Everton’s new 2025/26 kit has not been released yet but there is some information on what it will look like.
The kit will go on sale here soon and we have already seen leaked designs. A kit has leaked on social media showing a blue shirt with a wave-like pattern.
We know a few things about Castore’s next Everton kit. It will be produced by the brand who delivered this season’s shirts. It may not be a popular choice with Evertonians who will point to high merchandise prices and a very underwhelming Goodison Park commemorative collection launch as signs Castore is not delivering exciting designs for fans to wear.
Another issue surrounds gambling sponsor Stake, another unpopular legacy of Farhad Moshiri’s shambolic ownership of the club.
Here is everything we know about Everton’s new home, away and third shirts for the 2025/26 season.
Everton kit maker for 2025/26
Everton are set to stick with Castore as a kitmaker for the first season at Bramley Moore Stadium and it will likely be launched in June.
Castore usually launches kits in early June, with Preston’s coming on 7 June last year and Newcastle’s arriving on 9 June the previous year. Everton’s was later in mid-July but that was due to the lateness of the deal and general uncertainty around the club at the time.
Liverpool-founded and Manchester-based Castore will continue to manufacturer Everton’s shirts after signing up as a founding partner to the new stadium on a £20 million per year deal, which was described as ‘multi-year’ and will continue for at least one more season.
Aston Villa, Wolves and Newcastle all dropped Castore last year, while this season will see Bayer Leverkusen move to New Balance, Sevilla signing a deal with Adidas and Rangers drop Castore for Umbro.
The Rangers move is interesting as Castore now owns Umbro, but with Rangers refusing to sign a new deal with Castore the club instead opted for Umbro shirts from the brand’s sub-company with a view to produce heritage shirts that fans will associate with the club’s previous stint with Umbro.
That option is not open to Everton because they are still in contract with Castore – Rangers’ deal expires at the end of the season. Although it could mean retro-style Umbro Everton ranges are available from next year if it falls under the Castore contract.
Castore have been busy with F1, rugby and cricket sponsorships and kit deals. Unlike the likes of Adidas and Nike it does not have kit templates that could give a hint about next year’s kits.
Everton fans who want the club to drop Castore and switch to Adidas – especially since the brand now delivers kits for Friedkin Group-owned Roma – may need to be careful what they wish for. Adidas recently launched kits for four teams that were completely identical and now pursues a template strategy that would mean Everton would not get a unique kit.
Adidas only offers unique shirts and extended merchandise ranges for its ‘Elite’ sides, which include Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Instead Everton would get templated kits like those worn by Leicester and Leeds.
Everton 2025/26 kit sponsors
Everton’s kit sponsor for 2025/26 is likely to be Stake.com, the deeply unpopular gambling website with a string of controversies and shady practices.
A deep stain on the club’s history, Stake has recently had its UK gambling licence removed after several controversies including a stunt with porn star Bonnie Blue outside a university, which was sponsored by Stake.
The Gambling Commission wrote to Everton to warn it of the consequences of promoting unlawful gambling websites.
It says: “The Commission will be writing to Everton – along with two other football clubs with unlicensed sponsors – warning of the risks of promoting unlawful gambling websites.
“The Commission will seek assurance from the clubs that they have carried out due diligence on their white label partners and that consumers in Great Britain cannot transact with the unlicensed sites.”
While this may seem like Everton would need to drop Stake it does not mean they have to. Everton have scrubbed Stake from parts of its website for UK users and the Stake website is now showing a message preventing UK customers from accessing it but wearing the sponsor on the shirt would not be against the law.
It means unfortunately Everton are likely to keep Stake on the 2025/26 shirt before the league-wide gambling ban comes into force.
Watch maker Christopher Ward is a founding partner of Everton’s stadium move and you can expect it to appear on the sleeves for the new season.