SHORTLISTED 2025

Illustrated Book of the Year | Shortlisted

Blue Is The Colour

by Nik Yeomans

This beautiful coffee-table book guides readers through the history of Chelsea’s iconic kit and in doing so tells the story of the club, its most famous matches and the iconic players who wore the shirt with pride and distinction.

Compiled using stunning photographs of match worn shirts actually donned by many of Chelsea’s greatest players, the book presents a stunning timeline of the club’s history and emblematic shirt and brings together the rarest and most iconic blues shirts ever seen.

Blue Is The Colour by Nik Yeomans
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