Reviewing Chelsea's New Home Kit

Chelsea FC unveiled its new home kit for the 2020-21 Premier League season, and … well, they’re something.

Mark the date and time, ladies and gentlemen, because we’re talking about soccer today (or football depending on where you are). During the pandemic, I have begun watching English Premier League. I became a Chelsea fan through a friend of mine who lives in London, and the rest is history.

The team premiered its new home kit in its match against West Ham, a game in which it lost 3-2 (that opponent score will become important later).

The new kit comes with a new sponsor, Three, a British tech company, and features a giant “3,” the company’s logo, on the front of the jersey. The classic deep blue color of the team makes up both the top
and bottom of the uniform, and lining the chest is the Nike logo, a blue heart with “NHS” (a league-wide design in support of the English National Health Service), and the classic Chelsea crest. The player’s last name appears across the shoulders, with their number both on the back of the jersey, as well as the left leg of the shorts.

The major difference from the previous kit is the removal of, for lack of a better term, the camouflage pattern the old uniforms sported, which I thought was pretty cool. I know that sounds like an elementary term to use, but it’s the truth. Frankly, the new kit seems bland and generic, with nothing to make the traditional design pop. Not to mention how confusing it will be for fans to see each player sporting two different numbers with the forefront placement of the Three logo.

I personally believe the old kits were better, and should not have been changed, but this is just an opinion. The appearance of the uniform doesn’t directly influence how successful the team is on the pitch, so what does it matter really? If I had to make a change to the old kits, I would add more orange, Chelsea’s secondary color, on the collar, sleeves, ends of the shorts, and along the waistband. However, the new uniform doesn’t have orange on it either.

Even if the team decided to play a match in trash bags with holes cut out for each players’ arms, legs and head, I would still be a Chelsea supporter. Let’s just hope there’s some orange on the away kit.