COVENTRY AT THE KASSAM Sunday lunch put back for a couple of hours I can’t remember the last time we had a kick-off put back from Saturday at 3 o’clock to midday on Sunday for the TV cameras but compared to fans of Premier League sides we’ve got it easy when it comes to the  [ more ]

SUNDERLAND 1 OXFORD UNITED 1 When the fixtures came out this was the game more Oxford fans had an eye out for than any other. For tier 3 the Blacks Cats are an absolutely massive club. This is only the second season in their history that they’ve had to play at this level, the other  [ more ]

CARABAO CUP SECOND ROUND The forgotten game and the game that never existed With so much focus on the long trek to the North East this coming weekend, this trip to Wales had been rather overlooked. For me it had a great deal of importance. It’s not good for morale to lose to an outfit  [ more ]

BURTON AT THE KASSAM Late Friday night thoughts Following a football club is about so much more than watching the eleven men that on the day are representing you and your fellow supporters taking on another eleven men once or twice a week during the months of August through to May. There’s the culture, the  [ more ]

ACCRINGTON AT THE KASSAM Monday Blues It’s Monday and the cloud of gloom, caused by OUFC’s terrible start to the season, that has descended upon me has not dissipated one bit. In previous FVs I’ve already covered massive problems that it does not take a genius to identify: defence like a sieve; Curtis Nelson half  [ more ]

PORTSMOUTH Previous We’ve played Portsmouth many times over the years and the visits to Fratton Park may have got a bit jumbled and confused as they’ve rested in the old memory bank for so long. My first recollection is of Chris Bloody Kamara getting Mick Tait sent off. Can’t remember the year or the score.  [ more ]

CARABAO CUP In recent times I’ve really looked forward to the League Cup but for this one it was hard to conjure up much enthusiasm. That’s probably to do with our atrocious start to the season and the fact that, as a L1 outfit, we’re now much less likely to draw a side where we’re  [ more ]

FLEETWOOD AT THE KASSAM Building a squad I don’t know exactly what caused it, but as the deadline for permanent transfers approached and we’d not done any further business, I have to confess I felt something was amiss and could only see a season of struggle ahead. It was probably a combination of a number  [ more ]

BARNSLEY Lots of people who went home very disappointed Slowly building a squad My first FV of the season posted on 23 July covered Ireland and gave a vague opinion of how we’d do this coming season. Since then we’ve signed Marcus Browne and Sam Smith on loan. They can only strengthen the squad but  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW – SUMMER OF 2018 Summer, yes. We can truly say we’ve had and are having an absolute scorcher. I like a break from football, it helps with the old relaxation and battery recharging but there’s never really a break as such because no sooner is one season over than we’re wondering and worrying  [ more ]