On This Day

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December 11th 2004

On this day thirteen years ago, Ramon Diaz took charge of his first U's match after being
appointed in a surprise move by Firoz Kassam just two days earlier following Graham Rix's
sacking. Diaz - kassam's seventh managerial appointment in four years - could not speak
a word of english and Kassam said he would be taking shares in the club.

United defeated Cambridge United 2-1 with first half goals from Tommy Mooney
and Craig Davies. Jermaine Easter ensured a nervous finale when he pulled a late
goal back for Cambridge.

U's: Clarke B; Mackay, Woozley, Roget, Robinson; Hackett, Bradbury, Quinn, Brooks; Davies, Mooney
subs: Wolleaston, Rawle, Morgan

Cambridge: Lewis Price; Warren Goodhind, Matt Somner, Andrew Duncan, Kingsley Mbome; Richard Hodgson,
Darren Quinton, Luke Guttridge, Shane Tudor; John Turner, Colin Heath

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December 12th 1981

Snow in North Hampshire caused the Saturday morning postponement of United's FA Cup
second round tie at Aldershot. The game was replayed three days later and it
finished in a 2-2 draw. Just one league match took place in December 1981 due to
freezing temperatures. The entire Christmas programme was wiped out.


December 12th 1998

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Mal Shotton's United received a club record home mauling to Birmingham City on this day nineteen years ago.
Blues were 7-0 up before Dean Windass headed a 90th minute consolation goal. Gary Rowett (2), Paul Furlong,
Dele Adebola, Martin Grainger, Peter Ndlovu and sub Bryan Hughes for Trevor Francis' Birmingham.
United were reported to be more than £13in debt at the time and staring into the abyss.

U's: Salmon; Robinson, Wilsterman, Gilchrist, Powell; Remy, Smith, Gray, Beauchamp; Windass, Thomson
subs: Murphy, Banger.

Blues: Kevin Poole; Gary Rowett, Michael Johnson, Gary Ablett, Martin Grainger; Steve Robinson, Martyn O'Connor,
Jon McCarthy, Peter Ndlovu; Dele Adebola, Paul Furlong

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December 13th 1980

Abject United bowed out of the FA Cup on this day with a heavy 0-3 second round defeat
at Home Park, Plymouth.

Many U's fans unfurled " Asprey Out " banners on the away terrace before the game had started.
Future U's manager David Kemp (above) netted for the Greens as did former United striker
John Sims. Donal Murphy netted the third. Asprey was indeed sacked the following week after another
defeat at Millwall just five days before Christmas.

U's: Burton; Briggs, Wright, Shotton, Smithers; Lythgoe, Jeffrey, Brock, Graydon; Cooke, Cassells

Plymouth: Geoff Crudgington; Brian O'Neil, Forbes Phillipson-Masters, George Foster, Chris Harrison;
Leigh Cooper, Brian Bason, Kevin Hodges, Donal Murphy; John Sims, David Kemp

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December 14th 1989

On this day 28 years ago Christian Michael Ribeiro is born in Neath, South Wales.
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December 14th 2013

On this day four years ago, a late Dave Kitson header in added time gave the U's a 2-1 win over Dagenham
and sent United to the top of League Two. Earlier Rhys Murphy had equalised on the stroke of half time
after James Constable gave Oxford a 6th minute lead. However fewer than 5,000 were in attendance at
Grenoble Road to watch Chris Wilder's U's.

U's: Clarke; Hunt, Mullins, Wright, Newey; Williams, Hall, Ruffels, Rose; Constable, Kitson

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I remember that winner well, a rare decisive strike from Kitson. Four years ago! That was before we were good. That season Ryan Williams was just about the only one of our players worth watching and in some games practically played the opposition on his own. Amazing to think of how far we've come since then. Wilder has done so well since and is obviously a great manager in his way, but I'll never forget the away match at Dagenham when he played Smalley on the wing. Smalley on the wing!! Also interesting to remember that Ruffels was already a regular in that side.
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I saw Deane Smalley play wide right at York that season and he was electric
for about twenty minutes !

I’ve no idea what happened to him . He was a free agent recently IIRC.
Had loads of injuries.
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OUFC4eva wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:42 pm
Plymouth: Geoff Crudgington; Brian O'Neil, Forbes Phillipson-Masters, George Foster, Chris Harrison;
Leigh Cooper, Brian Bason, Kevin Hodges, Donal Murphy; John Sims, David Kemp
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December 16th 1972

Sub Nigel Cassidy was the goalscoring hero on this day 45 years ago as his goal
defeated bitter rivals Sw*ndon Town 1-0 at the Manor Ground.
United went up to fifth place in the old second division table much to the delight of
manager Gerry Summers.

U's: Burton; Lucas, Roberts, Clarke C, Shuker; Sloan, Fleming, Aylott, Evanson; Curran, Bray.

Reds: Jimmy Allan; Rod Thomas, Roger Smart, Frank Burrows, John Trollope; Steve Peplow, Ron Howell,
Peter Noble, Ron Potter; Joe Butler, Ray Treacy

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OUFC4eva wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:12 pm Image

December 11th 2004

On this day thirteen years ago, Ramon Diaz took charge of his first U's match after being
appointed in a surprise move by Firoz Kassam just two days earlier following Graham Rix's
sacking. Diaz - kassam's seventh managerial appointment in four years - could not speak
a word of english and Kassam said he would be taking shares in the club.

United defeated Cambridge United 2-1 with first half goals from Tommy Mooney
and Craig Davies. Jermaine Easter ensured a nervous finale when he pulled a late
goal back for Cambridge.

U's: Clarke B; Mackay, Woozley, Roget, Robinson; Hackett, Bradbury, Quinn, Brooks; Davies, Mooney
subs: Wolleaston, Rawle, Morgan

Cambridge: Lewis Price; Warren Goodhind, Matt Somner, Andrew Duncan, Kingsley Mbome; Richard Hodgson,
Darren Quinton, Luke Guttridge, Shane Tudor; John Turner, Colin Heath

Att: 4,884
Ah the bizarre Diaz era. His assistant 'Horatio' was honoured with my favourite all-time song at Cambridge (a). All together now:

'We love Horatio, he gives fellatio'.
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December 17th 1983

On a freezing December Saturday afternoon at Millmoor, Rotherham, the U's fell behind to a first half
effort from Bobby Mitchell. United brought on sub Neil Whatmore for Gary Barnett, and he prompted scored twice
in the final fifteen minutes to win the game for Jim Smith's Oxford.

U's: Hardwick; Hinshelwood, Briggs, Thomas, McDonald; Lawrence, Hebberd , Brock, Barnett; Vinter, Biggins

Att: 4,000
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December 18th 1982

The U's travelled to Springfield Park, home of Wigan Athletic, on this day 35 years ago.
This was the first fixture between the clubs with the Latics gaining promotion to the
Football League in 1978 at the expense of Southport FC. Wigan had gained promotion
to the third division in 1981-82.

Peter Foley netted the only goal of the game for the visitors in front of 4,008 spectators.
Wigan moved to their new JJB Stadium in 1999.

U's: Butcher; Linney, Fogg, Shotton, Grant; Lawrence, Hebberd, Brock, Smithers; Foley, Vinter
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December 19th 1964

This fourth division fixture, the week before Christmas 1964, saw the U's record a club record
home league victory. Rampant United ran out 7-0 winners against Barrow thanks to inside forward
Colin Booth who bagged a hat-trick, Ron Atkinson, Alan Willey, Graham Atkinson and Colin Harrington.

U's: Fearnley; Beavon, Quartermain, Kyle; Atkinson R, Morris, Jones, Willey, Harrington; Atkinson G, Booth

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December 20th 2008

Legend Jim Smith takes charge of his last ever U's match. The caretaker saw United
draw 1-1 with Graham Westley's Stevenage Borough at Grenoble Road nine years ago.
James Constable equalised for United after 'Boro winger David Bridges beat
Billy Turley from 25 years. Meanwhile there was mounting speculation that the U's
were set to make a managerial appointment.

U's: Turley; Burnell, Willmott, Foster, Day; Haldane, Murray, Trainer, Deering; Constable, Guy

Boro: Chris Day; Ronnie Henry, Mark Allbrighton, Mark Roberts, Scott Laird; David Bridges, Michael Bostwick,
Lawrie Wilson, Mitchell Cole; Steve Morison, Lee Boylan

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December 20th 2003

A bad tempered top of the table affair boiled over with the second half sending off of U's striker Julian Alsop
at Huddersfield's Alfred McAlpine stadium. Town took the lead through Jon Stead before ten man U's
equalised with an effort from sub. Mark Rawle with 18 minute left on the clock.

There was still time for future U's midfielder Lee Fowler to see red in the last minute as United remained
in top spot under Ian Atkins.

U's: Woodman; McNiven, McCarthy, Bound, Crosby, Robinson; Whitehead, Hunt, Wanless; Alsop, Basham
subs: Ashton, Rawle, Hackett, Steele, Brown

Town: Phil Senior; Nathan Clarke, Efe Sodje, Steve Yates, Nat Brown; Anthony Lloyd, Paul Scott, Lee Fowler,
Danny Schofield; Jon Stead, Andy Booth

Att: 9,368
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