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.
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’.
Liontrust and Polythene UK continued with their sponsorship and were joined by Alycidon Capital who became the rear shorts sponsor.
The Football League re-branded as the 'EFL' and introduced a new style of shirt numbers, letters and competition sleeve patches.
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My critique of this shirt is admittedly biased, as I designed it!
During the 2014 season, (and long before Starter were involved), the club ran a social media campaign to gauge opinions from fans regarding their favourite old kits. I produced a design that combined elements of the fans most popular kits.
The wider pinstripes and thin v-neck collar were a modern interpretation of the 1980's Spall shirts, whilst the sleeves were similar to the 1994-95 Manor Leisure shirts. I also suggested a return to the simple Minoan Ox crest, which was adopted in time to feature on the 2015 shirts.
The under-shirt base layers were blue, as rules say they must be the same colour as the primary colour of the shirt sleeve. I thought yellow would have been a more appropriate choice, but I guess 'rules are rules'.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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