Chelsea, along with Arsenal, were the first clubs to play with numbered kits

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The Blues first wore shirts with numbers during our match against Swansea City in August 1928. At the time, it was a news-worthy innovation for the game. It allowed spectators to give credit to individual players’ performances more easily, especially the young and relatively unknown players on the squad. However, kits with numbers didn’t become a standard in England until almost a decade later in 1939.
 

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