Billy Whitehurst in action at the Dell in November 1987 Oxford United travel to the south coast on Saturday for their first visit to the St Mary’s Stadium, which has been Southampton’s home since 2001. Let’s hope that it brings a change of fortunes for the U’s, who have visited Soton eight times previously and  [ more ]

No idea what’s going on here (Photo: Steve Daniels) Matt Donohue, take a bow. He has managed what no referee has done in the previous 92 games; he awarded Oxford United a penalty. Of course, he had to ruin that history-making decision by levelling things up at the end of the game by giving Charlton  [ more ]

Luke Garbutt celebrates the winning goal against Charlton in April 2019 (Photo: Steve Daniels) United go into Saturday’s game against Charlton Athletic full of confidence and looking for their fourth win in succession, a feat they haven’t achieved since November 2023. Saturday’s 12.30pm kick off (don’t turn up late!) will be the 54th time the  [ more ]

Paying tribute to Amelia (Photo: Steve Daniels) Before I start, I’d just like to apologise for the lateness of this report, due to my laptop being so surprised at United winning three in a row that it passed out, so this is being written on my ancient back-up machine that is slower than Lee Jarman  [ more ]

Big Billy Hamilton scoring against Blackburn in November 1984 Oxford United will honour the memory of 15-year-old goalkeeper Amelia Aplin with a minute’s silence before Wednesday night’s game against Blackburn Rovers, with Amelia’s family likely to be in attendance. The players will also wear black armbands. For those of you who are unaware, Amelia was  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW  2025/26 – PRESTON AWAY After beating the Baggies …. …. my guesstimate of the chances of us remaining in the Championship next season increased from 1.75% to 5%. That was as much to do with the way the other results went as us picking up three points and denying West Brom any. Weirdly  [ more ]

Andy Thomas scores at Preston in September 1982 United travel to Preston on Friday night looking for a result that could lift them out of the relegation zone for the first time this year, following Saturday’s defeat of West Bromwich Albion that brought the side to within three points of the 21st-placed Baggies. A trip  [ more ]

Will Lankshear heads United’s second goal (Photo: Steve Daniels) Well that was good, wasn’t it? Maybe not the quality of football on display, and maybe not the sitting back and letting West Brom come at us in the second half leading to a few nervy moments, but the battling backs-against-the-wall, never-say-die, attitude that shows that  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW  2025/26 – STOKE AWAY After this defeat my guesstimate of the chances of us remaining in the Championship next season has decreased from 2% to 1.75%. To see if I was way out in my thinking, I forced myself to look at the oddschecker site. We’re 1/9 for the drop. The next two  [ more ]

United celebrate Steve Aylott’s winning goal against West Brom at the Manor in 1974 Whichever way you slice it, Saturday’s game against West Brom is make-or-break time for United. Lose, and the gap to safety becomes an eye-watering nine points; win, and the U’s will be just three points behind the Baggies with a run  [ more ]