On This Day

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August 29th 2015

It's retro day at Grenoble Road and Michael Appleton's U's
comfortably beat Yeovil Town 2-0 in the late August sunshine.
Goals from Danny Hylton and Callum O'Dowda
did the trick - one in each half - and kept the unbeaten
league run going.

U's - Slocombe; Baldock, Mullins, Wright, Skarz; MacDonald, Sercombe, Rose, O'Dowda; Roofe, Hylton.

Att: 6,018

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August 30th 1999

Malcolm Shotton and his men headed to Blackpool for a Bank Holiday Monday third division fixture
versus the Tangerines. This, to date, was United's last visit to Bloomfield Road
and they were grateful to Derek Lilley who netted a second half equaliser in front of a paltry
crowd. Clarke Carlisle had earlier given 'Pool a first half lead. Blackpool were relegated
at the end of the 1999-2000 season. John Durnin had a loan spell at 'Pool that season and
ex-U Martin Aldridge was tragically killed in a car accident in Northamptonshire in January 2000.

U's: Lundin; Robinson, Watson, Whelan, Powell; Beauchamp, Tait, M.Murphy, S.Weatherstone; Lilley, Anthrobus

Blackpool: Caig; Bryan, Carlisle, Hughes, Hills; Jim Whitley, Clarkson, Forsyth, Bent; Ormerod (M.Aldridge, 74), J.Murphy

Att: 3,670

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August 31st 2010

Transfer deadline day and the U's seal a deal to buy Luton Town striker Tom Craddock, 23
for £50,000 on a three year contract. The deal was announced as the U's travelled to
Aldershot for a JPT tie which they lost 0-2.



United also complete a deal earlier on deadline day for Doncaster Rovers midfielder Josh Payne,19 who
joined the U's in a loan deal. Payne was signed in time to play at the Recreation Ground.

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September 1st 1979:

United entertain Alan Clarke's newly promoted Barnsley at the Manor in what is the first ever meeting between the
clubs. The Tykes feature Mick McCarthy at centre half but the U's emerge victorious after striker Paul Berry
rounds Barnsley 'keeper Gary Pierce late on at the London Road End, before stroking the ball into the empty net.
Bill Asprey's U's moved up to third in the 3rd Division table after the 1-0 victory.

U's: Burton; McIntosh, Briggs, Stott, Fogg; Graydon, Duncan, Jeffrey, Hodgson; Cooke, Berry

Att: 4,849.

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September 4th 2010

Following promotion from the Conference, Chris Wilder's United had to wait
until September 4th to record their first league victory. Morecambe were put to the sword 4-0 thanks to goals
from Simon Heslop and a hat-trick from James Constable. Striker Tom Craddock made his
debut for the U's.

U's: Clarke; Purkiss, Worley, Wright, Tonkin; Heslop, Hall, Payne; Constable, Green, Craddock

Att: 6,237

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Transfer deadline day and the U's seal a deal to buy Luton Town striker Tom Craddock, 23
for £50,000 on a three year contract.

I always thought Craddock was underrated and harshly treated by our fans. I wondered what he was doing now (playing for Spennymoor Town if you're interested), and noticed that his Wiki page appears to have been written by Google Translate! Or maybe it's just fluent smoggy?

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September 5th 1978

U's have a League Cup second round replay at Home Park, Plymouth after a 1-1 draw at the Manor.
Keith Fear put Malcolm Allison's Argyle ahead from the spot on 22 minutes after Andy Bodel
brought down midfielder Gary Megson.

Debutant Jimmy Sweetzer levelled the tie on 78 minutes sending the contest into extra time.
In the 113th minute Jason Seacole put the U's 2-1 up on the night and 3-2 up on aggregate.
But in the 119th minute fullback Les Taylor brought down Argyle striker Fred Binney in the penalty
area only for Roy Burton to brilliantly save Fear's spot-kick.

United went through to face Nottingham Forest at the Manor in round three.

U's: Burton; Taylor, Briggs, Bodel, Fogg; McGrogan, Jeffrey, Duncan, Sweetzer; Foley, Seacole

Argyle: Burns; Bason, Graves, Foster, Rogers; Perrin, Fear, Megson, Johnson; Binney, Trusson

Att: 8,524

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September 6th 1972

On the day that 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by terrorists
at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, United were up against the reds
of Manchester United, at the Manor in the League Cup, second round.
The Reds featured George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law
in their ranks.

The game finished 2-2 after Bobby Charlton's late second half equaliser
from 30 yards with the ball cannoning back into play after hitting the
back stanchion. Oxford's goal scorers were Ken Skeen and Roy Clayton.
Denis Law scored Manchester United's other goal.

U"s: Burton; Lucas, Roberts, Clarke C, Shuker; Evanson, Skeen, Aylott, Sloan; Cassidy, Clayton

Man. Utd: Stepney; Buchan, James, Sadler, Dunne; O'Neil, Best, Morgan, Storey-Moore; Charlton, Law

Att: 17,171

Oxford lost the replay 1-3 at Old Trafford on September 12th 1972
before 21,486. George Best scoring twice. Geoff Bray scoring for the U's.

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September 7th 1985

Manchester United win their first ten games of the 1985-1986 season which included
a 3-0 victory over Maurice Evans' U's in a one sided contest.The attendance of 51,820
remains to this day the biggest league attendance for an Oxford Utd game.
Goals from Peter Barnes, Bryan Robson and Norman Whiteside maintained Ron
Atkinson's Red Devils position at the top of the Canon League First Division.

U's: Hardwick; Langan, Briggs, Shotton, McDonald; McDermott, Hebberd, Trewick, Brock; Charles, Aldridge

Man. Utd: Bailey; Duxbury, Hogg, McGrath, Albiston; Barnes, Whiteside, Strachan, Robson; Hughes, Stapleton

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September 8th 2009

Goals from Jamie Cook and James Constable were enough to defeat promotion rivals Luton Town
at Grenoble Road in front of a huge attendance of 10,613 for this Tuesday night fixture.
Constable turned in Matt Green's pull back after Constable had a 3rd minute penalty saved.
Jamie Cook then netted a stunning 25 yard strike past 'keeper Mark Tyler to double the lead.

Luton had midfielder Kevin Nicholls red carded for a scything tackle on Green in the second half.
United remained top of the Blue Square Premier after the win. Hatters manager
Mick Harford vowed that his team would finish above the U's come the end of the season.
Harford was sacked just three weeks later after a poor start to 2009-2010.

U's: Clarke; Batt, Creighton, Foster, Kinniburgh; Murray, Bulman, Clist; Green, Cook, Constable

Luton: Tyler; Keane, Pilkington, White, Blackett; Newton, Hall, Nicholls, Jarvis; Gallen, Craddock

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September 9th 1984

Ricardo Ferreira da Silva Kubitski aka Ricardinho is born on this day in Curitiba, Brazil.

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September 10th 1983

Bobby McDonald, 28 made his U's debut in this entertaining draw with Burnley after joining
from Manchester City. United surged into a 2-0 lead thanks to Andy Thomas and George Lawrence.
Billy Hamilton and Brian Flynn were on target for the Clarets. The equaliser came in the dying minutes
at the Cuckoo Lane End much to manager Jim Smith's annoyance.

Att: 5,637

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September 11th 2007

A sobering reminder of where the club was just ten short years ago.
United drew a Blue Square Conference fixture at Grays Athletic 0-0 on
this bleak Tuesday night at the Recreation Ground. In fact this goalless
draw extended the U's unbeaten run under Jim Smith to seven games.

U's: Turley: Corcoran, Quinn, Gnohere; Day, Pettefer, Hutchinson, Trainer, Jeannin; Odubade, Shaw.

Grays: Flitney; Sambrook; Ashton, Stuart, Gross; Grant, Thurgood, Oli, Hearn; O'Connor, Kedwell

Att: 1,201

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A sobering reminder of where the club was just ten short years ago.
United drew a Blue Square Conference fixture at Grays Athletic 0-0 on
this bleak Tuesday night at the Recreation Ground.

Sobering indeed. For some reason I now can't fathom I travelled up from Cornwall for that game at Grays! It was in the pub at Charing Cross afterwards with some mates that the reality of how low we had sunk really dawned. The first season in the Conference had been a bit of a laugh, despite the ultimate play-off heartache. But returning to these grounds a second time, in front of lower crowds, and being 'happy' with a goalless draw was pretty soul-destroying.

[YF Dan]

I remember going to that match with you KY, and trying to start this song: 'Gno-here, Gno-there, he's every f***ing where.'

And: 'He's got Gnohere, and we do care, Jimmy, Jimmy Smith'.

But everyone was too depressed to join in.

If you were finding a worst ever Oxford XI picked for a match, the start of that season throw up a few stellar team lists. That's pretty close.

This might be worse:

http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage/fi ... 007-10-06/