Away shirt as worn when the Blues progressed through a successful First Division season in which strikers Paul Furlong and Dele Adebola bagged 13 goals apiece, setting up a play-off run and a chance for promotion for manager Trevor Francis. In a nip-and-tuck Semi-Final tie with Watford, the Blues overcame the sending off of David Houldsworth to see the game through to penalties, where their rollercoaster ride would end with the saving of youngster Chris Holland's penalty by Watford goalie Alec Chamberlain. The campaign was also memorable for a prolific month-long run in December, during which the St Andrew's faithful would witness two separate 4-2 victories as well as a 7-1 hammering of Oxford