Sh*t kits are fit for the bin

England's Under-21s may have progressed to the final of the European Championships but it's been a bad few weeks for English football.

Fans of no fewer than three large clubs have hit the roof. Not over ticket prices or transfers but over - you guessed it - the new kit!

The red side of Manchester's worldwide support is apparently united in  its hatred of the new black V plastered shoulder-to shoulder across the front of the new home shirt. 

Unfavourably compared to  a modern rugby league shirt, the design is meant to be a nod to the Red Devils' history  (the 1909/10  season saw a similar design) but, in truth, the shirt is an identical design (not colour) to the Mexico national shirt. 

Traditional it may be but surely one of the richest and most famous football clubs in the world would warrant their own unique kit design? Maybe not.

Nike are not the only kit manufacturers that have a habit of producing a template design, which is then used across a number of club jerseys, Tottenham Hotspur fans are having the same grievance with Puma.

Spurs' home shirt is traditionally lilywhite and navy blue but this year's features a  yellow strap across the collar bone - a move that has sparked fury among the fans, to the point that an online petition has so far collected 2381 signatures in a matter of days.

Choice comments from the petition describe the shirt as 'worst kit ever' and 'pure dung', alongside calls of 'we are not Leeds United' and 'change the yellow to blue'.

The club's kit launch claimed that 'Glory Comes in Three Colours' necessitating the inclusion of yellow. However, a quick google image search reveals that this proposed 'glory' also comes in a kit design identical to that of Olympiakos and Lazio.

I've saved the best for last though, as Manchester United and Spurs fans can all take solace in knowing that, in the world of ludicrous football kits, they got very lucky indeed. One team have gone all out to totally embarrass their already red-faced players.

With another nail in the coffin of a disastrous year – step forward Newcastle United.

I'm totally speechless.