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'Shame about the collar' - Chelsea's new third kit for 2019-20 season receives mixed reviews

Chelsea dropped their third kit for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday to mixed reviews, with the club seeking to hark back to the much-celebrated mid-90's era with a retro design.

A black top, black shorts and bright orange socks complete the colour scheme, the top featuring a faint 'CFC' pattern that runs diagonally across - the font for which is nostalgically borrowed from 90's matchday programmes.

Pete Hoppins, Nike Football Apparel Senior Design Director, said of the design: “The changes at Chelsea were reflective of the wider changes sweeping through English football in the early ’90s.