Official photos of Newcastle United's 2025/26 third kit leak online ahead of upcoming release date

· 26 June 2025, 17:00

Newcastle United's away and third shirts recently leaked online, and while there's always room for doubt when a kit is 'leaked', photos of Newcastle's players wearing the third shirt, which is exactly as the leaked images showed, have now appeared online.

The blue and orange third shirt is a call-back to the 1998 away kit, which had a similar colour scheme. As an elite club for Adidas, the shirt will sport the retro trefoil logo.

While we were expecting the return of the off-centre green and orange stripe, adidas have instead opted to ditch that part of the design, but have brought back the shield which houses the club crest.

The green has also been dropped, instead replaced by a light blue that's only present on the collar and sleeve cuffs.

The long-sleeved third shirt is a beautiful thing

Players from the men's and women's teams have been modelling the blue shirt for the upcoming launch, and while seeing Joelinton in black trousers and white socks has put me off my tea a bit, the actual shirt looks really nice.

The leaks seem to have come from the Adidas Newcastle United website, which posted the images early ahead of a release date on Monday 30th, although that might be the day they officially launch the kit and the release date will follow.

Bruno was pictured sporting the long-sleeved variant with the Champions League on the sleeve, and while I've never personally been a fan of long-sleeved football tops, this one looks stunning.

There's still a slim chance that the green away shirt was a fake

It looks like the away kit will be the last to launch, which does give us a bit more hope that the green shirt that leaked before this blue one is fake, although it did look legit.

Not many fans seemed keen on the design of the away shirt, and while I didn't mind the design so much, I just don't like us playing in green, not after that cursed Castore kit.

Also, as an aside, the fact that Alexander Isak is featuring in the kit promos should be seen as a good sign that he's going nowhere.