{"id":19754,"date":"2026-07-21T20:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19754"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:35:01","slug":"chelsea-officially-unveil-new-black-and-gold-away-kit-read-chelsea-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19754","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea officially unveil new black and gold away kit &#8211; Read Chelsea F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chelsea have officially unveiled their new Nike away kit for the 2026\/27 season, with a black and gold design now available to purchase.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blues have introduced the strip under the campaign title \u201cUnleash The Lion\u201d as the club continues its celebration of the lion\u2019s place within Chelsea history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the\u00a0official Chelsea announcement, black forms the base of the shirt, while Midwest Gold features on the badge, Nike logo, shoulders, collar and sleeves. Yellow has returned to a Chelsea away kit for the first time since the 2021\/22 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A laurel wreath motif borders the round neck and sleeve cuffs. The same detail also appears on the gold socks, while an engineered gold rib runs across each shoulder.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unleash The Lion.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea Away Kit 26\/27 is here. Created with @NikeFootball.<\/p>\n<p>The lion on our chest. Identity. A unity you can feel. A pride that refuses to stay quiet. That stands as one, wherever we go.<\/p>\n<p>Away Kit 26\/27. Available now in-store and online.#UnleashTheLion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTJFFP0kg8\">pic.twitter.com\/wTJFFP0kg8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 21, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chelsea away kit to debut during pre-season tour<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea players Ellie Carpenter, Estevao Willian, Lauren James, Naomi Girma, Moises Caicedo and Reece James modelled the strip as part of the launch campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joao Pedro and Lucy Bronze also feature in the promotional material, which shows the players emerging from the shadows and coming together as a pride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kit will make its full match debut during Chelsea\u2019s upcoming men\u2019s pre-season tour. The authentic version includes Nike\u2019s Aero-FIT cooling technology to help players remain dry during matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ReadChelsea previously covered the strong\u00a0supporter reaction after images of the away kit leaked\u00a0earlier this year. The official version confirms the same dark design and gold detailing which attracted praise from fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new away kit is available in men\u2019s, women\u2019s and children\u2019s sizes. Supporters can purchase it online or from the Megastore at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have officially unveiled their new Nike away kit for the 2026\/27 season, with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}