Kit evolution
57 seasons · 4 kit makers · 4 shirt sponsorsKit makerPuma2014–2019
Shirt sponsor- Umbro1970–198616 seasons
- Adidas1986–19948 seasons
- Nike1994–201420 seasons
- Puma2014–20195 seasons
- Adidas2019–now8 seasons
- JVC ’81–’99
- Sega Dreamcast ’99–’02
- O2 ’02–’06
- Emirates ’06–now
Bar widths are to scale: one season, one slice. Click a maker to jump to its era.To scale. Tap a maker to jump to its era.
Grouped by maker era. Identical maker and sponsor years are collapsed into one row. Yellow chips link to our sold-price pages.
1970-71 to 1980-81
No shirt sponsor
1981-82 to 1985-86
JVC
1986-87 to 1993-94
JVC88-90 home from £6790-92 home from £15091-93 away from £23092-94 home from £12593-94 away from £80
Adidas take over from Umbro.1994-95 to 1998-99
Nike take over from Adidas.
1999-00 to 2001-02
Sega Dreamcast replace JVC after 18 seasons.
2002-03 to 2005-06
2006-07 to 2013-14
Emirates
2014-15 to 2017-18
Emirates
Puma take over from Nike.2018-19
EmiratesSleeve: Visit Rwanda
2019-20 to 2025-26
EmiratesSleeve: Visit Rwanda
Adidas take over from Puma.2026-27
EmiratesSleeve: Deel
Deel replace Visit Rwanda on the sleeve.Spot a mistake? Tell us — we update the table when sources clarify.
Sources: club records, kit archives and contemporary news.
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