FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.49: STEVENAGE AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 1 STEVENAGE 1 I’m starting to write this after the match Friday Night/ Saturday Morning, as sung by the Specials. By 5 o’clock on Saturday Night (Whigfield) there might be a very different slant. After this evening I can’t say I’m angry, just very deflated.  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.48: LINCOLN AT HOME OXFORD UNITED 0 LINCOLN CITY 1 In the post-match interview Greg Leigh talked of highs and lows and the sensible attitude of not getting carried away with either but let’s be honest what fan could not have been blown away by the way we hammered Peterborough? One  [ more ]

Fan’s View 23/24 – No.47: Peterborough at home Photo, Steve Daniels Oxford United 5 Peterborough United 0 “Unbelievable Jeff” “Football, bloody hell” and any other such exclamations. Throw them all in for this one. I absolutely can’t believe this happened. Quite possibly my favourite day watching my football team in our three sided stadium in  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.46: BURTON AWAY BURTON ALBION 0 OXFORD UNITED 4 I was fairly confident before this one but nowhere near as optimistic as I was ahead of the Fleetwood game the previous week. Turns out this current mindset is justified. Two four nil league victories on the spin for the first time  [ more ]

Fan’s View 23/24 – No.45: Fleetwood at home Oxford United 4 Fleetwood Town 0 My pre-match prediction was that we would win and win well. We did win. The score line says we won well and at times we did play very well. However, this performance was far from flawless. Good enough to beat the  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 23/24 – NO.44: SHREWSBURY AWAY SHREWSBURY TOWN 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 Last season was one to forget. (Understatement or what given the investment in the playing budget?) A massive under achievement. Survival only ensured on the second last day of the season when we hit the pathetic total of 47 points. There was  [ more ]

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 ]

FAN’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 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 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 ]