1989/90

Name: Oxford Kits
Price range: £0

League:

Level

Barclays League Division 2

Position:

17th

FA Cup:

Fourth Round

League Cup:

First Round

Chairman:

Kevin Maxwell

Manager:

Brian Horton

Top Scorer:

John Durnin (15)

Notable Players:

John Durnin, Keri Evans. Steve Foster, Richard Hill, Mickey Lewis, Robbie Mustoe, Lee Nogan, Jimmy Phillips, Paul Simpson, Mark Stein.

Sponsor

After several months without a sponsor, chairman Kevin Maxwell put his Pergamon Press company back onto the Oxford United shirts.

Home Kit

Long
sleeves

These gold shirts had a subtle ‘brush effect’ repeating pattern within the fabric.

The shirt crests featured two variations in embroidery, with different colours used to highlight the details. While most shirts had the crest outlined in the traditional yellow, the majority of long-sleeved versions were embroidered in red

Short
Sleeves

Most Long
Sleeves

Away Kit

Long
sleeves

A dark crimson red change strip was adopted, with a near-identical template to the home kit.

Goalkeeper Jerseys

Sponsored Shirts

After several months without a sponsor, United’s chairman Kevin Maxwell reinstated his family’s company, Pergamon Press, as the club’s shirt sponsor. The shirts now featured Pergamon’s logomark – an ancient Greek coin depicting the goddess Athena.

Three variations of the sponsor design appeared on player-issued shirts. For the opening match against Wolves, all shirts displayed the motif positioned below the Pergamon name. As the season went on, versions with the motif placed above the name became more common, including a larger and bolder variant with a differently styled eye. These were mainly seen on long-sleeved shirts.

All three variations were worn alongside each other in the same matches, creating a rather inconsistent look.

Around the same time, new socks began to appear, featuring both the club crest and the Scoreline logo embroidered on the sides.

Odd Sponsored Away Shirts

For the match at Portsmouth, Lee Nogan and Steve Foster donned long-sleeved shirts with the sponsor's name printed in white. Interestingly, these shirts were never seen in any other first-team match. Further details at the foot of this page.