Is everybody happy? Almost everybody, as Mark Harris fires home United’s first goal of the 2026/27 season (pic: Steve Daniels) The sun was shining, it was a beautiful day, people were smiling. It was almost as though last season never happened. Except it did, and as the evidence before us showed, we were once more  [ more ]

Gino van Kessel wheels away after scoring against MK on New Year’s Day 2018 Following the season opener at Leyton Orient in the League Cup last Saturday, a game rendered virtually irrelevant by the various off-pitch issues affecting the club, the season proper starts this Saturday with a home game against Milton Keynes in League  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW 26/27 – CARABAO CUP LEYTON ORIENT 2 OXFORD UNITED 0 To put it mildly much has happened since my last FV. We were already down when we visited Millwall on 2 May. On 6 May Dusan Bogdanovitch replaced Grant Ferguson as Chairman. On 20 June head coach Matt Bloomfield was sacked. Three days  [ more ]

The 2026/27 season starts on Saturday with a trip to Leyton Orient in the League Cup. Given all that’s gone on during the close season, United fans might be forgiven for thinking that the new season is already old, with former chairman Grant Ferguson stepping down to be replaced by the elusive Dusan Bogdanovic, followed  [ more ]

It’s never dull being an Oxford United supporter and events in the close season – when football news is supposed to be sporadic at best – have brought that sensation into sharp relief. Since the season ended, we’ve had former chairman Grant Ferguson replaced by the enigmatic Dusan Bogdanovic, whose only interaction with supporters was  [ more ]

Leading scorer and all-round good guy Will Lankshear scoring against West Brom (Photo: Steve Daniels) After two seasons in the Championship, United find themselves back in League One. It was (kinda) fun while it lasted, but it always felt inevitable that it would be a fleeting adventure, due to a number of factors. First, it  [ more ]

FAN’S VIEW  2025/26 – MILLWALL AWAY (WELL THAT’S WHAT I’VE CALLED IT) This FV may be entitled “Millwall Away” but that fixture itself is only a small part of this piece as I’ve recorded my thoughts with the spectre of relegation hanging over us until it became a reality and beyond. Hence the longest FV  [ more ]

Millwall’s Lee Gregory and Oxford’s Benjamin Büchel in action: Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Southern Area Final First Leg – The New Den – 14/01/16 Credit: Action Images / Matthew Childs Livepic For the last time for at least 15 months, we preview an Oxford United Championship fixture as we visit Millwall for the final game of  [ more ]

Will Lankshear scores a spectacular second goal against Sheffield Wednesday (Photo: Steve Daniels) Like winning promotion in 1984, results elsewhere meant we were relegated before even kicking a ball in our last home game of the season. Charlton’s win over a, frankly, rubbish Hull City, combined with West Brom’s draw with a, frankly, disappointing Ipswich  [ more ]

Billy Jeffrey in action against Sheffield Wednesday in November 1977 Please forgive the Inspiral Carpets lyric in the heading. It’s almost the end of the season and we’re a bit like a schoolkid as the holidays approach. On Saturday, it’s United’s last home game of the season and, wouldn’t you know it, there’s still a  [ more ]