Newcastle Fans Turn Mike Ashley’s Free Jacket Offer Into Chance to Help the Homeless

Newcastle fans are attempting to turn Sports Direct’s free jacket give-away into a chance to help out homeless people.

As we told you on Friday, Mike Ashley’s company offered supporters of any team from across the country the chance to claim a padded winter coat for absolutely free, as long as Newcastle beat West Ham on Saturday afternoon at St James’s Park.

Steve McClaren’s men kept up their end of the bargain, winning 2-1 thanks to goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Ayoze Perez, propelling the club out of the Premier League’s relegation zone.

So, following the result, Sports Direct issued a message to all those who took part, advising them that the give-away would go ahead, and that they’d receive their freebie – worth £60 – in the not too distant future.

But some supporters have sensed an opportunity to do their good deed for 2016 and are urging fellow recipients to give their prize away to homeless people…

Last RT. Great idea. Get a coat off FM. Donate to a homeless charity,or similar. Just done it myself. Works a treat. #CoatsForTheHomeless — Craig Cornforth. (@boyceyoh) January 17, 2016

There are many homeless people around the monument in the morning to collect these coats if sports direct actually gave any away#keepwarm — dennis (@thinmanuk) January 17, 2016

Newcastle fans want the £2.3M worth of free coats from Sports Direct to go to the homeless. https://t.co/e07L0e22hH pic.twitter.com/gUA8wEu0vD — Top Corner (@HITCtopcorner) January 16, 2016

#Sports Direct should just donate the Everlast coats to the homeless win or lose ? — Nicole (@ColeyCocoCole) January 16, 2016

Give loads of coats away to promote Sports Direct, or do something decent like donating them to the homeless. Classy as ever #nufc — Andrew (@AndrewPizzle) January 14, 2016

What a nice thought, eh?

Mike Ashley’s give-away is thought to have cost the company in the region of £2.4 million in stock costs, but reports over the last 12 months estimate that he is the richest man in the North East of England, so if anyone can afford it, he can.