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  WHY IS THREE STILL SPONSORING CHELSEA. The mobile phone company Three is expected to remain as Chelsea's main shirt sponsor next season, according to reports. You could recall back in March, ,  Three  confirmed their temporary suspension of the club and asked for their logo to be removed from kits following the sanctioning of former owner  Roman  Abramovich  for his links to the  Russian-state  and Vladimir Putin as a result of the war in Ukraine. “In light of the government’s recently announced sanctions, we have requested Chelsea Football Club temporarily suspend our sponsorship of the club, including the removal of our brand from shirts and around the stadium until further notice," the statement read from Three. “We recognise that this decision will impact the many Chelsea fans who follow their team passionately. However, we feel that given the circumstances, and the government sanction that is in place, it is the right thing to do.” ...
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  HISTORY OF CHELSEA FC’S JERSEY COLOR.     ‘Blue is the color, football is the game’ goes the song the Chelsea squad and fans. Ever since its humble beginnings in 1904, when London businessman Gus Mears founded the club after failing to convince Fulham to take up residence in his newly-purchased Stamford Bridge athletics stadium, Chelsea have worn blue. However, the blue jerseys the fledgling team initially turned out in were quite different from the kind of shirts worn by the likes of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and David Luiz today. Not least because of the advances in the technology of sporting attire and the prevalence of sponsor logos on modern football tops, but also because the blue Chelsea originally turned out in was much paler, lighter, almost turquoise shade called ‘Eton blue.’   The simple design of the Eton blue tops, with their round neck and button-up collars, was combined with plain white shorts and black socks. This is how Chelsea co...