1984/85
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, Billy Hamilton, Steve Hardwick, Trevor Hebberd, David Langan, Bobby McDonald, Peter Rhoades-Brown, Malcolm Shotton.
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
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.
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