But compared to some of the garish kits produced for our local football clubs down the decades, it certainly suited him!
Some strips look like a pet dog knocking over a can of Dulux and trampling in the contents has designed them.
Newcastle's custard coloured away strip has gone down as well as the Magpies' relegation.
Just three, possibly colour blind, fans snapped up the shirts when they went on sale earlier this week.
And that set MEN Sport thinking about the worst fashion statements made by our nine professional clubs.
United's new first team strip, with its black chevron, has drawn comparisons with St Helens rugby league team's famous red `V.'
But it's tame in comparison to some of the shirts worn by past United legends.
Indeed, a writer with United We Stand fanzine is still so traumatised by memories of the Newton Heath retro kit; he declined to reveal his identity.
"The green and yellow shirt takes some beating as the worst ever," he told us. "It may have been the height of fashion in the 1890's but it never sat well with the current generation of fans."
United's infamous grey shirts that contributed to an embarrassing 6-3 defeat at Southampton in 1995-96 were quickly consigned to the incinerators.
Anything red tends to make King of the Kippax fanzine editor Dave Wallace hot under the collar.
But Dave equally disliked a purple and white striped City shirt from the early 90's.
"I think it was modelled by Noel Gallagher and it didn't look any better on him," said Dave.
Bolton's new home kit for the forthcoming Premier League campaign has quickly come in for stick on fans' message boards.
One disgruntled fan wrote: "It looks like Bolton will be fulfilling the Premier League's bar code quota this season now Newcastle have been relegated."
The height of bad taste isn't just exclusive to the big boys.
Take Oldham, for example. Alex Metcalfe, a director of Oldham's Supporters' Trust, says: "There was a particularly horrible away shirt worn when we were in the early 90's, possibly when we were in the Premier League.
"It was green in colour and looked like to had lightning bolts across it. There was another red and blue hooped design that looked a bit like a bad QPR shirt.
Stockport County seemed to have the monopoly on `deckchair' shirts in the mid 90's.
Martin White, secretary of the Supporters' Trust, recalls: "The 1993 away shirt has been lovingly classed as the `TV interference shirt.'
"It is still often seen round the ground today as it has taken on cult status."
Macclesfield fans Rob Wilson and Hilary Woolliscroft nominate the `tango' strip of the Dave Moss era as their least favoured shirt.
Opinions vary on why it was introduced from Moss used to play in a similar kit in his Luton days or former Macc chairman, Rob Bickerton, was a Blackpool supporter.
Either way it was destined to be cut up and used as a duster.
Bury press officer, Gordon Sorfleet, a former UEFA fan of the year, recollects a "purple and green" mess from the 90's without any fondness.
Rochdale also went back to their roots in 2007-08 with a black and white striped number.
However, a mid 90s blue shirt with tiny chevrons, lined up vertically in irregular groups got the thumbs down.
However, Paul Speed reckons a recent plain, blue shirt took the biscuit.
"It was so poorly made that you could get three necks through the top instead of one. It also had stitching that read `Dale `til I die. But it looked more like `Dale `til I Pie.'
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NO WONDER OWEN LEGGED IT.........
Nothing to report today, then!!!!
How about a report on Rio's comments, about City not winning any trophies? Now there is one hell of a worried man.
Have a look at Everton;s away kit,before condeming the NUFC away. Evertons shirt look likes my 1 year old has been splattering blamanche all over one of my dark polo shirts. Urgh ! And totally without predjudice, what about the rags home shirt ? I believe that there is the possiblity that The rags away shirt will be white shirt with a red V, sounds gastly to me ! Maybe one or many of the rags who are obsessed with being on our the Manchester City page could confirm this ???
No matter which team you support the best shirts are the retro ones- no sponsor defacing the front,club badge taking pride of place! Refused to wear a "sponsored " shirt on principle.
The embarrassing grey rag shirt that contributed to their humiliation at Southampton? I always thought it was the act of a desperate manager looking for excuses when there were no footballing ones to be found. Oh, and it was utterly hilarious and must be the lamest excuse for a hammering in the history of football, which, as we all know, strectches all the way back to 1993...
I like custard best with rhubarb pie like my mum makes. It's all right with wimberry pie too but rhubarb pie is best.
Is this is a cheap way to get a reaction from Manchester United and City fans!
to get City fans to start trashing the new United top. United fans to diss the new city top
What has Newcastle's Away strip got to do with Manchester!
Red Apache.......You could look forward to seeing it at the theatre of out of towners when you go down and join them.......just a thought.
WHO CARES WHAT THEY WEAR!!!???
The worst kit i have ever seen, was when we destroyed Huddersfield 10=1 at Maine Road the shirts Huddersfield had on that day, dear me they looked like chessboards with arms, they deserved the the hammering just for wearing the terrible things!!!!
The worst kit i have ever seen, was when we destroyed Huddersfield 10=1 at Maine Road the shirts Huddersfield had on that day, dear me they looked like chessboards with arms, they deserved the the hammering just for wearing the terrible things!!!!
paulo jackson,
25/07/2009 at 11:57
I agree Paulo, yellow and black checks as I remember, However around this time we wore a shirt that was equally as bad except it was red and black checks instead of yellow and black. We are however fortunate that we dont support German teams who have a number of down right disgusting offerings. Is it a German or Italian club whom I saw wearing a Pink strip in recent years, cant remember, perhaps someone will enlighten me!
Is this is a cheap way to get a reaction from Manchester United and City fans! to get City fans to start trashing the new United top. United fans to diss the new city top What has Newcastle's Away strip got to do with Manchester!
Red Apache, Didsbury
25/07/2009 at 11:20.
I totally agree and its not the worst kit (newcastles new away kit)ive ever seen.
Tommy "Chopper" C, Oz.............Thats so funny!
But isnt the Championship 'your' league the only league you can win and hold the record for?? maybe you can ground share with Stockport County when you go down. As Abu Dhabi will get bored and move onto another club. Because they can just get up and go they dont give a monkey about your history wait you dont have any history 34 years and counting isnt it?
That orange kit of ours last season was pants!
search for Hull City 1992 football kit and Arsenal 1991 kit
They take 1st prize
As City haven't released details of their new away kit yet, is it fair to assume that this article is merely managing our expectations for another style disaster like the previous two seasons? .................... I hope not.
Batmano, that red and black shirt you are talking about, i found it very useful, i hung it in the wardrobe and it kept the moths away lol
your right matey it was a shocker!!
ps i think it was Juve that wore that pink number.
Red Apache, Didsbury
25/07/2009 at 12:50
Your name sounds like a nasty skin complaint, whereabouts on your carcass does it manifest itself? As a dermatologist I can advise you on a Sky Blue salve which would take that awful redness out of you and has the further benefit of reducing any swelling on the brain which seems to be causing the delusional outbursts you seem to be spouting.
paulo jackson, youre right mate it was gross, almost as bad as the Maroon white and other colour thing modelled by Noel Gallagher. So it was Juve that were in the pink was it, thanks for that. I understand that the new black away kit is styled on the West Gorton St Marks and Ardwick kits. Over the years we have had so many clash kits so which colour is our official clash colour. I would tend to go for Maroon as on the old Manchester crest rather than the red and black which was introduced by Big Mal to make us look more continental like Milan.
What has this got to do with us?
No the worst kit I have ever seen is any Liverpool shirt!!!
Red Apache, Didsbury, Oh so you're a RAG!, pardon me but I thought that this was a forum for city fans! Quite what selling oneself on street corners has to do with anything on a football forum is beyond me, is it one of your favourite passtimes? As for your point regarding the rest of the world knowing about United rather than City, thats just ignorance and something that will be consigned to the past as the City brand outgrows yaniturds! I hope I haven't confused you by using too many big words, but if so go and have a lie down in a gas appliance, you MUPPET.
What a load of drivel.
Ref Red Apache.
Your dead right there mate .exactly Man Uts is a brand !!!! while we at CITY are the heartbeat ! of the Mancunians