Thanks! Funnily enough, only a few months ago I considered creating a framed print of the home kits, but it would take a fair bit of planning. I cannot use the images from my website as the quality isn't good enough, nor are the colour profiles suitable for print. I'm a freelance web/graphic designer, and very busy on client projects. Perhaps when things get a little quieter i will revisit.
're the changing to Yellow. I have no firm knowledge, but had always thought we changed because we looked exactly the same as Wolves, Watford, Hull and Cambridge. (It's worth remembering that kits didn't have club crests or manufacturers motifs in the 60's and early 70's).
The oufc programmes mostly quoted our colours as gold, occasionally it was referred to as old gold. However proper old gold was more of a Dijon Mustard colour which we never wore.
Certainly I would say the early 70's was more Amber than the gold worn in 60's.
Now going back further in time. Headington was described in programmes and teamsheets as playing in Orange and Navy. And as such, I've illustrated the kits in those colours. However, I'm not convinced this is right. My hunch is that Headington played in what we now call gold, but at the time the colour was described differently as orange. I once recieved a recent photo of a striped Headington shirt from the 1930's. That shirt certainly looked a yellow/gold, but the picture was poorly lit, so i couldn't really use the info provided.
Unfortunately the 'EasyJet' orange worn on Saturday was nothing like we have ever worn, but I understand the reasons why the club had to pick that shirt from the Puma range.
