A response to the Green candidate in the local council by-election in Blackbird Leys.There’s global warming, climate change, submerging English towns.And huge great lakes where recently there used to be the Downs!The great polluters flourish as our planet sadly cries.We’re permanently sodden under sullen leaded skies.The odds were stacked against us, a hard battle indeed.A  [ more ]

A discussion paper BackgroundThe Supporters Direct Conference at Birkbeck on 5 September 2001 included a summary of the state of play of the trusts initiative, and a number of workshops which addressed different aspects of trusts and their establishment and organisation.I will try to keep these comments impartial! Clearly Supporters Direct have an interest in  [ more ]

As the new season rapidly approaches the building nears completion, both of the new stadium and of the playing squad. However, on both fronts, there is still some work to be done.Minchery Farm will be ready for the start of the season, but it won’t be complete. It is highly likely that none of the  [ more ]

Generally the close-season is a time for renewed, if unrealistic, optimism. The despair of the previous season is over and all that is left is hope, even if it’s the somewhat negative ambition of having a less bad season than the one that’s just ended.At Oxford this Summer there really are grounds for expecting an  [ more ]

These are strange day up the Manor. Relegated to play in the bottom division for the first time since 1965 but with a brand spanking new stadium just over the horizon. Seven games of the season remaining, of which none matter at all apart from attempting to rescue a small portion of pride.There are still  [ more ]

The latest developments at and around the Manor have once more called into question the future of Oxford United, just when the club needs stability more than ever. Les Wells successful application to seek a judicial review into the granting of planning permission for the multiplex cinema may in itself just be a storm in  [ more ]

denis do the decent thingand never ever returnnow that kempy’s come herewe’ll geta decent runhop in your carand take that coatand surrender your sharesand never votego and join malcolmdown with the scumor sit at homeand scratch your bumdon’t come backyou’re not welcome ‘eredenis-do-a-runnaand make my yearportly

Denis Smith’s “promotion” upstairs wasn’t really a surprise when it came, although possibly the manner of his departure from the manager’s seat was unexpected. Whilst everyone was speculating whether or not Smith would resign or be dismissed there couldn’t have been many who would have guessed that he would remain at United but in a  [ more ]

Can it get any worse (on the pitch) than this? What is going wrong with Oxford United, eighth in Division One in November 1996 when Matty Elliott was sold to Leicester? Does the blame (if indeed there is any blame) lie with the chairman, the board, the management, the players, the supporters? Just who is  [ more ]

Ross Weatherstone, United’s 19 year old promising central defender, has been charged and found guilty of an aggravated racist disorderly conduct. He has been fined ?500 plus costs and he has not yet announced whether or not he is going to appeal. These are the bare facts, most of the rest of the Weatherstone story  [ more ]