On This Day

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25th March 2006 - Jim Smith returns to United as manager just days after Woodstock Partners Limited
buy out Firoz Kassam's 89% shareholding in the club. United - buoyed by its highest crowd of the season
of 7,486 - defeated the Posh 1-0 with a second half winner from Chesterfield loanee Tcham N'Toya.



United- Guatelli; Mansell, Roget, Willmott, Robinson; Smith, Quinn, Hargreaves, Burgess; Sills, N'Toya

Posh - Tyler, Day, Bolland, Arber, Kennedy; St Ledger, Gain, Carden, Newton; Crow, Logan

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25th March 1987 - Oxford boss Maurice Evans signs Aldershot striker Martin Foyle, 23 for
a Shots club record fee of £140,000.

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28th March 1994

Denis Smith signs Arsenal duo Jimmy Carter and Scott Marshall on loan to boost the clubs' fight against
relegation from the old second division.On the same day, striker Nick Cusack joined Wycombe,
goalkeeper Paul Kee joined Reading and midfielder David Penney left for Swansea.
All three left the Manor in loan deals.

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29th March 1986

A dress rehearsal for the 1986 League Cup Final sees United and QPR
draw 3-3 at the Manor Ground. U's goalscorers were John Aldridge (2)
and Ray Houghton. The game was marred by a serious injury to Peter Rhoades-Brown
who was the victim of an appalling tackle from Rangers midfielder Martin Allen.
PRB was to unfortunately miss out on the big day at Wembley and was
sidelined for many months.

U's - Judge; Langan, Briggs, Shotton, Trewick; Houghton, Perryman, Hebberd, Rhoades-Brown; Charles, Aldridge

Att- 11,910

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Easter Saturday - 11th April 1998

Second tier U's hosted bitter rivals Slumdon Town and triumphed 2-1 thanks to first half goals from
Kevin Francis and Phil Gilchrist - both supplied by Joey Beauchamp. George Ndah netted a
penalty midway through the second half after sub Mark Walters was upended by Simon Marsh.
This remains the last home Derby I have missed - leaving a snowy Wantage on the Good Friday
for a stag weekend in Newquay.I got the result after phoning Oxford United club call.

U's - Whitehead; Robinson, Davis, Gilchrist, Marsh; Cook, Gray, Murphy, Beauchamp; Banger, Francis

Town - Digby; Kerslake, McDonald, Borrows, Davis; Watson, Bullock, Collins, Robinson; Gooden, Ndah.

Att: 8,005

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Easter Monday - April 13th 2009

More than 2,100 Oxford fans headed to Surrey on a baking hot afternoon as the U's took on
Woking in the Blue Square Conference. The kick off was put back an hour due to safety concerns.
U's emerged comfortable 2-0 winners - an Adam Murray free kick and a Simon Clist
volley for Chris Wilder's promotion chasing team. On this day Luton Town lost
its Football League status and joined United for the 2009-10 season.

U's - Turley; Batt, Willmott, Foster, Sandwith; Chapman, Murray, Clist, Carruthers; Farrell, Constable

Att: 3,791

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April 15th 1989

Gary Briggs makes his final first team appearance for United
in a 2-2 draw at Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury - a game in which he scored.
The Hillsborough Disaster unfolded the same day.

Briggs left for Blackpool in the summer of 1989.

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April 16th 1983

Minutes after the U's trumphed 1-0 at Belle Vue Doncaster, (Trevor Hebberd)
the BBC news broke the story that United and Reading were to merge to
become Thames Valley Royals.

Jim Smith would be manager, the entity would play at Didcot and
Kerry Dixon would be our number 9.

The deal, thankfully, collapsed a few weeks later.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22862495

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April 17th 2006

Jim Smith's United travelled to Boston United on this Easter Monday in a must not lose game.
The day turned into a disaster as United took the wrong route to York Street
and got caught in heavy Easter traffic around Melton Mowbray and missed their
pre-match meal. To make matters worse the team had to wear Boston's away strip
and went 1 nil down after six minutes following a Turley goalkeeping error.
Alan White rolling home after Turley flapped at a free kick in the penalty area.

U's huffed and puffed and missed chance after chance before succumbing
to defeat against Steve Evans' Pilgrims. News broke moments after the final whistle
that Torquay under Ian Atkins had won at Macclesfield to put serious pressure on Oxford
with three to play. Northampton and Orient at home and Wrexham away.

U's - Turley; Ashton, Roget, Willmott, Robinson; Mansell, Quinn, Hargreaves, Brooks; N'Toya, Sabin.

Boston - Kuipers; Clarke, White, Canoville, McCann; Greaves, Ellender, Galbraith, Thomas; Dudfield, Maylett.

Att: 2,313

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/en ... 2006-04-18

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April 20th 1986

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June 11th 1985 - U's legend Jim Smith is appointed manager of Queens Park Rangers
after claiming chairman Robert Maxwell would not raise his salary from £45,000 to £50,000
after winning promotion to the top flight.

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11th August 2001
Our first competitive game at the Ka££am Stadium, where the party was spoilt by Rochdale who emerged 2-1 winners.

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August 13th 1977

There is a homecoming for U's favourite Hugh Curran who rejoined United
three years after leaving for Burnden Park, Bolton.

United kicked off the 1977-78 season with a Saturday afternoon
first round, first leg fixture in the League Cup at home to Shrewsbury Town.

United romped to a 3-0 victory with two goals from Hughie McGrogan and one
from Peter Foley.

U's: Burton; Fogg, Bodel, Clarke, Drysdale; McGrogan, Jeffrey, Taylor, M Briggs; Foley, Curran

Att: 3,694

The second leg was played just three days later - August 16th at the Gay Meadow -
with the teams drawing 2-2. Foley and Jason Seacole scoring for the U's.

Elvis Presley died on this day.

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August 14th 2010

After four years in non league wilderness United were back in the FL
and entertained Bury in their first home league fixture at an expectant
Grenoble Road. Goals from Tom Lees and Ryan Lowe earned the impressive
Shakers a well deserved away win with Jack Midson equalising in the first half
from close range at the open end.

U's: Clarke; Batt, Worley, Wright, Tonkin; Heslop, Hall, Bulman; Green , Constable, Midson.

Subs: Mitchell Cole, Sam Deering and Alfie Potter.

ATT: 7,552.

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August 15th 1992

All change for the 1992-1993 season as the back-pass rule is brought into play:

" The back-pass rule was introduced in 1992 to discourage time-wasting and
overly defensive play after the 1990 World Cup was described as exceedingly dull, rife
with back-passing and goalkeepers holding up the ball."

The U's entertained Bristol Rovers whose goalkeeper Brian Parkin immediately
fell foul of the new law change bringing down U's David Penney after struggling to field a back-pass.
Penney netted the resultant penalty and Beauchamp put the yellows 2 nil up before the break.
Former Cambridge striker John Taylor volleyed past Keeper Paul Kee late on to bring about
a frantic finish.

U's: Kee; Smart, Evans, Melville, M.Ford; Beauchamp, Collins, L.Phillips, Penney; Cusack, Durnin

Att: 7,329

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od9FgPHwDnY