History of Newcastle Kits - 1960s

1970s

1960/61 - 1961/62

For the first two seasons of the decade the club stuck with Charlie Mitten's infamous "continental" style kit.

The shirt was standard for the time with a "V-neck". The socks where white (previously United's socks had always been black) and the trimmings were an unconventional vertical bar pattern.

But the garment which really caused the controversy was the shorts which had white trimming and had (allegedly) many a terrace wag advising hard man Jimmy Scoular that his "slip" was showing.

1962/63

With Mitten now gone United adopted a more traditional approach.

The "V-neck" was retained - albeit in a slightly modified style - but the shirts and shorts lost their fancy edgework.

The black stripe was positioned centrally.

1963/64 - 1965/66

During the 1960's most teams adopted very basic kit designs with a "crew neck"

United changed their kit again in 1963/64 with the stripes also being broadened again.

Look carefully at the photo and you will see the positioning of the stripes was not consistent.

Numbers appeared on the back of the shirts for the first time (FA Cup Finals excepted).

1966/67 - 1969/70