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“During Oxford United’s Carabao Cup tie against Manchester City, I noticed their shirts displayed four different animals: ox, puma, dragon and bull,” writes Michael Sedor. Dragon? “Has there ever been a team’s jersey with a more diverse menagerie?”

If we were to allow mythical beasts to count as animals then Oxford’s shirt did indeed contain four: an ox on the club crest, a dragon as part of the shirt sponsor, a puma (the kit manufacturer) and, to be 100% accurate, a water buffalo as part of the Carabao logo on the sleeves.

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