Known simply as "the granddad collar shirt" to most of the club's fans, it would have been very easy for this kit to be tainted by the oh-so-nearly memories that should be associated with it. Thankfully though, it's not. With Newcastle parting company with Asics after only two seasons, expectations for the club's first Adidas kit were high. With seemingly every other Premier League club attempting to include as many crazy design elements as possible, the German sportswear giants instead turned to Newcastle's history for inspiration. The result was the club's most beautiful home kit of the modern age, a button collar, 4 stripe shirt with Adidas' own striped branding providing the detail for the shorts and socks. It's impossible to think of this kit without seeing Albert's chip over Schemeichel or Alan Shearer being presented to fans outside the ground. Were there any justice in the world, every Newcastle fan would have a picture of a trophy being lifted in this kit as well, but alas, it wasn't to be.
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