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Change kits

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Kit History

newcastle united change kit 1892

January 1892 A

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newcastle united 1893 change kit

1893-1894 A

newcastle united 1896-1900 change kit

1894-1896 A

newcsatle united 1894-96 change kit

1896-1900 A

newcastle united 1900-03 change kit

1900-1903 A

newcastle united 1903-07  change kit

1903-1907 A

newcastle united 1907-1914  change kit

1907-1914 A

newcastle united 1920s change kit

1914-1915 A

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newcastle united 1918-22 change kit

1918-1924 A

newcastle united 1926-27change kit

1925-1930 A

newcastle united 1930s change kit

1930-1956 A

newcastle utd 1931 fa cup v leeds

24 January 1931

v Leeds Utd FA Cup
newcastle united v west brom 1938 fa cup

8 January 1938

FA Cup v WBA
newcastle utd 1957 floodlights kit

November 1957

Floodlights Kit
newcastle united 1957 change kit

1958-1959 A

newcastle united 1960-61 change kit

1960-1961 A

newcastle united 1961 change kit

1961-1965 A

newcsatle at grimsby tn sept 1963

14 Sept 1963

at Grimsby
newcastle united 1965-66 change strip

1965-1966 A

newcastle united fc change kit 1966-67

1966-1969 A

newcastle united fc change kit 1967-69

1967-1969 3rd

newcastle united change kit 1967-68

1967-1968 3

newcastle united v sporting lisbon 1969

1969 EUR

v Sporting Lisbon
newcastle united v west brom april 1969

April 1969

v WBA
newcastle united 1969 change kit

1969-1974 A

newcastle united 1969 third kit

1969-1973 3rd

1973-1974 A

newcastle united 1973-74 third kit

1973-1974 3rd

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newcastle united 1974 change kit

1974-1975 A

1975-1976 A

newcastle united april 1976 kit v wolves

10 April 1976

v Wolves
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newcastle united 1976-77 away strip

1976-1980 A

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1978-1980 3rd

Umbro
newcsatle utd 1980-83 change kit

1980-1983 A

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newcastle united december 1980 v swansea

1980-1983 A

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Umbro
newcastle united 1983 change kit

1983-1985 A

Umbro
newcastle 1985 away kit

1985-1986 A

Umbro

1986-1988 A

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1987-1988 3rd

Used once v Luton
Umbro
newcastle united 1988 away kit

1988-1989 A

1989-1990 A

Umbro
newcastle united 1990 away kit

1990-1991 A

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1991-1993 A

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newcastle united 1993 away kit

1993-1995 A

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newcastle united 1994-third kit

1993-1995 3rd

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newcastle united 1995 away kit

1995-1996 A

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newcastle united 1996 away kit

1996-1997 A

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newcastle united 1997 away kit

1997-1998 A

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newcastle united 1998 away kit

1998-1999 A

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newcastle united 1999 away kit

1999-2000 A

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newcastle united 2000 away kit

2000-2001 A

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newcastle united 2001 away kit

2001-2002 A

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newcastle united 2002 away kit

2002-2003 A

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2003-2004 A

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2003-2004 3rd

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newcastle united 2004 away kit

2004-2005 A

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newcastle united 2004 third kit

2004-2005 3rd

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newcastle united 2005 away kit

2005-2006 A

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2005-2006 3rd

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newcastle united 2006 away kit

2006-2007 A

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newcastle united 2006 third kit

2006-2007 3rd

Adidas

2007-2008 A

Adidas

2007-2008 3rd

Adidas

2008-2009 A

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2008-2009 3rd

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toon 2009-10 away kit

2009-2010 A

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newcastle united 2009 third strip

2009-2010 3rd

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newcastle united 2010-11 away kit

2010-2011 A

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newcastle united 2010-11 third kit

2010-2011 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2011-12 away kit

Aug-Dec 2011 A

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newcastle united 2012 virgin money away strip

Jan-May 2012 A

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newcastle united 2012-13 third kit

Aug-Dec 2011 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2012 virgin money third strip

Jan-May 2012 3rd

Puma
newcastle united fc 2012-13 away kit

2012-2013 A

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newcastle united fc 2012-13 third kit

2012-2013 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2013-14 away kit

2013-2014 A

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newcastle united 2013-14 third kit

2013-2014 3rd

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newcastle united 2013-14 members only fourth kit

2013-2014 4th

Puma
newcastle united 2014-15 2nd kit

2014-2015 A

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newcastle united 2014-15 third  kit

2014-2015 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2014-15 members kit

2014-2015 4th

Puma
newcastle united 2015-16 change kit

2015-2016 A

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Puma
newcastle united 3rd kit 2015-16

2015-2016 3rd

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Puma
newcastle united 2016-17 change kit

2016-2017 A

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newcastle united 2016-17 third kit

2016-2017 3rd

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newcastle united 2017-18 change kit

2017-2018 A

Puma
newcastle united 2017-18 3rd kit

2017-2018 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2018-19 change kit

2018-2019 A

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newcastle united 2018-19 3rd kit

2018-2019 3rd

Puma
newcastle united 2019-20 2nd kit

2019-2020 A

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newcastle united 2019-20 3rd kit

2019-2020 3rd

 

Background

Newcastle's famous black and white striped shirts were originally the team's change strip. According to Darrin Foss, the team was scheduled to travel to Nottingham to play Forest in January 1892 and there was a dispute over which team should change (both wore red shirts at the time). An appeal to the Secretary of the FA, CW Alcock resulted in an instruction that, as the senior club, Forest should play in their usual red so United borrowed a set of broad striped shirts from Notts County. United's reserves also wore black and white stripes (in a more conventional pattern) and these seem to have been used as a change strip until 1894 when they became the first choice. After this old shirts in red and later light blue (the former colours of East End) were pressed into service before plain white shirts were adopted in 1900.

Immediately before the First World War a black chevron was added to the white jerseys, an iconic style that was used until the late 1920s (or later - there is a large gap in our records).

In January 1951, Newcastle lent a set of "home" shirts to Sunderland, who were due to play Southampton in the FA Cup, which required both clubs to change in the event of a clash (both teams had white alternative tops so Southampton borrowed a set of amber shirts from the Hampshire Regiment FC).

In November 1957 Newcastle played a number of mid-week friendly games under improvised floodlights mounted on telegraph poles including a 3-1 defeat against Gwardia Warsaw. The reflective white strip with a bold black band was badly received and quickly retired. Within six months massive steel pylons were erected and proper floodlights installed.

In the late 1960s the team started to wear all-red with a dark-blue strip in reserve.

In 1974 Newcastle, along with many other clubs, adopted a replica of the Brazilian national team's famous gold, green and light blue kit, worn inexplicably with orange stockings during 1975-76. The theme was simplified to yellow and green in 1976, with blue replacing the green trim in 1980. Between 1983 and 1988 the team turned out in fashionable silver grey, following which green and yellow made its return.

From 1993 the club experimented with increasingly audacious designs starting with an all-blue outfit with an irregular white streaked pattern paired with a green third kit with navy candy stripes. When Adidas were awarded the kit supply contract in 1993, they designed a fine retro outfit in dark red and navy inspired by a strip worn by Newcastle West End in 1881. Although Newcastle usually retained their home kits for two seasons new away kits were unveiled every season ensuring that Toon fans were never short of a reason to spend their cash.

The 1997-98 offering was one of the most interesting designs, consisting of dark blue and olive green with orange trimmings. The 1999 all-white kit featured panels in "teal", one of many novel colours introduced around this time, and was used just once. 2001 brought a blue-grey strip with Adidas' trademark triple stripe trim.

Designers have been encouraged to give their imagination free reign in the new millennium.

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Sources

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  • With acknowledgement to John Devlin's True Colours Vol 1 (ISBN 0 7136 7389 3)
  • A = Away (change) kit
  • 3rd = Third choice kit