Spurs’ long history of kits. I look forward to the off-season every season for many reasons, one of them being the official release of new kits. It is something I look forward to every season, and the world of European football creates a lot of excitement with every season bringing a litany of new designs across all levels of the sport. Some years bring designs that are drastically different, some years bring designs that are “modern classics,” and some years make you stare and go “what is that?” Either way, it is something myself and lots of others look forward to every season.
Today, I wanted to look at all three of the new Spurs kits as well as share my favorite three Spurs kits over the last quarter century. So let’s start with this year’s kits.
2024-25 Home Kit
As soon as I saw this kit, I had two thoughts: 1) I like the addition of the navy in the sleeves, and 2) this kit reminds me of the 2005-06 Spurs home kit. I have grown to have an affinity for how home kits are always rooted in tradition. That solid lilywhite kit with the cockerel crest is a solid look. I like teams with a classic look. I have been a fan of the University of Michigan football team my entire life. That classic maize and blue look with the winged helmet is a testament to how a classic look can speak volumes for decades. The classic Spurs white kit falls along the same lines. That being said, since Nike began making Spurs kits back in 2017, the home kit has been almost exclusively white (minus the geometric pattern on the 2020-21 kit during the Gareth Bale return and the odd gradient pattern on the bottom of the 2018-19 kit that will forever remind me of the armpit handball in the 2019 Champions League final).
This year gave us the most navy on the since the 2015-16 Under Armor sash kit. I, personally, like the addition of the navy on the sleeves. I think it is something we have not had on a home kit in a period of time but it does not take away from the traditional home look the club has established. I think this kit will look great with both navy and white shorts, which should make this home shirt a fan favorite. Here is to seeing the club making a deep run in this year’s Europa League in this solid kit.
2024-25 Away Kit
So this kit just does not do it for me. There is nothing innately wrong with this kit, and I like the centralized logo on this kit (just as I did the last time the club used a centralized logo in the yellow third kit from 2020-21). The last time the club chose to move the crest to the center of the shirt, I bought the kit. I do not think this will be the case with this shirt.
The pattern is what I think is lacking with this kit. I look at this kit and see old man pajamas. I think back to waking up after sleeping over at my grandparents’ house and imagine my Grandad wearing pants with this color and pattern while he is making a batch of silver dollar pancakes. While the six-year-old version of me was excited by the pancakes, he was questioned “why is Grandad wearing those pants?” I feel the same way when I see this kit. While I think the navy shorts will help this look, I am just not sold on this kit. Maybe it will grow on me, and maybe it won’t. I think the light blue, navy blue, and yellow combination could come together to make a solid away kit, but this is not the case this season.
2024-25 Third Kit
This kit is almost a home run. Every time I have seen Spurs in a green kit, it has not disappointed, and this one will look fantastic on the field. I like the pattern on the kit and the shield around the home crest. That shield is something I would love to see more frequently from this club. We all loved the addition of the shield for the 2017-18 season, and I think it is a great time for it to come back. I also like the addition of the collar. The addition of the collar on the away kit last season elevated that kit. It had a classic look that I think we will all look fondly on as the years go by. That could very well be the case with this kit as well. I think this kit will look best if it is worn with black shorts. If it were paired with green shorts, I think it would become a little too much.
The one thing I do not care for with this kit is the Nike logo. What is the company trying to do with this flipped logo? Every time I have seen this sideways logo for the upcoming, I am left with one question: why? I do not understand why they are choosing to go with this logo on so many kits this season. I would have preferred the retro Nike logo with the swoosh and the company name above it. It would look so much better. That being said, the sideways swoosh does not take away from what I think it is a solid kit. I think I prefer the 2020-21 green kit a little more, but it is another solid entry in the club’s use of the color green.
So how do these kits stack up to kits of the past quarter century? Well, none of the three would crack my top three personal favorites, but the home and third kits are very solid. Two out of three is not too bad in my opinion. What are my favorite three kits of all time? Well, twist my arm…
#3 – 2001-02 Home Kit
Yes, this is a kit from well before my time supporting the club, but I think the beauty of this kit is its simplicity. Addidas may not be my favorite brand, but they made some absolutely solid Spurs kits during their time working with the club. The retro badge, the bold navy lines on the kit, the iconic HOLSTEN across the chest. It is the definition of Tottenham Hotspur. This is a beautiful kit.
#2 – 2016-17 Home Kit
Does this kit get high marks because of the season’s successes in that kit? Absolutely! An unbeaten home record in the final season at White Hart Line, a run to the FA Cup semifinals, the incredible golden boot winning campaign for Harry Kane, the emergence of Dele Alli, the arrival of Son Heung-min, the class of Christian Eriksen, and the dominance of Pochettino’s backline, need I say more? I fell in love with this club while they wore this kit. It was the first Spurs kit I bought, and it is the one I wear the most to this day as my collection has slowly grown over the past eight seasons. It is amazing.
#1 – 2018-19 Third Kit
The white whale! From the moment I saw this kit, I loved it. That combination of green and navy with silver accents is amazing. I know it was divisive but it grew on all of us with that incredible run to the Champions League final. I am so upset that I was never able to get my hands on this kit. I actually had it scoped out as a Christmas gift to myself in 2018, but the day I went to order it, they were completely sold out in all sizes large and up at the team shop. I even tried to order the kit from non-official manufacturers, but the sizing was very different from what I was expecting. It is a sad story, but I will never give up on the hope that I will someday own this kit. So if anyone is looking to sell this kit in size 3X, please contact me first. I would love to own this beautiful piece of history.
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-Dustin Gentile
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