Everton home kit 2024/25 - what final Goodison Park shirt could look like amid Castore rumours

Everton are rumoured to be turning to Castore as their new kit manufacturers next season as they ditch hummel after four years but other than not being ‘wet-look’ just what might the Blues home strip be like for their historic final campaign at Goodison Park?

Everton’s home shirt for 2023/24 already included a nod to ‘The Grand Old Lady’ with Goodison’s famous Archibald Leitch pattern, a feature of the first purpose-built football ground in England since 1909, on the trim of the sleeves so could there be any other references to the club’s home since 1892 for their last dance in Walton before relocating to the banks of the Mersey? The last nine Everton home kits have all had white socks and although this is a popular element for many in the fanbase, they weren’t actually introduced until 1957 with earlier combinations having either predominantly royal blue, dark blue or black socks.

Indeed, despite long-serving former Everton kit manager Jimmy Martin telling the ECHO last December that he personally favours an all-blue kit and tried to get the team to wear it for Merseyside Derbies only to be knocked back, it seems like white shorts have been the only omnipresent part of home strips during the 132 years at Goodison. When Arsenal had their final season at Highbury in 2005/06 before moving to the Emirates Stadium, they switched from their usual red with white sleeves to dark ‘red currant’ jerseys, because they were supposed to be the colours worn when the club switched from being ‘south of the river’ (Thames) in 1913.

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However, this claim came from a poorly-colourised picture from the period and it is now believed the dark appearance of their early tops is due to the photographic emulsions in use at the time, which were over sensitive to red light and the team have always worn bright red shirts! If Everton were to go back to their first season at Goodison though they would be going lighter as from 1892-1901 they sported a sky blue shirt that would be closer to the hue associated with Manchester City before settling for their now iconic royal blue.

You certainly can’t imagine Sean Dyche’s men going back to the predominantly ruby-coloured shirts from 1891/92, Everton’s final season at Anfield. Other early combinations included blue and white stripes, black with a red diagonal sash, pink and white halves, pink shirts with white sleeves, light blue and white quarters, light blue and white halves and the salmon pink and navy that has been revived for various away kits since Goodison Park’s centenary in 1992.

Will it just be royal blue and white for Everton as they prepare to say goodbye to Goodison or will a third colour such as yellow or black come in on the trim? Unlike the 2023/24 Blues home kit, none of the current shirts being manufactured by next season’s providers have a collar.

Last season's Everton home kit was unveiled on June 29 while it was June 30 the previous year and July 9 in 2021. Let us know which features you’d like to see on Everton’s home kit for their final season at Goodison Park in the comments section below.