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Central Coast's new home and away kit has raised a few eyebrows and been slammed by scores of Mariners fans on social media who are flabbergasted such a design would be given the tick of approval.

An iconic palm tree is "emblazoned proudly on the front of the shirt" which according the club is a sign of its commitment to the Central Coast. The Mariners' home ground, Central Coast Stadium, has palm trees at its southern end and there has been speculation over recent seasons that the club was interested in moving home games to North Sydney Oval and Brookvale Oval in Sydney's north.

But perplexed fans aren't completely sold on the jersey as they made fun of it on social media, saying they look ridiculous and might be something more likely worn by a pub team on an end-of-season trip by the beach.

"So next time, CCM need to come up with a bunch of designs and let the fans pick which ones they like," a fan wrote on the Mariners Facebook page. "Bring back the yellow and navy stripes!!!!"

A number of fans said they would not be buying the strip this season because of the design.

"I own every single mariners home shirt ever made but definitely won't be wasting my money on this one," wrote one fan.

Another Facebook user said "Is this to put opposition off their game, by rolling on the ground laughing? Look at [Liam]Reddy's face".

While several others thought the strip was amateurish: "I don't like the palm trees. Softens the look too much. Plus they could be mistaken for cannabis plants," wrote another user.

Fixed it for you @CCMariners pic.twitter.com/x6A2Ea4Min— Paul Wissam (@pjwissam) August 4, 2015

nice to see @CCMariners celebrating 25 years since Sideshow Bob’s first appearance with their new kits pic.twitter.com/rDUAKXLqYS— Dale Roots (@dale_roots) August 4, 2015

Sorry, I should have led with this pic.twitter.com/nxDWSk1fpy— Michael | MVFC (@MVictoryFan) August 4, 2015

The new Central Coast Mariners kit just lost tree-nil. #facepalmtree pic.twitter.com/XatVvHx2Q1— SportShmort (@SportShmort) August 4, 2015

Those Central Coast kits look like something a J.League club would do as a one-off for the summer, not the whole season...— The J-Talk Podcast (@JTalkPod) August 4, 2015