The five best and five worst Arsenal kits

We look back at 30 years of team strips of current Premier League clubs, starting with the Gunners

ARSENAL BEST: 5) 2005/06 home: The club was moving away from its traditional home of Highbury after 93 years and to mark the occasion, this smart redcurrant and gold strip replaced the usual shade of red to honour the shirts worn in 1913. Also a memorable campaign for their Champions League run as the Gunners beat Real Madrid and Juventus, before losing to Barcelona in the final. Getty

4) 2017/18 away: A classy recent effort that sees a gradual fading to dark blue down the kit from Nike in a season that marked the end of manager Arsene Wenger’s 22-year reign at the club and the arrival of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a club-record fee of £56m. Getty

3) 2003/04 away: Yellow is a colour closely linked to Arsenal’s away kit over the years and the strip used in the famous 'Invincibles' season - where the Gunners won the title after going the entire season unbeaten - is a classic of its genre. It was also the kit worn by defender Martin Keown when he infamously goaded Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistlerooy after the Dutchman missed a last-minute penalty. Getty

2) 1992/94 home: A classic kit from the George Graham era, when the legendary back four of Lee Dixon, Steve Bould, Tony Adams and Nigel Winterburn were at their ruthless best. Also worn when Arsenal beat Parma to win the Europeaan Cup Winners’ Cup in Copenhagen. Appropriately, the score was 1-0 to Arsenal. Getty

1) 2002/03 away: A cracking two-tone blue effort with red trim for a season when Patrick Veira took over the captaincy from the retired Tony Adams and Thierry Henry broke the 30-goal barrier for a second season in a row. Getty

ARSENAL WORST: 5) 2012/13 away: A woefully dull black and purple hooped effort that failed to inspire anyone as the Gunners made it eight seasons in a row without a trophy. Getty

4) 2011/12 away: One to give Arsenal fans nightmares. Infamously worn when they were humiliated 8-2 at Old Trafford by Manchester United, Wenger’s side finished a distant third that season, 19 points behind title winners Manchester City. Getty

3) 2007/08 away: Always a gamble to wear the colour closely associated with your local rivals. Nothing offensively awful about the design but the fact remains, Arsenal in the white of Tottenham should have been dismissed early in the decision-making process. Getty

2) 1993/94 away: The overpowering Adidas three stripes is the finishing touch to a shambles of a shirt. Not as bad as the previous season's best of the worst, though. Getty

1) 1991/93: There has been a suggestion that this infamous Adidas bashed banana, broken zig-zig eyesore has gained something of a cult following in recent years, which would be a dangerous rewrite of history. There’s no getting away from the fact it’s an absolute shocker and rightly appears near the top of many polls for the worst Premier League kit of all time. Getty

Premier League clubs returned to training this week after the coronavirus-enforced lockdown on the current season.

And, as we edge closer to a possible return to action next month, what better time to take stock and 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.

We kick-off our series with Arsenal, so take a trip down memory lane and click on the arrows or simply swipe to look at the next image.