The club loves green more than Brendan Rodgers loves footballers with character.
Celtic’s love of the colour green won’t come as a surprise to anyone, but they’ve really gone all out for the upcoming season, releasing their third green strip.
Their home jersey is, of course, the traditional green and white hoops, while the away jersey features two darker shades of green. Both kits feature a gold trim.
Celtic clearly thought ‘f*** it’ and have decided to continue the green theme with their third strip for next season.
Like the home and away jerseys, it also pays homage to the Lisbon Lions, Celtic’s European Cup winning team from 1967.
Light up the pitch this season. Presenting the #NBFootball @CelticFC 17-18 Third Kit. #LiveTheLegend pic.twitter.com/U6ZSAHFmqO
— New Balance Football (@NBFootball) July 25, 2017
This means there won’t be a match next season when the Scottish champions aren’t wearing green, which should go down well with fans of the club.
However, quite a few Celtic fans made a very pertinent point about the strip – it could cause a headache when they come up against another team that wears green, in particular Hibernian.
Hibs won promotion back to the Scottish top flight last season, and are due to host Celtic at Easter Road on December 9th. Celtic might have to release a fourth kit for the game.
So
1Green/white
2 Dark green
3 Light greenMight be difficult to play Hibernian?
— nigel moss (@13mossy) July 25, 2017
3 green shirts, the fuck we gonna do when we play hibs away?
— Ross (@RossM3110) July 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/scottjohnston77/status/889831134061879296
https://twitter.com/fracture4/status/889761753705402368
And when we play @HibsOfficial away from home we will wear what???
— Martin B (@Martinunterlaa) July 25, 2017
That shirt is very sexy,but 3 green shirts is a bit of a headache isn't it?Hibs away will be fun.
— Ben (@BenJ67_) July 25, 2017
Aw for god sake oor fans dnt half like a wee moan eh?! 😂
Reminds me ae this kit. 👇💚 pic.twitter.com/pyk1PuOWW5— Rayan-San (@IIIRFIII) July 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/CelticBhoy1888/status/889765896776032256
