NEWCASTLE Jets fans have called for the club to return to the city’s footballing roots by adopting the green and cinnamon away strip.
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The Jets yesterday released three options for the club’s away kit for the next A-League season – green and cinnamon, white with blue and red panels, and charcoal grey with a red and blue diagonal stripe.
Club members have until May17 to vote for their favourite option.
A poll on the Newcastle Herald website yesterday suggests green and cinnamon will be the winner.
As of 7pm last night, green had 48.2per cent of 1073 votes, followed by grey (28.4) and white (23.4).
The green also had majority support on social media sites.
For well known Jets fan and member of the Zad Lads supporter group, Bryce McCarter, green and cinnamon was a clear winner.
‘‘You can cross the white off as it looks like last year’s training shirt,’’ McCarter said.
‘‘I think the green one is pretty cool and the history attached to that.’’
Due to its links to KB United, Newcastle’s first football team in the old National Soccer League, McCarter said the green and cinnamon could be used in connection with fan days celebrating the history of the sport in the Hunter.
A comment from ‘‘Fat Lenny’’ on the Herald website also supported the green strip.
‘‘I’m loving the green jersey,’’ he wrote. ‘‘Nice acknowledgement of the city’s football history and it would stand out in the stands where the charcoal jersey would just blend in. Not a fan at all of the white one.
‘‘Either way, good stuff from the Jets to get the members involved.’’
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But others disapproved of all three designs and wanted a return to the gold jersey worn by the Jets in the first six seasons of the A-League.
‘‘What a joke, all those fans that just bought the away strip now have nothing that’s even relevant to the Jets,’’ BB wrote. ‘‘Change the home strip first back to the gold. The gold stands out the most both on the field and off ...’’