League:
Level
Sky Bet League 2
Position:
2nd - Promoted
FA Cup:
Fourth Round
League Cup:
Second Round
League Trophy:
Runners-up
Chairman:
Darryl Eales
Manager:
Michael Appleton
Top Scorer:
Kemar Roofe (26)
Notable Players:
George Baldock, Danny Hylton, John Lundstram, Alex MacDonald, Chris Maguire, Johnny Mullins, Kemar Roofe, Liam Sercombe, Joe Skarz, Jake Wright.
All garments were non-branded and bespoke to Oxford United, with production and retailing overseen by the club.
Thanks to a more effective board and commercial department, Oxford United successfully secured a new three-year sponsorship deal with Liontrust, a specialist fund management company based in London. Additionally, Polythene UK made a return as the back-of-shirt sponsor.
After ten years, this was the final season for this specific style of Football League numbering and lettering. Oxford United opted to change their number colour to black; however, I personally prefer the blue.
The Skybet competition sleeve patches remained unchanged.
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The 2015/16 season marked the 30th anniversary of Oxford United winning the League Cup. The home kit was a modern interpretation of the 1986 strip worn at Wembley.
Initially, the club stated that the classic Minoan Ox Head badge would feature for just this anniversary season. However, an opinion poll showed overwhelming support for reinstating the simple Minoan Ox as the club's official badge. Pleasingly the club listened.
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The change kit mimicked the popular 'AC Milan' inspired colours worn during the mid-1990s. This was a clear favourite of the ‘away’ shirts during the social media campaign to gauge fan's favourite former kits.
Pleasingly, the design template was identical to the first-choice kit.
The new goalkeeper shirts were not ready for the start of the season.
Initially, a short-sleeved Sondico shirt was paired with the new shorts and socks.
Whilst at Brentford, old Avec jersey and shorts were paired with the new away socks.
The new shirts featured from match four.
The 2015 remembrance weekend again saw teams across the country wearing commemorative poppy shirts. Once again, Oxford United had an away fixture, with the match shirts sold at auction to raise money for the Royal British Legion.
Starting from the third round of the FA Cup, clubs were given competition sleeve badges to wear. This was a notable change, as the insignia had previously only been reserved for teams that reached the FA Cup Final.
Shirts featuring FA Cup badges were worn for the televised third-round match against Swansea. Interestingly, these shirts did not feature for the fourth-round tie versus Blackburn Rovers.
Oxford United wore a new variation of their shirts and shorts for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final. The shirts looked ever so slightly different, with the navy band in the V-neck wider than earlier issued garments.
The shirts featured commemorative text under the club badge and Johnstone's Paint Trophy competition sleeve patches.
For the first time, the shirts sported the logo of 'Starter', an American-based sports clothing company that became involved with the club's retail operation.
Oxford United secured additional sponsorship on the rear shorts, with former club sponsors Buildbase showing their support for the Wembley final.
Crawley
Home
D 1-1
Brentford Away
W 0-4
LC1
Luton
Away
D 2-2
Notts C
Home
W 3-1
Mansfield
Away
D 1-1
Sheff Wed
Away
L 1-0
LC2
Yeovil
Home
W 2-0
Bristol Rov
Away
W 0-1
Northampton
Away
L 1-0
Portsmouth
Home
D 1-1
Morecambe
Home
D 0-0
York
Away
W 1-2
Accrington
Away
W 1-3
Swindon
Home
W 2-0
FLT
AFC Wimb
Home
W 1-0
L Orient
Away
D 2-2
Plymouth
Home
W 1-0
Barnet
Home
L 2-3
Stevenage
Away
W 1-5
Braintree
Away
D 1-1
FAC1
Dagenham
Away
W 0-2
FLT
Cambridge
Home
W 1-0
Braintree
Home
W 3-1
FAC1R
Dagenham
Away
W 0-1
Newport
Home
D 1-1
Hartlepool
Away
W 0-1
Forest Green
Home
W 1-0
FAC2
Yeovil
Home
W 3-2
FLT
Carlisle
Home
D 1-1
Wycombe
Away
L 2-1
Exeter
Home
W 3-0
Yeovil
Away
D 0-0
Notts C
Away
W 2-4
Swansea
Home
W 3-2
FAC3
Millwall
Away
W 0-2
FLT
Bristol Rov
Home
L 1-2
Portsmouth
Away
W 0-1
Blackburn
Home
L 0-3
FAC4
Millwall
Home
L 0-1
Mansfield
Home
D 2-2
Morecambe
Away
W 2-4
Northampton
Home
L 0-1
Accrington
Home
L 1-2
Exeter
Away
W 1-4
AFC Wimb
Away
W 1-2
York City
Home
W 4-0
Plymouth
Away
D 2-2
L Orient
Home
L 0-1
Dagenham
Home
W 4-0
Barnet
Away
W 0-3
Stevenage
Home
D 1-1
Cambridge
Away
D 0-0
Barnsley
Wembley
L 3-2
FLT Final
Crawley
Away
W 1-5
Luton
Home
L 2-3
Newport
Away
D 1-1
Hartlepool
Home
W 2-0
Carlisle
Away
W 0-2
Wycombe
Home
W 3-0
Oxford United began the pre-season wearing un-sponsored versions of their 2014 Avec kit, including a previously unseen all-green goalkeeper strip.
For the final two friendlies, the team debuted the new 2015 kit.