2016/17

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League:

Level

Sky Bet League One (Third Tier)

Position:

8th

FA Cup:

Fifth Round

League Cup:

Second Round

League Trophy:

Runners-up

Chairman:

Darryl Eales

Manager:

Michael Appleton

Top Scorer:

Chris Maguire (17)

Notable Players:

Chey Dunkley, Simon Eastwood, Phil Edwards, Rob Hall, Kane Hemmings, Marvin Johnson, John Lundstram, Chris Maguire, Curtis Nelson, Liam Sercombe, Joe Skarz.

Kit Manufacturer

The name of American sports retailer Starter featured on the 2016/17 kits. Their name first appeared on the shirts worn at Wembley the previous season after Starter became involved as a ‘retail partner’.

EFL Branding

The Football League re-branded as the 'EFL' and introduced a new style of shirt numbers, letters and competition sleeve patches.

Home Kit & Away Variations

With Base
Layer

Away Kit & Variations

With Base
Layer

The 2016 change colours were a ‘reverse’ colour combination of the home strip ensuring the team always wore Yellow & Blue.

The contrasting shoulder and rib panels were identical styling to the goalkeeper jerseys.

Goalkeeper Kits

The goalkeeper strips were refreshed with much brighter colours following the dark affairs from the previous season.

For the home fixture versus Scunthorpe, the Oxford goalkeepers were incorrectly wearing the blue kit, which clashed with Scunthorpe’s sky blue shirts and socks. The kick-off was delayed whilst this was hastily rectified. For the first half, Simon Eastwood wore blue socks, with matching green found for the second half.

Remembrance Weekend

During the 2016 remembrance weekend, teams across the country once again donned commemorative poppy shirts. Following the match, the shirts were auctioned off to raise funds for the Royal British Legion.

FA Cup Shirts

Despite a high-profile fourth-round tie against Newcastle, it was not until the fifth round tie at Middlesbrough that Oxford United wore shirts featuring FA Cup competition sleeve patches.

League Trophy Final

For the second year running, Oxford United reached the League Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. The shirts featured Checkatrade Trophy sleeve patches and were printed with commemorative text on the chest.

Coventry City v Oxford United
Checkatrade Trophy Final
Wembley Stadium
2nd April 2017

2017/18 Kit Launch

Oxford United unveiled their 2017/18 home kit during the final game of the season.

While other clubs had been doing this for several years, it was the first time Oxford United had been commercially organized to take advantage of a specific rule allowing a kit change for one home fixture.

The idea is that clubs will benefit from retail sales during the quieter summer months, as supporters will be keen to show off the team's latest apparel whilst away on their summer holidays.

Match by Match

Chesterfield Home
D 1-1

Birmingham Away
W 0-1
LC1

Bristol Rov Away
L 2-1

Fleetwood
Away
L 2-0

Peterboro'
Home
W 2-1

Brighton Home
L 2-4
LC2

Sheff Utd Away
L 2-1

Exeter
Home
W 4-2
FLT

Rochdale
Home
W 1-0

Swindon Home
W 2-0

MK Dons Away
D 0-0

Charlton Home
D 1-1

Southend
Away
L 2-1

Bolton
Away W 0-2

Swindon
Away
D 0-0
FLT

AFC Wimb
Home
L 1-3

Bradford Home
W 1-0

Coventry
Away
L 2-1

Port Vale Away
D 2-2

Millwall
Home
L 1-2

Merstham
Away
W 0-5
FAC1

ChelseaU23
Away
D 1-1
FLT

Shrewsbury
Away
L 2-0

Coventry
Home
W 4-1

Gillingham
Home
W 1-0

Macclesfield
Away
D 0-0
FAC2

Scunthorpe
Away
D 1-1

Southend
Away
W 1-1 (3-4)
FLT

Oldham
Home
D 1-1

Macclesfield
Home
W 3-0
FAC2R

Bury
Away
W 2-3

Northampton
Home
L 0-1

Walsall
Home
D 0-0

Gillingham Away
W 0-1

Rotherham
Away
W 2-3
FAC3

Scunthorpe Home
W 4-1
FLT

AFC Wimb
Away
L 2-1

Rochdale Away
W 0-4

Newcastle
Home
W 3-0
FAC4

Bradford
Home
W 2-1
FLT

Swindon Away
W 1-2

MK Dons
Home
W 1-0

Southend
Home
L 0-2

Middlesboro'
Away
L 3-2
FAC5

Charlton
Away
W 0-1

Chesterfield Away
W 0-4

Luton
Away
W 2-3
FLT

Bristol Rov
Home
L 0-2

Sheff Utd
Home
L 2-3

Peterboro'
Away
W 1-2

Oldham
Away
L 2-1

Scunthorpe
Home
W 2-1

Bolton
Home
L 2-4

Northampton
Away
D 0-0

Bury
Home
W 5-1

Coventry
Wembley
L 2-1
FLT Final

Fleetwood
Home
L 1-3

Walsall
Away
D 1-1

Bradford
Away
L 1-0

Port Vale
Home
W 2-0

Millwall
Away
W 0-3

Shrewsbury
Home
W 2-0