League:
Level
Nationwide League Division 2
Position:
24th - Relegated
FA Cup:
Second Round
League Cup:
First Round
Chairman:
Firoz Kassam
Managers:
Denis Smith, Mike Ford (caretaker), David Kemp, Mike Ford (caretaker #2).
Top Scorer:
Phil Gray (9)
Notable Players:
Steve Anthrobus, Jamie Cook, Peter Fear, Phil Gray, Wayne Hatswell, Richard Knight, Manny Omoyinmi, Paul Powell, Jon Richardson, Andy Scott, Paul Tait, Dean Whitehead.
This was to be Oxford's last season with New balance.
Oxford-based internet web agency Domino Systems featured as the shirt sponsor, but for just one season only.
The league issued yet another variation of their competition sleeve patch.
Long
sleeves
New Balance produced an unpopular design for Oxford United’s last season at their Manor Ground.
The shirts had a metallic brass colour, featuring tiny blue specs, giving a rather dirty, muddy green appearance, particularly under floodlights. The fabric used on these shirts was indentical to that used by ASICS and worn by Sunderland (away) during 97/98.
These shirts featured two versions of the club crest, one read OXFORD UNITED, the other OXFORD United F.C.
Long
sleeves
The navy change strip design remained largely unchanged.
The shirts now featured the new sponsor and competition arm patches, whilst the socks gained navy trim on the turnovers.
Not all change shirts were new. Some were Unipart shirts rehashed with a rectangular Domino patch crudely applied over the embossed Unipart logo. This demonstrates how dire the club's finances were at that time.
The Domino logo on these shirts was also in an incorrect ‘condensed’ version of the logo typeface.
At Wycombe, reserve keeper Hubert Busby Junior was introduced as a half-time substitute. He played wearing a baggy red training top and outfield shorts and socks.
Peterboro'
Home
Port Vale Away
Wolves
Away
Brentford
Home
Walsall
Away
Cambridge
Home
Wolves
Home
Wycombe
Away
Stoke
Away
Bury
Home
Millwall
Away
Bristol City
Home
Swindon
Away
Wrexham
Home
Luton
Home
Rotherham
Away
Wigan
Home
Reading
Away
Bristol Rov
Home
Swansea
Away
Macclesfield
Away
Notts C
Home
Oldham
Away
Brentford
Away
Chester
Away
Northampton
Home
Colchester
Away
Bournemouth
Home
Brentford
Away
Walsall
Home
Colchester
Home
Peterboro'
Away
Wycombe
Home
Bury
Away
Stoke
Home
Millwall
Home
Bristol City
Away
Wrexham
Away
Swindon
Home
Rotherham
Home
Cambridge
Away
Northampton
Away
Bournemouth
Away
Oldham
Home
Luton
Away
Wigan
Away
Reading
Home
Bristol Rov
Away
Swansea
Home
Port Vale
Last game at the Manor
Notts C
Away