1985/86

Umbro provided Oxford with quite a different look, with a pale custard shirt and dark navy trim. The shirt design was near identical to Scotland's 1985 away shirt at that time.

The alternative yellow shorts and socks were a bright yellow and didn’t match the paler yellow shirts particularly well.

From the end of September, the match shirts were replaced with shirts featuring a larger sponsor logo.

Occasionally, the shirts with the smaller Wang logo would make a reappearance (as a complete set). This usually coincided with a midweek game, perhaps this helped ease laundry turnaround times?

To date, Oxford United’s greatest achievement is undoubtedly winning the League Cup at the old Wembley stadium. Oxford outclassed Queens Park Rangers, winning 3-0 in front of a sell-out crowd and millions on national television.

In true cup final tradition, commemorative shirts were produced with embroidered text.

The sponsors logo was positioned lower on the chest, it was also a simple text-only version. This was probably to maximise the letter size for such a large TV audience. (Remember in those days there were only four TV channels).

Players were provided with both long and short-sleeved shirts, but all preferred short sleeves for this glorious spring day.