1984/85

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League:

Level

Canon League Division 2

Position:

Champions

FA Cup:

Fourth Round

League Cup:

Fourth Round

Chairman:

Robert Maxwell

Manager:

Jim Smith

Top Scorer:

John Aldridge (34)

Notable Players:

John Aldridge, Gary Briggs, Kevin Brock, Jeremy Charles, Billy Hamilton, Steve Hardwick, Trevor Hebberd, David Langan, Bobby McDonald, Peter Rhoades-Brown, Malcolm Shotton.

Newly promoted Oxford United made light work of Division 2, and also made history, becoming the first English club to win promotion as champions in successive seasons.

Kit Manufacturer

This was to be Spall's last season with Oxford, but what a time, with the club enjoying its most successful period, with multiple promotions and giant-killing cup runs.

Sponsor

The sponsor's logo was now in blue lettering and applied using crude sewn-on characters. These particular shirts featured for just two months.

Other shirt variations were to feature more regularly, full details are outlined below.

Home Kit & Away Variation

Long
sleeves

Apart from the new style of BPCC lettering, the kit template remained unchanged from the previous two seasons, but there were a few subtle differences.

The shirt crest was wrapped in text commemorating the Division 3 Championship, plus there were no longer the small Spall motifs that had previously featured on the sleeves.

The blue shorts now featured pinstripes and a small white Spall motif.

The sewn block numbers that had featured over the previous two seasons were replaced with a more traditional sans style.


1982 & 1983
Shirts


1984
BPCC Shirt

Away Kit

Long
sleeves

The third choice kit from the 83/84 season was the template for a new all-white away kit.

This particular variation featured only once, away at Wimbledon.

Goalkeeper Jerseys

Sponsor Change

Long
sleeves

From the middle of October, another Robert Maxwell business, the Sunday People newspaper became the primary shirt sponsor.

These shirts saw yet another variation to the player numbers, featuring a screen-printed ‘block-shadow’ style.


1984 BPCC Shirt


Sunday People
Shirt

TV Shirts

Long
sleeves

When the TV cameras were present, BPCC sponsored shirts had to be worn, as only one sponsor was permitted to feature on TV during each season.

Interestingly, the almost-new shirts with blue BPCC lettering were never worn for the TV matches. Instead, the older 1983 issued shirts with black lettering were preferred.

It seems that for the TV games, a plain goalkeeper jersey was worn.

Match By Match

Huddersfield
Away

Hereford
Away

Portsmouth
Home

Hereford
Home

Wimbledon
Away

Fulham
Home

Wolves
Home

Grimsby
Away

Blackburn
Away

Carlisle
Home

Man City
Away

Blackburn
Home

Brighton
Home

Sheffield U
Home

Birmingham Away

Arsenal
Home

Blackburn
Home

Shrewsbury
Away

Oldham
Away

Ipswich
Away

Leeds
Home

Notts C
Away

Charlton
Home

Portsmouth
Away

Cardiff
Home

C Palace
Home

Middlesboro'
Away

Shrewsbury
Away

Blackburn
Home

Carlisle
Away

C Palace
Away

Fulham
Away

Blackburn
Away

Birmingham
Home

Sheffield U
Away

Wimbledon
Home

Brighton
Away

Man City
Home

Grimsby
Home

Barnsley
Away

Cardiff
Away

Middlesboro'
Home

Wolves
Away

Huddersfield
Home

Oldham
Home

Shrewsbury
Home

Leeds
Away

Notts C
Home

Charlton
Away

Barnsley
Home

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