8/16/2019 Chelsea - Intro - Part 2

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Chelsea's regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shortswith white socks. The club's crest has been changed severaltimes in attempts to rebrandthe club and modernise itsimage. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampantregardant holding a staff, is a modification of the oneintroduced in the early 1950s.[7] The club have the sixthhighestaverage alltimeattendance in English football.[8]Their average home gate for the 201415 season was 41,546,the seventh highest in the Premier League.[9] Since 2003,Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire RomanAbramovich.[10] In 2016, they were ranked by Forbesmagazine as the seventh most valuable football club in theworld, at £1.15 billion ($1.66 billion).[11]