Having brought up the fact that Everton’s pink n’ black away kit is a firm contender for the 2009/2010 sh*t kit award – we happened to mention the Newcastle yellow away kit. The only reason Newcastle haven’t been handed the award immediately is because they are now in the fizzy pop league.

One or two (well just one actually) of our readers (bloke stood by my desk) commented that he had not heard of the new Newcastle yellow away kit.  So, even though they have faced the embarrassment of being relegated from the Premier League, Newcastle bosses thought their fans hadn’t been humiliated quite enough in the last few months and decided to offer a new away kit that is best described as bananas in pyjamas.

To add to my amusement, the club offered a 20% discount for those fans who wanted to queue for it at the club shop on the launch day. THREE fans turned up to buy the sh*t shirt. And one of those three was quoted as saying, “I don’t even like the shirt but I’m a Newcastle fan so I am still happy to buy it. “Now I’ve actually got my hands on it though I think I might wear a jumper on top of it.”
Personally I’d used it to clean up my dog’s garden deposits mate.

For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here’s the “special” offer that Newcastle have -

Caution attracts both wasps and serious abuse.