Five best and five worst West Ham United kits - in pictures

We look back at 30 years of team strips from current Premier League clubs, with the Hammers next up on the catwalk

WEST HAM's BEST: 5) 1999/2000 home: The Hammers have generally played it safe with home kits and not taken many major liberties with their famous claret and blue. This was a predominantly claret kit with simple blue and white trim with clothing brand Dr Martins as sponsors. Famously worn when Paulo Di Danio produced his stunning scissor volley finish at Upton Park against Wimbledon in 2000. Allsport

3) 1995/97 away: Flipping the claret and blue around is a regular go-to from West Ham which they generally pull off rather well. This Pony one from the mid 90s has a couple of claret stripes across the mid-riff with claret trim. Allsport

3) 2015/16 away: Could have gone with the away or black third kit from this campaign - but the away gets the nod. Another with light blue as the dominating colour with a claret band across the chest and claret pinstripes across the top. Provided obvious inspiration for Slaven Bilic’s team who finished the season seventh in the top flight with Dimitri Payet top-scoring with 12 in all competitions. Getty

2) 2019/20 home: Inspired by the kit worn when West Ham won the FA Cup in 1980, this is a glorious update from Umbro 40 years on. Top third of the kit in light blue with tonal stripes, the rest in claret. Only just misses out on the top spot. Getty

1) 2013/14 home: Back with Adidas for the first time since the mid 1980s, this is a worthy winner. Claret top with light blue arms and white collar and adidas three stripes down the arms. Sam Allardyce’s team would finish 13th in the Premier League and reach the League Cup semi-final … only to lose 9-0 to Manchester City over two legs. Getty

WORST: 5) 2018/19 third: Nothing massively offensive here, but this third kit from Umbro secured its spot due to being an incredibly boring all white effort, with little interesting design or detail at all. Just plain lazy, to be honest. Mid-table mediocrity under manager Manuel Pellegrini with Marko Anautovic top scoring with 10. Courtesy Football Kit Archive

4) 1997/98 away: Another death by boredom kit, this time from Pony. Not having a sponsor for most of the season doesn’t help but the kit is shamed by some of the vibrant light blue efforts they produced before and after this one. A good team containing the kikes of Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and John Hartson ignored the banality of the kit to secure a top eight finish in the Premier League. Allsport

3) 1991-93 away: Bukta's blue and white striped top with claret trim that has rightly not been repeated again since by the Hammers. Relegation and promotion occurred as the team abandoned a plain white away kit for the first time in more than 15 years. Courtesy Football Kit Archive

2) 1993-95 home: Pony narrowly miss out on top spot with a design they would repeat at other clubs, so I’m calling them out for laziness. A daft massive blue Pony logo on top of claret shirt and a rare blunder for a West Ham home kit. Allsport

2) 1991/92 third: West Ham launch a third kit for the first time … and it’s an awful one. Bukta back again, this time with a top with rectangle patterns across the mid-riff that they would try with other clubs achieving similar failure. A miserable season back in the top-flight would see Billy Bonds’ team finish rock bottom, six points adrift of safety. Getty

Premier League clubs are back in training after the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

Before the season kicks back into gear on June 17, we will continue our look back on 30 years of football kits from the current 20 top-flight English clubs.

There have been some stunning works of wonder over the years ... as well as truly heinous crimes committed in the name of sporting fashion.

Next in our series is West Ham, so take a trip down memory lane in the photo gallery above and click on the arrows, or simply swipe to look at the next image.