It’s a long long time since we’ve seen such an ugly strip at Newcastle, that’s for sure.
Steven Taylor – cover your eyes – quick!
The new Newcastle away strip has none of the classic colors of Newcastle – black, white and blue, but is a ghastly yellow, and stripes no less in two different yellows. 
But the kit, modelled above by Newcastle local lad and stalwart Steven Taylor, is hard to look at, for more than a few seconds. And the rumor is that Steven was the only Newcastle player willing to pose in the strip, but Steven was always a brave and courageous lad.
Mark Jensen, editor of The Mag, after returning from vomiting in the toilet, talked about the kit:
“It’s certainly different! My take on kits is that as long as they’re not red and white stripes, I’m not really that bothered.”
“There’s certainly no chance of them getting lost in the snow when we play Barnsley in December.”
“I suppose the problem the club has when they bring a new away kit out every year is how to make each one stand out. But they’ve certainly managed it this time!”
Newcastle fans, bold enough to buy (and even wear) the new kit between July 23 (launch day) and July 26 will receive a 20% discount. It is available to order from the club’s website from today.
But we think there’s a much better reason why the strip was chosen, especially those two ghastly yellows. We now have a good chance of making the opposition players sick, just by looking at the strip, and that should get us a few more points in the Championship next season.
In fact it could be the difference between promotion and not making it next season.
That’s the real reason we can reveal today!
We also have it on good authority from FIFA no less, that before Newcastle play in those strips – a 48 hour fair warning notice must be given to the opposing team.
That’s just to level the playing field in a manner of speaking, and will allow the other team’s players to know just exactly what they will be up against when they play Newcastle. And initial reports we are receiving suggest opposing teams are looking to play in sun-glasses when Newcastle don this strip, even when it’s snowing!
The best we can say about the strip – it’s a change – that’s for sure – but what else would you expect with a change strip.
Comments welcome.
74 responses so far ↓
1 Steve_48 // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:07 PM
WTF?
2 Nick 69 // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:11 PM
looks more like a f*kin sweet wrapper or something than a football strip!! absolutely disgustin!!
3 Toon Graeme // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Ed – top form today mate
4 Toon Graeme // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:16 PM
I did forget to add that soemone at NUFC has agreed the strip design and colour and I wonder which pi$$ taking B*stard that was!! No names of course.
5 hitman // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:19 PM
looks like a refresher
6 Spitfire // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Yellow stripe running down the players backs? Although revolting seems pretty apt to me – certainly for the players that got us relegated
7 UTD111 // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Handy if there’s a power cut though……
8 Spitfire // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Llambias has obviously only got those two colours left in his crayon box
9 RyanToon // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM
kit is horrible
10 DJM TOON // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM
you mention playin in the snow… we look like p*ss in the snow
11 DJM TOON // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM
i’m appalled, someone really is trying to make us the laughing stock.
12 DJM TOON // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM
apart from the badge, there is nothing in that strip that says NUFC
13 DJM TOON // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:43 PM
and i’m still appalled at the quality of picture!!
14 beyethegreat // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM
“I suppose the problem the club has when they bring a new away kit out every year is how to make each one stand out. But they’ve certainly managed it this time!”
lol noyice hw in the entire quote he never says he likes it and im not surprised
15 Doocey // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Terrible.
16 ggfoto.eu // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:51 PM
it looks like i’m the only one in the whole world who really likes this kit:) I’ve always said the away kit should be with the same stripes like the home one but in other colours and finally it happened. I’m hope the back is with stripes not that big square.
other think is the quality of pictures you have been giving for your blog. on the web are big enough photos so you don’t have to upscale them. by the way original pictures have a lot of dust spots from dirty sensor which is not acceptable with professionals like the club official photographer. maybe he was one of that sacked recently and someone else took that pictures:)
17 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Not only does our club take the p1ss, they also base our away strip on it. What a shower (golden)
18 beyethegreat // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM
look at it this way after that kit their is nothing worse that can happen to this club
19 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM
….whoaaa BTG! Steady on!
20 beyethegreat // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
fair enough thats an exageration -especially with this club but still its the worst kit in football history
21 Mags // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Whoever sanctioned this needs naming and shaming. GRIM.
22 spiderpig // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM
good job we dont wear the away strip hardly.could be a good thing.less money to ashley as noone will buy it.
23 Thump // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Hang on, it’s exactly the same as the home kit only coloured yellow.
Creativity for the masses.
24 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:10 PM
beyethegreat // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
…”the worst kit in football history”
Not sure mate, I think this one could be a prime contender for such an accolade:
http://www.premiershirts.net/wearthat/wearthatshirts/scunthorpe.jpg
25 RyanToon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM
id like to of seen a hoop syle like blue and white or summit but we get this!
effing joke
26 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM
beyethegreat —-19
…”the worst kit in football history”
Not sure about that mate, I think this one could be a prime contender for such an accolade:
http://www.premiershirts.net/wearthat/wearthatshirts/s***thorpe.jpg
(you need to replace the stars as Ed’s software still won’t allow a certain football club’s name to be posted up here)
27 AndyNUFC // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Not only are we relegeated, can’t sell the club, don’t have a manager, have our best players looking likely to leave, but the person who designed our away strip took our home strip and coloured it in ginger.
Not even joking I seriously want to know when the fecking humiliation is going to end. We’re hardly even a football club anymore.
28 Toon_Factor // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM
My god with all the financial problems I would have thought they would have made a decent strip to bring a bit of money in. Hideous!
29 Pons Aelius // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Rodzilla – you’re right mate. That Scunthorpe shirt is worse.
30 Micky Toon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Yellow is very much a traditional NUFC colour and it’s got nothing to do with being spineless or p**s poor. If you don’t know the history of your club then at least check before posting.
The kit is revolting though.
Rodzilla – I think QPR might have some objections to a white with blue hoops shirt.
31 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Micky Toon, that was Ryan’s comment.
32 Davy Craig // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM
No one should buy this until after Ashley has gone. This is (I hope) his final slap in the face for United fans. Yes, we have had yellow strips in the past, I owned a few myself in the 70s, but this is not a golden yellow but a putrid yellow made worse with the white stripes. It looks pathetic. To be honest I was expecting pink or brown so it could’ve been even worse I suppose.
33 Toon_Ksk (Huh? u mean David Craig is real?) // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Bananas in pyjamas…
34 Mags // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:48 PM
OH MY GOD NO WAY
35 Micky Toon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Apologies – Rodzilla, so it was.
36 dveselis // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:49 PM
We are actually doing Leeds….
37 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM
nee wurries
38 sirjasontoon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Even worse on the 3rd view…I want to vomit warm custard on my jeans.
39 sirjasontoon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:56 PM
The Banana Splits.
40 sirjasontoon // Jun 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
This club is going down the pan…I bet the players dread away games next season wearing that daft desert,maybe opposing teams will laugh and fall over.
41 Blahblahblah // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Luckily for us this is the SECOND STRIP, not the away strip. The black & white stripes should still be seen a lot more than this piece of rubbish strip!!! Can’t think of a worse strip in the world let alone the football league!!!
42 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:24 PM
…should be a new away chant.
One banana, two banana
Three banana, four
Ten bananas on the pitch
And none of them can score
Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la, la-la-la-la
….(the ‘keeper being the 11th man – but presumably won’t also be dressed as a banana)
43 belfast toon // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Looks like he’s on a building site weres his hard hat
44 komfort // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:31 PM
it will probably look ok hanging in sports direct with the rest of the cheap sh!t..
45 nicholasnufc // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:35 PM
What’s the fuss about? I think it’s a decent kit. It’s totally the same as the home kit, except for the colour. It’s a stunning kit IMO. Bright colours for bright future. Definitely in my wardrobe soon. It’s the badge on the kit that matters anyway. NUFC for life!!!
46 batty // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:38 PM
komforts already orderd his
47 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM
nicholasnufc, I think you’re in a minority there mate. Still, each to their own and all that.
48 belfast toon // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM
I’ll buy one for my daughter and better half but you couldn’t wear that lads it’s a parting shot from my cashly he’d be laughing his fat head off if he seen someone wear it
49 komfort // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM
aye batty , pick it up for me next time your in sports direct..
thats if you can carry it along with the 6 bags of crap you will be buying..
change out of a tenner .. cant be bad.
50 Pons Aelius // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM
I thought I’d give it a couple of hours before looking at the strip again to see if my original opinion had changed.
The result…
No.
No it hasn’t. It’s still shockingly bad.
All we can do is remember the last time we had a minging yellow away (with awful green shorts) we were promoted.
Hopefully it’s a good omen lads. Keep the faith!
51 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM
http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/22/michael-owen-confirms-he-will-leave-newcastle-utd
…nice opening paragraph
52 Duffman // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM
The shirt isn’t that bad, but throw in yellow shorts and it’s an eye sore. How about with black shorts?
53 batty // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
komfort you left your longsdale top at mine the other night m8 ile drop it off lata
54 lesh // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Nah come on guys, there is a positive to the new strip….. an ideal christmas gift for someone you can’t stand!
55 Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I’m getting one for Graham Norton
56 lesh // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Who’s the ‘charismatic’ striker the Spoiler article’s on about?
57 geordie.In.Taipei // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:21 PM
like a bumble bee, minus the bumble
58 bill // Jun 22, 2009 at 4:25 PM
It looks like a runny egg.
59 reillers // Jun 22, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Oh my word they are beyond words, indescribable. I dread to see the keepers gear, it’s usually 100 times worse, though in fairness..what can be worse then that.
60 Marty-Toon // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Really i don`t understand how they could decide this as the kit just wont sell and there being a great loss of income.
Bunch of idiots making decisions at NUFC
I wont be buying this one…..now i can go out and buy last years one on offer.
61 reillers // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Sure..when we need to be bringing in money the clowns come up with this. No self respecting person is going to spend money on..on..this..this thing. It’s revolting. What is it, we couldn’t afford black so we’d to go with yellow instead? Because that is the only reason they made the gear that colour. I mean it makes no sense at all, what so ever. Absolute idiots up at NUFC marketing.
I remember a while ago, it was Man U, I think, who were given this really manky out away gear and it was scraped, they just refused to wear it. It was disgusting, that and no one would buy it. PRAY it happens here. Like we aren’t enough of a laughing stock all ready.
62 batty // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM
its a shit colour but dont you just know they will sell thousands
63 belza09 // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Rodzilla // Jun 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM
http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/22/michael-owen-confirms-he-will-leave-newcastle-utd
…nice opening paragraph
Aye zilla nice one…….hey what about the whole did not know hull was intrested crap…..my @rse!!!
64 belza09 // Jun 22, 2009 at 6:55 PM
@batty i will not be one of them thousands!!!!!
65 OHurley // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:03 PM
There’s not much more that I can say about this, other than-
There is absolutely NO WAY IN HELL that I will ever wear this strip. I get made fun enough for liking newcastle anyway (not that I’d ever lose one shred of pride, mind you). This is just purely ridiculous. Is this an April Fool’s joke gone bad? I mean, I know we got relegated, but this is just unnecessary.
66 Mag 48 // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Look on the bright side in these dark times it could have been PINK!!
67 GHUD // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM
it looks like something a sex offender would wear in prison surley they do not expect our boys to wear this .
68 toonluvva // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:27 PM
I had to double check the date thinking it might be an April 1st story.
No chance of me buying it, and if someone did buy it for me I wouldn’t wear it.
Can you imagine FFS in one of those though?
69 Mag 48 // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:33 PM
This could put players off signing for us.(If that were ever to happen) lol
70 GHUD // Jun 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM
club shop has got them on pre order with 20% off !!!!careful for the stampead. l.o.l
71 GeordieLander // Jun 22, 2009 at 10:48 PM
For the love of God ………. Please tell me that away strip is a wind up !!
Do these people not do any market research ?
I’d like a chat with the bafoon that rubber stamped that order… it must be someone with the common sense of a nat… Step up Ashley or maybe even Stardust.
There must be some proud Geordie working class heroes out there who were looking forward to the new strip…. Imagine their reaction at CANARY YELLOW !
My Life .. Give me strength and some light at the end of the tunnel !
72 tripp // Jun 23, 2009 at 3:57 AM
That kit just about sums up the last 2 years… proper shite.
Poor ST, being made to be photographed in that ridiculous outfit. Ashley did this on purpose as a parting shot, no doubt. Hopefully the new owners, whoever they are, will nix that rubbish straight away.
73 Sav // Jun 23, 2009 at 4:55 AM
If this kit is meant to flush out all the wasters who don’t want to leave the club but would rather sit on their backsides and drain the club’s bank account, its a stroke of genius.
But Shay Given’s decision to get the hell out of Toon in January is looking wiser by the minute. It is a kit reminiscent of the banana skin we stepped on when we got FatAsh.
74 LBToon // Jun 24, 2009 at 5:54 AM
Frick’n brilliant. The opposition will be laughing so hard, we’ll win all our away games….
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