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New football kits: The strips from the Premier League for the 2015/16 season

Raheem Sterling modelling Man City's away kit for 2015/16
Image: Raheem Sterling modelling Man City's away kit for 2015/16

What will your side be wearing next season?

Have they stuck with tradition for their 2015/16 shirts? Have they gone retro? Or have they plumped for a complete overhaul?

There's a glut of new gear for the 2015/16 term but what's your favourite? Check out the strips released so far below and, if you're reading on our desktop site, let us know what you think...

ARSENAL

Tomas Rosicky (L), Santi Cazorla (C) and Olivier Giroud (R) model Arsenal's new PUMA home kit.
Image: Tomas Rosicky (L), Santi Cazorla (C) and Olivier Giroud (R) model Arsenal's new PUMA home kit

This latest offering from PUMA stays true to the Gunners’ classic red-and-white strip that first appeared in 1933 but features a grandad collar and gold piping trim around the collar edge.

Arsenal away kit, 2015/15
Image: Arsenal's new away kit for the 2015/16 season

The Gunners have also launched their new away kit ahead of next season. The gold and navy blue strip was unveiled in Singapore, as Arsenal begin their far east tour which sees them take past in the Barclays Asia Trophy tournament.

ASTON VILLA

Micah Richards was one of several Aston Villa players present at the club's kit launch
Image: Villa have a new yellow away kit to accompany their traditional claret-and-blue offering

Villa's Macron kit sports the traditional claret with blue sleeves, but this year's edition boasts a blue collar with claret stripes on the trim - a feature also used on the sleeves. The away kit sees them abandon the claret altogether as they sport a plain yellow shirt with black trim, accompanied by black shorts.

Aston Villa include subtle horizontal pinstripes across their traditional claret and blue shirt.
Image: Aston Villa include subtle horizontal pinstripes across their traditional claret and blue shirt

BOURNEMOUTH

Bournemouth's first Premier League kit has been made by JD
Image: Bournemouth's first Premier League kit has been made by JD

The Championship winners have teamed up with JD to produce their first-ever Premier League kit, and they've gone with their classic red-and-black stripes, featuring solid black on the shoulders and back - making the numbers easy to read - along with gold trim.

CHELSEA

Chelsea's new kit uses subtle vertical stripes and includes their new sponsor's logo
Image: Chelsea's new kit uses subtle vertical stripes and includes their new sponsor's logo

The home shirt launched on July 16 is part of the new campaign - "If it's not blue, it will be", a campaign which focuses on the players' determination to dominate domestic and European football.

The shirt will be first worn on the club's pre-season tour of the USA and has taken inspiration from several classic Chelsea shirts by using several design features.

The away kit features a white, red and blue colour scheme after the Premier League champions wore yellow last season.

Chelsea away kit
Image: Chelsea also wore a white away kit in their Champions League-winning season in 2012

CRYSTAL PALACE

Crystal Palace maintain their red and blue stripes on both their home and away kits for 2015/16
Image: Crystal Palace maintain their red and blue stripes on both their home and away kits for 2015/16

Aside from slightly thicker stripes and a new asymmetrical style, it's more of the same from Macron for Palace's home kit. The new away shirt has apparently been inspired by "famous sash kits of the past".

EVERTON

Umbro have produced a traditional blue shirt for Everton
Image: Umbro have produced a traditional blue shirt for Everton

Worn in the final game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur, Umbro say the new kit is "inspired by iconic Everton home shirts of the past". It also has an NSNO insignia on the back in reference to the club's motto 'Nil Satis Nisi Optimum' (nothing but the best). The new away kit, meanwhile, is a white shirt with grey hoops on the sleeves for an "eye-catching" look.

Everton's away offering from Umbro is white with grey detailing
Image: Everton's away offering from Umbro is white with grey detailing

LEICESTER

Leicester's 2015/16 kit features gold highlights on the collar and sleeves
Image: Leicester's 2015/16 kit features gold highlights on the collar and sleeves

The Foxes probably feel like kings of the world after surviving in the Premier League and their new home kit reflects that with a gold trim on the collar, shorts and socks. It also features the 25th anniversary logo of shirt sponsor King Power.

The black away kit features a diamond-shaped pattern across the front and white trim on the sleeves and collar.

Leicester look to have gone for a black version of Puma's Arsenal kit for their away shirt
Image: Leicester have switched from red to black for their away kit

LIVERPOOL

New Balance's first kit for Liverpool features a subtle checkerboard effect
Image: New Balance's first kit for Liverpool features a subtle checkerboard effect

The most notable feature of New Balance's first Liverpool shirt is the chequerboard pattern, which is apparently inspired by the mosaic of flags and scarves that fill the Kop. Fans will be hoping it can also inspire the team to greater things. Liverpool's third kit was the last Steven Gerrard wore away at Stoke City.

Philippe Coutinho (L), Steven Gerrard and Lucas Leiva (R) wait to kick off
Image: Liverpool's third kit was worn by Steven Gerrard in his final game at the club

The Reds unveiled a sparkling white away kit - with accents of red in the collar, crests and sleeves - during their pre-season tour of Australia.  

Alberto Moreno, Daniel Sturridge and Emre Can wearing the new Liverpool away kit
Image: Alberto Moreno, Daniel Sturridge and Emre Can wearing the new Liverpool away kit

MANCHESTER CITY

Manchester City new home kit Nike 2015/16
Image: Manchester City new home kit Nike 2015/16

Manchester City have combined their iconic sky blue kit colour with a slim white polo neck collar for the new season. Fans will be hoping the new home shirt design can take them closer to winning the Premier League title than they managed last campaign. The away offering, meanwhile, sees their traditional light blue adorn the trim and sponsor logo as they go with a dark blue strip.

Raheem Sterling modelling Man City's away kit for 2015/16
Image: Raheem Sterling modelling Man City's away kit for 2015/16

MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester United kit launch
Image: Manchester United's home kit for the 2015/16 season.

United have ended their 13-year partnership with Nike and joined forces with adidas in a deal worth at least £750m in revenue to the club. The deal pairs United with adidas for the second time in their respective histories, with adidas designing the Reds’ kit between 1980 and 1992. The new home kit is apparently inspired by the "iconic kits of yesteryear".

NEWCASTLE

Newcastle United's 2015/16 kit includes blue flashes across the bottom of the traditional black stripes
Image: Newcastle United's 2015/16 kit includes blue flashes across the bottom of the traditional black stripes

'More blue' seems to have been the message for the 2015/16 Newcastle home shirt and Puma have delivered with added blue piping on the sleeves and collar and blue flashes across the black stripes. The third kit has been likened to Paris St-Germain's home strip.

Newcastle kit
Image: Newcastle's third kit has a diagonal stripe across it

NORWICH

Norwich use their traditional canary yellow and green colours in their 2015/16 home kit
Image: Norwich use their traditional canary yellow and green colours in their 2015/16 home kit

The Canaries’ new home kit, which is inspired by 80 years at Carrow Road, has taken inspiration from the ‘half and half’ home kit which was adopted in 1927.

That is coupled with a green away kit with thin yellow pinstripes and then a colourful third kit that really catches the eye.

Even Steve Balmer-Walters, head of retail at the club, accepts it is not going to be everyone's tastes: "'This is going to be like marmite; you'll either love it or hate it and that's the fun of it...I wanted to create a design that had the fun factor and was really out there."

Norwich third kit
Image: Norwich's third kit has divided opinion

SOUTHAMPTON

Adidas' first effort for Southampton sees the three stripes added to the traditional red and white kit
Image: Adidas stick with the red and white stripes for Southampton's home kit

Adidas are back with Saints for next season and they have stuck with the classic red and white stripes. The club say the stripes reflect the 'DNA of Saints' while the rounded collar creates a 'halo effect' which is 'inspired by the club’s nickname'.

STOKE

New Balance take over from Warrior at Stoke and have delivered a reasonably traditional red and white shirt
Image: New Balance now front the Stoke strip and have delivered a reasonably traditional red and white shirt

Nothing too radical from New Balance for their first Stoke home kit as they maintain the red and white stripes, but they have made their mark with a black and green away shirt.

SUNDERLAND

Sunderland 15/16 Home Kit
Image: Sunderland maintain the club's famous red and white stripes in this lean-looking Adidas design

The Black Cats will be hoping their slick Adidas kit, as modelled by Connor Wickham, Sebastian Larsson, John O’Shea, Costel Pantilimon and Jermain Defoe, rejuvenates the squad at the Stadium of Light next term. The kit boasts the traditional red and white vertical stripes on the front and the back of the shirt and uses white as base colour.

The away kit is supposed to make a "strong impact on and off the field " and there is no doubt that the green and yellow colours catch the eye.

Sunderland's bright new away shirt uses bands of green tones
Image: Sunderland's bright new away shirt uses bands of green tones

SWANSEA

Swansea claim their new kit is inspired by the city's historic copper industry
Image: Swansea claim their new kit is inspired by the city's historic copper industry

The most notable feature on Swansea's new kit is the golden trim around the shirt, which is inspired by the city’s history of being a key centre for the copper industry in the 19th century.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Tottenham's 2-15/16 kit includes a blue sash said to represent an architectural feature of White Hart Lane
Image: Tottenham's 2015/16 kit includes a blue sash that is based on the club's emblem

Under Armour have made a striking change to the Spurs kit for next season with a diagonal sash across the shirt. According to the sponsor, the six stripes that make up the sash are 'inspired by the design of the emblem'.

The away kit, meanwhile, is a combination of dark and light blue and Harry Kane says it is probably his "favourite kit".

Harry Kane Christian Eriksen Tottenham away kit
Image: Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen model the Spurs away kit

WATFORD

Watford's kit incorporates black hoops that develop from pinstripes to give a gradient effect
Image: Watford's kit incorporates black hoops that develop from pinstripes to give a gradient effect

The Hornets will be buzzing into the Premier League with a major addition to their kit: black horizontal stripes running all the way down the shirt. It's the first Watford kit to feature hoops in over 100 years.

WEST BROM

West Brom away kit 15/16
Image: West Brom's new away kit is a throw back to famous designs from the 70s and 80s

The Baggies welcome back an old friend as, for the first time in 30 years, the iconic calligraphic-style ‘WBA’ badge features on the new red away kit, which is produced by Adidas. It last featured on Albion jerseys between 1976 and 1986 and was adorned by the likes of Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis. Meanwhile, the new home kit sees a return to traditional stripes.  

West Brom's home kit sees a return to the classic stripes after a season of pinstripes.
Image: West Brom's home kit sees a return to the classic stripes after a season of pinstripes

WEST HAM

West Ham kit
Image: West Ham's new strip has been labelled 'the Boleyn kit'

In their final season at the Boleyn Ground, the Hammers will wear a kit that pays homage to the one worn in the stadium’s inaugural season in 1904. Umbro, who were the club’s first kit manufacturer, have designed the strip, which features a commemorative gold crest with the legend ‘Boleyn Ground 1904-2016' underneath.

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