FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.43: PORT VALE AWAY PORT VALE 0 OXFORD UNITED 2 Obviously a vastly improved performance when compared with the previous Tuesday but Port Vale and Bolton Wanderers are very different opponents. There’s no comparison quality wise and the league table clearly highlights this. In the Bursley Ale House we got chatting [ more ]
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Fan’s View 23/24 – No.43: Port Vale Away
March 17, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFan’s View 23/24 – No.42: Bolton away
March 13, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.42: BOLTON AWAY Bolton Wanderers 5 Oxford United 0 It’s just not worth wasting much time on this. I was dropped back at home a bit gone 1:00 am and I was tempted to grab a whisky and bang out this FV there and then. I decided against because the prospect [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.41: Cheltenham at home
March 11, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.41: CHELTENHAM AT HOME Fans Forum I attended the Fan’s Forum last Thursday. I came away with a feeling of positivity but know there’s such a long way to go yet. It was quite professional and with some very well-articulated questions and points of view. With reference to the new stadium [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.40: Portsmouth away
March 5, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’s VIEW 23/24 – No.40: PORTSMOUTH AWAY Walking As is now traditional the Oxford United Walking Football Club had games arranged against their Pompey counterparts prior to the main event. I was honoured to be asked to turn out for them, which meant getting up earlier than expected. Eleven o’clock start at “Goals” a purpose [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/23 – No.39: Orient at home
February 27, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFirst the good news, the very good news. The planning application for the new stadium at The Triangle has gone in to Cherwell District Council. There will still be “bumps along the road” but this is progress indeed. Now the bad news, the very bad news – the football. Not bumps along the road here. [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.38: Northampton at home
February 22, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – No.38: NORTHAMPTON AT HOME Oxford United 2 Northampton Town 2 None of this mitigating circumstances blah blah blah for me even though I can see why some would claim they exist. None of this but we’re unbeaten in six and are now fifth in the league so everything is just about [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.37: Wycombe away
February 19, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – No.37: WYCOMBE AWAY Wycombe Wanderers 0 Oxford United 0 Prior to the kick off there was a minute’s applause for Adam Ankers, a 17 year old Wycombe season ticket holder and member of the club’s Foundation U19 team. Earlier this month he suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for the team [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.36: Wigan at home
February 19, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – No.36: WIGAN AT HOME Oxford United 4 Wigan Athletic 2 As I walked past the ever rotting Priory – it’s been closed for over 10 years now – on my approach to the ground “Ghost Town” by the Specials entered my head. There was no-one around. Could have been on Craggy [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.35: Blackpool Away
February 13, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.35: BLACKPOOL AWAY BLACKPOOL 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 This was a game I nearly didn’t attend. With our reliable fairly regular driver staying away in the area for the weekend I’d volunteered to drive taking two passengers, so three of us. Then down to two due to family commitments. Then covid [ more ]
Fan’s View 23/24 – No.34: Reading at home
February 6, 2024 - Added by Paul BeasleyFAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.34: READING AT HOME As expected Owen Dale signed and went straight into the squad. At Blackpool he was getting a few minutes at the end of games as sub. Another new face in the squad is Jay Matete on loan from Sunderland. If Soccerbase is to be believed he’s not [ more ]