Now I hate to mention the R word, or several in the case of this header, but lets face it, we can’t ignore our perilous position. It would seem we have a mountain to climb to secure our premier league status with just 8 games remaining.
Rafa Benitez has really taken on the task with vigour, getting all the negativity away from the first team squad, including stopping the under 21 players that were hanging around the first team. Even Peter Beardsley has been ousted and the likes of Cheick Tiote and any other negative or moody first teamers will also be told to stay away from Benitez chosen group of first teamers.
I think it’s safe to say he doesn’t suffer fools gladly and you will quickly become persona non grata if you don’t pull your weight or fight for the cause. So it would seem he is doing his best to establish a sense of brotherhood and togetherness amongst the first team, encouraging them to eat and socialise together. After all, this is how they operate at Leicester city and it seems to work for them. The only problem with this approach is it mustn’t be forced as I can’t see it working. At Leicester they are genuine friends who socialise not just with each other but with each others families too.
What ever changes and ploys Benitez chooses to adopt, he has little time to make them effective – hampered somewhat by the overall quality within the squad. We have seen some good progress with the defence. It was immediately noticed in the Leicester City game where we looked calm and passed it out from the back well. However, in the Derby match the same old lack luster, slow play seemed to rear it’s ugly head again and the first half wasn’t pretty at all. Second half we seemed to up our workrate, helped in part by Sunderland sitting back and a Rafa rollicking no doubt.
But.. does Benitez really have time to save us? Are we so wrapped up in the arrival of such a good coach that we are in danger of forgetting part of the reason we are where we are, namely those players? Do we have a squad who are truly able to step up, helped along by good solid tactical knowledge? After all he can only pass on his vision and knowledge to them, in the end it’s up to them to implement that vision on the game.
If the unthinkable were to happen and we are relegated, we then have the question of whether Rafa Benitez stays or goes. Will he fancy a rebuilding job given we are likely to lose several good players and some not so good ones hopefully too? Or will the board opt to let him go and bring in a coach along the lines of Nigel Pearson, who some might argue would be possibly better equipped for that type of fight?
There is also the question of whether or not the team we deployed in that division would have the ability to bounce back like our previous team managed in that league. If I’m honest I cannot see a Toon ressurection like before. There are no Barton’s, Carroll’s and Nolan’s this time – or in the near future it would seem, not with Mike Ashley telling us the financial cupboard is bare. If this is true then we can’t sign good battling footballers because they cost a pretty penny – even in that league.
So it would seem we have to pray and if you aren’t religious, plain hope that we survive and Benitez is allowed to build something really special with Newcastle…… After all – haven’t we waited long enough?
Kimtoon
Good read Kim. I’ve got a gut feeling MA feels a defeated man and is going to let us rot if we drop down.
Shamrock(Quote)
KIM good read mate and about everyone’s thoughts,always enjoy your threads.
SHAM I have the same thoughts as you plus jabba can be a evil git
Icedog(Quote)
Good read Kim , Sham i dont think the fat **** will let us rot . I think with his comments this week he is trying too get out of the club . A summer sale is on the cards and i think he will take a low price and take the loss on his investment too be rid of us . He has bigger problems with his real business Sports Direct too stick with us much longer .
AXEL(Quote)
I just fear Rafa is trying to change too much. He is acting like he has the job long term yet he is gonna **** off when we go down. That is just going to leave us with a structure destroyed with a playing squad that will be destroyed.
I sometimes fear we may have been better getting Redknapp in and letting him just make everyone feel like they’ve got huge swinging dicks and then try for Rafa in the summer.
It is no good trying to change the youth team set up when you then disappear 4 months later and we go down with no system in place at all for anyone.
funkyjesus(Quote)
Cheers lads, I was wondering if he secretly wants to flog us to raise the money to try and buy out the Sports Direct share holders. I can’t see how he’s getting any joy from owning us right now.
kimtoon(Quote)
FJ: the structure of the club as it stands is useless. We have an accountant as MD, a failed Northhampton manager as de facto DoF and a gladhander as the other member of the board. Ashley is as hands off as he could be. The U21s arrange a friendly with scum and get beat 6 nowt. We appoint a failed Derby Manager FFS.
Whatever Rafa can do to shake that lot up cannot be bad. What we have is bad and even if he changes things for only 4 months it cannot get any worse. Sack Beardsley, his record is worse that Ugly John’s and Schteve’s.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Good read Kimtoon. I see you are fighting the good fight against the international break and trying to keep things going 🙂
On the bonding issue. I think they should go down to Tynemouth and have a 5-a-side. Relieve the pressure and see what NUFC means to the locals. I don’t understand why they only do that sort of thing in pre-season. It will show some of the players what the club means to the area and take them away from their Bentleys and mansions and see real life for a change.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Actually, we didn’t just appoint a failed Derby manager we hired Ugly John to keep his seat warm. Whatever changes Rafa makes will be welcomed wholeheartedly by me, even if he is only at NUFC for 4 months.
I also believe it was Rafa who approached us because our lot would not have the gumption to call him. A final last throw of the dice by our MD who has finally realised that wearing a “In Carr we Trust” t-shirt will get us relegated. At least with Rafa we have a chance.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric, I have a funny feeling that Rafa may hang around even if we drop. Fancy he could see us as a long term project. Of course much depends on Ashley and if he’ll give him the means to get us back up, that is my main concern going forward.
kimtoon(Quote)
I didn’t believe in anything Schteve was doing. I did my best to stay neutral because I had already trashed Pardew and Carver so much. He went along with Carrs’s power grab and was so bloody wishy washy changing his tune from week to week and abdicating responsibility to a fckn motivational speaker. No wonder the players were not inspired.
We now have a Manager, yes a Manager, not head coach, who knows what he is doing and has the silverware to prove it. He was sacked by Real Madrid when they were 2nd in La Liga on Jan 4th FFS. What more do people want????
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Kimtoon: when we were last relegated a lot of the pundits thought we would do a Leeds and we were promoted with 100 points. We have the basis of a good squad so I have no fear if we get relegated whether Rafa stays or goes.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric, we were brilliant in the fizzy pop but we had players like Barton and Nolan and ofcourse Carrolls goals. We had a good spine to that team, I don’t see that now sadly.
kimtoon(Quote)
I was chatting to my brother about if we go down and he is certain we’ll come back up. He said they are a premier league team, end of, they won’t stay down.
kimtoon(Quote)
I see Moyes is linked heavily with Villa now as well.
kimtoon(Quote)
http://www.footballinsider247.com/newcastle-news-janmaat-has-told-blind-he-wants-magpies-exit/
kimtoon(Quote)
Kimtoon: we have Elliot, Shelvey and Townsend which is a start. Also, Armstrong could be the new Carroll. If the rest of them think it is greener in pastures new then they only have to look at the career thrajectories of Cabaye, Ba and Debuchy and they might want to stick around.
I just realised it is Good Friday and now understand your headline.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Kim another good read Lass and a lot of good points covered, for me the players really did need a good boot up the ***.
As for the Derby game I just think for the 1st half that the actual occasion got to some of our players, so I would expect the better defence will be back in operation against Norwich.
As for Rafa if the worst was to happen , well I just hope that he would see us as a job that he had to stick with just to prove that he is capable of that, as well as coming in to top of the league teams.
As for changing the youth team / under 21’s etc I really can’t see why he would bother worrying about that unless he really does see us as his long term ambition.
Big Dave(Quote)
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-mike-ashley-need-divorce-11096613
kimtoon(Quote)
Of course, Tiote needs to be away to China to support his growing harem. Didn’t he realise that with 2 wives and a girlfriend he also got 3 mothers-in-law?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Dave, you may well be right about the Derby first half performance mate, I just hope nerves don’t effect them like that against Norwich next Saturday.
kimtoon(Quote)
Big D: you make a good point about the defense and especially Colback.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
My view is that Rafa offers us our best chance of staying up. If he leaves after 4 months then we have to reset. At least we gave it a go. What???!!! Would people prefer we appoint another Carver and go silently into the night?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I misquoted. I meant – do not go gentle into that good night. If we go down we will at least go down fighting.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric as for Colback I said before the game that we would have to do with out him for the next 2 games , as for me it was obvious he would be well up for the game, and that the Maces would try to wind him up to get him sent off, while they didn’t get him sent off they still managed to wind him up.
Which for me was and is only natural, so I wouldn’t blame him for it.
Big Dave(Quote)
Big D: I think Colback is a decent player and does a lot of the dirty work that will free up Shelvey when we are able to play more expansive football in The Championship 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
I said the other day that if we lose to Norwich my Stuart-O-Meter will be about 95% relegation. I am about 50-50 at the moment and a lot of people would say I am being over-optimistic.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric says
I just realised it is Good Friday and now understand your headline.
nowt gets passed you does it 😉 😀
kimtoon(Quote)
It is not a holiday here in the USA Kimtoon. Neither is Easter Monday. You would think that with so many Jesus freaks they would have it as a holiday.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
People wonder why Donald Trump is popular. I will tell you, because America is full of bible bashing racists.
I used to drive to in-laws in Indiana. On the way to a shithole known as Fort Wayne I passed a church that had a big sign saying “Child Evangelism this Friday”. Yes, they had a bunch of 8 year olds telling us that Jesus would save us.
I said Church, but it was more like a big shed with a cross on top.
Happy Easter 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric,
I hope you are right but my fear is everything is ripped up then we go down and Rafa disappears and then any new manager we try to get sees that we’ve literally got no fucking system in place, in any respect, for anything and then says “no thanks”.
We might literally be stuck with Peter “can’t buy a win in reserves” Beardsley managing us next season as he is the only mug willing to take on a club that has no structure at all.
funkyjesus(Quote)
FJ: I was just saying that it would not be that much worse than Ugly John and Schteve left us with. From top to bottom we could not buy a win.
I think we would do a Leeds or Portsmouth if they put Beardsley in charge. Great footballer but not the sharpest knife in the drawer, obviously and basically too. As St. Peter would say.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
good read Kim
I reckon Mike is trying to offload us. hes having a bad time and could do with some of his money back. finding a buyer is the difficult part.
If we go down (I’m 90% certain we will) Rafa will not hang around here. He’s just been to Real Madrid 😯 hes not going to be convinced travelling to Burton Albion will do his career good 😆
if we go down we have enough players to sell to make our squad strong enough for a championship push. we also have a few that will hang around
Elliot, Lascelles, Taylor, Colback, Shelvey, Townsend, Perez, Mitrovic, Anita, Arma and a few reserves / youth players
gashley(Quote)
When we go down we will stay down because the bumbling imbeciles who allowed this all to happen will be left to try and sort out the problem.
We have so many poor players in a lop-sided squad, it’ll take us at least 2 seasons to come back up. The main reason being that there will be at least 6 teams at the top end of the Championship who are more hungry and better balanced than our shower.
Look how we have been battered by “lesser” clubs over the years, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, Bournemouth twice… the list goes on. Too many poor players, the light will go on for Rafa too.
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM: I am absolutely certain Carr will be gone in the summer whether Rafa stays or goes. The only reason he has not been sacked already is that they don’t want to rock the boat. Same with Beardsley.
I am not so sure about Charnley, but his duties and power have already being curtailed first by Carr’s power grab and now by giving up control to a MANAGER and thereby reversing the structure that he, at Carr’s behest, had put in place. Charnley is desperately trying to save himself and Carr, Moncur and Beardsley will get what they deserve – THE SACK.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
It is so strange that the local press are now seeing things so clearly and writing articles that NUFC have needed the changes that are being made for years. That the structure was all wrong from top to bottom and Carver and McClaren were weak and bad appointments. Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. They toe the company/party line and then suddenly change their tune. I know they have to keep in with the powers that be at SJP but did they have to be so craven about it? They never questioned anything until it was obvious the “head coach” would be fired.
The whole lot of them should have journalist or chief sports writer removed from their business cards and replaced with “chief cheerleader and suckup”.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Here is an article from Mark Douglass saying the changes Shearer wanted to make were correct. That was 7 years ago and how many times have Douglass and his Chief Sports Writer brought this up during these 7 years? Talk about revisionist history, when the changes are going to be made they act like they were for it all along, when in fact, they never bloody mentioned it in 7 years.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-left-behind-premier-league-11098236?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Eric.
I hope you’re right, Charnley must have finally shown to Ashley what the rest of us have known for an epoch; the man is grossly out of his depth.
However, I worry that the fat man has truly lost the will to give a toss. His recent body language and words compared to ‘that’ interview nearly a year ago speak s volumes.
Whether he cares little enough to sell up, or simply leave Lee chugging along is another matter, and I’m not convinced survival or relegation will alter that either way.
Every appendage is crossed for survival, Rafa commitment long term and the sale of the club to someone with a head on their shoulders and not a turnip.
YouYew(Quote)
With the FFP, the new TV money deal and the supposed ‘sound financial footing’ of the club, meaning it effectively runs itself, is there even any real need anymore for a billionaire to buy the club, as was the case not so many moons ago?
Whatever happened to that Geordie led consortium that was sniffing around a few years back?
YouYew(Quote)
Let’s do a 7 things I have learnt that The Chron are so very fond of now:
1. That The Chron never question anything at NUFC until it is clear the “head coach” will be sacked.
2. That The Chronicle never questioned why we get so many injuries?
3. That The Chronicle never wondered why even our U21 and youth teams always lost and never questioned what Beardsley was doing there.
4. That The Chronicle gave Graham Carr a free ride and never questioned how and why he had become de facto Director of Football.
5. That The Chronicle were very fond of using the term “not fit for purpose” when referring to players and “head coaches” who had left but never used that term when questioning whether they were “fit for purpose” as journalists.
6. That Lee Ryder has never written an investigative or insightful article in his life and has the writing skills of an 8 year old. If I didn’t know any better I would think he is just there for the free trips to Spain and America and has his intern write his columns.
7. That Rafa was virtually signed before The Chron had any incline he was on his way. Finger on the pulse of what is happening at NUFC, eh boys?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Yew Yew: my Stuart-O-Meter on us staying up is currently at 50%. These local consortiums almost never materialise for any club. John Hall was an exception but some of his stuff was a bit smoke and mirrors.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Good article, Kim.
Before Rafa arrived I really couldn’t give a **** whether we were relegated or not, but now he’s here and I see what could become us if we stay up then I’ll be gutted if we go down.
He’s certainly the right guy to build the club but we need to be in the PL and he needs to be given the keys to the castle. I would be very surprised if we didn’t win something under him.
Stuart79(Quote)
Great article Kimtoon keep up the good work!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
All the writers, journalists and ex-players are very fond of the term “football is a results business”. If so, then why are our academy coaches still employed? I haven’t really mentioned this as I am much more interested in the first team but Rafa’s visit to the academy and sending the kids off to detention has brought this aspect of the club into focus for me. I occasionally would see a report on NUFC.com and brush it off as, oh, we lost again, this time only 5 nil to Hartlepool. It does show that when there is no accountability you end up with *****. Who does Beardsley even report to??? Not the head coach, not Carr. Charnley?
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Hey Stuart: I hope you don’t think I am taking the **** out of you with my Stuart-O-Meter. I am not, I sort of want to keep track of my own highs and lows as we go forward.
I am 100% behind Rafa even if we are relegated.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Although Moncur has asked Benitez if he will stay on if we get relegated and Rafa’s response was “We won’t get relegated!”
Stuart79(Quote)
Mike Ashley’s shares are dropping making it cheaper to buy out other peoples share’s in sports direct. I reckon he want’s 100 percent ownership of sports direct and might sell us to raise some of that money. The hard part is finding a buyer.
Terry(Quote)
Apparently some of his backroom staff are suggesting Rafa will stay even if we go down. He definitely wouldn’t be messing with everything if it was just for 8 games.
Georgio(Quote)
Well Rob Lee says there is buyers out there that would take on the toon,is he guessing or does he know summit I would like to think so.
No what happens Peter B must go his record is shocking he’s probably spoiled some of the young kids,jabba must stop pampering to *** lickers and get people in that know what they doing
Icedog(Quote)
@Ice
I think R Lee is just like us in that aspect, wishful thinking..
Although the last time we did get a decent manager, KK (apparently) mike wanted to offload us.
He has said some strange contrasting things lately considering we’ve got a winner of a manager.
he might just like building bridges to burn them down again..
gashley(Quote)
Rafa wont stay in the Championship.. it could ruin him. he may be tempted if we pay him loads which I doubt we’d do as we’re skint 😈
gashley(Quote)
Now I will move on to John Gibson. I quite like his rants now that he doesn’t give a **** what anybody at NUFC or The Chron say to him. However, all his articles are in the same style and he passed this on to my mate Ryder.
What I find funny is the picture that they put up next to his articles. I think it is from the ’80’s but Wor John had kept parts of his ’70’s hair do with the long sides. When you see him in The Chron videos it is obvious they have not changed the picture in 20 years as the ravages of time, booze and tobacco make him look like an old boot.
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Enjoyed your article, Kim. While it is possible mathematically to stay up I will continue to hope. I think with Rafa we are capable of picking up at least one shock result in our favour. Here’s hoping.
Groucho(Quote)
http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/822888090?-11058:809
Well it looks like Rafa is backing Sissoko.
If he’s sticking with him then he has to stop playing him on the left IMO.
Sharpy17(Quote)
SHARPY the way things are going defence wise he could be playing left back again,Rafa is not having any luck injury wise
Icedog(Quote)
So toon get 6mil a year shirt sponsor from Wonga,Spurs get 18 mil from their sponsors
Icedog(Quote)
Ice – he certainly done better than Colback at LB. But that’s the thing for me, Sissoko isn’t a LB or a LW where he has been played in the last few games – yet he’s possibly been the most criticised player in both games.
He’s had a poor season, there’s no doubting that. But I see effort from him, with a lack of end product – well the same could be said about Mitrovic or a few others.
If Rafa can get the best out of Sissoko, then we have a very good player there, and with Gini, Shelvey and Townsend – that should be a midfield that could compete with the best teams in the league.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Ice – I’d be happy with £3m a year if it meant getting that horrible, ugly looking blue strip from across the front of our glorious and icon strip.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Me too Sharpy, I haven’t worn a Toon top since they became sponsors and I never will until there’s a change.
kimtoon(Quote)
I would like us to get back to black and white being the predominant colour on the shirt as well. Don’t like all this turquoise ****.
kimtoon(Quote)
Doesn’t the Wonga deal end at the end of this season?
kimtoon(Quote)
Kim – likewise, and I’ve actually taken to the retro tops as a result. It will take a real good new strip with a reputable sponsor to make me buy a new top now I reckon.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Why do we wear non-b&W strips at away games even when it doesn’t clash with the other teams’ colours? Is it a league stipulation?
If you are trying to further your black and white brand wouldn’t you want to wear that as much as possible and not some nondescript black and purple number that nobody even wears in the stands? How many 2nd and 3rd team strips can they possibly sell to make this worthwhile?
I have wondered this for a long time. It gets cold in Chicago in the winter and contemplating your navel is better than braving 30 degrees below 🙂
Eric Sykes(Quote)
Sharpy, there are some lush retro tops out there, I still have a few old strips, my favourite one being the 95 to 97 strip and also the Asics 93 to 95 one with the blue star. Of the newer ones the virgin 12/13 one was nice. There is just far too much blue on there now and it’s like we are losing what the strip was.
kimtoon(Quote)
Sissoko hasn’t scored a goal has he this season wherever he’s played.
Stuart79(Quote)
Eric, don’t know what it’s all about tbh, Money? PL stipulations maybe, who knows. Haven’t like our strip for so long now it’s mad.
kimtoon(Quote)
No Stu, he hasn’t and it’s also a worry that Gini’s goals and Perez goals seem to have dried up.
kimtoon(Quote)
Strange feeling this weekend. We haven’t been beat!
Stuart79(Quote)
Good article Kimtoon lass. It’s all still to be done. The players have to prove to Rafa they are good enough. There have been so many disappointments. Doumbia is a perfect example. He comes to us not fit? What kind of clown does that? And why hasn’t he gotten fit over the last 7 or 8 weeks with us? And Sissoko. He can be so good in the middle third but it usually comes to nothing. And Wijnaldum seems to have lost his way as well. Possibly De Jong can get the midfield going with Shelvey. It has to happen over the next few weeks.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Eric think the PL decide on what is worn by the away team. As far as I’m concerned should be the club and the ref with his input, nobody else needs to be involved. Really wish we could go back to the blue star days
Simon(Quote)
Thought Vardy would have been given his chance,Ime not a lover of Welbeck and doubt he is international class
Icedog(Quote)
Another terrible attack by IS at a football tournament killing 40 odd a lot of them just kids 10 to 16 getting trophys sick sick people
Icedog(Quote)
1. There is no rule stating that a marketed strip must be worn. Therefore don’t be surprised if some kits are never used.
2. 3rd kits may only be worn if the Premier League gets notice in writing at least 7 days prior to the match in question.
3. There is no definition of a kit clash. Its up to the kit managers and then match officials, hence the inconsistency.
4. Surprisingly, there is already a rule in place saying change kits can only be worn in away matches and when there is a clash. Only the match officials can give permission for a change.
5. A change kit may only be worn a maximum of EIGHT times during one season unless necessity suggests otherwise. This decision lies with match officials.
6. A home and away kit must be presented to the Premier League at least 4 weeks before the season starts, hence why unexpected kit clashes fail to revive previous seasons kits.
I’ve cut and pasted the relevant text taken from the Premier League 08-09 Handbook – available for free download from their website:
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Publications/0,,12306,2,00.html
SECTION F
PLAYER IDENTIFICATION AND STRIP
Player Identification
1. Before the commencement of each Season each Club shall allocate a different shirt number to each member of its first team squad.
2. A Club shall likewise allocate a shirt number to any Player joining its first team squad during the Season.
3. Save with the prior written consent of the Board shirt numbers shall commence with the number one and shall be allocated consecutively.
4. While he remains with the Club a Player will retain his shirt number throughout the Season for which it was allocated.
5. Upon a Player leaving a Club the shirt number allocated to him may be re-allocated.
6. Each Club shall forthwith provide to the Secretary on Form 8 full details in writing of shirt numbers allocated so that throughout each Season the Secretary is aware of the names of members of the first team squad of each Club and the shirt numbers allocated to them.
7. When playing in League Matches each Player shall wear a shirt on the back of which shall be prominently displayed his shirt number and above that his surname or such other name as may be approved in writing by the Board.
8. The Player’s shirt number shall also appear on the front of the left leg of his shorts.
9. The size, style, colour and design of shirt numbers, lettering and the logo of the League appearing on a Player’s shirt or shorts and the material from which such numbers, lettering and logo are made shall be determined by the Board from time to time.
10. The colour and design of the shirt and stockings worn by the goalkeeper when playing in League Matches shall be such as to distinguish him from the other Players and from Match Officials.
11. The captain of each team appearing in a League Match shall wear an armband provided by the League indicating his status as such.
12. Any Club acting in breach of any of Rules F.1 to F.11 inclusive will be liable to pay to the League a fixed penalty of £300 for a first breach, £600 for a second breach and £1,200 for a third breach. Any subsequent breach may be dealt under the provisions of Section R.
Home and Away Strip
13. Each Club shall have a home Strip and an away Strip which shall be worn by its Players in League Matches in accordance with the provisions of these Rules.
14. The logo of the League shall appear on each sleeve of both home Strip and away Strip shirts.
15. Neither the home Strip shirt nor the away Strip shirt shall be of a colour or design alike or similar to the outfits of Match Officials.
16. Not later than 4 weeks before the commencement of each Season each Club shall register its Strips by submitting to the Secretary Form 9 together with samples of its home Strip, away Strip and goalkeeper’s Strip complying with these Rules and a brief written description of each and the Secretary having entered the descriptions in a register will cause the same to be printed in the handbook of the League.
17. Each Strip submitted for registration in accordance with Rule F.16 shall have on it:
17.1 the shirt number and name of any Player in the Club’s first team squad, displayed as required by Rule F.7;
17.2 any advertisement for which the approval of the Board is either sought or has already been given under the provisions of Rule F.28.1.
18. If pursuant to Rule F.16 a Club seeks to register a Strip which does not comply with these Rules:
18.1 the Board shall give to that Club notice in writing to that effect giving full details of the changes required to achieve compliance; and
18.2 the Strip in question shall not be worn by that Club’s Players until a further sample has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Board.
19. Subject to Rule F.20, Strips of the description thus registered shall be worn throughout the Season immediately following and no changes to it shall be made except with the prior written permission of the Board.
20. On the occasion of a Club’s last home League Match in any Season an alternative Strip may be worn provided that:
20.1 at least 7 days’ prior written notice of intention to do so is given to the Secretary and the Visiting Club together in each case with a sample of the Strip intended to be worn;
20.2 the alternative Strip shall be subsequently registered as the Club’s home or away Strip for the following Season.
21. Subject to Rules F.20 and F.22, when playing in League Matches the Players of each participating Club shall wear its home Strip unless the home Strips of the participating Clubs are alike or similar or are in the opinion of the referee likely to cause confusion in which event Players of theVisiting Club shall wear its away Strip or a combination of its home Strip and its away Strip. In the event of any dispute with regard to the Strip to be worn by either Club, the referee’s decision shall be final.
22. Players of theVisiting Club may wear its away Strip when playing in League Matches provided that they shall not do so on more than 8 occasions in any Season, including those occasions, if any, when required to do so by virtue of the foregoing provisions of Rule F.21. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Rule shall limit the number of occasions a Club may be required to change its Strip pursuant to Rule F.21.
23. At least 7 days prior to each League Match the Visiting Club shall notify the Home Club on Form 9A of the Strip it intends its Players (including for the avoidance of doubt its goalkeeper) to wear. If the Home Club is of the opinion that this is likely to cause confusion it shall immediately notify the League.
24. Subject to Rule F.20, no Club shall participate in a League Match wearing Strip other than its registered home Strip or away Strip or a combination of the two except with the prior written consent of the Board.
Third Strip
25. Each Club may have a third Strip in addition to its home Strip and its away Strip.
26. The provisions of Rules F.14, F.15 and F.16 shall apply to any third Strip as well as to home Strip and away Strip.
27. A Club’s third Strip may be worn by its Players in League Matches only with the prior written consent of the Board.
Strip Advertising
28. Provided that:
28.1 the content, design and area of the advertisement is approved by the Board; and
28.2 it complies with the Football Association Rules for the time being in force; advertising on Strip shall be permitted
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