League:
Level
Endsleigh League Division 2
Position:
7th
FA Cup:
First Round
League Cup:
Second Round
Chairman:
Biomass / Keith Cox (MD)
Manager:
Denis Smith
Top Scorer:
Paul Moody (24)
Notable Players:
Chris Allen, Joey Beauchamp, John Byrne, Mark Druce, Matt Elliott, Bobby Ford, Mike Ford, Stuart Massey, Paul Moody, Les Robinson, David Smith.
Oxford United began overseeing the production of their own football kits under the brand name of ‘Manor Leisure’.
The mandatory Football League competition patches were now larger than seen during the previous seasons.
Long
sleeves
The pre-season press photo call showed the team wearing yellow socks, however, the club reverted to navy socks for the season.
During August, the team played in shirts featuring a mix of sewn sans numbers and printed block numbers. By September all match shirts featured the block numbers.
It appears there was a delay with the arrival of alternative yellow shorts. The club had been asked to wear Cardiff's red shorts at Ninian Park, therefore a set of plain yellow shorts was sourced for the trip to Huddersfield. Eventually, official 'Oxford United' shorts in the same template as the home shorts were worn for the rest of the season.
Long
sleeves
A popular away shirt was introduced, in the same template as the home kit, but with an AC Milan inspired colour scheme.
Whilst the keepers jersey was branded as Manor Leisure, the garments were identical to West Ham's Pony produced jerseys.
This particular match is best remembered for a superb Paul Moody hat-trick, but less memorable was the fact that Oxford United wore Cardiff City’s away shorts and socks. The match referee decided (quite rightly) that Oxford’s navy shorts and socks would clash with the home team's royal blue strip.
Kit Clash
Amusingly, Cardiff City made exactly the same error for the return fixture, which resulted in Cardiff wearing Oxford’s yellow shorts and socks with their traditional royal blue shirts.
Kit Clash #2
Hull City
Home
Peterboro'
Home
Cardiff
Away
Peterboro'
Away
Cambridge
Home
Bradford
Away
Huddersfield
Away
Birmingham
Home
Crewe
Home
Brighton
Away
Oldham
Home
Bristol Rov
Home
L Orient
Home
Chester
Away
Oldham
Away
Plymouth
Home
Swansea
Away
Wrexham
Away
Shrewsbury
Home
Blackpool
Home
Stockport
Away
Bournemouth
Away
Marlow
Away
Rotherham
Home
Bournemouth
Away
Brentford
Away
Cardiff
Home
Hull City
Away
Peterboro'
Away
Wycombe
Home
Brentford
Away
York City
Home
Swansea
Home
Bristol Rov
Away
Shrewsbury
Away
Bournemouth
Home
Blackpool
Away
Bristol Rov
Home
Rotherham
Away
Chester
Home
Stockport
Home
L Orient
Away
Huddersfield
Home
Cambridge
Away
Bradford
Home
Birmingham
Away
Brighton
Home
Crewe
Away
Wrexham
Home
Brentford
Home
Wycombe
Away
Peterboro'
Home
York City
Away
Swansea
Home
Plymouth
Away