2005/06

Oxford United had planned to wear black shirts and white shorts, believing that Barnet would be wearing their traditional combination of amber shirts and black shorts. Barnet had registered these colours with the football league, indeed they'd worn this colour combination during their pre-season friendlies.

However, in a most unusual move, Barnet decided to swap their home and away kits just two days before the start of the season. This important detail appeared to have been poorly communicated, and presumably, the league handbooks had already been printed. The result was that Oxford United arrived at Underhill with a near identical colour combination.

Oxford United was asked to wear Barnet’s reserve team away shirts, paired with their own white shorts. I assume the red socks were mustered from Barnet's kit room.

Kit Clash

The away match at Boston was always going to be a tricky one for Oxford United, as neither their yellow nor black shirts were really suitable for the trip to York Street.

Oxford United sought advice prior to the fixture, reportedly from the match referee Mick Russell. It was agreed that United should wear their all-yellow strip.

However, once at the ground, the referee had a change of mind and decided that Oxford’s yellow shirts were too similar to Boston’s gold and black hooped shirts.

Boston’s white and blue youth team kit was provided for Oxford United to wear.

Kit Clash