2005/06

Oxford United had planned to wear black shirts and white shorts, believing that Barnet would be wearing their traditional combination of orange 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 swapped their home and change kits just 2 days before the start of the league campaign. This important detail appeared to have been poorly communicated, resulting in Oxford United bringing a nearly identical colour combination to the match.

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

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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 sort advice prior to the fixture, reportedly from the match referee Mick Russell. It was agreed that United would 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.

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