Take a second look; No its not the Newcastle United shirt, It’s West Brom’s.
The new home shirt is so similar to last season’s Newcastle strip that even though you read here that it’s this years West Brom shirt, you still have to double check just in case it’s wrong.
Replace the club badge, the manufacturer and sponsor and hey presto, the Magpies shirt morphs into a West Brom shirt.
The use of colours in both the 2nd and 3rd Premiership football strips have been used well with both strips looking smart and supporter friendly which will be useful in the upcoming season in the English Premier League and carries on the current trend with clubs to have three shirts for sale in any current season.
Last Season saw West Brom finish in 11th spot in the Barclays Premiership which saw Roy Hodgson return to management after his ill fated Liverpool reign, replacing Roberto de Matteo in February 2011.
West Brom’s full club name is West Bromich Albion with a nickname of the Baggies and currently play at the Hawthorns.
Newcastle's sought-after defender Jose Enrique is being targeted by French giants Lyon. The 25-year-old left-back has attracted a host of admirers this season, with Liverpool reportedly keen on the Spaniard with current full-back Fabio Aurelio regularly struggling with injury.
Youngster John Flanagan, 18, has been drafted in as cover this year and, despite a string of impressive performances, manager Kenny Dalglish is said to want someone more experienced.
But, according to reports in France, Lyon are looking to replace Aly Cissokho, who could leave for Inter Milan this summer, and have earmarked Enrique as the man they want to fill the void. Enrique joined Newcastle in 2007 in a £6million deal from Spanish side Villarreal and has gone on to make 128 appearances at the club.
Manchester United and Newcastle are ready to take of advantage of RC Lens' relegation and snap up defender Raphael Varane.
The Frenchman broke into the Lens first team this season and was one of their stand-out performers in a campaign that ended in relegation from Ligue A this weekend. French magazine L'Sport claims Sir Alex Ferguson and Alan Pardew, along with several other European clubs, are keen on acquiring the £9m rated centre-back.
They also quote Varane as saying: "I hope a meeting with the club will happen next week and we can discuss the situation."
The 18-year-old has represented France at both under-18 and under-21 level and made 19 appearances in Lens' doomed campaign this season.
Last gasp: Steven Taylor celebrates after scoring Newcastle's late equaliser at Stamford Bridge Photo: AP
By Telegraph staff and agencies Last Updated: 4:44PM BST 15/05/2011
Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday May 15 2011.
Carlo Ancelotti's new-look Chelsea looked anything but challengers for next season's Premier League title as they threw away victory against Newcastle.
In what could be his final home game in charge, Ancelotti's team selection very much appeared to have the new campaign in mind and it looked promising when Branislav Ivanovic scored inside two minutes.
But Jonas Gutierrez soon levelled after unwittingly deflecting in Ryan Taylor's free-kick and although Alex headed the Blues back in front late on, Steven Taylor snatched a draw at the death.
After seeing Manchester United depose them as champions yesterday, this afternoon's game was Chelsea's chance to lay down a marker for next season as they paraded their new home kit.
Despite appearing resigned to losing his job in the summer, Ancelotti's line-up reflected this as he made several changes, including starting Fernando Torres, Yossi Benayoun and Josh McEachran.
And despite Ancelotti's protestations that they could play together, he decided against pairing Didier Drogba with Torres.
It took the new-look Chelsea less than 10 minutes to open their account, Frank Lampard's corner flicked on by Torres for Ivanovic to volley home.
The home side continued to dominate as Roman Abramovich watched on from the Stamford Bridge directors' box.
But they undid the good work in the ninth minute when Alex gave the ball straight to Peter Lovenkrands and John Terry tripped the striker, earning a booking.
Making a rare start, Ryan Taylor struck the free-kick, which took a huge deflection off Gutierrez and flew past the wrong-footed Petr Cech.
If that was unlucky for Chelsea, they were fortunate in the 16th minute when Shola Ameobi beat Cech in the air and the striker's goalbound header was cleared.
The hosts also enjoyed a let-off when Ramires lunged horribly at Danny Simpson but failed to earn even a booking.
A crucial interception from Alex cut out a dangerous Shane Ferguson cross, while Ryan Taylor went close to deflecting the ball into his own net at the other end after Ashley Cole's centre sparked panic.
But as the half wore on, Chelsea began to look like a side that had not played together before as Newcastle more than matched them.
The hosts' passing was sloppy, while Torres' inability to hold the ball up was not helping and it appeared only a matter of time before Drogba entered the fray.
Torres wasted a good crossing chance immediately after the restart as his touch began to desert him, with any confidence he might have gained from ending his goal drought last month appearing to have evaporated.
Cole saw a header deflected behind and Ramires flashed wide from 30 yards, although Newcastle remained a threat and Gutierrez looped a header straight into Cech's arms and also curled too close to the goalkeeper from 25 yards.
Lampard had just been booked for going straight through the back of Joey Barton and Ivanovic soon followed suit for tripping the impressive Ferguson.
The resulting Taylor free-kick was clutched by Cech, despite the looming presence of Ameobi.
With a little more than 25 minutes remaining, Ancelotti abandoned his experiment, introducing Drogba, Florent Malouda and Michael Essien for McEachran, Ramires and Benayoun.
Newcastle then lost Ferguson to injury, Kazenga LuaLua coming on.
A brilliant Drogba free-kick evaded everyone and Simpson was carded for a foul on Essien as Chelsea tried to crank up the pressure.
Cole made a hash of a glorious Drogba lay-off before Terry headed over under pressure.
Newcastle introduced Nile Ranger for Gutierrez and they went close themselves when Lovenkrands' overhead kick screwed off target, the forward immediately replaced by Ameobi's younger brother Samuel.
But that 83rd-minute change came during a Chelsea free-kick which set up the home side's second goal, Lampard crossing and Alex leaping above Tim Krul to head home and net for the first time since October.
Ryan Taylor almost levelled in stoppage-time before namesake Steven did, taking advantage of slack marking to nod in Ranger's header back across goal.
St Andrew’s star could be on his way to the Reebok Stadium or St. James’ Park.
Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers are fighting for the signature of Birmingham City striker James Mcfadden.
The 28-year-old is out of contract in the summer and has attracted interest from a string of clubs in England and Scotland.
He has struggled with injuries this season, which has restricted his appearances to just eight games in the whole campaign.
The Scotland international is set to make his return from a cruciate knee injury he picked up in September.
Newcastle sources suggest they are very keen on bringing McFadden to St James’ Park but any deal rests on whether they sign Bolton hit-man Johan Elmander.
The Swedish international is also a free-agent this summer, and was the subject of interest from Magpie boss Alan Pardew in January.
Trotters manager Owen Coyle has been a long-term admirer of McFadden and wants his fellow Scot to replace the Swede.
Coyle does not want to lose Elmander but knows he cannot do anything to stop him leaving as he cannot offer European football.
