AS far as football strips go, it was the one Newcastle United fans will remember for a long time.

Newcastle United star Laurent Robert marked the end of the Premiership campaign yesterday by doing the (almost) Full Monty in the sunshine at St James' Park.

The enigmatic French winger hasn't always pleased the Newcastle faithful with his unpredictable performances - brilliant one minute but "pants" the next.

But supporters lapped it up as he got his kit off down to his undies and waved to the crowd at the end of Newcastle's 1-1 draw against champions Chelsea.

One by one they came off - his shirt, his boots, his socks and then his shorts.

He appeared to be exposing the end of his time in the North-East, a feeling given greater substance when he mouthed "That's me finished" at a Press conference afterwards.

Robert, who signed for the Magpies from Paris St Germain for £10.5m in 2001, hadn't even played in the game.

But he came off the bench after the final whistle to show off his true talent.

Especially for the women in the crowd, the bottom line was that Laurent Robert's performance was all too brief...