New Strips?

[Howmanheyman 38139]

39 minutes ago, Craig said:

I'm sorely tempted to get one of these. It'll be fake as fuck but as near as damn it to one of the best NUFC shirts ever produced. 

Retro Newcastle LS Home Shirt 1980/1982 | Club Retros

 

I've got the short sleeved version, it's a very good copy of it albeit not perfect a la the material, put it this way, it's basically the score draw version with added umbro diamonds down the sleeve and on the front of the shirt.

[Tom 14336]

11 minutes ago, Craig said:

Have you got one Tom? I don't necessarily mean that shirt, but one of the fake ones. 

The Score Draw stuff niggles me that they omit the manufacturing logo - I realise it's a licencing issue but I'd rather get the real fake shit that don't care if they get sued by the likes of Umbro.

Yeh I have had a couple down the years. One I bought as an experiment and some I received as gifts from unsuspecting relatives who’ve just ordered something online. 
 

Fake doesn’t seem the right word for the older replicas. At lot of the more front facing sites (as linked above) will just be ordering them direct from China anyway - same place as DH Gate. 
 

For £50 it can feel a risk, but if I were you I’d search Newcastle United on DH Gate & you’ll get the same shirt delivered for £13 from China  

 

Quality wise I dont think the 80s shirts will leave a lot to be desired as the quality wasn’t there anyway. The weight of the fabric on the 90s shirts is a little lighter but its not Im bothered about. 
 

[Craig 7520]

6 minutes ago, Tom said:

The weight of the fabric on the 90s shirts is a little lighter but its not Im bothered about. 

I wore my original 95/96 grandad collar shirt to Covent Garden in March and had one bloke, utterly wrecked, state "I can tell by the faded crest and brown ale badge that's one of the £40 originals and not the piss-poor attempt at a re-release the club are doing for more than double that!"

He wasn't wrong like

[Howmanheyman 38139]

2 minutes ago, Craig said:

I wore my original 95/96 grandad collar shirt to Covent Garden in March and had one bloke, utterly wrecked, state "I can tell by the faded crest and brown ale badge that's one of the £40 originals and not the piss-poor attempt at a re-release the club are doing for more than double that!"

He wasn't wrong like

 

The re-release had the three stripes slightly misaligned and once you see it you can't unsee it. For £90 it went back. 

[Tom 14336]

8 minutes ago, Craig said:

I wore my original 95/96 grandad collar shirt to Covent Garden in March and had one bloke, utterly wrecked, state "I can tell by the faded crest and brown ale badge that's one of the £40 originals and not the piss-poor attempt at a re-release the club are doing for more than double that!"

He wasn't wrong like

Aye tbh my chinese one is class tbh - I’m assuming it was a chinese as it was a gift. 
 

But yeh the originals are a different kettle of fish, probably the last shirts we had made in england!

[Alex 37925]

54 minutes ago, Tom said:

You can find in excellent condition all over

Ebay/Vinted etc, sometimes even new. The Score Draw ones are more common & basically the same.

 

It’s a shame the club priced Toffs out of it and nobody has stepped up to replace them.

Think I had a score draw Brazil / Pele one as a cliched student wanker back in the 90s 

[Alex 37925]

11 minutes ago, Craig said:

I wore my original 95/96 grandad collar shirt to Covent Garden in March and had one bloke, utterly wrecked, state "I can tell by the faded crest and brown ale badge that's one of the £40 originals and not the piss-poor attempt at a re-release the club are doing for more than double that!"

He wasn't wrong like

I’ve still got mine. Tempted by a fake maroon / blue hoops away version. 

[Alex 37925]

22 minutes ago, Tom said:

Yeh I have had a couple down the years. One I bought as an experiment and some I received as gifts from unsuspecting relatives who’ve just ordered something online. 
 

Fake doesn’t seem the right word for the older replicas. At lot of the more front facing sites (as linked above) will just be ordering them direct from China anyway - same place as DH Gate. 
 

For £50 it can feel a risk, but if I were you I’d search Newcastle United on DH Gate & you’ll get the same shirt delivered for £13 from China  

 

Quality wise I dont think the 80s shirts will leave a lot to be desired as the quality wasn’t there anyway. The weight of the fabric on the 90s shirts is a little lighter but its not Im bothered about. 
 

Had loads of them as a kid in the 80s and every single one suffered from the badges peeling off I seem to remember 

[Kid Dynamite 7989]

26 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

I've got the short sleeved version, it's a very good copy of it albeit not perfect a la the material, put it this way, it's basically the score draw version with added umbro diamonds down the sleeve and on the front of the shirt.

£20 from DHgate

[Toonpack 12238]

20 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

The re-release had the three stripes slightly misaligned and once you see it you can't unsee it. For £90 it went back. 

HMHM checking his new strip purchase

 

[Howmanheyman 38139]

10 minutes ago, Alex said:

Think I had a score draw Brazil / Pele one as a cliched student wanker back in the 90s 

 

Me too with the old version of the score draw tag when they must've been starting out.

 

4 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

£20 from DHgate

 

That's where I got mine, about £17 including the postage. I've tried it on but never worn it so can't say if it's any more durable than it's score draw counter part? (I reckon the same people make them, umbro for dh gate companies, no umbro for score draw).

[Craig 7520]

12 minutes ago, Alex said:

I’ve still got mine. Tempted by a fake maroon / blue hoops away version. 

I've still got that one as well, although my lad seems to have decided he's got dibs on it now! 

Proving their quality by virtue they're 30 years old next month!