1989/90

After several months without a sponsor, chairman Kevin Maxwell put his Pergamon Press company back onto the Oxford United shirts (from 16th December 1989).

The sponsor’s logo featured an ancient Greek coin from the city of Pergamon, this coin motif provided a number of variations to the player issued shirts.

The long-sleeved shirts had the coin motif above the Pergamon name. Initially, all of the short sleeved shirts had a smaller coin motif positioned below the Pergamon name. As the season progressed, short sleeved shirts appeared with the smaller version positioned above the name. All 3 variants would appear alongside each other in the same matches.

Around the same time, socks began to appear with an Oxford United club crest and Scoreline logo embroidered on the sides. These socks were often paired with an older sock, or worn inside-out with the embroidered backing visible.

Just like the yellow shirts, the red away shirts also featured variations to the sponsors lettering.

At Portsmouth, Lee Nogan and Steve Foster wore long sleeved shirts which featured the sponsors name printed in white. These 2 odd shirts do not appear to have featured in any other match.

Also at Portsmouth, the team wore old Umbro navy home socks.

For the away match at Port Vale, the 1988 ‘Wang’ Umbro shirts were worn with the Scoreline shorts and socks.

The reason for these shirts making an unexpected reappearance mid-season is unknown.