Everton have launched their new third kit ahead of the 2020/21 season with the help of six members of the club's disability teams.
James Ditchfield, James Lang, Daniel Daley, Latif Ali, Mollie Andrews and Kelsey Jones - who each play for one of the Blues' 11 disability sides - star in unveiling the new light green and charcoal strip to the public.
The launch marks the 20th anniversary year of the Everton in the Community Disability Programme which has, in the last year alone, engaged more than 1200 disabled people in opportunities including sport, education, training and volunteering.
The Blues technical partner hummel have pledged to invest into the club's disability projects including including leading a year-long education and training initiative that will see 20 Everton in the Community participants join the Stage One Coaching Programme.
Allan Vad Nielsen, hummel’s CEO said: "We are beyond proud to complete our 2020/21 Everton kit range with a launch that shines the spotlight on Everton’s disability teams in this, their twentieth year.
"Our ‘More Than Eleven’ campaign recognises the whole Everton Family, which includes Everton in the Community and its own teams, and the important role that fans – locally and around the globe – play in supporting their team.
“We are committed to helping change the world through sport, and we hope that by collaborating with Everton in the Community’s Disability Programme on the education and training coaching initiative we can empower participants and support them in pursuing future opportunities.”
The "seafoam and charcoal" third strip incorporates the Danish sportswear brand's famous chevrons on the shoulders and sleeves, as have both the home and away strips previously.
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The trim around the shirt is charcoal coloured and there is an "1878" detail on the back.
The charcoal shorts feature the hummel chevrons in seafoam contrast on the outer leg. The kit is completed with seafoam socks featuring charcoal chevrons on the front.
The colour of the shirt is a nod to Liverpool's waterfront, which is the location for Everton's proposed Bramley-Moore dock stadium.
Meanwhile the third goalkeeper kit is black and gold with the same soundwave design as the home and away strips.
Alan McTavish, Commercial Director at Everton said: "The seafoam and charcoal design completes our first full collection from hummel, and with each kit they have shown their understanding of another aspect of our club’s ethos.
"Through the ‘More Than Eleven’ campaign, interaction with our fans, and now their investment in our disability football programmes, hummel have shown a deep empathy with what being part of the Everton Family means.
"They join us in our commitment to embracing and embedding equality and diversity into everything that we do.
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"The kit design has had an excellent reaction from our disability team players, who were the first to wear it, and I am sure that their positive reaction will be echoed by Evertonians around the world."
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James Ditchfield is one of the stars of the launch and one of the Everton Disability Programme’s longest serving players, joining 20 years ago as a college student.
James, who has cerebral palsy, has volunteered on a range of Everton In The Community programmes for the last 16 years and was named Barclays Premier League Volunteer of the Year in 2015.
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Speaking on the launch of the kit, he spoke about his long dream of playing for his boyhood club and how proud he is to pull on the new third strip.
He said: “I remember sitting on my grandad’s knee at Goodison Park as a five-year-old kid, saying to him that I was going to play for Everton one day.
"As I got older, I told him, ‘I don’t think I’m going to play for them now’, because none of them wore splints like me. I thought my dream was dead. Then I found out about the Everton disability team and went for a trial.
"When I tell people that I play for Everton, I still get shivers down my spine – I still think to myself, ‘is this real?’ - 20 years later I am doing what I love doing – playing for the badge.
“This is one of the best kits we’ve had. Its brilliant. It feels good on and I can’t wait to get out there wearing it. To take part in the photoshoot and be one of the first people to see and wear the kit is unbelievable.
"I will never forget all the things I’ve done with the team over the past 20 years, but I never thought I would be doing this, it’s topped it all.”
The 2020/21 Everton hummel third kit available to order via evertondirect.com from 8am on Wednesday 26 August or to buy in store at Everton One and Everton Two from 10am on the same day.