Bramall Lane, where we hope a football match will break out on Tuesday (Photo by Arne Müseler from Salzburg) We’ve already previewed the trip to Sheffield United HERE so we won’t bother going over it again. Suffice to say that a few things have changed since that originally scheduled trip at the start of the  [ more ]

Jamie Cumming is beaten by a Myles Peart-Harris deflection for Birmingham’s first goal (Photo: Steve Daniels) Well, as honeymoon periods go, that one was fairly brief. It may have come as something as a shock to Matt Bloomfield to see what it looks like for an Oxford side to revert to type, and he may  [ more ]

Paul Moody scores from the spot against Birmingham in April 1994 Oxford United welcome Birmingham City on Saturday hoping to gain a first home win for Matt Bloomfield after two goalless draws at the Kassam and a rather wonderful win in Leicester last weekend. Unfortunately, and I hate to say it, Oxford’s home record against  [ more ]

Oxford United’s first visit to the King Power Stadium ended in the same way as their last visit to Filbert Street, in victory for the Mighty Yellows against Leicester City. A first win under Matt Bloomfield ensured United’s third away win of the season, surpassing last season’s total, and although still second from bottom, brings  [ more ]

Alex Dyer at Filbert Street in November 1993 Oxford United travel to Leicester City on Saturday still looking for their first goal under Matt Bloomfield, following successive 0-0 draws against Bristol City and QPR. United’s record in Leicester is nothing to shout about, with just two wins in 14 attempts. However, this will be Oxford’s  [ more ]

The Matt Bloomfield era so far: Two games, two clean sheets, no goals. It’s obviously too early to judge the new manager (although plenty are already doing that) with just two games under his belt and about a similar number of days on the training pitch with the players. There were some (faint) signs that  [ more ]

Andy Thomson on target against QPR in 1998 Following the appointment of Matt Bloomfield, the signings of a number of new players and a decent point against Bristol City on Saturday, it seems that the club is approaching Tuesday’s match against Queens Park Rangers with something approaching optimism. Of course, this is a big test  [ more ]

For the first time this season, I decided to forego the pub on my way to the game. I’ve been doing Dry January (not totally successfully, it has to be admitted) and knew that if I hit a pub I would have had at least one beer, if not several, so after my lung-busting cycle  [ more ]

Joey scores one of his brace against Bristol City in a 3-0 win on 2nd October 1999 Oxford United welcome Bristol City to the KasStad on Saturday for their first game in the new Matt Bloomfield era. We, naturally, expect an instant upturn in form, performance, and results, and anything else will leave us crying  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW  2025/26 – FA CUP THIRD ROUND AND A WASTED JOURNEY A few minutes in Sheffield Initially not happy in the least that we had a scheduled midday kick off at Bramall Lane on a Sunday. It was impossible to get there by train from Bicester in time for kick-off so reluctantly I drove  [ more ]