2009/10 SEASON

Name: Oxford Kits
Price range: £0

League:

Level

Blue Square Premier

Position:

3rd - Play-off Final Winners

Promoted back into the Football League

FA Cup:

Second Round

FA Trophy:

Fourth Round

Chairman:

Kelvin Thomas

Manager:

Chris Wilder

Top Scorer:

James Constable (23)

Notable Players:

Damian Batt, Adam Chapman, Simon Clist, James Constable, Mark Creighton, Sam Deering, Matt Green, Steve Kinniburgh, Jack Midson, Adam Murray, Alfie Potter, Jake Wright.

Football Conference Branding

The Conference League saw no changes to their branding.

Home Kit & Away Variation

With Base
Layer

The club faced a limited selection of yellow kit designs from Nike’s rather uninspiring cataloge. While Premier League clubs had the luxury of custom kit designs, lower league teams were restricted to choosing from off-the-shelf options.

Unusually, there was not an all-yellow away variation.

For the first time, Oxford United exclusively wore short-sleeved shirts, prompting players to wear thermal base layers during the colder months. Interestingly, long-sleeved shirts were still available for purchase by fans.

Away Kit & Variations

With Base
Layer

The away shirt featured a very plain round neck design, resembling little more than a basic t-shirt.

For the first half of the season white socks from Nike's Brazil template featured, which had black turnovers, however, these were replaced with plain socks for the second half of the season.

Buildbase's sister company ‘Plumbase’ name was used on the change shirts.

HOME Goalkeeper Kits

The goalkeeper shirts featured a template that had been used frequently amongst Premier League clubs the previous season.

They featured an odd thick piping band on the collar which rather clumsily swapped position in the centre, before crossing the chest.

The royal blue jersey was considered to be the number one choice.

AWAY Goalkeeper Kits

An odd sky blue shirt was used for a handful of games, such as when playing away at York against their blue/red halved shirts.

Exact details of this sky shirt have been hard to research, with only a few grainy photos, but I have found this template worn by continental teams during 2008.

Wembley Shirt

After narrowly missing out on the playoffs the previous year, Oxford United went one better by reaching the Play-Off Final at the new Wembley Stadium.

In an impressive match, they defeated York City 3-1, securing their return to the Football League.

True to Wembley tradition, Oxford United wore specially embroidered shirts for the occasion.

Match by Match

York City
Home

Kettering
Away

Histon
Away

Chester
Home
(Annulled)

Stevenage
Home

AFC Wimb
Away

Forest Green
Home

Ebbesfleet
Away

Luton
Home

Wrexham
Away

Eastbourne
Home

Mansfield
Away

Gateshead
Away

Crawley
Home

Barrow
Away

Grays Ath
Home

York City
Away

Thurrock
Home

Altringham
Home

Yeovil
Home

Kidderminster
Away

Barrow
Home

Forest Green
Away

Barrow
Home

Crawley
Away

Ebbesfleet
Home

Barrow
Away

Shrewsbury Home

Salisbury
Away

Tamworth
Home

Woking
Home

Grays Ath
Away

Chelmsford
Home

Kidderminster
Home

Luton
Away

Histon
Home

Rushden
Home

Kidderminster
Home

AFC Wimb
Home

Cambridge
Away

Hayes & Yeading
Home

Kettering
Home

Tamworth
Away

Rushden
Away

Gateshead
Home

Stevenage
Home

Hayes & Yeading
Away

Salisbury
Home

Altrincham
Away

Cambridge
Home

Mansfield
Home