League:
Level
Nationwide League Division 1
Position:
23rd - Relegated
FA Cup:
Fourth Round
League Cup:
First Round
Chairmen:
Robin Herd, Firoz Kassam
Manager:
Malcolm Shotton
Top Scorer:
Dean Windass (18)
Notable Players:
Joey Beauchamp, Jamie Cook, Kevin Francis, Matt Murphy, Paul Powell, Mark Watson, Brian Wilsterman, Dean Windass.
The club crest was much improved in terms of reproduction quality. It also included the wording “OXFORD United FC”
Long
sleeves
New home kits were introduced for the 1998-99 season, with New Balance as the kit supplier. The trend for generously sized shirts continued, with the new home shirts also featuring very generous fits and baggy sleeves.
At the tail-end of the season, the clubs dire financial position was given some hope with the arrival of new chairman Firoz Kassam.
As the season progressed, match shirts required replacing. The replacement shirts featured sewn block style numbers. These shirts featured alongside the older printed numbered shirts in the same matches.
Original
Replacement Shirts
Long
sleeves
The white change strip remained unchanged in its design, except that it now featured New Balance logos on all of the garments. (This was also the case for the goalkeeper kits). To me, this suggests that the ‘own brand’ kit used over the previous two seasons was probably manufactured anomalously by New Balance.
Both outfield shorts/socks were worn as well as the matching goalkeeper shorts/socks that had been introduced the previous season.
Embarrassingly, Oxford United were forced to wear Watford’s change kit for the fixture at Vicarage Road, after the yellow kit was mistakenly packed.
I have been given a first-hand account as to why such a schoolboy error was made. Apparently, the club staff had a morale-boosting night out on the Thursday before the Watford game. The staff were going through a very stressful period, including not being paid. They feared the club was about to be wound-up. Apparently, it was a very, very good night and there were quite a few sore heads the next morning. And this is the reason provided to me for the wrong kit being packed.
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