Everton officially reveal 2025-26 home kit

Not sure about the Mersey Wave motif... I think it's gonna make me seasick if I look at it long enough. Are we now channelling Celtic?

I quite like the neckline though...

If you are going full retro for the 86-87 kit then I'm glad they have gone with the blue socks, more blue should be on Everton kits, I know it upsets traditionalist folk but I think the white socks make us look too much like Birmingham City.

Everton's predominant colour is blue after all.

I can never understand all the uproar about kit release myself. I mean, we've had some absolute shockers over the years, and we've had some I just don't like, such as 1997-98 and 2000-01 which were pretty bad, I didn't much like the 2019-20 one with the overelaborate crisscross design either.

But this one is quite fine. Once it's been worn by the players do we even notice anyway?

All the screaming about that one-off 2013-14 club badge — we finished 5th with 72 points, nobody was concerned about the badge by the end of that campaign.

I still don't like Stake, or any advertising come to think of it, good prom video.

What I do like is they are releasing a non-sponsored version of the kit, be interesting to see which one sells better. I'll have a good guess which one!

But it seems very literal. I can understand the club wanting something to do with the river, but surely Castore could have been a bit more creative than just covering it in crudely drawn waves? I reckon a primary school kid could have conceived and designed it.

I'm sure there will be a tsunami of youngsters lapping it up for the new season down by the river.

I like the blue socks. It's not just 86-87, we wore them in 94-95, although I think they had black hoops in them. Most of the 1960s footage I've watched, we seemed to wear blue socks.

For me, I'd like the away kit to be amber, blue, amber.

Danny, I got the away kit for my 15th birthday in 1996, I really liked it at the time. I also received tickets to watch us down at White Hart Lane on my exact birthday...we drew nil nil.

Typical.

The best part is Jarrad Branthwaite is promoting the kit.

Surely we won't sell him if he's promoting the new kit

Let's hope not.

Thumbs up from me on the top.

It could have been a far more dynamic design, loosely symbolic of water — something eye-catching, unique, even!

Why can't fans have a vote on a number of designs before the kit is set in stone?

Raymond, I don't think it's been stopped, it's just that some of the revenue has to be re-invested in things like infrastructure. But, Premier League clubs collectively agreed to stop gambling sponsorship at the end of the 2025-26 season, so no doubt we'll be looking for new sponsors.

I hadn't thought about that, Brian, but the waves make sense and in line with the official promotional release.

Laurie, I don't think we wear all blue too often. against Man Utd and Arsenal away maybe? I could see it at Leeds next season. Keep the teddy in the pram, it will be one-offs.

I'm in the 'never buy a shirt' camp anyway. My last one was the One2One abomination in the mid-'90s. Still have it somewhere. It's shit.

All taste I suppose.

I don't tend to wear colours to the match. The furthest I go lately are t-shirts or a jacket with the simplified Prince Ruperts Tower logo. If you're not Everton, you wouldn't know.

Everton note that their deal with Stake is a global partnership and maintain they have not advertised the UK market. They also said that they have done what was expected and asked of them in terms of being compliant with the GC's regulations and were provided with assurances from Stake around the measures the company has taken.

So the sponsorship and shirt logo look set to continue through to the end of this coming season, as Danny says, despite Stake incurring the wrath of the UK Gambling Commission and losing its licence for online gambling back in March.

I got last years home shirt for last game at GP and it cost me £15 from m&mdirect.

James 26 - you are 100% right. Kits are mostly for the kids anyway.

As for the new shirt, 'let's just hope your team makes waves on the pitch and not just on the shirt' said my wife. She's not a football fan, but has been to Goodison Park once where she had her picture taken with Speedo Mick. She thinks we've missed a trick by not getting Speedo Mick to pose with the shirt!

Got a good look this morning as I was in town and popped in to Evertontwo.

Personally I think the shirt looks like something I remember Kerry Dixon wearing for Chelsea in the 1980s/90s (so a bit cheap and spivvy).

That said, I don't buy/wear replica shirts so not a big problem.

However if you think the shirt looks good and are thinking of buying one, I discovered they can be bought without the grotesque/hideous Stake logo.

I said to the girl "I thought Stake was gone?"

She replied "No, one more year, but look, you can get 'em in adult sizes with no logo."

For a moment, I kind of wished the new design was something superb and more..um..'Everton' (?) then maybe I would have bought one.

(but then I looked at the price and thought "would I fuuuuuu. . . ")

Liam, exactly that. Most of us are 40/50/60 plus and replica shirts aren't aimed at us.

The game is moving on, not just snazzy shirts but new rules and razzmatazz. Just look at the Club World Cup with their individual player walk-ons. Us oldies won't like it but just as when the Premier League started, now is the time for Everton to get involved and actually learn to keep up with changing trends.

Football often reflects society and that's becoming more apparent again lately in my view. We have no choice but to change and keep up this time.

'Most of us are 40/50/60 plus'

Yes my waist line is getting in that vicinity too.

I'd buy it wihout the sponsor logo.

Shorts - white

Socks - blue

They are simply a bugger to wash and keep clean. End up looking like something Compo from Last of Summer Wine wears.

And here's one more vote for white shorts and blue socks.

Raymond #40, I never picked out teammates by socks or shorts, maybe because I spent very little time on the ground. It was always shirts for me, and always basic colors. I was miserable for two seasons wearing bright orange shirts and shorts -- it may have looked cool for the Dutch, but it made me look like a melting Popsicle -- and I always felt sorry for teams that wore phosphorescent green or hot pink. Even though they usually beat us.

Stake will exit the UK market next month amid a Gambling Commission investigation into social media advertising from the operator. The Gambling Commission made the announcement today (12 February) with TGP Europe Limited (TGP), which operates Stake in the UK on a white-label basis, stating they will shut the site down.

Another vote for white shorts and blue socks.

His dishwasher grey smalls are hung on a line across the front room!

Accordingly, the cost of sleeve sponsorship for season 2026-27 is rising considerably.

I did once kick something big and brown but it turned out to be a souvenir from a Great Dane that had toured the pitch that morning.

I played with these in my early childhood. When wet and soaked through, like heading a medecine ball. No wonder older players suffer from brain related injuries!

I’m in the camp of liking the general design, but finding it pretty lazy.

I’m also in the probably solitary camp of only looking for long-sleeve jerseys and worrying that will never be available again.

As much as I’ll delude myself into believing Branthwaite promoting the kit is a good sign, hard to imagine that wouldn’t change if someone came in with a £75 million bid for him tomorrow.

My biggest peeve when playing, or even refereeing, was teams with green tops: They just blend into the grass and could never see them in my periphery. I believe this so strongly I think they should be banned.

Blue socks make us look like Ipswich or Leicester. I don't know why we change it every now and then, your kit is your identity and so should basically never change.

A collar would add something but maybe I'm old-fashioned.

Finney made sure the lace was on the other side of the ball when he rose to head it. Honest.

Will it actually be available to buy pre-season and at multiple outlets? That’d be a turn-up.

Nothing wrong with the neckline or shorts and I like the socks, but that shirt doesn't do it for me.

Mike, I wear my shirt around the neighborhood (US). Got one on this morning to deliver Meals on Wheels. People asking about it gives me a chance to evangelize footy in general and Everton in particular.

It defo has shades of the Kerry Dixon Chelsea kit.

When do they unveil the two away kits?

The wave effect seems to work better when not seen in a detailed close up shot. In the images with (very serious looking) players wearing it it looks more wavelike, especially from a bit of a distance.

I think it may work on the pitch but it still has that Chelsea vibe for me. At £80 or £115 I wont be buying it, but I might get a £20 copy from my mate with the far east contacts though... if I can get past the Chelsea thing once the season starts..

Mike 61, fair point. My memory isn't so good, so I'm more thinking about the past 15-20 years, since everything has become artificial turf.

As a kid, it was lots of brown — brown patches, brown turds on the field. But I'm not old enough to remember brown balls (insert brown ball joke below).

What's with the preferences on here for blue socks? I thought that Everton's kit for most of its history was white socks. Blue socks are what Ipswich wear.

I'm a traditionalist and would love them to be playing in the same simple royal blue shirt every season with white shorts and definitely white socks. And I hate the ever-changing sponsorship blazoned across the front.

The symbol means "because"… should this mean something to me?

However, I think the shirt design is underwhelming. Not making any waves with me. Don't like the two-tone blue or the collar. It's down there with the NEC shirt for me.

Probably just an age thing … but some of the 70s designs would have been a good starting point.

Blue, white, white – with a bit of amber thrown in for the away kit or socks.

I wouldn't go as far as longer shorts and Brylcreem but this newfangled cack misses the target.

Well, there you go.

It's a kit. They'll still be running out as Everton in Royal Blue next season.

Sorry Tim @ 32, I didn't read your post before making mine, which is more or less the same idea.

You can still buy the long sleeve version from last season on discounted websites

https://www.mandmdirect.com/01/details/3Y31512/Castore-Mens-EFC-Everton-24-25-Pro-Home-Long-Sleeve-Jersey-Blue-White

The programme for my first away game a few months later, against Burnley in the cup (lost 1-3), has us playing in 'Black and Old Gold'! But my memories of those times (such as they are these days) were Danny's favourite of amber/blue/amber.

The new kit? I've seen worse and we all know it's only here for a year anyway.

If they are available for £15 end of the season, I'll consider getting one.

I read that they're not releasing a long-sleeve one.

It will be interesting to see if players like Ndiaye get special ones made for them or if they'll have to wear long sleeves underneath.

Re your comment about buying a ‘Stakeless‘ shirt when you come over….. I think I saw somewhere that this is a limited edition, so you might want to think about buying one before then (online etc) to save yourself any disappointment.

Good luck.

You're moving onto your river in your town. The wave pattern representing the iconic move to the royal banks is perfect.

If you don't like this there's something off about you…

😜

Or maybe there's something off with me? Perspectives and all that.

I have a nostalgic fondness for the 1977 strip with the collar probably because that was when I started following Everton, and the more recent Hummel version with the chevrons on the yoke I quite liked because it reminded me a bit of that kit back then.

Everyone's tastes are different.

It was the orange balls I hated, not brown, but I hated them as well.

Wearing tidy white shorts and socks places more essence on the blue jersey. It's a shit show.

Murph #77, that explains some of your more offbeat comments here!

I understand that the wave pattern simply serves as a nod to the move to the new stadium.

I was going to bash the shirt but they did line up the waves on the seams at the arms. James is right but let's see how it looks after a couple of wins at the Dick.

Blue socks though, last seen under Martinez?

The kit didn't make an ounce of difference to me. I used to pass to players I liked and got on with and didn't pass to players I didn't like.

Alan Ball kit – blue top, white shorts, blue socks, and white boots. No kit has ever looked better.

Of course we had won the title the previous season wearing white socks and did it again in white socks in 1970. Lyndon's done a piece for those who prefer white socks:

Goodbye Walton but only farewell to the white socks?

Pre Social Media days, but I remember one wag in a pre-match pub saying he wouldn't even have a Tesco carrier bag as it had red.

I remember a story - perhaps someone can confirm this - that the kit had an error in design - The yellow and white bands from the logo where the wrong way round? Because lots of replica kits had been sold, One2One simply changed their logo (implying someone there had signed off on it).

Around the same time there was the salmon pink striped away kit. I was away at Blackburn (the season they were defending champions and we came from 2 down to win 3-2). During a quiet period in the second half, I spotted a lad next to me with that shirt on - and there was a typo in the motto. "Optinum" - he hadn't bought it from some jarg retailer. Again, can anyone who still has one from that issue confirm?

Matt, if that's the salmon/navy striped one, I bought my wife that, so it was a never used Christmas present and don't have it anymore so can't confirm!!.

I also seem to remember pre-social media, there were mutterings when NEC became our sponsors and their advertisements in the match day programme was initially printed in red!! Who knows what would happen if one of our current sponsorship partners became our shirt sponsors!!

One other point, and no doubt, this could be an entire different discussion. The badge.

I'm not precious about insisting we wear the official crest. That will always be there. On the stadium, the website, correspondence etc. We didn't adopt the official crest until the late 70s? And even then there was a gap of a few seasons in the 80s before it came back. And then the Nike concoction, which almost cause civil war of opinion. But when they were on the pitch, it didn't matter, we had our best season in years.

Me personally, I've said I've said I'd like to have seen the diagonal "EFC" letters. More recently the smart, discreet adaptation of Prince Rupert's Tower with those letters underneath.

Mind you, I'm more interested in what players will be wearing the new kit…

The leaked away jersey is a cream colour, very similar to the 2011 jersey, with a collar. It's nice.

Correct. The colours were upside down. I'd bought the top when they fixed it. I always remember Gary Speed wearing the cock-up kit.

Just another memory of relegation battles and barely staying up.

I just checked my old salmon/navy striped kit and the crest has "Optinum".

I had never noticed that before. Now I can't wear it anymore!

Thanks for the photo showing the classic blue socks with white tops. Definitely my favourite socks.

I bought that shirt from Jack Sharp's. Not by any means a replica or of the quality of today and a rarity to have a club shirt in those far-off days.

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Jay #91, if its good enough for LCAB it's good enough for everyone.

When was the last time we did this? Nothing against it, just curious.

Sorry, I moved your comment to this thread, where you will find the answer and plenty of discussion about socks earlier in the thread.